HDU Members Spotlight: Neil MacKenzie (NSW)

Mark Davis
Jul 2
2 min read

Next up in our Hoops Down Under Member Spotlights, we head to Sydney, New South Wales where we catch up with long time Rs tragic Neil MacKenzie!

*Niel (right) with his son Aidan in 2016 sporting the new QPR Shirts when they were released!*

Q: Hi Neil! How's it going? So how long have you been a QPR fan?

A: 46 years would you believe! A friend of mine from school invited me to a game at Loftus Road and we drew 1-1 with Preston that day. I then attended the next home game and saw the Rs smash Burnley 7-0! It was from that moment on, I was hooked!! 🪝

Q: What is your most favourite QPR memory to date? A: For me is has to be beating West Brom in the FA Cup semi-final in 1982 at Highbury...Clive Allen off his knee!

3rd April 1982. FA Cup Semi-Final at Highbury, London, England. Queens Park Rangers 1 West Bromwich Albion 0. QPR's goal scorer Clive Allen celebrates at the end of the match.

Q: Who is your all time favourite QPR Player? And Why?

A: Alan McDonald. Macca was solid at the back and he bled the blue and white!

Q: Who is your all time favourite QPR Manager? And Why?

A: Terry Venables, because he took the team to the FA Cup final and won us the 2nd Division 🏆

QPR manager Terry Venables (left) chats to Spurs manager Keith Burkinshaw as the teams enter the field before the 1982 FA Cup Final between Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium on May 22, 1982.

Q: Who is your current favourite QPR Player? And Why?

A: Jimmy Dunne. I simply can’t look past a defender that does the business at both ends of the pitch.

Q: Where would you like to see QPR in say, 5 years time (2030-31)? How do QPR reach this achievement? A: Top 10 in the Premiership.

We could follow a Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth model of investing in decent players that are either sold on for big profits or help the team move up the ranks.

The club just needs to make a plan and stick to it!