Queens Park Rangers Football Club are delighted to announce details of a new state-of-the-art training ground facility, following a successful bid to purchase land at the Warren Farm site. The Club is the preferred bidder to a 200-year lease on the land, subject to the successful planning application. The new 63 acre site in the borough of Ealing will play host to the R's ahead of the start of the 2013/14 season. The site will be developed into a full multi-purpose Elite Training Facility and Community Sports Complex. Article continues Advertisement QPR Chairman, Tony Fernandes, expressed his delight at the successful bid, commenting: "We are absolutely ecstatic and must thank everyone involved in the process, especially David Leed (CYD Projects Ltd) who oversaw the bid, for their tremendous support. "This decision means we are now in a position to build a new state-of-the-art facility which will enable us to attract, retain and train world class talent. "The community package that will accompany this facility will additionally deliver great benefits for those in our local boroughs." He added: "We said when we arrived here that we wanted to build this Club for the future and this is another huge step in the right direction. "We already have a first class senior management team in place, with Mark Hughes at the helm, and the recent appointment of our new Technical Director, Mike Rigg, is further testament to what we are striving to achieve here. "Clearly though, to achieve such goals, a new training ground facility is paramount so we are absolutely delighted." The Elite Training Facility will house the entire football department, including our thriving Academy. It will provide: First Team and Academy natural pitches, a Covered Dome and outdoor 3G Artificial Pitches; rehabilitation areas, grid layouts and goalkeeper training areas; Ground keeping management facilities and security cabins. The Community Sports Complex will use the power and vision of QPR in the Community Trust to forge stronger and deeper connections within our local community. QPR in the Community Trust will create progressive, vibrant hubs for sporting and social activities, leading to enhanced life experiences for Ealing residents and its neighbourhoods. The facility will encourage participation in sport and promote healthy, active lifestyles in a safe and healthy environment available to all sectors of the Community, including existing users of Warren Farm, and deal with social issues and provide community support, social inclusion, community cohesion and education opportunities. QPR CEO, Philip Beard, added: "This will be a long-term benefit to the Football Club and QPR in the Community Trust. "It will enable us to compete and attract the best players, and that applies equally to the young Academy players. "It will mean that we can offer the best training, coaching and fitness facilities, to the benefit of both the Club and the local community." Design work and site investigations will begin almost immediately. *The Club will be making no further comment at this stage.
Good news although I was really hoping it was going to be a new ground. Hopefully we should see a jump in the standard of talent of players that we could sign.
This is his "I told you so" moment! Good news though.....all clubs need a solid foundation.....now a new Stadium!
Fair do's, the update must be taking a while to travel to this side of the pond then Bloody good news though.
TF on SSN basically said putting in new training ground, getting in right people and infrastructure and also turning QPR into a Global Brand Right next stop New Stadium at White City and we will all be happy, (most anyway).
lol....how old are you mate? yes we all know you said it.........you have also said many things wrong over the years.
Oh well, with no new ground this time round I guess it will another 4-5 seasons at least before I can see the back of the Ellerslie toilets. At least our players will be able to enjoy their new spa palace in a year's time which must come as a great relief to us all.
Good news, another step in the right direction. Really looking forward to seeing some great talent come out of the Academy in the and also hearing them still saying the right things. Onwards and upwards, being a supporter of QPR is an exciting place to be for sure.
"This decision means we are now in a position to build a new state-of-the-art facility which will enable us to attract, retain and train world class talent. "Clearly though, to achieve such goals, a new training ground facility is paramount so we are absolutely delighted." QPR CEO, Philip Beard, added: "This will be a long-term benefit to the Football Club and QPR in the Community Trust. "It will enable us to compete and attract the best players, and that applies equally to the young Academy players. "It will mean that we can offer the best training, coaching and fitness facilities, to the benefit of both the Club and the local community." Design work and site investigations will begin almost immediately. Fantastic news. Maybe the biggest in decades.
Sadly he didn't tell us anything we didn't really already know but it makes him feel good so let him dwell in his own world of ITK.
He didnt even get this right. Everyone knew we were getting a training ground, he said it would be announced of Thursday and of course got it wrong. I could write that we will get a new signing every week and eventually it will happen. it doesnt mean i knew it was coming.
How about these as well ? http://www.not606.com/showthread.ph...our-regarding-Mark-Hughes-position-as-manager http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/121151-Pienaar-incoming http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/124095-News-from-the-boardroom-from-a-trusted-insider Etc...
What about 'Imminent' about 7 months ago? Oh well it proves that our owners are in it for the long term
