Queen's Park F.C.
The FC Queen 's Park ( officially: Queen's Park Football Club ) is a Scottish football club based in Glasgow with a long history and tradition, which today plays as the only amateur club in the Scottish Football League. Its home games he carries out at Hampden Park, the same stadium where the Scottish National discharging their games. The club was responsible for the uptake of slats to soccer goals, free kicks and a half times in the rulebook. A trip to Ireland to play against the Caledonians, aroused so much attention that shortly after the first Irish football team was founded - the Cliftonville FC. Queen's Park is by Celtic and Rangers is the third most successful club in the Scottish Cup with ten titles won. The amateur status of Queens Park, is also reflected in the club's motto resist: " Ludere Ludendi causa " - " to play for the sake of the game ."
Club history
, Also called Queen's Park or The Hoops The Spiders, was founded on July 9, 1867 and is the oldest club in Scotland. At that time there were no rules and the club developed its own. Under these rules, those of Queen's Park, was held on 30 November 1872 the first international match between Scotland and England. The Scottish team consisted exclusively of players from the QPFC. The jerseys were blue, as you can still be found today in the Scottish national team. The game ended in front of 4,000 spectators with a 0-0 draw.
1872 was invited for the first time to the English FA Cup to only a year later founded the Scottish Football Association and to call the Scottish Cup to life. Queen's Park was a founding member of the Scottish Football Association. We moved in 1873, the home kit, the traditional blue to black and white horizontal stripes, which the club had his nickname The Hoops. In 1874 they celebrated also the first success of the club's history by winning the Scottish Cup. This triumph could be repeated two more times in the next two years and thus gain a total of three times the trophy in a row. The same trick then succeeded again from 1880 to 1882, the last and the 10th time before they could win the cup in 1893. 1884 and 1885 we again took part in the English FA Cup. Both times they reached the final, but lost each of the Blackburn Rovers.
From 1900 it was not particularly successful. What probably putting more emphasis was that the club refused any form of professionalism in the game, former professional players from other teams were not allowed to play at Queen 's Park. 1890 rejected the club to join the newly formed Scottish League. The association also feared that the League could dominate the sport and could bring about the demise of the smaller clubs. Although this proves to be true today, heard six of the founding members of the league soon after the establishment to exist. Queen's Park has been neglected by the League, and in 1900 they took the opportunity to join. The club was granted special treatment by the league, not only were they the only amateur club, they were also excluded from the descent to 1922 in the Second Division.
The last notable success was winning the Second Division in 1923 and 1956.
Only in the 1990s, it was former professional players allowed to play for the club, which many of the better players allowed to play for Queen's Park. Only under the influence of coach John McCormack allowed the management of the club, that player be borrowed from professional clubs.
At the end of the 2006/07 season was after six years of low ranks of promotion to the Scottish Football League Second Division. 2008 one avoided eighth just under the descent, which had to be but then started a year later after a lost play-off game yet.
Fans and Support
The Queen's Park fans are known quite numerous to travel to away games, compared to the size of the club. Traditionally, the fans come from the south-east of Glasgow and are less denominational than the two big Glasgow clubs Celtic and Rangers.
Since 2005 there is a Fanfreundschaft with the SG Wattenscheid 09 This came about during a training camp in Wattenscheid.
A little over 50 years, the Queen's Park Supporters Association was founded, a kind Supporters Association which had the goal to share the common interest in the club. During the last years the number of members rose steadily. Besides Auswährtsfahrten and the fan shop, the Association also manages the club television. So you can watch on the club website the highlights of the Games. This service is a rarity in the lower leagues of Scotland.
Although attend league games, on average, only 750 fans, the Queen's Park FC plays its home games at the 52,500 -seater from Hampden Park.
Stadium
The first Hampden Park was built from 1872 to 1873 and the first game took place on 25 October 1873. Queens Park played against Dumbreck in the Scottish Cup. The first final of the Scottish Cup competition took place in 1874 also at Hampden Park. A proposed extension of a railway line to Cathcart, forced the Hoops in 1883 to change the stadium. For a year they then played in Titwood Park FC Clydesdale. 1884 we then moved into the new stadium, which also was named Hampden Park and not far from the old Hampden Park was located. It was a multi-purpose stadium turnstiles at the entrance. It was the first of its kind in this stadium then also the first final of a cup competition between Celtic and Rangers took place later. The second Hampden Park stadium was later sold to Third Lanark and renamed it Cathkin Park.
In the late 90s of the 19th century, however, this stadium was too small because of the large audience interest and began plans for a new stadium. It was a twelve -acre farm land on the Mount Florida bought and built the third and current Hampden Park. The first game took place on 31 October 1903 between Queen 's Park Rangers FC and Celtic.
The stadium is named after John Hampden, an English politician from Westminster.
Achievements
Championships
- Scottish League First Division Meister ( 2) 1922 /23, 1955/56,
- Meister ( 1): 1980/81
- Meister ( 1): 1999/ 00
- Play -off winners (1): 2006/ 07
Cup competitions
- Scottish Cup: Winner (10 ): 1874, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1893
- Finalist (2): 1892, 1900
- Finalist (2): 1884, 1885
- Winners (4): 1889, 1890, 1899, 1946
- Finalist (7): 1896, 1898, 1929, 1932, 1940, 1965, 1985
- Winners (1): 1899
Player
- Scotland Charles Campbell, midfielder, won eight times the Scottish Cup with QPFC
- Scotland Ronnie Simpson, Goalie, later won with the Celtic Cup of Champions 1967
- Scotland Robert W. Gardner, Scotland's first captain
- Scotland Alex Ferguson, began his career at QPFC, Manchester United, trained by 1986 to 2013.
- Malky MacKay Scotland, Scottish national team; now plays for Watford FC
- Scotland Simon Donnelly, Scottish national team and former player at Celtic Glasgow
- John Lambie Scotland, Scottish National youngest player and captain
- Scotland Andrew Watson was the first colored national team players in the world
- Scotland Alan Morton, Scottish national team and a member of the Wembley Wizards
- Scotland Jack Harkness, Scottish national team and a member of the Wembley Wizards
- Scotland Robert Smith McColl, one of the greatest players QPFC 's and the Scottish national team
- Scotland Ian McCall, now manager of Partick Thistle
- Scotland Andy Roxburgh, Scotland manager national team from 1986 to 1993
- Scotland Bobby Brown, Scottish National player and coach of the Scottish national team from 1967 to 1971
- Egypt Mustafa Mansour, Egyptian national team goalkeeper during the 1934 World Cup; played for QPFC 1937-1939
- Aiden McGeady Ireland, played in the youth of Queens Park before moving to Celtic; Irish national team
Find out more
- When it came to the name in the founding of the club, there were many proposals. Among other things, The Celts, The Northern and Morayshire, indicating an influence of the Highlands. The proposal Queen's Park FC in the end won by one vote.
- The old farm house at Lesser Hampden, used as a dressing room and clubhouse of the reserve and youth, is now regarded among football historians to be the oldest football still building in the world.
- Queen's Park in 1951 was the first team in Scotland, from a game on TV was broadcast live.
- The oldest known stadium newspaper was published on October 9, 1875 game against Queens Park London Wanderers.
Records
- Biggest win: 16-0 against St. Peter's in the Scottish Cup in 1885
- Biggest defeat: 0:9 against FC Motherwell 1930
- Record number of spectators: 95 722 against Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Cup in 1930