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Tony, who built a career as a radio sports reporter and is now a press officer for QPR, has been so determined to complete the challenge that he went part-time at work this season to be able finally finish his adventure.<\/p>\n
He has also had to manage his personal life around his football trips, including marrying his wife in summer to avoid missing matches.<\/p>\n
In 2023, he was presented with a trophy to mark his achievement of attending every one of QPR’s home matches for the past 50 years.<\/p>\n
“I actually almost missed my daughter being born”, he says. “My wife went into hospital six days beforehand so I slept on a chair in the hospital for five nights and all the time I’m thinking, ‘QPR are at home in a few days’.<\/p>\n
“In the end, my wife had the baby, then I ran out of the hospital into my car and made it to Loftus Road just in time.”<\/p>\n
Tony’s love of watching football at all levels means he has attended games in some unusual circumstances, including way below even non-league.<\/p>\n
“I got a special invitation to go inside Feltham Prison in 2011 to watch a match as the only spectator,” he says.<\/p>\n
“The prison team was in a league alongside companies with shift workers and obviously couldn’t play away games!<\/p>\n
“I had to get there an hour before kick-off, had my phone taken off me, got searched and then three prison guards took me and the away team through to a nice little ground in the prison with proper dugouts.<\/p>\n
“It was just after the London riots so the prison team was full of good young players and they won the match.”<\/p>\n
There was no programme or ticket to show for the trip and no half-time brew but the exit was memorable.<\/p>\n
“On the way out, some of the prisoners came out of their cells and started lambasting the away side for losing the game,” Tony says. <\/p>\n
“One of their guys replied ‘lost the match but at least we’re going home, lads’ and we were then rushed out of there very, very quickly.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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