- Dec 20, 2004
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Manager Jim Magilton suspended by QPR
QPR have suspended manager Jim Magilton with immediate effect, pending an internal investigation.
The 40-year-old's suspension relates to an incident on Monday at Vicarage Road, where QPR lost 3-1 to Watford.
After the match, Magilton admitted he had a "difference of opinion" with midfielder Akos Buzsaky.
QPR have won only one of their last seven matches and the loss to Watford followed a 5-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough on Saturday. v
Magilton was appointed in June after the club parted company with Paulo Sousa, who was in charge for only 26 games.
The former Northern Ireland midfielder became the seventh different man to lead QPR since they were taken over by Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone.
Ex-Renault Formula 1 boss Briatore began investing in the Loftus Road outfit with friend and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone in September 2007 .
QPR were given a further cash boost when the family of the world's fifth richest man, Lakshmi Mittal, bought a 20% stake in the club.
Magilton's side made a fine start to the Championship season, losing only one of their opening nine games.
They beat Preston 4-0, Reading 4-1 and Derby 4-2 to move into the play-off places on 24 October but their only victory since then came at Sheffield Wednesday on 7 November.
After the defeat at Watford, Buzsaky was seen wandering along the asphalt in front of the main stand long after the final whistle, still wearing his kit.
The Hungarian, a 76th-minute substitute, was also spotted in a public toilet close to the press room full of journalists - again in his full strip.
QPR assistant boss John Gorman eventually emerged to console Buzsaky but the player still appeared to be distressed.
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8403668.stm
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talk is that he nutted him :lol:
QPR have suspended manager Jim Magilton with immediate effect, pending an internal investigation.
The 40-year-old's suspension relates to an incident on Monday at Vicarage Road, where QPR lost 3-1 to Watford.
After the match, Magilton admitted he had a "difference of opinion" with midfielder Akos Buzsaky.
QPR have won only one of their last seven matches and the loss to Watford followed a 5-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough on Saturday. v
Magilton was appointed in June after the club parted company with Paulo Sousa, who was in charge for only 26 games.
The former Northern Ireland midfielder became the seventh different man to lead QPR since they were taken over by Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone.
Ex-Renault Formula 1 boss Briatore began investing in the Loftus Road outfit with friend and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone in September 2007 .
QPR were given a further cash boost when the family of the world's fifth richest man, Lakshmi Mittal, bought a 20% stake in the club.
Magilton's side made a fine start to the Championship season, losing only one of their opening nine games.
They beat Preston 4-0, Reading 4-1 and Derby 4-2 to move into the play-off places on 24 October but their only victory since then came at Sheffield Wednesday on 7 November.
After the defeat at Watford, Buzsaky was seen wandering along the asphalt in front of the main stand long after the final whistle, still wearing his kit.
The Hungarian, a 76th-minute substitute, was also spotted in a public toilet close to the press room full of journalists - again in his full strip.
QPR assistant boss John Gorman eventually emerged to console Buzsaky but the player still appeared to be distressed.
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8403668.stm
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talk is that he nutted him :lol:
