Today would have been... 17:50 - Oct 12 with 2615 views | PlumsteadQPR | Alan McDonald's 50th birthday. Childhood hero and an absolute QPR legend. RIP Macca. | ![](/images/avatars/1644.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 18:00 - Oct 12 with 2603 views | bosh67 | Saw this, this morning, RIP Macca. | ![](/images/avatars/1510.gif) |
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Today would have been... on 19:45 - Oct 12 with 2572 views | HollowayRanger | great shame rip | ![](/images/avatars/1268.gif) |
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Today would have been... on 19:52 - Oct 12 with 2568 views | Monahoop | One of the finest, if not the finest defender to have donned the hooped shirt of QPR. | ![](/images/avatars/2861.gif) |
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Today would have been... on 23:17 - Oct 12 with 2531 views | BklynRanger |
Today would have been... on 19:52 - Oct 12 by Monahoop | One of the finest, if not the finest defender to have donned the hooped shirt of QPR. |
I remember standing outside LR in about 1993. I think I was there just to watch the players leave. Anyway near the end Macca came out and what I remember most was his accent. Hearing a hero like that talking 20 yards away in the same way I did, miles away from home still as a fairly young lad, it just put that extra bit of glue between me and the club. 4 years ago I accidentally threw away the program he'd signed (separate occasion) - into a County Antrim skip. I try not to think about that. | ![](/images/avatars/2096.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 23:23 - Oct 12 with 2528 views | loftboy |
Today would have been... on 19:52 - Oct 12 by Monahoop | One of the finest, if not the finest defender to have donned the hooped shirt of QPR. |
Definitely the finest, by far and away my favourite ever QPR player. RIP Macca | ![](/images/avatars/1481.gif) |
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Today would have been... on 01:17 - Oct 13 with 2508 views | PlumsteadQPR | Don't know about 'finest', 'greatest' or 'best' in terms of adjectives to apply to Alan McDonald with regards to his position or performances. All I know is that once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I realised that Alan McDonald epitomised everything that I considered important in a person, in a footballer or ultimately in a Man. | ![](/images/avatars/1644.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 01:36 - Oct 13 with 2502 views | SonofNorfolt | Wish I had read this earlier, as I was drinking with Dave Anderson, who's the Harrow Boro manager and one of Macca's best mates. We would have had a toast to him. xx | ![](/images/avatars/1901.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 02:42 - Oct 13 with 2492 views | BklynRanger | Mel, You, me, Dave and Dave Howell can all go for a drink some time. Would be a great laugh. Dave H is a good friend of mine through our lady friends (I photographed his wedding too). He drinks like woman but he knows a lot :) | ![](/images/avatars/2096.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) | Login to get fewer ads
Today would have been... on 02:45 - Oct 13 with 2490 views | SonofNorfolt | Where's he now? All I know is he has left St Albans.. Greenwich village it is then. [Post edited 13 Oct 2013 2:48]
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Today would have been... on 02:51 - Oct 13 with 2478 views | BklynRanger | Not anywhere at the moment. A happy family man but an unused talent football-wise. I took him to a Mets game once - he related everything to football to the point that I had to tell him to stop... Grennwich Village is fine by me, would be bonkers More likely to be Hammersmith though, all things considered [Post edited 13 Oct 2013 2:55]
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Today would have been... on 03:14 - Oct 13 with 2458 views | SonofNorfolt | Or my local. | ![](/images/avatars/1901.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 03:29 - Oct 13 with 2452 views | BklynRanger | Ideal. I'll need a lift. | ![](/images/avatars/2096.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 07:20 - Oct 13 with 2434 views | smegma |
Today would have been... on 02:42 - Oct 13 by BklynRanger | Mel, You, me, Dave and Dave Howell can all go for a drink some time. Would be a great laugh. Dave H is a good friend of mine through our lady friends (I photographed his wedding too). He drinks like woman but he knows a lot :) |
Had a drink with DH a couple of years ago when we played Harrow Borough when he was manager. He didnt touch a drop the woman !! Me and Sudbury Hill drunk his share instead. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 09:06 - Oct 13 with 2417 views | Sudbury_Hill_R |
Today would have been... on 07:20 - Oct 13 by smegma | Had a drink with DH a couple of years ago when we played Harrow Borough when he was manager. He didnt touch a drop the woman !! Me and Sudbury Hill drunk his share instead. |
Funnily enough I messaged DH on Thursday as it was his birthday. We were firm school mates and played at various levels of football together. He was a cracking centre back. I think the first black player to represent England at any level? | ![](/images/avatars/5121.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Today would have been... on 10:28 - Oct 13 with 2379 views | smegma |
Today would have been... on 09:06 - Oct 13 by Sudbury_Hill_R | Funnily enough I messaged DH on Thursday as it was his birthday. We were firm school mates and played at various levels of football together. He was a cracking centre back. I think the first black player to represent England at any level? |
Even before Laurie Cunningham ? Howell started his professional career with Fulham in 1978, but failed to reach the first team.[1] He then moved on to various non-league clubs, including Harrow Borough (whom he helped win the 1984 Isthmian League Premier Division Championship), Hounslow Town, Hillingdon Borough and Enfield. He was also a Semi-pro international, achieving the honour of being the first black England National Game XI captain. [Post edited 13 Oct 2013 10:32]
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Today would have been... on 23:36 - Oct 13 with 2323 views | BklynRanger | She's a small world - no doubt about that. | ![](/images/avatars/2096.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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