Saturday, 24 May 2014

FROM POOLE TO PREMIERSHIP TO POVERTY

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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