With this Saturday's William Hill Scottish Cup game with Queens Park looming we thought you might like to know some interesting facts about our opposition. So here are 10 we selected for you.
1. The club is currently the only fully amateur club in the Scottish Professional Football League.
2. Queen's Park is the oldest association football club in Scotland.
3. Queen's Park is also the only Scottish football club to have played in the FA Cup Final.
4. Queen's Park has won the Scottish Cup the third most times behind Rangers and Celtic.
5. On 30 November 1872, Scotland faced England, all eleven Scots players were from Queen's Park.
6. Former player and former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay grew up supporting Queen's Park.
7. Hampden was the largest stadium in the world until 1950, when the Maracanã in was completed.
8. Queens Park v Rangers was the original Glasgow Derby until 1888.
9. Queen's Park has the distinction of being the first Scottish club to feature on television.
10. The 1st official substitute in a Scottish League match was Paul Conn for Queen's Park v. Albion Rovers.
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