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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column 16:15 - Aug 4 with 7599 viewsNorthernr

The curtain lifts. The drums roll. The gates open. The circus continues, and we’re still here.

Kicking our guest columns off for the new season with something a bit different from Gareth Dixon...

https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/64524
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 16:28 - Aug 4 with 6077 viewsHAMRanger

Great read, thank you. Andy Evans and the Community Trust do a great job!
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 16:36 - Aug 4 with 6004 viewsLblock

Great read.

Disappointed not to see an inclusion of a photo of the iconic "QPR - Shit but Local" graffiti

Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 16:38 - Aug 4 with 5972 viewsPaddyhoops

Beautiful writing. Very moving .
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column (n/t) on 16:39 - Aug 4 with 5956 viewsStanisgod

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It's being so happy that keeps me going.

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 16:49 - Aug 4 with 5848 viewsngbqpr

Entertaining & energising.

Amen to LFW continuing to provide "long-form context in a short-form world."

Poll: Best hug a stranger / fall down five rows / 'limbs' late goals this season

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 16:52 - Aug 4 with 5800 viewsloftus77

Beautifully written, accurate and poignant all in one. A great read. Thank you.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 16:54 - Aug 4 with 5784 viewsNewcastleHoop

QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 16:38 - Aug 4 by Paddyhoops

Beautiful writing. Very moving .


Interesting facts, and all credit to Gareth Dixon for his role at QPR, but this piece was definitely given to an AI at some point in its life cycle with the instruction "make this sound prettier".
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 17:01 - Aug 4 with 5722 viewsBristolR

Great piece…agree with it all.

Which just makes it that bit harder to fathom why we didn’t put Grenfell on the front of our third kit this season…
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 17:10 - Aug 4 with 5650 viewskernowhoop

Wonderful. A smile on my face and tears in my eyes.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 17:35 - Aug 4 with 5470 viewsDorse

Nicely done Gareth - sums up a lot of how I feel about the club. Boutique? Not for me. Get the kettle on.

'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 17:38 - Aug 4 with 5443 viewsNortholt_Rs


Scooters, Tunes, Trainers and QPR.

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 18:42 - Aug 4 with 5105 viewsdmm

Lovely read. Makes you feel proud to be part of this mad little club that has such a big soul.

The opening remarks that attempt to connect the start of British football with the French Revolution are a heck of a stretch though!
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 19:02 - Aug 4 with 5008 viewsloftboy

One word “brilliant”

Nourry out
Poll: Who’s starting between the sticks v Preston?

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 20:18 - Aug 4 with 4686 viewsted_hendrix

**Irish, Caribbean, white working class, punks, poets, pensioners: QPR's identity has always been defined by inclusion, not exclusivity.**

We're still here hanging on, It's all we've got and all we want.

My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 20:22 - Aug 4 with 4671 viewsjoe90

Love it! The PJDN reference is spot on, unfortunately the writer/actor who plays ‘Steves’ is a Brentford fan.

Pre-season has been a bit blah, so this was just the article to get me in the mood for another season.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 20:24 - Aug 4 with 4664 viewscolinallcars

Bloody good.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:08 - Aug 4 with 4508 viewsBacon

Emotive read, looking forward to Sat more now. Well done Gareth.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:08 - Aug 4 with 4504 viewsMick_S

QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 17:38 - Aug 4 by Northolt_Rs



I’d buy that t-shirt and give it to my first grandchild. Get used to it mate 😉

Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:16 - Aug 4 with 4467 viewsbullshootr

QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 18:42 - Aug 4 by dmm

Lovely read. Makes you feel proud to be part of this mad little club that has such a big soul.

The opening remarks that attempt to connect the start of British football with the French Revolution are a heck of a stretch though!


I haven't seen time jumping that wild since Marty McFly climbed into that DeLorean.

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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:18 - Aug 4 with 4451 viewswortonr

QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:08 - Aug 4 by Mick_S

I’d buy that t-shirt and give it to my first grandchild. Get used to it mate 😉


Brilliant stuff. Proud of our club and all of us lot.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:24 - Aug 4 with 4389 viewscolinallcars

QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 18:42 - Aug 4 by dmm

Lovely read. Makes you feel proud to be part of this mad little club that has such a big soul.

The opening remarks that attempt to connect the start of British football with the French Revolution are a heck of a stretch though!


Was that when Napoleon said we are a nation of goalkeepers ?
Sorry, I've cracked that one a number of times before.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:30 - Aug 4 with 4369 viewsdmm

QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:24 - Aug 4 by colinallcars

Was that when Napoleon said we are a nation of goalkeepers ?
Sorry, I've cracked that one a number of times before.


Albert Camus would have had something to say about that.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:52 - Aug 4 with 4265 viewscolinallcars

QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 21:30 - Aug 4 by dmm

Albert Camus would have had something to say about that.


I said to the wife earlier, it's a perfect evening for existentialism my dear.
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 22:09 - Aug 4 with 4175 viewsmart_Goblin

Great piece of writing . Describes and explains the true heart ,soul and meaning of this football club and why , no matter our individual differences , we all feel a connection that is hard to explain to ‘outsiders’.
This column had a good go though. Good stuff
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QPR: The Modern Circus of West London – Column on 06:19 - Aug 5 with 3610 viewsChurchie

Great read. The lows. I remember 1987. We met in the pub and we all agreed to flood onto the centre circle. Probably about 100 of us got on just before kick off all on the tele. I was one of many to be dragged off by the police but came back on again. The crowd were cheering. Who else on here participated ?
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