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This
summer we say goodbye to three players in Kevin Gallen, Marc Bircham and
Paul Furlong, who were all part of the promotion winning squad of 2004
and all of whom have made their own unique contributions to QPR over the
years. In the coming days we will
doff our caps to Kevin Gallen and Marc Bircham but first it's time to
say farewell to Paul Furlong.
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FURS' QPR CAREER STATS |
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Apps |
Subs |
Goals |
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2000-01 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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2002-03 |
31 |
6 |
14 |
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2003-04 |
36 |
5 |
16 |
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2004-05 |
40 |
2 |
18 |
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2005-06 |
32 |
6 |
7 |
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2006-07 |
9 |
13 |
2 |
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2003 - Furs scores at
Chesterfield as Rangers chase the play off dream. |
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FURS ON
THE BOOS AND JEERS |
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"I
know as a striker when you go to different clubs and you’re
not scoring or not performing you get a bit of stick but it
did take me by surprise. I don’t know if it’s the background
I was from or what it was all about really but I’m stronger
than that and better than that. I knew if I kept on doing my
best it would eventually turn things round for me.
To be
fair when I was going through that time the management staff
here and the other players around me they all helped me an
awful lot, they kept on encouraging me and helped me get
through it which was brilliant." |
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2003 - My name is Paul Furlong |
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LOFTUS ROAD 2003 |
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Scoring the only goal
of the game against Oldham in the play off semi final
and sending Loftus Road into orbit! |
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2003 - Here's Furs about to slot
that legendary strike home. |
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FURS
ON THE PLAY
OFF GOAL |
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"I
remember Clarke around the halfway line pushing the ball
through the middle and I thought I’d race onto it. To be
fair I thought Fitz Hall was going to get a little touch
on it and knock it wide but I managed to keep him off
and slot it.
Afterwards it was pure shock really, the time we scored
was perfect and what it meant was just fantastic. The
whole night there was one I’ll never, ever forget. It
will stay with me for as long as I live. Amazing,
amazing happenings. That night is one of the highlights
of my career, I’ve played in Europe with Chelsea but to
score that goal and see what it meant to the whole place
was fantastic. " |
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2003 - Furlong and Ian Holloway celebrating the
play off win |
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STADIUM OF LIGHT 2004 |
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Picking up the ball in
his own half, going on a searing run and sending a
thunderbolt past the Sunderland keeper to bag the goal
of season. |
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2003 - Furs in action at
The Millennium Stadium |
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FURS
ON THE PLAY
OFF FINAL |
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"The
build up was tremendous, the day’s leading up to the
final were fantastic. The coach ride on the way to
Cardiff and seeing all the fans with the cars decorated
was a dream come true. Playing in big finals like that
is something you always want to do as a player.
We
did well on the day and I was getting myself ready for
penalties then Campbell goes through and scores the
winner. It was devastating, it just seems that
everything you’ve done that year has been wiped away
just like that. But that’s football.
Coming into the changing rooms after the game there were
a lot of people really hurt, big grown men really upset." |
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2004 - Last home game of the 2003/04 season
that saw The R's on the verge of promotion. |
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LOFTUS ROAD 2002 |
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Being booed onto the
pitch by Rangers fans during the FA Cup reply against
Vauxhall Motors and then missing his penalty in the
shoot out. |
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2005 - I think he might have
pulled my shirt there ref |
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FURS
ON HIS FUTURE |
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"I’m
a London boy and I’ve always been a keen supporter of
Queens Park Rangers, always looked out for them. It
would be nice to finish my career here but personally
I’d like to play for as long as I can, if that can’t be
here then I don’t know what will happen.
I’ve
just said to myself that I’ll play for as long as I can
and see how it goes. After that I’d like to get my
coaching badges and see where it takes me. I’d like to
stay in the game; I don’t think I’m quite cut out to be
a manager so a coaching role could suit me better." |
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2005 - Celebrating scoring one of the eighteen
goals he would bag during Rangers first season back in The
Championship. |
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