Football Diary

by Patrick O'Connor

THE managerial merry-go-round at Chelsea has again hit the headlines but a fascinating BBC television documentary recently revealed a mess at another London club.

QPR: the Four Year Plan was sanctioned by F1 motor-racing mogul Flavio Briatore when he bought Queens Park Rangers in 2007.

Football Diary

by Patrick O'Connor

FOOTBALLERS love taking the mickey and it seems as if the lads at Premier League newcomers Queens Park Rangers found an easy target.

Recent signing Shaun Wright-Phillips only stands 5ft 5ins tall and so when the players gathered at a hotel the night before their game at Wolves, they got hold of a baby's high-chair and placed a 'SWP' name card on it. Pictures of the stunt were then posted on Twitter by team-mate Joey Barton.

Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor

OVER the next few days all attention will be on the transfer window which closes on Wednesday.

Speculation will be rife over who is going to be transferred and for how much but it has been managers who have been mainly in the news in the last week.