I was just talking to my brother and Gino has asked to be his friend on Facebook! My brother runs a bar in Columbus, Ohio and Gino is a regular as he finished his career with the local side Columbus Crew along with a certain "HammerSmith Horse". He told him QPR are a special Club and that he is mates with some of the current players (I'm guessing Cook, Rowly, S*ittu etc.). He currently runs "Padula's Soccer Camp" for kids over there. Top bloke!!
The vision of Gino imprinted in my memory was him sinking to his knees and crossing himself at the final whistle when we beat Wednesday 3-1 at Hillsborough to clinch promotion to the Championship. The club got rid of him shortly afterwards...tough game football...