The Queen’s Park Football Club> is an association football club which is based in Glasgow in Scotland. At present, in the Scottish League, the team is the only amateur club. Fondly nicknamed as the Spiders or the Glorious Hoops, the team was founded in the year 1867 and is also the oldest clubs outside of Wales. The team plays in the Hampden Park, the National Stadium of Scotland and which is also the oldest football stadium used even today.

The manager of the Queen’s Park Football Club is Gardner Speirs. The team had joined the London Football Association in 1870. This association was the only football governing body at that time. Their main attraction was the Challenge Cup.

Country Scotland Scotland
City Glasgow
Founded 1867
Website queensparkfc.co.uk

Major Achievements

The club players were the winners twice in 1922-23 and in 1955-56 at the Scottish Football League First Division. They won the 1980-81 Scottish Second Division game and also the Scottish Third Division in 1999-2000.Other than that, they were the play-off winners once in 2006-07.

The team has won the Scottish Cup for 10 times, namely in the years 1874, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890 and in 1893. They were the runners-up twice in 1892 and in 1900.

This is an amazing club that won the Glasgow Cup for four times in 1889, 1890, 1899 and in 1946. They were the runners-up in 1896, 1898, 1929, 1932, 1940, 1965 and in 1985. Being the runners up twice in 1884 and 1885 of the FA Cup, the Queen’s Park Football cup even won the Sheriff of London Charity Shield in 1899.

At the Glasgow League, this team was the winners in 1897 and the runners up in 1898. They even managed to win the Charity Cup for eight times in 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885 and in 1891. The team was the runners up in 1889, 1890, 1894, 1896, 1906, 1908, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1953 and in 1957.

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