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You'd have to say Richard Thompson. Yes he was an orthodox tight arse, but he run the books correct and did over see QPR's best Premier League finish as top London Club. Even after the debacle of Francis's departure, he listened to the fans and brought in Ray Wilkins as the replacement which was the peoples choice, and gave him money to spend after the sale of Les. Sadly that's what started the 20 year decline.
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 08:56 - Nov 25 with 4898 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 08:48 - Nov 25 by Toast_R
No Chris Wright?
You'd have to say Richard Thompson. Yes he was an orthodox tight arse, but he run the books correct and did over see QPR's best Premier League finish as top London Club. Even after the debacle of Francis's departure, he listened to the fans and brought in Ray Wilkins as the replacement which was the peoples choice, and gave him money to spend after the sale of Les. Sadly that's what started the 20 year decline.
Richard Thompson? He was a total disaster.
As said earlier, possibly Bulstrode, but in the end surely it has to be Bernie Ecclestone.
How the four year plan was carried out was pretty haphazard but nevertheless, after the designated four years, we got back to where I never thought I'd see this club again. We'll never know but I reckon if he'd stayed on this club would be five years into Premier League football instead of the mess we find ourselves in.
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 09:20 - Nov 25 with 4866 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 08:59 - Nov 25 by stevec
Richard Thompson? He was a total disaster.
As said earlier, possibly Bulstrode, but in the end surely it has to be Bernie Ecclestone.
How the four year plan was carried out was pretty haphazard but nevertheless, after the designated four years, we got back to where I never thought I'd see this club again. We'll never know but I reckon if he'd stayed on this club would be five years into Premier League football instead of the mess we find ourselves in.
Explain total disaster. From what I remember, albeit I was only a young punk at the time, his main criticisms were that he sold key players like Darren Peacock, Andy Sinton, Les and let Clive Wilson go on a free, and wasn't that willing to re-cycle the cash back into the clubs transfer budget.
But from what I remember, he didn't run the club in to debt and he employed some decent managers in Howe and Gerry Francis so the selling wasn't necessarily a disaster. Bearing in mind these were the days before TV was giving millions to clubs for being crap as long as they were in the top flight. Different world back then of course but given the choice following QPR back then was far more enjoyable then it has been since. No coincidence that this is the model our club is now striving to get back to as they'd have you believe. Thompson only real disaster was trying to apease the fans with whom he was unpopular with and getting in Butch Wilkins as manager and letting him loose with the Les money. Foolish.
Ecclestone was the silent partner of the Briatore era, and that was pretty much a draconian period which they stumbled along clumsily until they stepped back and let someone else take the reigns. They then left the club in sh*t creek with few paddles of which we are still seeing the consequences.
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 09:21 - Nov 25 with 4866 views
Not voting for any of that shit but I liked Chris Wright. His heart was in the right place but he didn't realise that we're cursed to be f**ked for all eternity.
Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore.
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 09:38 - Nov 25 with 4834 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 08:59 - Nov 25 by stevec
Richard Thompson? He was a total disaster.
As said earlier, possibly Bulstrode, but in the end surely it has to be Bernie Ecclestone.
How the four year plan was carried out was pretty haphazard but nevertheless, after the designated four years, we got back to where I never thought I'd see this club again. We'll never know but I reckon if he'd stayed on this club would be five years into Premier League football instead of the mess we find ourselves in.
Hmm. The infamous 'Four Year Plan' was originally to get QPR into the Champions League. That was the spin, leading to the Gulf Air CEO mentioning it on the pitch at half time - greeted by howls of laughter IIRC. It was only the successive cock ups that befell the club that led to the aim becoming getting QPR into the Premier League.
Interesting that Bill Power was left off the list. Didn't have much money to put in (compared to others, I mean) but he tried to stabilise the club and was undoubtedly the most approachable, fan-oriented Chairman we've ever had.
As for Bulstrode, I guess it's a case of "if only..."
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 09:56 - Nov 25 with 4808 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 09:26 - Nov 25 by Bluce_Ree
Not voting for any of that shit but I liked Chris Wright. His heart was in the right place but he didn't realise that we're cursed to be f**ked for all eternity.
I seem to remember it a bit differently. Yes he was a supporter but didn't he also oversea the time we were handing out ridiculous contracts to youngsters who hadn't even made the reserve teams which were for more money than first tem players at other clubs? He was a disaster. Bulstrode wasn't really around long enough but had the potential. Of those listed I would have to go with TF. OK he has had his pants pulled down on numerous occasions but they have taken it on the chin and wiped out the debt they created and hopefully now will have learnt that footballs not all about throwing money at the manager/team.
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 10:39 - Nov 25 with 4763 views
How can anyone vote Richard Thompson ???? we could have been title contenders if it wasn't for him, I still find myself ranting about this 22/23 years on
go back to 92, we had one of the best teams , playing some of the best football in the league , we also had the best young English coach/manager and still had a pretty decent youth set up we were a Kenny Cunningham, Ian Bishop , Stan Collymoore signing away from I think running man utd close to the league , Gerry was forced to buy devon white (bless him) and play Maurice doyle when things got tough then we asset stripped and when we did that we still managed to get in a Sinclair for peanuts thanks to Gerry , who by this point would have been crest fallen at losing our best players , Thompson then wanted a yes man in and forced Gerry out and in the process make a legend in Rodney look a mug , we should have kicked on but didn't because he wanted the money, also he stitched up poor Don Howe a couple of seasons before who again did a great job and again was 3 signings short of winning a cup or challenging
its says a lot that people think Bulstrode is our best chairman when he was only in charge for about a month before he curled his toes up on some tart
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 11:31 - Nov 25 with 4698 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 11:12 - Nov 25 by paulparker
How can anyone vote Richard Thompson ???? we could have been title contenders if it wasn't for him, I still find myself ranting about this 22/23 years on
go back to 92, we had one of the best teams , playing some of the best football in the league , we also had the best young English coach/manager and still had a pretty decent youth set up we were a Kenny Cunningham, Ian Bishop , Stan Collymoore signing away from I think running man utd close to the league , Gerry was forced to buy devon white (bless him) and play Maurice doyle when things got tough then we asset stripped and when we did that we still managed to get in a Sinclair for peanuts thanks to Gerry , who by this point would have been crest fallen at losing our best players , Thompson then wanted a yes man in and forced Gerry out and in the process make a legend in Rodney look a mug , we should have kicked on but didn't because he wanted the money, also he stitched up poor Don Howe a couple of seasons before who again did a great job and again was 3 signings short of winning a cup or challenging
its says a lot that people think Bulstrode is our best chairman when he was only in charge for about a month before he curled his toes up on some tart
Agree totally, but the choice was him or the others. The others are worse IMO.
We were never going to run Man Utd close with Roberts between the sticks!
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 11:33 - Nov 25 with 4691 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 11:31 - Nov 25 by Toast_R
Agree totally, but the choice was him or the others. The others are worse IMO.
We were never going to run Man Utd close with Roberts between the sticks!
We had Big Jan mostly in that 92 team, its only really 93 that Roberts started getting more games just IMHO Toast , but I do think that team with 3 signings added to it would have pushed utd and Villa ,
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 12:01 - Nov 25 with 4644 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 11:55 - Nov 25 by paulparker
We had Big Jan mostly in that 92 team, its only really 93 that Roberts started getting more games just IMHO Toast , but I do think that team with 3 signings added to it would have pushed utd and Villa ,
Maybe not United but considering Norwich and Villa were both in the top three back then there's no reason we couldn't have been also - basically swapping Roberts for Kasey Keller might have been enough, that clown used to cost us three or four victories a season. Alex rae at Millwall was always on the list as well back then and would have been a better version of Holloway. Clive Mendonca from Grimsby to play next to Les would have been quite something.
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 12:02 - Nov 25 with 4639 views
he gave Trevor Francis the money for Reid, Gray(gutted when we sold him ) Spackman and Clarke , we were in relegation trouble at the time, the irony is 3 of those players were sold about 4 months after we bought them
as for Wegerle , Don Howe got him in the 90 season for a million , that's after we sold Gray, Spackman, Martin Allen, Paul Wright , that million was supposed to be spent on paul Williams and john Humphrey in that summer but Charlton pulled out at the last minute,
Bulstrode was after Gregory and the Merger , but my memory only reckons he was about for a couple of months before he died the best way possible
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 12:13 - Nov 25 with 4610 views
the Million was put aside for Paul Williams & John Humpthey all but a done deal until the very last second when it fell through, we then bought in paul wright but he was homesick and sold to Aberdeen leaving ius a striker short we sold Gray I think for 500k, Martin Allen for 675k and spackman for 500k so he got more than his money back , like you I rated Gray but I think all of those players all but fell out with Trevor Francis and Thompson wanted his money back or a profit on the sale
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 13:46 - Nov 25 with 2088 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 11:12 - Nov 25 by paulparker
How can anyone vote Richard Thompson ???? we could have been title contenders if it wasn't for him, I still find myself ranting about this 22/23 years on
go back to 92, we had one of the best teams , playing some of the best football in the league , we also had the best young English coach/manager and still had a pretty decent youth set up we were a Kenny Cunningham, Ian Bishop , Stan Collymoore signing away from I think running man utd close to the league , Gerry was forced to buy devon white (bless him) and play Maurice doyle when things got tough then we asset stripped and when we did that we still managed to get in a Sinclair for peanuts thanks to Gerry , who by this point would have been crest fallen at losing our best players , Thompson then wanted a yes man in and forced Gerry out and in the process make a legend in Rodney look a mug , we should have kicked on but didn't because he wanted the money, also he stitched up poor Don Howe a couple of seasons before who again did a great job and again was 3 signings short of winning a cup or challenging
its says a lot that people think Bulstrode is our best chairman when he was only in charge for about a month before he curled his toes up on some tart
Yep, all of that.
Also presided over us getting relegated at the precise moment when being in the top flight became a gold mine. As you say, incredibly short-sighted in the transfer market and as a result financially crippled the club for a generation or more.
In an alternative universe, Eric Cantona was so impressed by our 4-0 tonking of Leeds that he decided to sign for us instead of the side that we had beaten 4-1 and we went on to lift the title in 1993.
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Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 14:16 - Nov 25 with 2063 views
Who is the Best QPR Chairman in the last 25 Years? on 08:59 - Nov 25 by stevec
Richard Thompson? He was a total disaster.
As said earlier, possibly Bulstrode, but in the end surely it has to be Bernie Ecclestone.
How the four year plan was carried out was pretty haphazard but nevertheless, after the designated four years, we got back to where I never thought I'd see this club again. We'll never know but I reckon if he'd stayed on this club would be five years into Premier League football instead of the mess we find ourselves in.
They would never have made the much-vaunted 4 year plan had it not been going so t!ts up that they had to let Amit and Ishan take over. The idea that the club wasn't doing very similar things to what we've done since they left is absurd. Big money on not great players, terrible appointments mixed with good appointments who they sacked anyway. A total mess. Bernie had next to no interest too.
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