Stan Bowles RIP

[Abseits]

He scored winning and only goal in my first ever game. Home to Chelsea in FA Cup. In following years I spotted him a few times sprinting down South Africa Road to White City dogs after a Tuesday night game. I thought flipping heck... I've filed out of The Loft, shuffled through Batman Close and I'm sauntering down the road and Stan's left the pitch, got changed into a suit and is overtaking me! No way he's had a shower.... must've splashed on some Brut or Old Spice instead.
Several years later I worked on The Tote at the dogs, manned a booth in The American Bar. Christ it was rough -how they got away with having booze AND gambling in one space still baffles me. Anyhow, served Stan many a time. Let's just say he was a happy winner and a grumpy loser. A true character - RIP Stan.

[72bus]

He had at least 4 songs sung with his name in it from the loft , no other players had this and I've been going since marsh played .....Retire his shirt .

[Abseits]

He had at least 4 songs sung with his name in it from the loft , no other players had this and I've been going since marsh played .....Retire his shirt .

Not sure we can retire our 10 shirt though - it's just too iconic I reckon. Stan's demise of natural causes at a decent age is poignant and sad but I feel the 10 shirt needs to be an ongoing part of our story.

[FurtiveFox]

I missed out on seeing Stan by about a six years unfortunately but of course have heard the stories, seen footage etc. An incredible player. When I think of maverick type players from that era the two I think of straightaway are Stan and George Best. He was that good. If I could go back in time a little would have loved to have followed the team during 1975-76. Must have been an amazing time to be an Rs fan.

The word iconic is used a lot these days but is more than justified in his case. Can't think of a single player like him at the moment. Mavericks sadly do not fit into the modern game which is a real shame.

Made me think just what a time that must have been. When you think of teams who achieved what should have been the impossible since then only ones I could come up with are Leicester and maybe Blackburn and their respective title wins, albeit latter had to splash some cash to do it. For us to have come so close to winning the league was one hell of an achievement to say the least.

RIP Stan

[72bus]

Still think we should retire the 10 for our best ever player .

[Harrow QPR]

Got a story about Stan that my uncle told me .
My uncle was mates with Don Shanks and also got friendly with Stan . Shanks mum used to live in the flat below my Uncle in Batman close on the White city estate
One Chrismas day my uncle, Don Shanks , Stan and Ian Gillard were on the #### , anyway they all ended up at my uncles house drinking till 4am . They would'nt of got much sleep or even sobered up before our home game against Spurs on the Boxing day and i think it was an 11-30am kick off. We drew the game 2-2 but Stanley missed a penalty.
I can remember my uncle telling me this story and i was annoyed with Stan because if he had'nt been on the #### we might have won the game . Little did i know that most players were doing the same for years and it probably only changed when foreign coaches got involved in the English game and changed players drinking habits and diets . Any way just a little story my uncle tol me about Stan , he did tell me a few others but not for here.

[Harrow QPR]

I read a report in mail online about Stan and Don Shanks described him as the Lionel Messi of the 70's and when you think about it they were very similar players, great left foot with a brilliant first touch , great dribblers and would very rarely lose the ball , always find another player with a great pass and scored lots of goals by just passing the ball into the net.
Yes Messi was 10 times fitter than Stan and probably more dedicated but Stan had little protection from the refs like nowadays and the pitches were mud heaps . The 70's were great days with great players and mavericks like Stan before the Premier league came and made it all about money .

[LoftusRoadLad]

Great write up of our Stan

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/2024/february/26/stan-bowles-putting-qpr-on-the-map/

[72bus]

Great write up of our Stan

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/2024/febr...pr-on-the-map/

Ditto , brought back a few memories .

[LoftusRoadLad]

Can't get enough of Stan's stories !!

[WeAreQPR12]

Who's the 3rd fella in the video?

[Jeffqpr]

Who's the 3rd fella in the video?

Dave Thomas

[72bus]

Was at HQ yesterday only a few shirts , scarves and bunches of flowers out in memory of Stan , thought there would be a lot more .

[WeAreQPR12]

Ok cheers Jeff, I just missed that amazing side

[Jeffqpr]

Ok cheers Jeff, I just missed that amazing side

Don’t know what you missed & sensational team that should’ve won the the 1st Division