| What can I say? 11:04 - Dec 27 with 5011 views | HantsR |
On Christmas Eve I wrote to the club, asking if my 4yr old grandson's name could appear on the screen at half-time of the Hull game as it will be his first ever visit to a professional game.
Superb response from the office as the request resulted in an offer for him and his dad to sit in the dugout during warm-ups, get high fives from the players and a goody bag.
I'm in tears
Late edit - the club have also invited me to join them both...Happy Days! [Post edited 27 Dec 2019 15:37]
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| What can I say? on 11:11 - Dec 27 with 4964 views | Ned_Kennedys |
Wow that's fantastic from the club, really thoughtful. |  | | |
| What can I say? on 11:43 - Dec 27 with 4891 views | Loftgirl |
| What can I say? on 11:11 - Dec 27 by Ned_Kennedys |
Wow that's fantastic from the club, really thoughtful. |
We're so good at this sort of thing. |  | | |
| What can I say? on 11:48 - Dec 27 with 4858 views | nix |
That’s so good of the club. Thanks for sharing. I think I’ve got something in my eye... |  | | |
| What can I say? on 12:01 - Dec 27 with 4808 views | ted_hendrix |
Nice post Mr H. |  |
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| What can I say? on 12:08 - Dec 27 with 4779 views | francisbowles |
Good stuff. We've moved on a bit since Tango and Cash as well as 'the sky is blue'. |  | | |
| What can I say? on 13:30 - Dec 27 with 4592 views | timcocking |
Love it. |  | | |
| What can I say? on 15:15 - Dec 27 with 4428 views | YorkRanger |
Great stuff from the club - go the extra mile, hook them in young and keep them for ever.
Nice to read this sort of stuff |  | | |
| What can I say? on 15:53 - Dec 27 with 4328 views | colinallcars |
Warms the cockles of your heart. I used to think the cockles in question were seafood but in this case cockles are ventricles contained within the heart to facilitate pumping blood through. Not a lotta people know that. |  | | |
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| What can I say? on 16:06 - Dec 27 with 4293 views | CLAREMAN1995 |
Very nice to read that, well done to all involved in the decision.Have a great time . |  | | |
| What can I say? on 18:08 - Dec 27 with 4111 views | Boston |
| What can I say? on 15:53 - Dec 27 by colinallcars |
Warms the cockles of your heart. I used to think the cockles in question were seafood but in this case cockles are ventricles contained within the heart to facilitate pumping blood through. Not a lotta people know that. |
C’mon Colin, everyone knows that cockles pump the blood to the mussels. | |
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| What can I say? on 18:32 - Dec 27 with 4069 views | Benny_the_Ball |
Great to hear HantsR. Enjoy the day. |  | | |
| What can I say? on 23:02 - Dec 29 with 3627 views | HantsR |
What a super experience that was for us today. Little 4yr old grandson got to wave the team on, with a flag that was twice his height. Had his name on the big screen, sat in the dugout and saw the players at close quarters. Club made us feel very special and I even got to shake hands with Mark Warburton. I expressed my appreciation but maybe a pity I didn't advise him about substitutions ...? Nevertheless, thank you QPR. | | | |
| What can I say? on 23:12 - Dec 29 with 3604 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Is there an age limit? I'd like a go. |  | | |
| What can I say? (n/t) on 07:32 - Dec 30 with 3490 views | distortR |
| What can I say? on 23:12 - Dec 29 by BazzaInTheLoft |
Is there an age limit? I'd like a go. |
At being HantsR's grandson? [Post edited 30 Dec 2019 7:34]
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| What can I say? on 13:34 - Dec 30 with 3225 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| What can I say? on 23:02 - Dec 29 by HantsR |
What a super experience that was for us today. Little 4yr old grandson got to wave the team on, with a flag that was twice his height. Had his name on the big screen, sat in the dugout and saw the players at close quarters. Club made us feel very special and I even got to shake hands with Mark Warburton. I expressed my appreciation but maybe a pity I didn't advise him about substitutions ...? Nevertheless, thank you QPR. |
Delighted for you, my man. |  |
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| What can I say? on 14:14 - Dec 30 with 3191 views | HantsR |
| What can I say? on 13:34 - Dec 30 by BrianMcCarthy |
Delighted for you, my man. |
Remembering our conversation about your first memory of a football match - I think yours was hurling?
Edit - correction, your story was indeed about a very young lad, not yourself. I think I also mentioned the similar instance in Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch [Post edited 31 Dec 2019 9:29]
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| What can I say? on 15:32 - Dec 30 with 3139 views | r66 |
In similar vein to this thread.....I too had tickets for the Hull game for myself, my daughter and her partner. They are visiting from Australia. On Christmas morning, I was put in plaster with a broken ankle .
I won’t go into the full story but the service we received from Josh Scott, the Operations manager was exemplary in terms of customer care skills. I have written to Lee Hoos to highly compliment Josh.
Makes you proud to be associated with the club......for the last 55 years in my case! | | | |
| What can I say? on 15:33 - Dec 30 with 3138 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| What can I say? on 14:14 - Dec 30 by HantsR |
Remembering our conversation about your first memory of a football match - I think yours was hurling?
Edit - correction, your story was indeed about a very young lad, not yourself. I think I also mentioned the similar instance in Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch [Post edited 31 Dec 2019 9:29]
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Mine was Rangers, but the story I told about seeing that kid have his first ‘Wow!’ moment was from a hurling match, yes.
Happy New Year to you and your family. | |
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| What can I say? on 17:02 - Dec 30 with 3062 views | CLAREMAN1995 |
| What can I say? on 15:33 - Dec 30 by BrianMcCarthy |
Mine was Rangers, but the story I told about seeing that kid have his first ‘Wow!’ moment was from a hurling match, yes.
Happy New Year to you and your family. |
Are you back to 100% now Brian over the flu/cold you had.Hopefully you got to see all the games you planned and had fun despite the gut punch of yesterday .
Hurling is one of the finest games in the world IMO so fast and skillful played by ametures just for the love of county or parish and now we have the new high visibility yellow ball 
Happy New Year to you and all the QPR fans posting here .We could use a nice win soon | | | |
| What can I say? on 17:04 - Dec 30 with 3060 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| What can I say? on 17:02 - Dec 30 by CLAREMAN1995 |
Are you back to 100% now Brian over the flu/cold you had.Hopefully you got to see all the games you planned and had fun despite the gut punch of yesterday .
Hurling is one of the finest games in the world IMO so fast and skillful played by ametures just for the love of county or parish and now we have the new high visibility yellow ball
Happy New Year to you and all the QPR fans posting here .We could use a nice win soon |
Just got home to Cork a few hours ago, a chara.
Had a great trip and all recovered, thanks.
Happy New Year to you and to yours. | |
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| What can I say? on 20:15 - Dec 30 with 2956 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| What can I say? on 23:02 - Dec 29 by HantsR |
What a super experience that was for us today. Little 4yr old grandson got to wave the team on, with a flag that was twice his height. Had his name on the big screen, sat in the dugout and saw the players at close quarters. Club made us feel very special and I even got to shake hands with Mark Warburton. I expressed my appreciation but maybe a pity I didn't advise him about substitutions ...? Nevertheless, thank you QPR. |
Great stuff. I hope the little boy felt like a million dollars. | | | |
| What can I say? on 07:16 - Dec 31 with 2833 views | Konk |
| What can I say? on 23:02 - Dec 29 by HantsR |
What a super experience that was for us today. Little 4yr old grandson got to wave the team on, with a flag that was twice his height. Had his name on the big screen, sat in the dugout and saw the players at close quarters. Club made us feel very special and I even got to shake hands with Mark Warburton. I expressed my appreciation but maybe a pity I didn't advise him about substitutions ...? Nevertheless, thank you QPR. |
Really nice to hear about Rangers organising all this for you. It's exactly the sort of thing that all clubs outside the richest few need to be doing. Doesn't cost them anything other than a bit of time and yet gives your family a day that you'll always remember as well as hopefully going a long way towards hooking another generation of support. Excellent work all round - I just hope he's not expecting a seat in the dugouts every week! |  |
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