Richard Thompson

[Spencer]

Good point about Sir Les being replaced by Hateley but I think Wilkins deserves most of the blame for wasting that money as Hateley was his best pal from his Glasgow Rangers days and had to leave Scotland in a hurry so the story goes,Simon Osborn who was quite decent hardly ever got a game because Wilkins wanted a final year playing himself and Ned Zelic must be the only Aussie to get homesick in West London and then went back to Germany.

Perhaps its always been madness at QPR

The Thompson family make Briatore look like a pauper.

With regard to RT - yes hindsight is a wonderful thing. Remember then though, times were different - we'd finished 5th in the Premier League and were 7th when Thompson decided to sell Pea**** to Newcastle. If Pea**** had stayed and Thompson just taken the same sort of risk Bates did in getting in Gullit, I truly believe, no exaggeration here, we had a decent chance of actually getting into the top 3 or even winning the damn thing. Things were much more even back in 93/94.

God - i remember seeing ned Zelic i think V Wimbledon...he was poor...

and Yes Nodge - seeing as in season 92 - we were top london club..I know because i have the t shirt still:boss: - Where did it all go so wrong ?

[paulmason]

Because he suceeded brilliantly in the business side

But at the complete detrement to the football side!t

Well the best brains in sports marketing that we have in charge now are crap on both fronts.

[QPR1234]

The Thompson family make Briatore look like a pauper.

With regard to RT - yes hindsight is a wonderful thing. Remember then though, times were different - we'd finished 5th in the Premier League and were 7th when Thompson decided to sell Pea**** to Newcastle. If Pea**** had stayed and Thompson just taken the same sort of risk Bates did in getting in Gullit, I truly believe, no exaggeration here, we had a decent chance of actually getting into the top 3 or even winning the damn thing. Things were much more even back in 93/94.

i remember hearing about us then trying for world footballer of the year roberto baggio

[stanistheman]

The Thompson family make Briatore look like a pauper.

With regard to RT - yes hindsight is a wonderful thing. Remember then though, times were different - we'd finished 5th in the Premier League and were 7th when Thompson decided to sell Pea**** to Newcastle. If Pea**** had stayed and Thompson just taken the same sort of risk Bates did in getting in Gullit, I truly believe, no exaggeration here, we had a decent chance of actually getting into the top 3 or even winning the damn thing. Things were much more even back in 93/94.

Thta was my only real gripe about the Thompson family. They had the funds to take QPR up a level, but preferred to sell players to balance the books.

Perhaps if they had looked into improving capacity, a new ground etc and spending some money on additions to a good team, QPR could have been challenging for honours instead of going down.

I agree the players like Seaman, Parker, Sinton, Pea**** & Ferdinand left to join bigger clubs, but perhaps if the Thompsons showed more ambition, these players would have stayed.

Often, businesses have to speculate to accumulate, but the Thompsons who could afford to do so, didn't. Perhaps it was because they never really wanted a football club. I seem to recall they got the club as part payment after David Bulstrode died.

[irememberlesley]

Thompson - Run a tight ship, left us in 1996 as one of only two clubs (+ Man U) not in debt.
Wright - Spent more money than he had, left us in administration.

Which was the biggest evil?

[irememberlesley]

The Thompson family make Briatore look like a pauper.

With regard to RT - yes hindsight is a wonderful thing. Remember then though, times were different - we'd finished 5th in the Premier League and were 7th when Thompson decided to sell Pea**** to Newcastle. If Pea**** had stayed and Thompson just taken the same sort of risk Bates did in getting in Gullit, I truly believe, no exaggeration here, we had a decent chance of actually getting into the top 3 or even winning the damn thing. Things were much more even back in 93/94.

Yes, we finished 5th but were 21 points off the top - we were never going to close that.

[Nodge70]

Yes, we finished 5th but were 21 points off the top - we were never going to close that.

We had a usual shocking spell October through to January. Just needed a guiding hand through that period. I think Villa fell way short of Utd in 2nd place too.

[irememberlesley]

Also, in 83/84 when we finished 5th we were only 7 points off the leaders, but I never hear anything about Jim Gregory showing no ambition to push us higher. Instead, he sold Clive Allen to Tottenham.

[irememberlesley]

We had a usual shocking spell October through to January. Just needed a guiding hand through that period. I think Villa fell way short of Utd in 2nd place too.

It wasn't shocking at all during October to January, check the scores. Feb and March weren't too hot.


QPR 1992/1993 results and fixtures
English Premier Man City 1-1 QPR 17-08-1992
English Premier QPR 3-1 Southampton 19-08-1992
English Premier QPR 3-2 Sheff Utd 22-08-1992
English Premier Coventry 0-1 QPR 26-08-1992
English Premier Chelsea 1-0 QPR 29-08-1992
English Premier QPR 0-0 Arsenal 02-09-1992
English Premier QPR 0-0 Ipswich 05-09-1992
English Premier Southampton 1-2 QPR 12-09-1992
English Premier QPR 3-3 Middlesbro 19-09-1992
English League Cup QPR 2-1 Grimsby 23-09-1992
English Premier Man Utd 0-0 QPR 26-09-1992
English Premier QPR 4-1 Tottenham 03-10-1992
English League Cup Grimsby 2-1 QPR 06-10-1992
English Premier Norwich 2-1 QPR 17-10-1992
English Premier QPR 2-1 Leeds 24-10-1992
English League Cup Bury 0-2 QPR 27-10-1992
English Premier Aston Villa 2-0 QPR 01-11-1992
English Premier MK Dons 0-2 QPR 07-11-1992
English Premier QPR 0-1 Liverpool 23-11-1992
English Premier Blackburn 1-0 QPR 28-11-1992
English League Cup Sheff Wed 4-0 QPR 02-12-1992
English Premier QPR 3-2 Oldham 05-12-1992
English Premier QPR 1-3 C Palace 12-12-1992
English Premier Sheff Wed 1-0 QPR 19-12-1992
English Premier QPR 4-2 Everton 28-12-1992
English FA Cup QPR 3-0 Swindon 04-01-1993
English Premier Middlesbro 0-1 QPR 09-01-1993
English Premier QPR 1-3 Man Utd 18-01-1993
English FA Cup QPR 1-2 Man City 23-01-1993
English Premier QPR 1-1 Chelsea 27-01-1993
English Premier Sheff Utd 1-2 QPR 30-01-1993
English Premier QPR 1-1 Man City 06-02-1993
English Premier Ipswich 1-1 QPR 09-02-1993
English Premier QPR 2-0 Coventry 20-02-1993
English Premier Nottm Forest 1-0 QPR 24-02-1993
English Premier Tottenham 3-2 QPR 27-02-1993
English Premier QPR 3-1 Norwich 06-03-1993
English Premier Liverpool 1-0 QPR 10-03-1993
English Premier QPR 1-2 MK Dons 13-03-1993
English Premier Oldham 2-2 QPR 20-03-1993
English Premier QPR 0-3 Blackburn 24-03-1993
English Premier C Palace 1-1 QPR 03-04-1993
English Premier QPR 4-3 Nottm Forest 10-04-1993
English Premier Everton 3-5 QPR 12-04-1993
English Premier Leeds 1-1 QPR 01-05-1993
English Premier Arsenal 0-0 QPR 04-05-1993
English Premier QPR 2-1 Aston Villa 09-05-1993
English Premier QPR 3-1 Sheff Wed 11-05-1993