Queen's Park F.C.

Association football club in Glasgow, Scotland

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Queen’s Park Football Club is a scots professional football baseball club based in Glasgow, which presently plays in Scottish League One, the third gear tier of the Scottish football pyramid. Queen ‘s Park is the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founded in 1867, and is the oldest in the worldly concern outside England and Wales. [ 1 ]

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The cabaret was amply amateur for the first gear 152 years and has played in white and black hoops as shirt tinge for the huge majority of its being. [ 2 ] For many years the golf club was the alone in full amateurish club in the scottish professional leagues, until its membership voted to end that condition in November 2019. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The club ‘s amateurish condition was reflected by its Latin motto, ‘Ludere Causa Ludendi’ – ‘To Play for the Sake of Playing ‘. [ 5 ] Queen ‘s Park is besides the entirely Scottish football club to have played in the FA Cup Final, achieving this feat in both 1884 and 1885. With 10 titles, Queen ‘s Park has won the scots Cup the third base most times of any clubhouse, behind entirely Celtic and Rangers, although their last such winnings was in 1893. Queen ‘s were the commemorate holders of the scottish Cup for 51 years until the 1924–25 season when their record was overtaken by Celtic, who then won the Cup for an 11th fourth dimension. For over a century the club ‘s home was Hampden Park in southeast Glasgow, a Category 4 stadium [ 6 ] which is besides the base of the Scotland national team. The club are due to move into their reserve and aim grind adjacent to the main stadium, Lesser Hampden, with plans to redevelop it into a 1,774-seat stadium. [ 7 ]

history [edit ]

Beginnings ( 1867–68 ) [edit ]

The Queen ‘s Park Football Club was founded on 9 July 1867 with the words : “ Tonight at half past eight o’clock a number of gentlemen met at No. 3 Eglinton Terrace for the purpose of forming a football clubhouse. ” [ 8 ] Gentlemen from the local YMCA took part in football matches in the local anesthetic Glasgow area which gave the club its name. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] During the inaugural meeting, debate raged over the cabaret ‘s name. Proposals included : ‘The Celts ‘ ; ‘The Northern ‘ and ‘Morayshire ‘. possibly such choice of names suggest a Highland influence within the newfangled club. After much deliberation, ‘Queen ‘s Park ‘ was adopted and carried, but alone by a majority of one vote. Although Queen ‘s was not the first club in Britain, that honor going to Edinburgh ‘s Foot-Ball Club, formed in 1824, they can surely claim to be the foremost Association clubhouse in Scotland. [ 11 ] Opposition first gear came in the form of a immediately defunct glaswegian side called Thistle F.C. and Queen ‘s won 2–0 on 1 August 1868. [ 12 ]

early domination ( 1868–1900 ) [edit ]

Within the context of the emerging Association crippled in Scotland, the historian and broadcaster Bob Crampsey compared the function of the Queen ‘s Park club with that of the Marylebone Cricket Club in Cricket and The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Golf. The Glasgow club ‘s control of the early play rules in Scotland, early management of the Scotland national team, and fomentation of the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Challenge Cup provide evidence of its condition as the ‘ Premier ’ or ‘ Senior ’ baseball club of Scotland. On 30 November 1872, Scotland faced England at the West of Scotland Cricket Club ground at Hamilton Crescent. For the one and only time all eleven Scots players were from Queen ‘s Park and they wore blasphemous jerseys, as those were the current colors of Queen ‘s. [ 13 ] 4,000 spectators watched Scotland play with a 2–2–6 formation and England with a 1–1–8 line-up. [ 14 ] Queen ‘s Park formed the Scottish Football Association on 13 March 1873, with eight other clubs. [ 15 ] The catch against Dumbreck on 25 October was the beginning match to be played at the first Hampden Park. [ 16 ] It was besides the first peer which saw Queen ‘s Park players wear their custom black and white hooped jerseys, which lent the clubhouse the nickname of ‘The Spiders ‘. [ 13 ] David Wotherspoon, a Queen ‘s Park player and committee penis, has been credited with the introduction of the black and ashen hoops. [ 17 ] Most importantly, it was the first scottish Cup draw and scottish competitive match for the baseball club and Queen ‘s won 7–0. In the final, Queen ‘s defeated Clydesdale 2–0 at Hampden. [ 18 ] success in the scots Cup followed in the following two years with final victories over Renton and Third Lanark. In drawing 2–2 with Clydesdale in the 1875 semi-final, Queen ‘s conceded their first ever goals. [ 19 ] Defeat for the baseball club was first gear experienced with a 2–1 defeat to Vale of Leven in the fifth orotund in December 1876. [ 16 ] Third Lanark and Rangers eliminated the Spiders before Queen ‘s reclaimed the cup in 1880 with a win over Thornliebank. Dumbarton were beaten in the final in consecutive years. In 1881, Queen ‘s had to beat them doubly after Dumbarton successfully appealed that the push at Kinning Park had encroached following a 2–1 defeat. [ 20 ] Dumbarton got revenge in 1883 but Queen ‘s north korean won again in 1884 without even having to play the final after Vale of Leven refused to play on the date stipulated by the SFA. [ 21 ] In the early days of England ‘s FA Cup, scots clubs were frequently invited to compete. As a solution, Queen ‘s Park doubly finished runner-up in this contest, in 1884, when they lost 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers and in 1885, when they lost 2–0, again to Blackburn Rovers. 1886–87 was the final time that they entered the FA Cup competition. [ 22 ] Afterwards, the domination in the competition that the club had enjoyed began to lessen as more teams strengthened. The trophy was reclaimed in 1890 with a replay win over Vale of Leven and the club ‘s 10th and concluding achiever came in 1893 with a 2–1 gain over Celtic at Ibrox. In the like year, professional football was acknowledged by the SFA. [ 13 ] Three years previously, the scots Football League had been formed but Queen ‘s declined to join, stressing their amateur principles [ 8 ] [ 23 ] Queen ‘s Park joined the Scottish League in 1900 and took character in the 1900–01 season ( being added directly to the peak part preferably than the lower division ). however, the Queen ‘s players of the time were held in high involve throughout the nation and some are however remembered today. [ 24 ] Charles Campbell won eight Scottish Cup winners medals with Queen ‘s and earned 13 Scotland caps. Wattie Arnott was a near ever-present in the successful teams of the 1880s. Robert Smyth McColl scored a noteworthy number of goals for Queen ‘s and soon moved on to Newcastle United and Rangers. In an unprecedented move, he returned to Queen ‘s and scored six goals in his final catch. [ 25 ] Andrew Watson was the beginning black football player in Britain. [ 26 ] He won three Scotland caps and starred in one of the clubhouse ‘s earliest sides. J.A.H Catton, a celebrated sports editor program, named Watson in his all-time Scotland team in 1926. [ 27 ]

Pioneers of the advanced passing game [edit ]

Queen ‘s Park have won the scots Cup on ten occasions, third gear on the all-time list of winners Queen ‘s Park are accredited with introducing a collective and ‘scientific ‘ form of team based die which would become known as ‘combination ‘ football. [ 28 ] Although rudimentary forms of casual existed prior to 1872, and Queen ‘s themselves appear to have indulged in this, the combination game as a taxonomic form of passing was being played by the golf club at the meter of the beginning official international equal between Scotland and England. This changed the nature of the Association game as the culture in London at this time was largely one of drivel and ‘backing up ‘. Scotland ‘s promotion of the combination game would ultimately lead to the introduction of professionalism in England in 1885, due to the big import of scots players ( known as Scotch Professors ) into the midlands and the union of England. During the late 1860s and early 1870s the clubhouse practised regularly and experimented with bet styles. According to Richard Robinson, who wrote the club ‘s official fiftieth anniversary history ,

Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays were fixed upon as the nights for act … Whoever selected the teams on practising nights had the power to place their men on the field, or appoint substitutes, and the players shall be bound to adhere to their instructions. [ 29 ]

Robinson besides explains the means by which the pass game was developed ,

The baseball club … never neglected practice, and this practice was indulged in systematically. Sides were arranged— North v. South of Eglinton Toll, Reds v. Blues, Light v. Heavy Weights, President ‘s Team v. J. Smith ‘s Team ( a series of six games ), and Clerks v. The Field, etc. In these games the drivel and passing, which raised the scots game to the charge of a very well art, were developed. Dribbling was a characteristic of English play, and it was not until very much later that the Southerners came to see that the principles laid down in the Queen ‘s Park method acting of transfer of the ball, accompanied by strong backing up, were those which got the most out of a team. combination was the head characteristic of the Queen ‘s Park bet. [ 30 ]

Queen ‘s were surely playing a fall bet on by the time of their FA Cup tie ( March 1872 ) with Wanderers, the most successful english side of the 1870s. Of the Queen ‘s Park team, The Field magazine notes that, “ They dribble little and normally convey the ball by a series of long kicks, combined with a judicious plan of passing on. ” [ 31 ] It is the first official external match, played on 30 November 1872, where the first reference book is given to their stylus as a acculturation of passage. The Graphic, a London-based weekly illustrated newspaper, provides the following insight into the game,

Individual skill was generally on England’s side, the dribbling of Kirke-Smith, Brockbank and Ottaway being very fine, while Welch, half-back, showed himself a safe and good kick. The Southrons, however, did not play to each other so well as their opponents, who seem to be adepts in passing the ball. [ 32 ]

The 1874 Queen ‘s Park team that won the scottish Cup The Glasgow Herald report on the game makes the follow notice of the differences between both sides ,

The Englishmen had all the advantage of weight, their average being about two stones heavier than the Scotchmen and they had also the advantage in pace. The strong point of the home club was that they played excellently well together.[33]

The newspaper article which features Queen ‘s Park ‘s 5–0 victory over Wanderers in October 1875 ( a match in which C.W. Alcock and the Anglo Scot A.F. Kinnaird played in for Wanderers ) gives a concise description of the stylus of combination adopted by the clubhouse, peculiarly in the section which describes the second and one-third goals ,

After a “ hand ” within thirty yards of the Wanderers ’ lines, Weir got monomania, and, successfully charging the english forwards, passed it on to Herriot, who in turn placed it to Campbell, who by a well judged kick dropped the ball precisely below the bar, therefore securing another finish for the Scotsmen in sixteen minutes. No oklahoman had the English captain started the ball than Herriot, Weir and Lawrie, by clean passing sent it back, and after the backs and half backs had shown good play, the two M’Neills brought it along the leave side, and passing it to Lawrie, the latter made a stroke for goal, but the ball passed fair outside the goal position. The play was now in the center, the Queen ’ s Park men dribbling and casual, while their opponents indulged chiefly in big kick. In 33 minutes from the beginning of operations H. M’Neill, obtaining monomania, kicked the ball to Herriot, who unselfishly serving it to Lawrie, the latter again made a shot for goal, this time with more success, as the ball, passing above the goalkeeper ’ sulfur head, went clean through frankincense obtaining the third goal .

Queen ‘s joined The Football Association based in London in 1870 – the only football governing consistency in universe at the time. [ 10 ] Their independent drawing card was to the new Challenge Cup and contributions were made to pay for the trophy. [ 10 ] Queen ‘s reached the first base semi-finals in 1872 but had to withdraw due to lack of funds after drawing their first competitive match 0–0 with The Wanderers at the Kennington Oval. Financial constraints meant that Queen ‘s played small contribution in the competition until 1884 where they stormed to the final before losing 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers at The Oval. [ 34 ] Another passing to Blackburn the watch year was the closest queen ‘s perplex to winning the english trophy. In 1887, scots clubs were banned from entering by the Scottish Football Association. Although the solid crossbar inaugural appeared in the Sheffield Rules code, Queen ‘s Park was responsible for its use in Association football when the club successfully put forward a gesture for its introduction at a converge of the Football Association in 1875. [ 35 ] Queen ‘s Park were invited to play in the annual Sheriff of London Charity Shield, a precursor of the FA Community Shield in 1899 which pitted the best amateur and professional sides of the season against each other. They would play the Football League First Division champions Aston Villa. The amateur side was normally represented by Corinthian, however Queen ‘s Park had defeated them 4–1 at Hampden Park earlier that class and the trophy committee decided that they deserved the honor. [ 36 ] The match ended in a scoreless pull back which saw the sides share the respect, holding the trophy for six months each. [ 37 ]

Queen ‘s in the Scottish League top escape ( 1900–58 ) [edit ]

however, as the twentieth hundred drew near, Queen ‘s found themselves playing in only cup competitions and the Glasgow League. A remarkable prevail to the 1900 scottish Cup Final saw Queen ‘s only narrowly lose 4–3 to Celtic. The previous 25 years had Queen ‘s achieve great success in cup contest but after ten-spot years of resistance they finally took the big footfall to the Scottish League, first entering Division One in 1900–01 .
The 1917–18 team Queen ‘s struggled with top-flight football and the professional sides which surrounded them. An early high-point was a 1–0 victory over Celtic at the first step of the new Hampden Park in 1903. By previous standards, however, unspectacular seasons followed and the baseball club even finished in the delegating partition on five occasions. Queen ‘s were spared by vote until 1922 when, after a few solid seasons, the team were finally relegated in second-last place. [ 38 ] Queen ‘s bounced back immediately, winning Division Two at the first attack. In a league season of 24 victories and alone five defeats, the Spiders evening managed a 4–3 gain over Celtic in the Glasgow Cup, with James McAlpine scoring a hat-trick. McAlpine ‘s fine dally inspired Queen ‘s to their greatest ever placing in the Scottish League, when they finished 5th in Division One in 1929. He would go on to set a goal seduce record for the club and his appearance record was lone beaten by Ross Caven at the twist of the future century. In 1928, the same side besides came closest to any Spiders team since 1900 to winning the scots Cup but lost 2–1 to Celtic in the semi-finals .
Chart of annual table positions of Queen ‘s Park in the League. World War II helped Queen ‘s stay in the top league a little longer as at the end of 1938–39 season, the baseball club were relegated. Six seasons in the Southern League followed, and it gave youth and many newly players a prospect to develop at Hampden as the players of earlier left to serve their state. Bobby Brown was one such musician who started at Queen ‘s in 1939 but left in 1941 to serve as a navigate. When he returned at the end of the War, he found his goalkeeping situation occupied by a adolescent Ronnie Simpson who had made his debut at the long time of 14. [ 39 ] Although obviously a bare fourth dimension for everyone, this time period gave many footballers at Queen ‘s Park an opportunity to play at the highest level under little press. When War ended, Queen ‘s joined the scottish ‘A ‘ Division, where they stayed for three seasons, before relegation in 1948. The adjacent few years were erratic but gradually a great team came together. fourth plaza in 1954–55 was followed by first in 1955–56. The side was composed of players conversant with each early and the success was a reward for such longstanding legends as Charlie Church and Bert Cromar. Cromar played in every league game, as did goalkeeper Frank Crampsey ( brother of journalist and Queen ‘s fan Bob ), who kept 17 clean sheets. Queen ‘s lone lasted two seasons in the top class and were relegated in 1958, having only won four league games all season, and losing heavily on many occasions .

League reconstruction ( 1958–1994 ) [edit ]

With stalwarts such as Cromar, Hastie and Omand all having moved on, the mid-1960s see a new side which promised a lot. future Scotland Internationalist Bobby Clark played in goal in 1964–65 season as Queen ‘s end fourth. That stopping point was again achieved in 1968, with Queen ‘s winning 20 games ( eight in succession towards the conclusion ) and scoring 76 goals. It was a formidable side which featured established Spiders Malky Mackay Sr. ( the founder of Malky Mackay ), Peter Buchanan and Eddie Hunter. ultimately, no success was gained, however, and as that side splintered, the baseball club toiled until the mid-70s. The 1975–76 season saw the reconstruction of the scottish Leagues and Queen ‘s entered the second Division ( third base grade ). [ 8 ] Coinciding with this, Queen ‘s appointed a head coach for the first time. [ 8 ] Davie McParland led Queen ‘s to 4th place but left at the end of the season to join Partick Thistle. Joe Gilroy was his successor and Queen ‘s finished 5th, 7th and 13th under his guidance before his deviation at the end of 1978–79. Former actor Eddie Hunter took charge and within two seasons, Queen ‘s had been promoted as 1980–81 champions. The endowment in the side was obvious. Derek Atkins was an ever-present in goal, John McGregor a high seduce defender and Jimmy Nicholson and Gerry McCoy netted a combined tally of 28 goals. [ 40 ] Much of the side was inexperienced, with full-back Bobby Dickson one of the few who had been a pillar in former years. After a highly estimable finish of 8th the watch temper, Queen ‘s finished bed and were relegated in 1983. The main rationality for this was the loss of some of the best players who had won promotion. In finical, John McGregor and Alan Irvine departed, leaving for Liverpool and Everton respectively. During the lapp season, Queen ‘s lost 2–1 to Rangers at Hampden in the scots Cup quarter-finals. recovery took a while but finally a commodity side featuring Stevie Ross, Kenny Brannigan, Ian McCall and Ross Caven finished 4th in 1985–86 – winning three more games than the Championship slope of 1981. Queen ‘s lost narrowly by 2–1 at Celtic Park in the Fourth turn of the scottish Cup in the February 1986. 1987–88 was a far improvement but 21 victories was merely enough for 3rd set. 1990–91 was another season of frustration as Queen ‘s squandered a find for promotion after having been in contention for indeed long and finished 5th, alone four points behind 2nd seat Montrose. [ 41 ]

modern history ( 1994–2019 ) [edit ]

facade of Hampden Park

Eddie Hunter [edit ]

Eddie Hunter was fired in December 1994 as Queen ‘s failed to recapture the achievements of the former ten. Former Alloa Athletic director Hugh McCann was appointed as his successor but after an 8th-place finish in the new 10 team Third Division, he left the club. Graeme Elder took over as player/coach but the team continued their disappoint discharge and he finally resigned. A happier memory from this prison term was the 5–1 destruction of Albion Rovers at Hampden in August 1997, the opposition finishing the meet with seven players. There was besides an incredible 5–5 draw at East Fife in Hunter ‘s last season, with winnow favorite Brian McPhee scoring four goals for Queen ‘s. [ 42 ]

John McCormack [edit ]

The club ‘s constitution was changed anterior to the appointment of the next coach, which meant that Queen ‘s could sign early professionals provided they were not paid by the club. [ 8 ] Former Dundee director John McCormack was unveiled in July 1998 as the new steer coach. Like Eddie Hunter, McCormack succeeded in winning the league after just two seasons. The new boss used the modern legislation to big effect and tied persuaded the club to allow the lend of professionals. [ 8 ] The ex-pros and the invest amateur combined to give Queen ‘s a superb begin to the league temper and it was November before kill was felt. A 4–0 personnel casualty to challengers Forfar Athletic towards the end of the season was quickly forgotten as Queen ‘s won their end five matches, clinching the championship at Cowdenbeath on the concluding day of 1999–2000. The addition of ex-pros such as Neil Inglis, Paul Martin, Graham Connell and Johnny Whelan helped. The late loan bless of Paul Walker from Stranraer besides proved to be identical calculating as he scored two winning goals in the concluding quarrel. [ 43 ] After closely 20 years of service to the cabaret, Ross Caven won a Championship decoration and there was besides achiever for the hard-working Danny Ferry who had been with Queen ‘s through the lean spells of the 90s. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Having won forwarding, the Spiders only lasted one season in the Second Division. A good beginning was made but after the New Year results became increasingly hard to come by and Queen ‘s were relegated on the last day on goal difference. The follow season featured a new and largely inexperienced team and Queen ‘s did not win a match until November. There was a period of revival for the team and some great results were achieved, but the poor startle meant that Queen ‘s finished bottom of the Third Division, and frankincense, buttocks of scottish football, for the first gear time in their history. The begin to the following season was unspectacular but the team managed to get to the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup before losing 4–3 to Brechin City at Hampden. Months before, McCormack had been made part-time by Queen ‘s. [ 46 ] When Morton made an approach path for his services in November 2002, he left to take the full-time position .

Kenny Brannigan [edit ]

After a drawn-out wait, erstwhile musician Kenny Brannigan was announced as the new director of Queen ‘s Park in January 2003. His short condition at the club was unsuccessful and lone a couple of memorable results were achieved, notably a 2–1 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the League Cup. A reasonable start to season 2004–05 came to a stop when Brannigan physically confronted a player and a assistant during a match against Elgin City. [ 47 ] Queen ‘s lost the match 1–0 and Brannigan lost his job .

Billy Stark [edit ]

Billy Stark was installed as Kenny Brannigan ‘s replacement in August 2004 and the temper ended with Queen ‘s in 4th place. Inconsistency prevented Queen ‘s from reaching the inaugural always play-offs the following season but in 2006–07 the Spiders were promoted. not unlike the successful slope of 1981, there were few veterans, and the team by and large consisted of young players with short or no experience of football away from Queen ‘s Park. In August 2006, Queen ‘s kill SPL side Aberdeen in a League Cup punishment shoot-out to record one of their greatest ever victories. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] League class dramatically improved after the New Year as only one home match was lost in the moment half of the season. Queen ‘s went on a run of eight consecutive victories, during which goalkeeper David Crawford set a raw clubhouse phonograph record by keeping seven consecutive shut-outs. Queen ‘s finished 3rd in the league, acquiring only one less point than the slope which had won the Championship 7 years earlier. Promotion was achieved via the play-offs. Queen ‘s defeated Arbroath in the semi-finals 4–1 on aggregate and then East Fife in the final examination 7–2 on aggregate. Richard Sinclair and Frankie Carroll became the first players in the cabaret ‘s history to win promotion on more than one occasion. Queen ‘s Park ‘s cavalier play style was one which was lauded by coaches from opposition sides during the season and they were acknowledged as being well worthy of their promotion. [ 50 ] Combining the conclusion of the forwarding season and the start of 2007–08, Queen ‘s managed 11 straight victories ( 8 league wins ) in all rival. Although Billy Stark had signed a fresh contract in the summer of 2007, [ 51 ] he left midway through the follow season to take the managerial post of the Scotland under-21s .

Gardner Spiers [edit ]

Stark was replaced in February 2008 by Gardner Speirs who secured safety from relegation and an 8th-place finish. Queen ‘s lost many talented players in the summer of 2008 to paying clubs [ 52 ] but entirely narrowly lost 2–1 to Celtic in the scottish Cup fifth round in February 2009.

Gus Macpherson [edit ]

After finishing one-fourth in the 2015–16 league season, they were promoted after beating Clyde in the playoff concluding. Queen ‘s Park celebrated their hundred-and-fiftieth birthday on 9 July 2017, with events held to mark the juncture. Following a ninth-place complete in 2017–18, they were relegated to Scottish League Two at the conclusion of the season after a 3–2 aggregate loss to Stenhousemuir in the play-offs .

Mark Roberts [edit ]

In the 2018–19 scots Challenge Cup, the Spiders recorded a 4–2 punishment acquire over Champions League regulars, The New Saints of the Welsh Premier League in the Second Round of the competition. [ 57 ] It was announced on 31 December 2019 that Roberts had left Queen ‘s Park by reciprocal accept. [ 58 ]

Turning professional and promotion ( 2019–present ) [edit ]

A major change to the golf club ‘s constitution was proposed in 2019, with its members asked if they wished to end amateur status and to allow the hire of professional players. [ 56 ] Part of the motivation for the proposal was that respective estimable players had been lost without the club receiving any compensation due to its condition. [ 56 ] The cabaret ‘s members voted to move to professional status following a motion on 14 November 2019. 91 % of QPFC members elected to go professional, enabling the club to sign players to longer-term contracts and collect transfer fees. [ 3 ] former Dundee United and Falkirk coach Ray McKinnon was appointed as the club ‘s new read/write head bus in January 2020. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] He became the first director of Queen ‘s Park since the 1980s to secure two wins in his first two matches in cathexis, before the league two season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the summer of 2020, Queen ‘s Park signed many professional players from higher placed scots teams including Grant Gillespie, Jai Quitongo and former Dundee United striker Simon Murray to name but a few and the team went on to win the 2020–21 scottish League Two style and profit promotion to League One. [ 61 ] On 12 January 2021, erstwhile Motherwell and Hibernian CEO Leeann Dempster was appointed as the baseball club ‘s new head administrator. [ 62 ] Ray McKinnon would leave his function as steer bus at the end of the 2020–21 season. [ 63 ]

stadium [edit ]

When Queen ‘s Park was formed in 1867, the golf club initially played on the Queen ‘s Park Recreation Ground at Crosshill, from where they took their name. [ 64 ] In 1873 they moved to their first enclosed grind, naming it Hampden Park after a nearby street, Hampden Terrace. [ 65 ] A grandstand and pavilion were erected over the future few years and the footing became a even venue for international matches and cup finals, but in 1883 the clubhouse were forced to vacate the site to make way for the construction of the Cathcart Circle railroad track. [ 64 ] After a year play at Clydesdale Cricket Club ‘s Titwood land, a second Hampden was opened in October 1884. [ 64 ] Whilst the golf club continued to attract major fixtures, they faced increasing competition as other Glasgow venues such as Celtic Park and Ibrox were developing their facilities more quickly. [ 66 ] To maintain their position in scots football, Queen ‘s Park decided to purchase some cultivated land at Mount Florida, where the third gear Hampden was opened in 1903. [ 67 ] Second Hampden was subsequently taken over by Third Lanark, who renamed it after their previous ground, Cathkin Park. [ 68 ] ‘Hampden ‘ is one of the homes of football and celebrated its centennial on 31 October 2003. The stadium besides houses the offices of the Scottish Football Association ( SFA ) and the scots Football Museum. Despite its large capacity and worldwide profile, it was owned by Queen ‘s Park and leased by the SFA until 2020. [ 69 ] It is the national football stadium of Scotland, the venue for all major cup finals and most Scotland external fixtures, and has hosted several continental collector’s item events. Hampden Park was the largest stadium in the universe until 1950, when the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro was completed. Many of the phonograph record attendances in football were set at Hampden in the mid-20th century. After the free of the Taylor Report in the wake of the Hillsborough calamity, among other football tragedies, it was converted to an all-seater. Hampden ‘s capacity following renovation was 51,866, [ 70 ] although Queen ‘s Park ‘s average league attendance is about 600–700. With matches in the 2012 Olympic Games having been played there, Hampden was converted into an athletics venue to be the main stadium of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [ 71 ] This meant Queen ‘s Park had to move its home games to the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie for a full class ; the cup finals and Scotland matches besides went elsewhere. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] The stadium has hosted other sports including rugby union, American football, motorbike speedway and box, arsenic well as many music concerts. Lesser Hampden is a smaller anchor to the west of the independent stadium which Queen ‘s Park traditionally used for train and reserve team or young matches. In 2018, a batch was made for the SFA to purchase Hampden from Queen ‘s Park upon the death of the rent in 2020 for a tip of £5 million, with the club intending to improve Lesser Hampden and play their matches there. [ 69 ] In November 2019 the club announced plans to redevelop Lesser Hampden into a 1,774 capacity ground. [ 7 ] As of August 2020, ownership of the main stadium had been transferred to the SFA and a new facility was under construction at Lesser Hampden. [ 74 ] Queen ‘s Park played their final catch at Hampden on 20 March 2021, as their rent on the prime expired at the end of the month. [ 75 ] They groundshared at the Falkirk Stadium for the respite of the 2020–21 season, [ 75 ] [ 76 ] and have agreed to contribution Firhill during 2021–22 until the make on Lesser Hampden is completed. [ 77 ]
A bird’s-eye view of Hampden Park

support [edit ]

Some of the Spiders ‘ support call themselves the “Irn Bru Firm” and the Spangle Army presently share a friendly relationship with supporters of german club SG Wattenscheid 09. This friendship resulted in Queen ‘s spending their pre-season in the former city, which has been part of Bochum since 1975, for three straight years, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The club has an Honorary Patron, Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden .

Queen ‘s Park Supporters ‘ Association ( QPSA ) [edit ]

The Queen ‘s Park Supporters ‘ Association was founded over fifty dollar bill years ago to help bring together people that parcel a common interest in the Queen ‘s Park Football Club. In late years membership has increased steadily, with supporters immediately registered throughout the world. adenine well as providing a channel to keep members informed of activities in and around Hampden, the association generates income which in turn goes towards helping to maintain the diverse activities within the club such as donations toward the young person set-up, club web site or acknowledging the service of past and present players. [ 78 ] Running a golf club denounce on couple days and providing supporters ‘ buses to away grounds adenine well as organising social events are some examples of the sour the Association carries out every season .

First team police squad [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021[79]

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On lend [edit ]

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Coaching staff [edit ]

Head Coach: Laurie Ellis
Assistant Head Coach: Grant Murray
Goalkeeping Coach: Glen Johnson
Assistant Coach: Tony Quinn
Head of Youth: Gardner Speirs
Club Doctor: Simon Gibson
Head Physiotherapist: Euan Duffy
Sports Scientist: Sam Harrison
Director Of Football Operations: Marijn Beuker

reference : [ 80 ]

Rivals [edit ]

Despite being located halfway between Celtic and Rangers, Queen ‘s Park ‘s long resistance to professionalism has resulted in not having competed in the same division as them for long periods of time, and thus turning to rivals in lower divisions, such as Partick Thistle, Clyde and Albion Rovers. however, the admission of Rangers to the scottish Third Division for the 2012–13 season prompted the reclamation of what is known as the ‘ Original Glasgow derby ‘ ; [ 81 ] The two clubs first competed in March 1877 – eleven years before the first Old firm game between Celtic and Rangers .

Records [edit ]

Most capped player: Walter Arnott ( 14 caps ) Most league points in a season:
57 ( Division 2 – temper 1922–23 ) *2 points for a gain
69 ( 3rd Division – season 1999–2000 ) *3 points for a acquire Most league points per game in a season:
1.5 ( Division 2 – season 1922–23 ) *2 points for a winnings
2.45 ( League Two – season 2020–21 ) *3 points for a gain Most League goals scored by a player in a season: Willie Martin ( 30 goals – season 1937–38 ) Record Queen’s Park victory: 16–0 -v- St Peters ( scots Cup, 26 August 1885 ) Record Queen’s Park defeat: 0–9 -v- Motherwell ( Division 1, 29 April 1930 ) Record attendance: 95,722 volt Rangers ( scots Cup 1st Round, 18 January 1930 ) .

Honours [edit ]

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See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

Sources

Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain (3rd ed.). London: CollinsWillow. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
O’Brien, Ged (2010). Played in Glasgow. London: Malavan Media. ISBN 978-0-954744-557.

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