Queens Park Rangers vs Crystal Palace

hoops
Scully
started his
career with
today’s
opponents
Crystal
Palace
before
moving
on to
Manchester
City and
signing
for QPR in
1998
at Rangers and like a carnival occasion
in many ways. Loftus Road was always a
great place to play at when it was full and
rocking. There were lovely scenes on the
final whistle with everyone celebrating
together. Then I remember Gerry saying
that, if he had known we were going to
comfortably win 6-0, he would have had
a much better sleep on the night before
the game!
You had three years in a blue and
white hooped shirt. Was that victory
over Palace the highlight of your time
at QPR?
Yes, I suppose so because it was a
massively crucial fixture and the way it
panned out. I scored and set up three or
four of the goals. I also won our penalty,
from which Tim fired in the rebound. So it
was a memorable day all round and I had
a good game, but the most important
thing was the result. We gave the fans
plenty to cheer about as they went away
for the summer with something positive
ahead of the next season.
Did you enjoy your time at QPR overall?
Yes, definitely. We had some really good
players and I still speak to some of the
lads now. Obviously I would have liked to
play more games, but it is a great club
with great fans.
What are you up to nowadays?
I work as a postman and I enjoy being out
and about delivering the mail. Then I spend
the weekends watching my son Anthony
playing for Lincoln City in League One. I
am very proud because he has been doing
really well and long may that continue.
Have you shown your son that video of
you taking your shirt off against Palace
back in 1999?
He’s seen it, yeah. But he said he would
never take his shirt off like that after
scoring a goal!
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