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Your frame is very similar to mine, then, mine is made of 531 ST. The frame was built by Nigel Dean and is a Great Escapist, marketed by The Bicycle Chain group of cycle shops.
Having been made in 1988, it recently got to the point where the original (banana yellow) paintwork was flaking off so I had the frame refurbished - in midnight blue - by Argos Cycles, a frame repair specialist, based in Bristol. They did an utterly amazing job .
There was also "Nipper," about an urchin who turned out to be an amazing footballer, and "Football Family Robinson," in which all the players as well as the coaching staff were members of the same family. The manager was a formidable matriarch called Ma; she was a bit like Ena Sharples, except she could organise a defence. There was also "Rod and line,' about a young lad who was trying to become a top class angler.
"Roy of the Rovers" featured a story - "Millionaire Villa" - in which a rich bloke bought a struggling football club, with a condition of the purchase being that the purchaser would actually play in the team. I used to worry that the story would give Flavio ideas .
Surely the mission of a communications department is to enhance its audience's understanding? The club's current approach is the opposite of that.
Also, by delaying announcements, the content is no longer as topical and is arguably no longer "news" because it has already leaked out as part of the tidal wave of rumours and conjecture which are constantly lapping over the fans' heads at the moment.
In fact, the very notion that announcements should be timed to attract the maximum revenue from fans, when following a football club already accounts for such a high percentage of their disposable income, seems like an inappropriate marketing strategy for this market sector. Marketing is not a one size fits all strategy.
Not only is it inappropriate, it's actually pretty cynical and is indicative of a very poor understanding of what the relationship between a football club and its fans should ideally be. How much more do we need to be rinsed? It's disrespectful and ultimately counterproductive.
The marketing comms strategy should be repaying the fans' loyalty and their major financial and emotional investment in QPR by making our news channels the most trustworthy and reliable source of breaking news about the club.
Maybe things will change one day but currently, we're a million miles away from that.
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