| Best ground in London on 13:18 - Oct 29 with 4494 views | Hastings_Hoops |
“The late stan Bowles” ?! [Post edited 29 Oct 2023 13:18]
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| Best ground in London on 13:22 - Oct 29 with 4470 views | Airtomoreira |
Odd, saw a post on a FB page earlier referring to "the late Stan Bowles". |  | | |
| Best ground in London on 13:46 - Oct 29 with 4322 views | LimehouseR |
Some great photos in there as well. Many would disagree but we do have the best ground despite all the modern failings of an 'arena'. |  | | |
| Best ground in London on 13:53 - Oct 29 with 4265 views | captainmycaptian |
Yep let's stay have a proper ground bring back rhe bear anyone on their day rangers irrespective of the state of the club. That with a really rocking ground amd at least we can enjoy the football. Who would of thought I would be looking back at some of the best days of QPR only having supported them from the late 80s |  | | |
| Best ground in London on 14:08 - Oct 29 with 4182 views | dmm |
A bit romanticised but I loved that and it provided a bit of much needed cheer. |  | | |
| Best ground in London on 14:30 - Oct 29 with 4113 views | hubble |
Blimey: "Loftus Road is the Globe Theatre of grounds, where you can hear the last syllable of a soliloquy as well as the guffaws of the regulars in the gallery."
The theatre of broken dreams maybe!
I enjoyed the prose, but let's be honest, our beloved little ground is a shithole. No, I don't want to move to a soulless bowl, yes, I'd much, much rather we stayed in the bororough, but bloody hell I'd love somewhere where my knees aren't scored by the seat in front, where I can piss at half time and still get back for the start of the second half, and where my view isn't obscured by a pillar.
I thought the photos were great, and as I said, I enjoyed the prose, but this is a romantic, halcyon gloss on the ugly reality of our delapidated, decaying little ground. |  |
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| Best ground in London on 14:50 - Oct 29 with 4004 views | HammersmithR |
Irony out of all this is if we go down nothing in terms on my entry to the ground and where I sit in the Upper Loft has changed from when we were last down in League 1! Only change is we have to scan to go in rather than than same young kid taking the stub out of your season ticket. My cramped seat is still the same. Shows in 20 odd years we just haven’t moved forward in so many key areas. Most of the people around where we sit were there in the League 1 days and we’re not going to be around forever. If you went on a commercial flight you wouldn’t be allowed to sell a ticket with such little legroom. | | | |
| Best ground in London on 17:25 - Oct 29 with 3768 views | qpr_1968 |
well i thought that was absolute quality.....and feel proud to be a qpr supporter, in every sense of the word.
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| Best ground in London on 17:48 - Oct 29 with 3675 views | dutch |
| Best ground in London on 14:30 - Oct 29 by hubble |
Blimey: "Loftus Road is the Globe Theatre of grounds, where you can hear the last syllable of a soliloquy as well as the guffaws of the regulars in the gallery."
The theatre of broken dreams maybe!
I enjoyed the prose, but let's be honest, our beloved little ground is a shithole. No, I don't want to move to a soulless bowl, yes, I'd much, much rather we stayed in the bororough, but bloody hell I'd love somewhere where my knees aren't scored by the seat in front, where I can piss at half time and still get back for the start of the second half, and where my view isn't obscured by a pillar.
I thought the photos were great, and as I said, I enjoyed the prose, but this is a romantic, halcyon gloss on the ugly reality of our delapidated, decaying little ground. |
Not romantic but realistic. Some would prefer a newer, cleaner, more comfortable experience, others, me included want to hold on to the unique cave we live and play in. I would not swap more leg room for less atmosphere and proximity. And certainly not if it means moving out of our ancestral homeland. I'd rather watch us here in division one, than in some faceless place nowhere near anywhere. | | | |
| Best ground in London on 18:10 - Oct 29 with 3602 views | thehat |
Interestingly my 15 year old Daughter has just got home from West Ham v Everton it was a school trip for the girls football team on a coach etc.
“So how did it go” I asked “ well apart from one rendition of I’m for ever blowing bubbles it wasn’t great we were sat in the gods and the game and atmosphere was flat. It was nice to watch the game without any emotional stress but give me Loftus Road any day” she replied.
I can’t lie it brought a smile to my face………That’s my girl……… | | | |
| Best ground in London on 18:14 - Oct 29 with 3586 views | Hastings_Hoops |
| Best ground in London on 17:48 - Oct 29 by dutch |
Not romantic but realistic. Some would prefer a newer, cleaner, more comfortable experience, others, me included want to hold on to the unique cave we live and play in. I would not swap more leg room for less atmosphere and proximity. And certainly not if it means moving out of our ancestral homeland. I'd rather watch us here in division one, than in some faceless place nowhere near anywhere. |
If the club needs to generate revenue from its assets through a live music venue as the owners appear to obsess over; do it as the training ground and build some conference facilities overlooking the training pitches + exclusive health spa for players and ‘high paying’ guests to use… Heathrow area is as much a good place for generating revenue this way as W12 which is, let’s not forget, surrounded by stiff competition (Albert hall, Earl’s Court, shepherds bush academy (or whatever it’s called now) etc).
Focus on improving Loftus road as a football arena and optimise concourse areas and hospitality as Michael Drain has proposed. | | | |
| Best ground in London on 19:22 - Oct 29 with 3449 views | NorthLondonR |
| Best ground in London on 18:14 - Oct 29 by Hastings_Hoops |
If the club needs to generate revenue from its assets through a live music venue as the owners appear to obsess over; do it as the training ground and build some conference facilities overlooking the training pitches + exclusive health spa for players and ‘high paying’ guests to use… Heathrow area is as much a good place for generating revenue this way as W12 which is, let’s not forget, surrounded by stiff competition (Albert hall, Earl’s Court, shepherds bush academy (or whatever it’s called now) etc).
Focus on improving Loftus road as a football arena and optimise concourse areas and hospitality as Michael Drain has proposed. |
San Miguel is not Spanish |  | | |
| Best ground in London on 19:24 - Oct 29 with 3428 views | joe90 |
| Best ground in London on 19:22 - Oct 29 by NorthLondonR |
San Miguel is not Spanish |
Actually discovered this recently. A good quiz question.
Ps: Nice article. A welcome change to read something positive about QPR. I was actually feeling frustrated about where I sit, a combination of annoying fans, children kicking my seat and the constant threat of being shat on by a pigeon. The joys of Loftus Road! [Post edited 29 Oct 2023 19:36]
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| Best ground in London on 20:08 - Oct 29 with 3281 views | kernowhoop |
Lovely!!  | | | |
| Best ground in London on 20:17 - Oct 29 with 3234 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Thanks Bakes. Loved that. |  |
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| Best ground in London on 20:27 - Oct 29 with 3195 views | OakR |
Thanks for this - really enjoyed reading that!
We'd all like more legroom and no pillars, and the ability to get serverd / go to the toilet in under 20 minutes at HT, but imagine having a one of those soulness bowls!
If we ever do change the Spurs model is definitely the way to go, on a smaller scale - keep the same atmosphere better, well everything else! | |
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| Best ground in London on 20:28 - Oct 29 with 3192 views | Sonofpugwash |
Stick a retractable roof on it.Game changer and would get rid of the pigeons. |  |
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| Best ground in London on 12:10 - Oct 30 with 2814 views | TheChef |
| Best ground in London on 19:22 - Oct 29 by NorthLondonR |
San Miguel is not Spanish |
Actually Filipino!
Never knew that. |  |
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