Profiles of your management board 2006

Stephen Dedridge

When I am not cheering on the lads from R block or contributing to the message boards, I am either spending quality time with my lovely wife or working with children with autistic spectrum disorders and providing advice and support to their teachers and parents.

My main interests as a member of the trust are to build bridges with other supporters groups, to encourage the club to recognise and work with us in partnership as stakeholders and to promote links with the local community. I have a particular interest in ensuring that Loftus Road provides a welcoming environment for families and disabled supporters.

Jeremy Gardner

My first QPR game was in 1994, a win against West Ham. It was bit of an improvement on the football I occasionally endured in Belfast, where I was brought up, to say the least.

My young son and I were then hooked, and stuck with all the fun and misery that QPR has had to offer in the past 12 years.

I live in Perivale, a QPR area, and I see the club as being part of a community, with potential. We can take 30,000 to Cardiff. We can grow and succeed. And supporters must have more of a role in the future of the club.

Like Neill, my background is in journalism. I am now working in PR and communications and community involvement in the public sector in east London. I will help develop these for the QPR 1st.

Geoffrey Gibbs FCA FCCA Treasurer

Ok I admit it I started life as a Millwall fan - my local club, and remained so until I was 17. I like to think I stopped going to the old Den due to the underlying "agro culture" that existed in the late 60s but the truth is I just got lazy and discovered pubs. Then almost by accident in 1973 a "football anorak" friend who lived in Chiswick but supported Man U and Brighton suggested I come with him to Loftus Rd  for no better reasons than they were playing good football and there was nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon (before all day opening) . I duly obliged, liked what I saw and went another couple of times. Then on New Year's Day 1974 I watched QPR destroy the relegation bound Man U 3-0. When Stan Bowles scored the third goal from the edge of the area with Alex Stepney rooted to his line I found myself properly celebrating rather than politely applauding - The rest is history. 

My day job is running a firm of Chartered Accountants in Crystal Palace which I set up with a friend from college in 1985. We set out to be pro-active accountants (more than just bean counters) and look after the tax and accountancy affairs of many small and medium sized businesses in various sectors. I live in Bromley, Kent and have no connection with West London whatsoever other than the team I support. My wife Margaret has little or no interest in football but am still trying hard to convert her after 26 years. Have done a better job though on our two children Thom 22 and Hannah 19 who both are QPR through and through.

Having always lived in "Sarf " London I only knew a handful of QPR people before I became involved with the Trust in 2004 when they advertised for a Treasurer. My "hidden agenda" reason for volunteering was that I felt after 30 years with two kids going off to Uni it was time I did something to acquaint myself with other QPR fans.

Peter Gridneff

Peter has been supporting QPR since first attending with his father in the late 60's and became a junior season ticket holder in the SAR when it was first built. He is currently a season ticket holder in the Upper Loft .

Born in Perivale in 1962 and attending school in Ealing (you may have known him as Grub, if not don't ask!), Peter moved out along the Western Avenue to Uxbridge before losing his grasp on Greater London completely and ending up in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire in the mid Eighties. Working in Internet services , Peter was co opted to the committee in July 2001 and elected to the full management board in 2006.

Responsible for the development and management of the QPR1st web site. online store and credit card facilities along with email communications.

Neil Jackson


Like many fans of my age I will be celebrating 40 years as a QPR fan in 2007. My first game was the 2-0 win against Gillingham shortly after we had won the League Cup. I've been a regular at Loftus Road over the years, even being a season ticket holder for a time. I've also written articles for A Kick up the R's, been a member of the QPR email list, and attended the inaugural pub meeting of the Trust in 2001.

Professionally I have worked as a journalist and more recently as a Community Development worker advising local charities. From this work I developed an interest in Community Trusts and their aim for community ownership of community assets. I am a co-opted committee member and have the responsibility for press relations.

My name is Leon Stent, husband of Tracy. I am a Precision Engineer by trade and this involves machining materials to fine tolerance and ensuring a precision fit. I have been with the same firm for nearly 18 years.

My job also involves doing restoration work for a firm that specialises in classic racing cars, often making one off parts that aren't available. Other work involves making tooling for the cable industry and for injection moulding.

How did I start following the R's?

Whilst at school, (my mate took me along) I started following the R's on the back end of the '76 season, when we were very nearly Champions of the then 1st division. One of the first games was West Ham at home and was surrounded by Hammers fans in the old Loft!! I've enjoyed many highs and lows since then and have not missed many games, both home and away, in the last 10 seasons or so Met Tracy on the Special train on the way back from the 4 – 0 defeat at Liverpool in 1987, and have been together ever since.

The whole family, including Emma and Sarah our two daughters follow Rangers home and away I have been involved with QPR 1st since the very first meeting in Notting Hill, up to November 2003. Whilst it was very demanding, being part of the management board was also very rewarding even though it consumed most of my spare time. Although my main role was membership,

I was also responsible for the data inputting connected to the Trust, along with drawing up forms and letters. Posting and printing was also on my list of duties. I'm happy to resume all this with the steering group or as required.

Tracy Stent

Tracy has been a QPR supporter since the mid seventies when, as a youngster, her dad originally took her along to Loftus Road for the first time. The Rangers bug bit her there and then with her childhood hero being Gerry Francis at a time when most other little girls' idols were the likes of David Cassidy or David Soul, and she has since held a regular season ticket at the home of football for over 25 years.

As a result of her sometimes being her own worst enemy, she does tend to be a vocal campaigner of supporters' rights, especially regarding her views on the club's younger, and therefore, future fans. A keen and firm believer in the Supporters Trust movement in general, Tracy was one of the co-founders of QPR 1 st in April 2001.

When she is not running around doing her impression of the crazy frog in her work as an evening section manager at Marks and Sparks, commitments to her family, home personal and of course QPR matters, Tracy likes nothing better than to relax by either reading a good book, catching up with what other Supporters Trusts are up to, or by practicing yoga.

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