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Tony, who built a career as a radio sports reporter and is now QPR’s press officer, was so determined to complete the challenge that he went into part-time work this season to finally be able to complete his adventure.
He had to manage his personal life around his football trips, including marrying his wife in the summer to avoid missing matches.
In 2023, he was presented with a trophy to mark his achievement of attending every home match for QPR over the past 50 years.
“I actually almost missed the birth of my daughter”, he says. “My wife went into hospital six days ago so I spent five nights in a chair in the hospital and all the time I was thinking, ‘QPR home in a few days’.
“Eventually, my wife had the baby, then I drove out of the hospital in my car and got to Loftus Road just in time.”
Tony’s love of watching football at all levels means he has attended games in some unusual circumstances, even less so than non-league.
“I got a special invitation to watch a match as the only spectator at Feltham Prison in 2011,” he says.
“The prison team was in a league alongside the company with shift workers and obviously couldn’t play away games!
“I had to get there an hour before kick-off, my phone was taken away, searched and then three prison guards took me and the outside team to a nice little prison field with a proper dugout.
“Just after the London riots the Tai Jail team was full of good young players and they won the match.”
There was no program or ticket to show for the trip and no half-time brew but the exit was memorable.
“On the way out, some inmates came out of their cells and started limping the away side for losing the game,” says Tony.
“One of them replied ‘lost the match but at least we’re going home, lads’ and then we were quickly ushered out of there.”
