| Famous QPR Fans 17:41 - Dec 2 with 64696 views | QPRSteve |
Couldn't find the old thread on this.
I popped over to WeAreTheRangersBoys to see what there take was on Beale and stumbled on what looks like a definitive list of famous R's fans"
Right then, I only went and done it! Below is the list of names that have been mentioned above. Certain names mentioned were patently ridiculous and debunked in subsequent posts, eg Hugh Grant. Some are stretching the definition of "famous" but I left them in. Others were too imprecise eg "the one out of Eternal" so I left them out too. The list was compiled over 6 years so some are now dead or their fame has waned but irrespective of that I think they count as Famous Rs.
SEVEN esteemed posters separately answered with "Me" so maybe Michael Gove is actually a regular on here?
Lastly, Take any queries to Google - I really have no idea who half of them are. I've just listed 'em from above.
Delon Armitage
Bill Bailey
John Barnes
Dave Bassett
David Bedford
Leon Best
Marc Bircham
Nicky Blackmarket
DJ Campbell
Chris Chataway
Danny Cipriani
Martin Clunes
Lee Cook
Victoria Coren
Giles Coren
Ferne Cotton
Michael Crawford
Peter Crouch
Pete Doherty
Wally Downes
Robert Elms
Dani Filth
Neal Foulds
Ashley Giles
Ian Gillan
Michael Gove
Mark Halsey
Konnie Huq
Tony Incenzo
Wendy James
Alan Johnson
Mick Jones
Matthew Kelly
Mark King
Phillip Lee
Glen Matlock
Amanda Mealing
Jonathan Morris
Alan Mullery
Mary Nightingale
Michael Nyman
Tim Peake
Stuart Pearce
Steve Perryman
Graham Poll
Vanessa Redgrave
Liam Ridgewell
Dennis Ross
Tony Selby
Robert Smith
Tommy Steele
Richard Stilgoe
The Duke of Westminster
Alex Tudor
Robbie Vincent
Michael Wale
Anthony Wall
Sean Walsh
Alan Wilder
Dennis Wise
The Duke of Westminster - Where were you when we were skint?
Tommy Steele, Tim Peake, Richard Stilgoe, Mary Nightingale, Vanessa Redgrave, Konnie Huq, all new to me. |  | | |  |
| Famous QPR Fans on 08:59 - Dec 3 with 5034 views | SK_hoops |
From Northolt I believe. Their singer is absolutely huge. | | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 09:42 - Dec 3 with 4971 views | qprxtc |
Michael Shannon |  | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 10:22 - Dec 3 with 4917 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Famous QPR Fans on 08:23 - Dec 3 by silverbirch |
Hanks is a villa fan, I think |
No, he's a Forest, Forest Nottingham fan. |  |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 11:24 - Dec 3 with 4830 views | LowerloftLad |
Henry Lloyd Hughes is a QPR fan aka donovan the bully from inbetweeners and been in Harry Potter ect. [Post edited 3 Dec 2022 11:25]
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| Famous QPR Fans on 11:34 - Dec 3 with 4812 views | collegeranger |
Actor Colin Salmon was a season ticket holder near me 10+ years ago in SAR |  | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 12:26 - Dec 3 with 4750 views | thame_hoops |
| Famous QPR Fans on 09:42 - Dec 3 by qprxtc |
Michael Shannon |
From an interview in 2013;
Michael Shannon stars as General Zod in the new Superman film, Man of Steel, so he knows villainy when he sees it. To his bemusement, he records finding it at Loftus Road.
“My godson is a QPR fan and he took me to a match – I think the word is ‘derby’ – between QPR and Chelsea at QPR’s stadium,” he tells the Empire Podcast. “We sat in the corner [of the ground] and I basically spent most of the game watching people making death threats to one another, pointing at each other, putting a gun up to their head and putting a knife across their throat. Hopefully it’s cathartic. Do they feel better afterwards?”
It does not sound as if he’ll be going back to find out the answer. |  | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 13:30 - Dec 3 with 4673 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Famous QPR Fans on 11:34 - Dec 3 by collegeranger |
Actor Colin Salmon was a season ticket holder near me 10+ years ago in SAR |
Was that up towards the school end? |  |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 13:49 - Dec 3 with 4644 views | numptydumpty |
| Famous QPR Fans on 23:48 - Dec 2 by kensalriser |
Terry was definitely Fulham. |
Ok
My memory says different but it was someone amongst that program. Maybe it was Arthur Daleys sidekick after Terry then. |  |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 14:05 - Dec 3 with 4613 views | longbottom |
| Famous QPR Fans on 18:48 - Dec 2 by colinallcars |
Fans as ancient as me might remember comedian Arthur Haynes from the 50s who, we were told supported QPR and lived in Fulham and Hammersmith. He had a distinctive Austin Nash Metropolitan car which we sometimes spotted around the Bush. |
Arthur Haynes was a Vice President of the club during the 1950’s.
A small point perhaps but why is Tony Incenzo famous? |  | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 14:39 - Dec 3 with 4578 views | terryb |
John Bloom was a director of the club.
For our younger brethren (under 70) he was an entrepreneur in the early 60's that manufactured & sold the Rolls Washing machine. This was the first time most houses had a washing machine & were bought on the "never never". A very famous man at the time.
Of course, they soon went out of business , leaving him with horrendous debts. I think Jim Gregory replaced him on the board. | | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 14:54 - Dec 3 with 4552 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Famous QPR Fans on 14:05 - Dec 3 by longbottom |
Arthur Haynes was a Vice President of the club during the 1950’s.
A small point perhaps but why is Tony Incenzo famous? |
He's a famous cousin of Terry Cinzano. |  |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 15:05 - Dec 3 with 4539 views | PeterHucker |
| Famous QPR Fans on 19:48 - Dec 2 by bosh67 |
Leslie Cavendish - The Beatles hairdresser
Xylø - singer
Bruce Welch - The Shadows
David Cassidy - late singer
Chloe Kelly - football legend
Vanessa Redgrave - actress
Betty Boo - singer
Paul McCartney (slightly dubious, not much of a football fan but often wore the official blue and white hoops through the 60s and even a few times in the 70s) |
The Paul McCartney claim is a bit more than slightly dubious.
He was the only Beatle known to have much interest in football and is definitely an Everton fan. |  | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 15:25 - Dec 3 with 4509 views | thame_hoops |
| Famous QPR Fans on 15:05 - Dec 3 by PeterHucker |
The Paul McCartney claim is a bit more than slightly dubious.
He was the only Beatle known to have much interest in football and is definitely an Everton fan. |
Wasn’t the only Beatle to be a Rangers fan (if you know you know) 😬 | | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 15:42 - Dec 3 with 4465 views | dmm |
The Doors guitarist, Robby Krieger, was a Ranger 
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| Famous QPR Fans on 15:56 - Dec 3 with 4445 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Famous QPR Fans on 23:48 - Dec 2 by kensalriser |
Terry was definitely Fulham. |
Think there might be confusion between Terry McCann (definitely Fulham in my memory) and Dennis Waterman's character in The Sweeney (Carter). I forget if he is actually said to be a QPR fan but I'm pretty sure there were plenty of references to us - Carter and Regan were both football fans, the series went out in the heyday of Bowles and Francis and was largely set in West London.
Wikipedia tells me that Carter was supposed to be a South Londoner and Regan to be from Manchester but his ex-wife and daughter lived in Ruislip so it would actually be quite credible if Regan (John Thaw) had adopted us as his club for Saturday afternoons off after moving to London, especially if he was of the City persuasion and picked up on the Rodney marsh connection. | | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 16:02 - Dec 3 with 4437 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Famous QPR Fans on 22:48 - Dec 2 by HuckerMOTM |
Yes, spends a lot of time in his autobiography happily reminiscing about supporting us at Loftus Road.
Genuinely wanted to manage QPR and it just didn't work out, that's all. |
Brought up in Notting Hill according to wikipedia, so likely enough. Sad really.
Still. A bit of a shock to the system.
Might have to cross him off my vendetta list, he must have felt it pretty badly. I just bloody wish we'd signed him as a kid and had him as a player instead of manager. Another one for the "ones that got away" file. | | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 18:18 - Dec 3 with 4303 views | DWQPR |
| Famous QPR Fans on 16:02 - Dec 3 by CiderwithRsie |
Brought up in Notting Hill according to wikipedia, so likely enough. Sad really.
Still. A bit of a shock to the system.
Might have to cross him off my vendetta list, he must have felt it pretty badly. I just bloody wish we'd signed him as a kid and had him as a player instead of manager. Another one for the "ones that got away" file. |
Mullery was brought up in Mary Place n Notting Hill, lived opposite my Dad’s family. His father was the local drunk in the area. Joined the Rugby Club in Walmer Road as a kid as most boys would have done round the area, which produced a few decent sportsmen. Terry Downes, world championship boxer (uncle of Wally Downes), Johnny Murray, England wicket keeper, Jimmy Bloomfield, played for Arsenal to name but a few. Every one round that area would have been Rangers back in the day. | |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 18:33 - Dec 3 with 4283 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Famous QPR Fans on 18:18 - Dec 3 by DWQPR |
Mullery was brought up in Mary Place n Notting Hill, lived opposite my Dad’s family. His father was the local drunk in the area. Joined the Rugby Club in Walmer Road as a kid as most boys would have done round the area, which produced a few decent sportsmen. Terry Downes, world championship boxer (uncle of Wally Downes), Johnny Murray, England wicket keeper, Jimmy Bloomfield, played for Arsenal to name but a few. Every one round that area would have been Rangers back in the day. |
Have to say my opinion of Alan Mullery has changed a lot recently thanks to that board.
Finding out that he suffered mentally after managing Rangers, that he was a Rangers fan himself and that his Father had addiction problems has left me with a lot of sympathy for him.
I also like him in this.
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| Famous QPR Fans on 18:44 - Dec 3 with 4240 views | HuckerMOTM |
| Famous QPR Fans on 18:33 - Dec 3 by BrianMcCarthy |
Have to say my opinion of Alan Mullery has changed a lot recently thanks to that board.
Finding out that he suffered mentally after managing Rangers, that he was a Rangers fan himself and that his Father had addiction problems has left me with a lot of sympathy for him.
I also like him in this.
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He's a good man who was simply the wrong man at the wrong time for us. | | | |
| Famous QPR Fans on 18:54 - Dec 3 with 4229 views | CamberleyR |
| Famous QPR Fans on 23:48 - Dec 2 by kensalriser |
Terry was definitely Fulham. |
Yes, he was. There's that scene from one of the first series episodes ('The Bengal Tiger') where Arthur & Terry are discussing Kev the boyfriend of the daughter of Arthur's local newsagent Mr Mukerjee.
Terry: She wants Kev
Arthur: What's he like?
Terry: QPR supporter
Arthur: Well come on, there must be a bit more to him than that?
Terry: (shaking his head) Not a lot...
There was also a scene in one of the early episodes where Terry is watching a ch*ls** vs Fulham game at the SW6 khazi which Dennis Waterman probably wasn't unhappy about as he was a fan of North Battersea in real life.
The OP mentioned Michael Crawford. I'm pretty sure he is or was a fan of North Battersea as well. [Post edited 3 Dec 2022 19:00]
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| Famous QPR Fans on 19:03 - Dec 3 with 4214 views | CamberleyR |
Haven't seen Robert Elms mentioned yet. | |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 19:38 - Dec 3 with 4147 views | kensalriser |
| Famous QPR Fans on 19:03 - Dec 3 by CamberleyR |
Haven't seen Robert Elms mentioned yet. |
That's funny, I have. |  |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 19:56 - Dec 3 with 4110 views | CamberleyR |
| Famous QPR Fans on 19:38 - Dec 3 by kensalriser |
That's funny, I have. |
So he was  | |
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| Famous QPR Fans on 22:00 - Dec 3 with 3980 views | DWQPR |
Gary Crowley | |
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