Bill Bailey

Comedian and QPR fan Bill Bailey tells skysports.com about pies and disappointment.

Comedian and QPR fan Bill Bailey tells skysports.com about pies and disappointment at Bath FC

Noticing the uninspiring features of Wayne Rooney's face and comparing the England national team to 'ageing warehousemen' provides perfect examples of the perception that Bill Bailey is able to apply to the conundrum of football. The above are just a couple of relevant citations from the comedian's excellent new live show, Dandelion Mind, which is now available on DVD and contains the standup's characteristically obscure, yet brilliant, humour. Bailey, who also demonstrates in his act that he is an extremely talented musician, is known for his sharp observational jesting, but a lesser-famed fact is that he is a long-standing fan of Queens Park Rangers. Having fallen in love with Loftus Road after moving to London in his teens, the West Countryman also has plenty of other tales to tell from his footballing past and skysports.com was happy to lend an ear.

QPR

Basically, when I first came to London I lived in Queens Park. Well, I didn't actually live in the park. That would imply I'm some sort of hermit or wild man. I wasn't actually in the bushes, I was in a house. I had a sentimental attachment with Queens Park, with it being my first experience of London, so I was aware of the place. I ended up in Hammersmith, which is walking distance to the ground, and so I ended up going to a few games. I like the fact that it is a small ground, you are right on top of the pitch and it is right in the middle of a housing area. It felt like what football is meant to be all about. I grew up in the West Country and when I was six my team was actually Leeds because all the kids supported Leeds. They were the top team in the land and they were the bad boys. I had a Leeds bag. It was a white shoulder bag with 'Leeds' on it. I had never been to Leeds, I didn't know anything about the place, I didn't know where it was. But when you are six, you think, 'oh, Billy Bremner, he's good' or 'Norman Hunter, he bites your legs'. There was no allegiance other than that.

Neil Warnock at present, Ian Holloway in the past, what attracts opinionated managers to Loftus Road?

We seem to have had a couple of real firecrackers. It's the law of averages, we've had so many managers we were bound to have a couple of good ones eventually. We're owed it. It got ridiculous. It was almost as if we would have one manager until half-time, he would get sacked and then we would have a new manager for the second half.

Bath FC

I grew up in the area. My uncle took me to see Bath FC against... I can't even remember who it was against, but the game was pretty scrappy and we were standing on crumbling terraces and eating pies. There was a sense of disappointment in the air. That was my first experience of football... pies and disappointment, that sums up football.

Billy Bremner

He was who kids would talk about in the