Steve Burtenshaw’s Letter to Uncle Alf in 1979 

I’ve recently obtained the letter that my Uncle Alf received in April 1979, from R’s manager, Steve Burtenshaw: 

‘Dear Mr Maddicks, 

Many thanks for your recent letter and for your obvious interest in Queen’s Park Rangers FC.  

I certainly take notice of your suggestions to encourage the team to continue fighting and try and get maximum points from our remaining fixtures, in case Derby County finish poorly. 

It is, of course, still possible for that very thing to happen and obviously...