Just watched that on Twatter, I remember the match report back then saying the pitch was 'unplayable', they weren't joking but as you can see from some of the tackles anything went in those days. Anyone remember the 4-6 loss at Bolton in the snow? Very unusual for a game to be abandoned whereas nowadays they can't wait. Having said that my brother-in-law played for Crawley Town in the Southern League back in the late 60s and was in a match against Trowbridge that was abandoned because of fog with 4 minutes left when they were 3-2 ahead. The game was replayed and they lost 1-2...
Saw that and the hull fan even put manning in his best 11..... Can't believe the number that thought Phillips from massive was the best player in the division...... Unsurprisingly the Brentford fan had 5 players from his club in best side....no wonder they're 10 points clear at the top.....oh wait.....
I know he's a charlatan, wide boy, rogue and an utter and complete barsteward the way he screwed us over but watching his latest publicity vehicle you can see perhaps why people inside football like kneecap.......... Maybe it says more about football people than anything else.....
Listened to two podcasts featuring Eze yesterday. One was with the Chief himself, Nedum, which was a really good listen. The other was The Beautiful Game podcast. Links to both below. Eze comes across as a really nice, and very humble guy. Clearly has a level head, and rooted in his family who keep him level headed. A few interesting bits that jumped out to me across both pods: When asked how he describes himself as a player, he said "I just see myself as an entertainer" which I loved Spoke extremely highly of Paul Hall and Chris Ramsey. Didn't have such kind words for Holloway, but clearly enjoyed playing with McClaren and Warburton He thinks the club have a number of really good youth prospects who will come through in the next few years Wasn't drawn on his future, but pretty clear that he is ambitious and he did talk about wanting to play champions league football (fair enough) He was asked to put together his best five aside team from players he has played with, excluding himself, and he put Dieng in goal, which I thought was interesting. [In case you're wondering, he put Nedum at the back, with Cherry, JET and Chair up front] He obviously has a really close personal connection with Bright Osayi-Samuel, and enjoys the current blend of youth and experience in the squad The chat with Nedum, in particular, was great. A bit like listening in to a captain coaching a younger player - even cautioning him to be careful with his language when chatting about if he wanted to play for Nigeria or England. If you've only got time for one, listen to that. He's a special talent, and his work ethic / maturity shines through. He'll go far and we should enjoy him while we have him.
I like the comment he sees himself as an 'Entertainer', back in the 70s I had a car sticker 'QPR - The Entertainers', here's a cartoon from that time which sums up our philosophy...
https://www.skysports.com/football/...rfan-1503-matches-in-a-row-and-still-counting A very good mate of mine.
Some disappointing news on the QPR football front, ex player arrested ............. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/s...ted-suspicion-aggravated-battery-Florida.html Ex-QPR captain Marc Bircham has been arrested for aggravated battery The 42-year-old was arrested on Friday morning after alleged incident in Florida Bircham's bail was listed at $10,000 and he could face 15-year prison sentence By IEUAN IVETT FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 05:58 AEST, 24 May 2020 | UPDATED: 06:00 AEST, 24 May 2020 e-mail Former Queens Park Rangers captain Marc Bircham has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery. The 42-year-old was apprehended in the early hours of Friday by police in St Petersburg, Florida. Details of the alleged incident are yet to be confirmed but a report by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office listed Bircham's bail at $10,000. please log in to view this image +3 Former QPR captain Marc Bircham has been arrested for aggravated battery in Florida please log in to view this image +3 Bircham's bail was posted at $10,000 and he could face a 15-year prison sentence If Bircham was carrying a weapon, he could receive a prison sentence of up to 15 years as a first-time offender and a $10,000 fine with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon classing as a second degree felony. The former R's defender was appointed as the technical director of the Bahamas Football Association in March this year. please log in to view this image +3 Bircham played for Millwall, QPR and Yeovil Town before heading into coaching football Bircham is in charge of the men's, women's and youth teams, as well as a centre of excellence. The Canadian international began his career at Millwall in 1996 before moving to QPR for in 2002 where he made over 150 appearances for the club. He finished his career at Yeovil Town before re-joining QPR in the dug-out as a coach in 2009. He earned 17 caps for Canada.
He’s denied it (suppose he would anyway) but sounds like a bit of a stitch-up potentially. Slightly dramatic article.
For those looking for nostalgia, 31st May ITV4 6.50am (record it) "the big match revisited" features QPR v Sunderland 1976.