Of all the teams available... sticker books etc...Why QPR? I only ask out of interest. For me personally, it was because I grew up in the block of flats behind the 'School End' on Bloemfontein Road. The floodlights used to pour into Rhodes House and into the courtyard where i played, my destiny was pre-determined by my proximity. The mums used to sit on doorsteps gossiping, whilst us kids were trying to get into QPR even for the last 10 minutes or pay 50p and hop over the turnstile. I can still smell the ***s & stale beer wafting across the school end as I used to sneak in during the late sixties & early seventies. Most kids at school still followed Chelsea,Arsenal, Spurs, Man U, Leeds & Liverpool. So how & why did you choose & stick with QPR?
My Uncles left Ireland to work in England during the sixties. They all became QPR fans as they worked around White City. My Dad often visited them and he became hooked as well. My first memory of QPR was my Dad watching the old BBC Vidiprinter during the early 80s for results. Was not easy growing up supporting QPR when surrounded by Liverpool, Utd and Arsenal fans. Took my 7 year old son to the Leceister game at LR this year and now he is hooked as well. What a club!!!!!!
My family came from Barry road,stonebridge park area,and its just carried on even though i wasnt born there i still have a strong affinity.My great great uncle used to work at Wembley and always got tickets for QPR events for my Dad when he was a boy.which included the 1948 Olympics and the Wembley Lions and numerous footy games.
it all started when my old man said be a Chelsea fan......................................................................................................................................................................
During my time as a student in the early 80s when we had good peole like Terry Venables on board. Best ever game was the 5 all draw against Newcastle where people literally went crazy. Worst experience was the 0-4 defeat against Belgrade after having trashed them 6-2 at Highbury. My favorite kit dates still back to that time around 84/85. Was living at the Walthamstow YMCA with with not much money the fare & ticket around 12 - 13 £ was quite a fortune at that time. From these years on I kept going to QPR (always South Africa Road) 4 - 5 games per saison which is not so bad as I live on the continent and had to go by ferry at the beginning and can now fly in at reasonable prices.
yes i also lived in the flats champlain house, my first memories were brian bedford he came to christopher wren, on our sports day and i was in goal smacked one from 40 yards and nearly took my hands off, so used to clime over the corrugated fence at the back of the loft still have all the scars on my legs from that, allways in my heart that q p r,
I'm QPR as a 3rd generation, my son and daughter are now 4th generation (hopefully). Very close to my grandad so was only ever going to be QPR for me. He is now approaching 89 and has supportered them for over 80 years. True club with true fans.
http://www.not606.com/entry.php/265-The-Life-and-Times-of-Dave-Normal Dave's first 'proper' game was eerily similar to mine......
My mum's father used to take her between the wars (he was from Ladbroke Grove, but they lived in Southall). Back in the late 60's - just before our promotion from Div 3 and the league cup win, my parents started going regularly (my Dad was from Greenford, and his father supported Reading, but they settled for my mum's team), and my brothers - both keen sports fans - started going with them. Then came my turn. My first QPR game was the win at Wembley in '67, and the rest- as they say - is history. My son is now an avid fan, and I hope he has cause to pass on the tradition in his turn.
lived in brackenbury rd accross from the swakeley pub. taken to qpr by my mums best friend..the local milkman (stop it) as a 5 year old loved it then..always will
my uncle took me when i was around nine. him and a mate of his used to go. it was a day i will never forget. we played villa and lost but we should have one around 4 -1. could not stop thinking about them after that. we were doing alright back then so beating other teams like liverpool and arsenal so you did not get to much stick at school.
My family are from Shep's Bush and have been supporters for generations. My great aunt (whom my grandma is close to) lives on the block, corner of Ellers and Bloem. There's an old legend in our family that a passed relative was a founder of the club. Don't know how much truth there is in that and I suspect a few families have a legend like that.
Im not from London, I was born and raised in Portsmouth. But my father is a Londoner, and QPR became religion to me at a very young age.
Born 1943 Ducane Rd. hospital Lived in Devonport Road for first 25 years Attended first match when I was 8 Didn't have much choice did I? Then again perhaps it's because supporting our beloved R's is so calming, no stress or worries. Perhaps not.
Uncle took me from the age of 7, i was hooked! I took my 6yr daughter for the 1st time last season, she led the team out pre-season verses Plymouth, she's hooked to. The tradition lives on
A friend of mine at school announced one day that he was going to see QPR on Saturday, & did I want to go with him? He lived in Queens Park at the time, I met him at his house, & we went by bus. 2/6 to get in at the school end, that was January 1968. What a fateful day that was, hooked in an instant. I've hated him ever since!
born in willesden & lived at college park scrubs lane & me dad took me when i was about eight a bloody long time ago, went to chrispoher wren school & then moved to wembley & then got married & moved crystal palace, took my kids down to rangers & since 2 out 3 of have defected to palace, but me & my elder daughter although see don't go still supports she's my little qpr supporter & one of the grandchildren who i managed to get on our side.
Born in Paddington, Mum and Dad both Qpr... Mum from ladbroke Grove, Dad from Stonebridge Park, Grandparents from Wembley.. Job done
My old man grew up on the wormholt estate and would go and watch Rangers with his dad when they were at home. When they were away he might go and see fulham or brentford, but rangers were always his team. He took me to my first game in 1985, against leciester. We have been to most grounds around the country together, and hundreds of home games - QPR means a he'll of a lot to me, and him. For me, it defines my whole relationship with my dad. It is the thing we have shared most closely, And has taken us on endless journeys, both physical and emotional. There's something amazing about supporting the underdog.
