Queen’s Park are a pub quizmaster’s dream. From ‘inventing’ both the passing game and crossbar, to providing Scotland’s entire starting XI against England for football’s first international fixture in 1872 and playing home games at the colossal Hampden Park, the tiny second-tier side are the most abundantly quirky of clubs north of the border.
Over the past five years, however, times have been a-changing for Scotland’s oldest club. In September 2018, the Spiders agreed a £5 million deal to sell their ground to the Scottish FA, whom they’d been leasing it to for international fixtures since way back in 1906. The deal made sense for everyone, not least the 1,000 or so fans who regularly attend home matches. The plan would be for Queen’s Park to eventually move to Lesser