| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan 13:52 - Aug 2 with 4613 views | numptydumpty |
Recent one I received
"Oh I am terribly sorry to hear that !!"
Previous time was,
"Oh well. Am sure you will be supporting Tottenham soon." |  |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 13:56 - Aug 2 with 3671 views | dmm |
You're telling us you actually openly admit to being a QPR fan?  |  | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 13:59 - Aug 2 with 3650 views | kernowhoop |
In a petrol station on the edge of Morlaix (Brittany) just before Covid:
'You like football?'
'Yes'
'Who you support?'
'Queens Park Rangers?'
'Yes'
'Ah... Stan Bowles.'
No, don't ask me, but I felt quite emotional about it! |  | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:00 - Aug 2 with 3639 views | CateLeBonR |
“Do you think you’ll be going up this season?” was my latest.
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:03 - Aug 2 with 3615 views | stevec |
When I pick my grandson up from nursery, I have to verbally give my password, ‘QPR’.
It’s usually met with stunned silence in front and sniggering from behind. |  | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:05 - Aug 2 with 3607 views | R_from_afar |
When I worked for a $4bn turnover US software company, the bloke in charge of the Europe, Middle East and Africa operations got talking to me about football. I mentioned that I was a QPR fan.
He replied: "Oh, I used to be a QPR fan".
Me: "Used to be?"
Him: "I'm a Manchester United fan now".  
You do get a lot of these famous and/or powerful people who only want to be associated with successful sports teams. That's why I am so impressed by well known people who openly admit they support lowly teams like Torquay or Raith Rovers. |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:07 - Aug 2 with 3595 views | JamesB1979 |
Glory supporter | | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:20 - Aug 2 with 3541 views | colinallcars |
The usual response - “well, someone's got to support 'em”. |  | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:22 - Aug 2 with 3542 views | Essex_Ranger |
Living in Essex, where you’re no more than 5 yards from a West Ham or Spurs plastic fan (where I’ve probably been to their ground more than they actually have) the default answer is usually “oh well I guess someone’s got to”
As much as the club drives me crazy it is great when you bump into a fellow R, always a little “You Rs” between people when you a see the odd random shirt around town. Something you just don’t get supporting any of the so called “bigger” clubs. |  | | |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:22 - Aug 2 with 3540 views | TwoHalves |
Indifference, mainly, although a female Spurs fan of my acquaintance said, “Oh, bless!” when I confessed some years ago. | | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:25 - Aug 2 with 3521 views | Paddyhoops |
What’s a Paddy doing supporting QPR? | | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:26 - Aug 2 with 3508 views | Hayesender |
Getting my hair cut yesterday, and he asked me who my team was.
"QPR mate"
"Who?"
"QPR, Queens Park Rangers"
""Are they English?"
"Yes mate, in the championship ship, you know, 2nd division"
Barber now laughing, "I don't know them"
I show him my tattoo, "oh big fan". "Where are they?"
"In West London"
Thankfully he'd finished by then., and he didn't get a tip |  |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:27 - Aug 2 with 3503 views | CateLeBonR |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:20 - Aug 2 by colinallcars |
The usual response - “well, someone's got to support 'em”. |
I say that too sometimes to be fair. | | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:33 - Aug 2 with 3473 views | BexleyHoop |
Normally either get the dated QPR, QPR QPhahaha response or
Why don't you support your local team Charlton or Millwall, to which my response is:
Charlton - I would but your fanbase is made up of either train spotters or white supremist supporters
Millwall - whilst it is the first ground I visited as a boy with my late grandad (ex-docker) the quality of your fanbase has gone down hill and most now would not be able to fight their way out of a wet paper bag and live on past reputations of their eldest brother or father.
Still waiting for the last response to catch-up with me. [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 14:34]
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:40 - Aug 2 with 3402 views | Mick_S |
Shit but local always shuts people up. I don’t mean it, it’s just a great way of putting patronising gits down. |  |
| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:57 - Aug 2 with 3316 views | Boston |
"Who do you support, mate?"
"QPR"
"Numpty". | |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:04 - Aug 2 with 3290 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:33 - Aug 2 by BexleyHoop |
Normally either get the dated QPR, QPR QPhahaha response or
Why don't you support your local team Charlton or Millwall, to which my response is:
Charlton - I would but your fanbase is made up of either train spotters or white supremist supporters
Millwall - whilst it is the first ground I visited as a boy with my late grandad (ex-docker) the quality of your fanbase has gone down hill and most now would not be able to fight their way out of a wet paper bag and live on past reputations of their eldest brother or father.
Still waiting for the last response to catch-up with me. [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 14:34]
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Never forget one of my early away day forays with mates in very early 80's to Charlton, aged 12 or 13,
Standing on the big side terrace at Charlton, whilst a middle-aged fella in the Charlton pen beside us with his dad aged about 75 both racially abusing one of our players (fairly sure it was Bob Hazzell) for the full 90 minutes, and it was full on rabid frothing type ranting,
Leave the ground and the Charlton Skins on the train platform opposite were giving our support the full sieg heils, which was less surprising that the the two old boys earlier, always thought them a strange club from that day. | | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:24 - Aug 2 with 3223 views | sparkey |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:04 - Aug 2 by ParkRoyalR |
Never forget one of my early away day forays with mates in very early 80's to Charlton, aged 12 or 13,
Standing on the big side terrace at Charlton, whilst a middle-aged fella in the Charlton pen beside us with his dad aged about 75 both racially abusing one of our players (fairly sure it was Bob Hazzell) for the full 90 minutes, and it was full on rabid frothing type ranting,
Leave the ground and the Charlton Skins on the train platform opposite were giving our support the full sieg heils, which was less surprising that the the two old boys earlier, always thought them a strange club from that day. |
Charlton seems to be a club filled by fans of other clubs. Like it is a lot of people's second team in the area. A little bit like our neighbours in Kew | | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:38 - Aug 2 with 3156 views | ActonExile |
The reaction i get generally falls into two camps,
Fans of the Sky generation just look blankly through me but anyone pre- sky will acknowledge either a player, a certain match or a visit to LR and its nearly always been amicable.
Spoke to a Villa van once on a train heading south from an away game an he told of a tale where they had been waiting at White City for a train back into central London and a load of QPR were in the Unigate site throwing the milk bottles at them and said he'd never seen so much glass in all his life. | |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:46 - Aug 2 with 3110 views | numptydumpty |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 14:57 - Aug 2 by Boston |
"Who do you support, mate?"
"QPR"
"Numpty". |
Indeed Boston...
Probably an accurate assessment as to the type that follows QPR !!!
There is no sane or logical reason to follow Rangers !!!
Like the most irritating sign placed on the noticeboard of many a workplace.
"You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps." [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 15:47]
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:56 - Aug 2 with 3043 views | robith |
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:57 - Aug 2 with 3036 views | PeterHucker |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:46 - Aug 2 by numptydumpty |
Indeed Boston...
Probably an accurate assessment as to the type that follows QPR !!!
There is no sane or logical reason to follow Rangers !!!
Like the most irritating sign placed on the noticeboard of many a workplace.
"You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps." [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 15:47]
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I live in north west England so most people react fairly positively and will want to talk about great QPR players of the past (Bowles / Marsh / Francis or Sinclair / Ferdinand / Wilkins if they're a bit younger)
If they are a Man United fan (and there are a lot round here) I'm also finding it increasingly common to have a more negative reaction and having to fend off the ridiculous idea that we are to blame for them not winning the League in 2012 because we let City win.
They all seem to have conveniently forgotten that United were a long way ahead of City with a few games to go and then they choked. |  | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 16:05 - Aug 2 with 3019 views | numptydumpty |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 15:57 - Aug 2 by PeterHucker |
I live in north west England so most people react fairly positively and will want to talk about great QPR players of the past (Bowles / Marsh / Francis or Sinclair / Ferdinand / Wilkins if they're a bit younger)
If they are a Man United fan (and there are a lot round here) I'm also finding it increasingly common to have a more negative reaction and having to fend off the ridiculous idea that we are to blame for them not winning the League in 2012 because we let City win.
They all seem to have conveniently forgotten that United were a long way ahead of City with a few games to go and then they choked. |
I don't live many miles from the ultimate Mecca on South Africa Road and there are a lot of Man United fans round here too !!!
Am thinking perhaps it's convicts from Manchester been sent here in the past to colonise another region of the planet earth. That must be the reason. 🤣 [Post edited 2 Aug 2023 16:06]
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| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 16:14 - Aug 2 with 2983 views | thame_hoops |
In America, when somebody wants to talk soccer with you, and you tell them you are a Queens Park Rangers fan, they tend to have heard of us. But then they ask. ‘But Who is your EPL team?’ Yanks 😄 |  | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 16:28 - Aug 2 with 2935 views | SK_hoops |
I usually just get 'why?.' | | | |
| Reaction when you tell people you are a QPR fan on 16:50 - Aug 2 with 2863 views | BillericayR |
Walking round Sports Direct in Basildon and saw a QPR cap going cheap.
Took it to the cash desk and the chap said "I didn't think I would ever get rid of that". | | | |
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