75 Years Supporting #QPR: Congratulations to John "Gramps" Clifford - 75 Years of Following QPR: John "Gramps" Clifford - From the 1880s and on! - The Bushman QPR Photo Archives (including the above) - - QPR Report Messageboard - - Follow QPR REPORT on TWITTER! -_____________________________________________ 75 Years Following QPR QPR Fan, John "Gramps" Clifford recently marked a truly amazing Milestone: 75 Years of Supporting QPR. From the days of QPR in the Old Division III South - to the 1948 Promotion...and 1952 relegation; the years in the wilderness; 1967 and on...and so forth Johnvery first game was at Loftus Road pre-World War II: February 25, 1939. In the words of John " QPR 1 Torquay United 1. Our goal scored by inside right (number 8) Harry Lowe. As usual, we were 0-1 down before getting the equaliser (nothing new there) and Alec Stock played in that game. Attendance: 7,783." Since then John many hundreds - if not thousands of player- have worn the QPR shirt and more than 40 QPR Managers and Acting Managers over this period (although just four manager - Ted Vizard, Dave Mangall, Jack Taylor and Alec Stock for the first almost 30 years of John's supporting days!)
2055 and I'll be in the same club. I think we will have won the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup a few times before then
Not sure if its the right word, but I suppose congratulations is in order. This prompted me to look at our history a bit (I'm hazy on anything pre 1972 apart from League Cup win) I didn't realise that in our 130 plus year history, the majority has been spent in old Third Division/ new League One status, only 48 season in top/second tier, and nearly all of those post 1973 (4 seasons in old Div 2 in early fifties, then the straight up to Div 1 and back down of the late sixties aside). This club has a lot to thank Jim Gregory and Alec Stock for.
I was thinking it is a wonder he's not in a mental intuition ( I mean that in the nicest way ) ........... but let's face it, I'm going ga ga's after just 43 years of supporting them! He's lost his marbles or is losing his marbles, either way when your a QPR supporter.
John is a lovely fella. He helped me out with my research on Alec Stock for my article on Alec Stock day and was invited by the club to be one of the guests of honour on that day. I may have mention it before, but his book is a very good read about QPR's history. http://www.qprtheolddays.com/ All proceeds are donated to the Community Trust.
