We will be looking to strengthen that over the coming months while helping to enhance the impact and reach of their fantastic work. Rangers announced their intention to gift the naming rights to the ground to a charity in April. Read about our approach to external linking. English Championship football club Queens Park Rangers has agreed a deal for The Kiyan Prince Foundation to take on naming rights to its Loftus Road stadium. Then, a minute later, Ryan Yates crashed an effort off the upright from the acutest of angles. And yet his own son, who accompanied him to those workshops, would be the one to get stabbed. Loftus Road has been renamed The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium for this season, Prince poses after being appointed OBE for services to tackling knife and gang crime. As a doctor proceeded into the waiting room to confirm the worst, Mark began swinging fists at the hospital walls in a blind fury, tears streaming. “With Kiyan’s connection to QPR, there is already a very close bond between the club and the charity. Mark Prince says seeing Queens Park Rangers' stadium named after a foundation bearing his son's name will be emotional. And that means a lot to me. Mark’s dream, long before that fatal incident took place, was to eradicate knives from London streets. You can donate to the Kiyan Prince Foundation here to assist with funding their various programmes that can help young people and change the narrative on carrying knives. Visitors Forest included former Hoops star man Luke Freeman among their starters – the tricky midfielder moving to the City Ground from Sheffield United on a year-long loan deal this summer. Read More. The R’s edged in front from the penalty spot on 54 minutes, as former Livingston hotshot Dykes won the spot-kick before finishing the job from 12 yards. Announcing the change of name for the stadium, QPR CEO Lee Hoos said: “From the outset we wanted fans to nominate a local charity which has had a strong impact on our community, and The Kiyan Prince Foundation has certainly done that. Supporters chose the The Kiyan Prince Foundation from a … And then his world collapsed beneath him. The official unveiling of the new stadium name will take place when QPR play their first competitive fixture of the new season. The R’s made a first change on 75 minutes, as Carroll made way for summer capture George Thomas. In the last five years knife crime has risen 70 per cent in the UK, and in April it reached the highest level since records began. The closest Forest came was in the 20th minute. The Reds head to the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium looking to kick-off in style after a disappointing end to the last campaign. Of the five nominated charities, The Kiyan Prince Foundation received more than 63 per cent of the overall votes. There are no words that can really describe it. These guys love my son. Under the agreement, the ground will officially become The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium from the start of the 2019-20 Championship season. Get latest scores and headlines sent straight to your phone, sign-up to our newsletter and learn where to find us on online. Curated and brought to you by TheStadiumBusiness team at Xperiology. Loftus Road renamed "Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium" Read More. They are dying. As fans clad in blue and white gather on South Africa Road, in their eyes, the name Prince will be King. Kiyan Prince, a member of QPR's youth academy, was. “It means so much and only confirms the relationship that I know I have with the QPR fans. You’ve got to take a knife out of the mind, not out of the hand.”. They always give me their support. Hoos also confirmed the club will be looking at ways to work with a number of the charities who were nominated by supporters during this process. Free travel is ending for many young people, but what about those who never had it in the first place? Rangers followed that up by introducing Ball for Amos in order to add further protection to the home defence. The fans demonstrated that they care about Kiyan Prince. A minute later, Rangers’ Osayi-Samuel flashed an effort over the crossbar from just inside the penalty area. “Kiyan was a very special young man. Kiyan Prince was a promising footballer in the QPR academy who was tragically stabbed to death outside the gates of his school, the London Academy, in Edgware, North London on May 18, 2006. View a location map of Queens Park Rangers's Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, along with a journey planner and further stadium information, on the official website of the Premier League. Email him on [email protected]. Keep up to date with the latest breaking news here. The official unveiling of the new stadium name will take place when QPR play their first competitive fixture of the new season. Let’s just save the children. On 10 August QPR will walk out for their first home fixture of the season against Huddersfield, and officially unveil and celebrate the new name of their stadium. Kiyan would be blown away by what is going on.”. Mark Prince was at work when he got a call to say his son had been stabbed. After Grabban’s low 92nd-minute shot whistled past the foot of the left-hand post, Rangers added a second goal in the 94th to make sure of the win. QPR's stadium Loftus Road is to be renamed in honour of a former academy player who was stabbed to death. The Scotland international subsequently stepped up and made no mistake from 12 yards, blasting the ball into the roof of the net. Harry Redknapp Signs Up For Future Champions Campaign “I think when we see what’s going on in London at the moment, there’s not a day that goes by where we don’t pick up the paper and someone else has been stabbed,” says Les Ferdinand, QPR’s director of football, “this affects families. Fans had until May 3 to nominate a charity via an online survey on QPR’s official website. © 2020 TheStadiumBusiness News. As part of the ongoing consultation process Queens Park Ranges have now officially published their response. "Football in England is very different from anywhere else, certainly from US sports, in terms of how much community work it actually does," he said. In 2017 Mark sat down with London mayor Sadiq Khan, offering a meticulously planned strategy that he claims would “save them millions” in helping with the city’s knife epidemic, but he walked away feeling ignored, and further disenchanted by politicians. Rangers, led by newly-named club captain Geoff Cameron, lined up as: Joe Lumley; Osman Kakay, Dickie, Yoann Barbet, Lee Wallace; Cameron, Carroll; Bright Osayi-Samuel, Luke Amos, Chair; Dykes. Kiyan Prince was expecting to sign his first professional contract with QPR when he turned 16. "His mum, I haven't seen her that happy since the day we lost our son. Der Fußballclub Queens Park Rangers trägt seit 1917 seine Heimspiele in der Anlage aus. Kiyan would be blown away by what is going on.”. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Loftus Road has been renamed The Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium for this season, Prince poses after being appointed OBE for services to tackling knife and gang crime. Starting 2019/20, Loftus Road's name will change for the first time, to Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. Like, wow, Kiyan’s name’s going to be outside the stadium of the club he played for,” Mark says with a glistening smile, “This is my team. Tyler Blackett’s pinpoint cross on the run was met by Lewis Grabban, whose headed effort dropped just wide of the right-hand post. Hasan, from Colindale, in North West London, was convicted of murder and jailed for 13 years. At the time of his death, Kiyan was playing for Queens Park Rangers’ youth team. English Championship football club Queens Park Rangers has agreed a deal for The Kiyan Prince Foundation to take on naming rights to its Loftus Road stadium. Kiyan Prince, a member of QPR's youth academy, was stabbed to death in May 2006 when he was 15 years old. R’s boss Warburton handed league debuts to summer signings Rob Dickie, Tom Carroll and Dykes – QPR beginning in a 4-2-3-1 formation for our season opener.