QPR unlikely to ground-share, reveals Fernandes

QPR unlikely to ground-share, reveals Fernandes

Ian Cooper Wednesday, June 13, 2012
12:01 PM

Rangers chairman speaks out on stadium plans


Tony Fernandes has indicated that QPR will not pursue plans to ground-share with another club.

Rangers chairman Fernandes and chief executive Phil Beard are planning to move the club from their current home at Loftus Road which, with a capacity of just over 18,000, is the smallest stadium in the Premier League.

Beard last week insisted that a new ground would need to bring in revenue from as many sources as possible, hinting at the possibility of a multi-purpose venue in west London and not ruling out the prospect of teaming up with another club.

A ground-share with neighbours Fulham has been mooted, but Fernandes believes that is unlikely to happen, suggesting that any such plans would be met with opposition from fans.

“The idea of a ground-share has not been mentioned to me,” Fernandes told London24.com. “Fundamentally in a business sense I think it’s a good idea.

“But what makes sense in business doesn’t always make sense emotionally, and I don’t think we would look to do that.”

With the 2012-13 fixtures to be announced on Monday, Rangers boss Mark Hughes is already turning his thoughts to the new season.

Hughes is understood to be lining up a move for England goalkeeper Robert Green, who departed West Ham United this week after failing to agree a new deal.

And ahead of the new campaign, Fernandes admits that QPR’s unlikely Premier League survival on the final day of last season will be remembered as a pivotal moment in the club’s history.

“I always said that it did matter if we were relegated, the journey was set. Obviously it’s a lot easier to do things in the Premier League than the Championship,” he added.

“It wasn’t critical to stay in it, but I think it was very, very important.

“We announced the training ground, we brought in [new technical director] Mike Rigg, brought in Mark Hughes and his team.

“We have done a lot in five months. We have the nucleus of the squad now, and the last piece of the puzzle is the new stadium.”

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Just buy Wembley and be done with it. We could lease it back to the FA for internationals.

 

And to think that swans tw*t tried to tell us on this board they were the brightest up and coming club in the PL.

 

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This really is huge news for us and hopefully putting to bed rumours of a groundshare with Fulham or whoever.
We need to keep our own identity and once again TF is pressing all the right buttons.

It also tells us that they are serious about a move away and all these different articals show that we are moving forward.

 

Once again Tony gets it right.

If Carlsberg did football chairmen..........

 

Beard didn't say ground share with another club, he said ground share with another sport. Great journalism, FFS.

 

Well put Staines.