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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. We have already looked back on Furs and Birch's time at Rangers
and in the final part of this series it's time to say Goodbye Gallen.
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GALLEN'S QPR CAREER STATS |
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Season |
Apps |
Subs |
Goals |
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1994-95 |
37 |
0 |
10 |
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1995-96 |
28 |
4 |
9 |
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1996-97 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
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1997-98 |
20 |
10 |
4 |
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1998-99 |
47 |
3 |
8 |
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1999-00 |
9 |
24 |
4 |
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2001-02 |
25 |
0 |
7 |
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2002-03 |
44 |
3 |
14 |
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2003-04 |
50 |
3 |
17 |
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2004-05 |
49 |
0 |
11 |
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2005-06 |
19 |
0 |
4 |
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2006-07 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
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1995 - Early days in The Premiership |
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GALLEN
ON HIS TIME AT QPR |
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"There
have been plenty of ups and downs during my 12-year stint at
Loftus Road but the good far outweigh the bad, especially
over the last few years.
I was
a big QPR fan as a kid and I wouldn't have expected to be
here for this length of time. If you had said to me that I
was going to play only one game I would have been happy" |
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1996 - On England duty |
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OLD TRAFFORD 1994 |
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Making his Queens Park
Rangers debut aged just 17 at Manchester United and
winning a new fan in Alex Ferguson. |
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2000 - Nearing the end of his first spell at
Rangers |
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GALLEN ON RAY WILKINS |
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"I
think the best player I played with would be Ray Wilkins
with Les Ferdinand a very close second. Ray won 84 caps
for England and was a legend. Not only was he a great
player but he was also a really top bloke.
His attitude and commitment to training
and games meant that he was really someone you could
look up to – and he was always willing to have a chat
with the younger players too." |
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2001 - In action for Barnsley |
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LOFTUS ROAD 2001 |
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Returning for his
second spell as a Queens Park Rangers player and
destroying Swindon on his re-debut. |
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2003 - Celebrating a goal
against Bristol City |
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GALLEN'S BEST MOMENT |
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"My
best recent memory was winning promotion at Sheffield
Wednesday at the end of the 2003-04 season.
We won 3-1 and I was lucky enough to
score and the scenes with the fans afterwards were
incredible." |
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2004 - Knocking one in against Peterborough |
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FRATTON PARK 1996 |
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Injuring his knee at
Portsmouth and never being able to become the player he
should have been. |
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2004 - Scoring during the game against
Sheffield Wednesday |
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GALLEN ON LEAVING RANGERS |
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"I
was basically forced to leave Rangers, there was no
other option. I only started two games up front for QPR
this year and scored twice and then I got dropped the
next game.
It
was disappointing that it had come to the stage where I
thought if I didn’t go and play football elsewhere, my
options would have been very limited to get a Club next
Season. My contract’s up at the end of the Season and if
you’re not playing and in the shop window, no one’s
going to take you for a further Season.
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2005 - Centre of attention at his testimonial |
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