Charlie Austin whose career nearly ground to a halt at lowly
Poole Town, has found himself aiming for the premiership with his latest team,
QPR, as he helped their reguard action against Derby County today, in the Championship
play off at Wembley. After a relatively even game, QPR were reduced to ten men
in the second half, by O’Neill’s “just”
justifiable sending off as the last defender. Derby threw the kitchen sink at
their west London opponents, who put up an amazing and sometimes lucky defence
but they survived until the final minutes. Then Hoilett battled his way down
the right, crossed to old faithful Bobby Zamora who scored his second career play
off goal, to bring £120 million worth of Premier Football to his team next season.
Hopefully the rewards of reaching the Premiership will help
pay off some of the huge debt owned by QPR FC! Reports suggest that promotion
will cost QPR a fortune in fines under the “Fair Play Tax”. Maybe they should sell
off their Loftus Road ground for redevelopment and build a new cheap stadium,
to help balance the books.
Two former independent school educated footballers graced the famous turf; Will Hughes from Repton School playing for Derby and Nedum Onuoha from Hulme Grammar School, Oldham. Hughes had a very influential game but was substituted as Derby tried to finish off their stubborn opponents whilst Onuoha was a rock in the QPR defence.
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