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I'm surprised by the protectionism of the Loft! It's Stan ffs, why wouldn't we? The man was a maverick, it just wouldn't be appropriate to name a posh side stand after him. The Loft end is where it belongs if anywhere.
On another note, guaranteed they'll be looking to allocate names to sponsors in any new stadium. If Stan is already in situ they won't be able to get rid of it.
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 11:21 - Feb 9 by jamois
I'm surprised by the protectionism of the Loft! It's Stan ffs, why wouldn't we? The man was a maverick, it just wouldn't be appropriate to name a posh side stand after him. The Loft end is where it belongs if anywhere.
On another note, guaranteed they'll be looking to allocate names to sponsors in any new stadium. If Stan is already in situ they won't be able to get rid of it.
Disagree - I think "The Stan Bowles Stand sponsored by William Hill" would be perfect!
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 16:14 - Feb 9 with 1221 views
The idea of naming blocks after legendary players in theory, is a great idea. Only problem is, there are 44 blocks at QPR and we haven't got 44 legends, which is in sharp contrast to the load of ol' bolocks we've had over the years.
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 16:14 - Feb 9 by PlanetHonneywood
The Loft STANd.
The idea of naming blocks after legendary players in theory, is a great idea. Only problem is, there are 44 blocks at QPR and we haven't got 44 legends, which is in sharp contrast to the load of ol' bolocks we've had over the years.
Nobody said they all had to be named now. Got to save at least one for Hoilett after Canada wins the World Cup.
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 12:21 - Feb 9 by whittocksRs
Ellerslie could be renamed the Stan Bowles Stand, but I wouldn't want us changing the Loft's name — too iconic and historic.
That's basically how I feel. Naming the Ellerslie after Stan - seems quite doable and would be a great gesture.
BUT you do run into the problem of considering other people, the most obvious one for me being Macca. I know Bowles holds an iconic status at QPR and justifiably so, but Macca played far more games for far longer than Stan did. It's tricky. Sorry if that's already been posted.
Naming blocks after legends is a top idea. I'd also like to see the urinals brought into play. Barton, Bosingwa, Traore all deserve lasting recognition via the medium of personalised porcelain. Maybe we could have 'The Class of 2015 Khasi'
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 17:46 - Feb 9 with 1157 views
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 17:35 - Feb 9 by DannyPaddox
Naming blocks after legends is a top idea. I'd also like to see the urinals brought into play. Barton, Bosingwa, Traore all deserve lasting recognition via the medium of personalised porcelain. Maybe we could have 'The Class of 2015 Khasi'
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Ha ha.. Genius.
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 17:46 - Feb 9 with 1157 views
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 16:14 - Feb 9 by PlanetHonneywood
The Loft STANd.
The idea of naming blocks after legendary players in theory, is a great idea. Only problem is, there are 44 blocks at QPR and we haven't got 44 legends, which is in sharp contrast to the load of ol' bolocks we've had over the years.
We've got more than 44 legends.
Off the top of my head you could have FranK Sibley, George Goddard, Rodney Marsh, Les Allen, Mark Lazurus, Mick leach, Gerry Francis, Stan Bowles, Don Givens, Dave Webb, Phil parkes, Don Shanks, Les Ferdinand, Clive Allen, Gary Waddock, Alan Mcdonald, Gary Bannister, Ian Holloway, Danny maddix, Ray Wilkins, Marc Bircham, Andy Sinton, Dave Bardsley, Clive Wilson, Paul Furlong, Kevin Gallen, Shaun Derry, Adel Taarabt, Charlie Austin, Paul Parker and Reg Allen. That's over 30 with half the 76 team missing
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 17:49 - Feb 9 with 1153 views
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 11:21 - Feb 9 by jamois
I'm surprised by the protectionism of the Loft! It's Stan ffs, why wouldn't we? The man was a maverick, it just wouldn't be appropriate to name a posh side stand after him. The Loft end is where it belongs if anywhere.
On another note, guaranteed they'll be looking to allocate names to sponsors in any new stadium. If Stan is already in situ they won't be able to get rid of it.
Posh side stands!? I'm assuming you have been in the Ellerslie? I've got an ST there and about the last word I'd use to describe it would be "posh".
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 09:35 - Feb 10 with 1021 views
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 06:49 - Feb 10 by johnhoop
Posh side stands!? I'm assuming you have been in the Ellerslie? I've got an ST there and about the last word I'd use to describe it would be "posh".
And I'm an R blocker of many years standing! How can you say it's not posh?! You get serenaded by a choir at the back, people queue for the toilets, what more do you want? I'm not saying it's posh, just that side stands are generally seen as such, and that peeps were suggesting he be given SA Rd. Now that IS posh. On reflection with this whole thing though, I don't think it's feasible. Too many players deserve it over the years. I love Stan I do, but then there's Gerry, Macca, and all the other legends debated in that thread the other week.
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 17:35 - Feb 9 by DannyPaddox
Naming blocks after legends is a top idea. I'd also like to see the urinals brought into play. Barton, Bosingwa, Traore all deserve lasting recognition via the medium of personalised porcelain. Maybe we could have 'The Class of 2015 Khasi'
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What about the Harry Redknapp can't stand?
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 09:54 - Feb 10 with 925 views
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 17:35 - Feb 9 by DannyPaddox
Naming blocks after legends is a top idea. I'd also like to see the urinals brought into play. Barton, Bosingwa, Traore all deserve lasting recognition via the medium of personalised porcelain. Maybe we could have 'The Class of 2015 Khasi'
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Christ, the queue for the Barton and Bosingwa shitters would be a mile long!
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Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 10:36 - Feb 10 with 900 views
Rename the Loft in honour of Stan Bowles while he is with us! on 17:46 - Feb 9 by daveB
We've got more than 44 legends.
Off the top of my head you could have FranK Sibley, George Goddard, Rodney Marsh, Les Allen, Mark Lazurus, Mick leach, Gerry Francis, Stan Bowles, Don Givens, Dave Webb, Phil parkes, Don Shanks, Les Ferdinand, Clive Allen, Gary Waddock, Alan Mcdonald, Gary Bannister, Ian Holloway, Danny maddix, Ray Wilkins, Marc Bircham, Andy Sinton, Dave Bardsley, Clive Wilson, Paul Furlong, Kevin Gallen, Shaun Derry, Adel Taarabt, Charlie Austin, Paul Parker and Reg Allen. That's over 30 with half the 76 team missing
Well I am not sure I'd apply legendary status to some on your list like say, Messrs Webb, Shanks, Bannister, Maddix, Wilkins, Sinton, Bardsley, Wilson, Derry, Austin, Taarabt and even one of my all time fave Hoops, Clive Allen and the lovely chap who wrote the forward to my book.
I think many from your list are probably more folklore/heroes of their time. Yes, some great moments and some great players and God knows over the last few years, if we'd had more of the players you listed in our set-up, we wouldn't be in the mess we have been. But legendary?
Legends I would agree from your list are Goddard, Marsh, Lazarus, Gerry, Bowles, Macca, Ollie (just and that's because of his managerial period). I'd throw in Ingram, Jim Gregory, Venables, Sexton, Stock, Daphne and even Warnock. Good shouts maybe for Sombrero de Magico as well because he really was one of us.
Love these debates on who is or isn't a QPR legend. But it all comes down to what the definition of a legend is. Which is something often difficult to agree on in comparison to what constitutes a completely useless so-and-so of which we've had a fair few over the years.
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