54 Years, 48 Leagues, 2,000 Grounds - The Ultimate Football Odyssey

Tony, who built a profession arsenic a power sports newsman and is now a property serviceman for QPR, has been truthful wished to complete nan situation that he went part-time astatine activity this play to beryllium capable yet decorativeness his adventure.

He has besides had to negociate his individual life astir his shot trips, including marrying his woman successful summertime to debar missing matches.

In 2023, he was presented pinch a trophy to people his accomplishment of attending each 1 of QPR's location matches for nan past 50 years.

"I really almost missed my girl being born", he says. "My woman went into infirmary six days beforehand truthful I slept connected a chair successful nan infirmary for 5 nights and each nan clip I'm thinking, 'QPR are astatine location successful a fewer days'.

"In nan end, my woman had nan baby, past I ran retired of nan infirmary into my car and made it to Loftus Road conscionable successful time."

Tony's emotion of watching shot astatine each levels intends he has attended games successful immoderate different circumstances, including measurement beneath moreover non-league.

"I sewage a typical invitation to spell wrong Feltham Prison successful 2011 to watch a lucifer arsenic nan only spectator," he says.

"The situation squad was successful a convention alongside companies pinch displacement workers and evidently couldn't play distant games!

"I had to get location an hr earlier kick-off, had my telephone taken disconnected me, sewage searched and past 3 situation guards took maine and nan distant squad done to a bully small crushed successful nan situation pinch due dugouts.

"It was conscionable aft nan London riots truthful nan situation squad was afloat of bully young players and they won nan match."

There was nary programme aliases summons to show for nan travel and nary half-time brew but nan exit was memorable.

"On nan measurement out, immoderate of nan prisoners came retired of their cells and started lambasting nan distant broadside for losing nan game," Tony says.

"One of their guys replied 'lost nan lucifer but astatine slightest we're going home, lads' and we were past rushed retired of location very, very quickly."