Turning Point: Simon Crane, Managing director, Eurosport Television
29 Oct 2008 | by Staff
After stints at Bass Brewers and Coca-Cola, I turned from gamekeeper to poacher to run Loftus Road, the then-owners of QPR FC and Wasps RFC.
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