QPR ditch merger plans

Queens Park Rangers have ditched proposed plans to merge with Wimbledon due to the club's supporters' overwhelming opposition…

Queens Park Rangers have ditched proposed plans to merge with Wimbledon due to the club's supporters' overwhelming opposition to the scheme.

It emerged last week that the two London clubs had been in talks about a possible merger, but fans of both sides immediately made their feelings known about the idea.

On Sunday, Wimbledon chairman Charles Koppel addressed supporters on the pitch after the Dons' match against Norwich and told them there would be no merger.

And Rangers have now issued a club statement which also rules out any union between the teams.

PA

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