Ian Holloway apologises in QPR video after criticising fans for leaving early

Getty Images
Standard Sport28 November 2017

QPR boss Ian Holloway has apologised in a video posted on social media after criticising the club's fans for leaving Tuesday night's home draw against Brentford early.

Thousands of Rangers supporters missed Holloway's side hit back from 2-0 down in stoppage time against their local rivals with last-gasp goals from Matt Smith and Luke Freeman snatching them a point.

Loftus Road was half empty when Freeman bundled home his equaliser, prompting Holloway to take a swipe at those who chose to leave early in his post-match interview.

But Holloway's tone was more concillatory in a video Rangers later posted on their official Twitter site.

"I'm ready to fight and I need you to fight with me, that's all," he said. "So I'm sorry. You are a real QPR fan, of course you are.

"But I'm a passionate man, I always have been and I've got to get my team passionate. They're not giving up.

"I don't want you to. You missed a wonderful moment. It was wonderful. I'll take that all day long. I can't wait for the next game against them.

"What can I say? There's a big debate on Five Live and for me as an overall football person, I understand the travelling you've got to do and the expense you've got. I fully respect that and I want to give you value for money."

Holloway had the last laugh on Brentford fans, who chanted 'you're getting sacked in the morning' and wished his own club's supporters had stayed to see the turnaround.

"All I'm trying to say is I wish you'd seen the change - how the gloating turned to pain and we inflicted that and I wanted you to see that," he added.

"So I apologise if that's how you feel. It wasn't meant that way. If you can't forgive me what can I do?

"I'm saying you're a supporter and I need your support and my team needs your support. Thanks for coming, you missed one hell of a moment."

Additional reporting by the Press Association.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT