Queen's Park F.C.

Beginnings (1867–68)

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 club." Gentlemen from the local YMCA took part in football matches in the local Glasgow area which gave the club its name. During the inaugural meeting, debate raged over the club's name. Proposals included: 'The Celts'; 'The Northern', and 'Morayshire'. Perhaps such choice of names suggest a Highland influence within the new club. After much deliberation, 'Queen's Park' was adopted and carried, but only by a majority of one vote. Although Queen's was not the first club in Britain, that honour going to Edinburgh's Foot-Ball Club, formed in 1824, they can certainly claim to be the first Association club in Scotland. Opposition first came in the form of a now defunct Glaswegian side called Thistle F.C. and Queen's won 2–0 on 1 August 1868.

Early domination (1868–1900)

Within the context of the emerging Association game in Scotland, the historian and broadcaster Bob Crampsey compared the role 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 playing rules in Scotland, early management of the Scotland national team, and instigation of the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Challenge Cup provide evidence of its…

Major

League

Scottish second tier Winners (2): 1922–23, 1955–56 Scottish third tier Winners: 1980–81 Play-off winners: 2021–22 Scottish fourth tier Winners (2): 1999–00, 2020–21 Play-off winners: 2006–07, 2015–16

Cup

Scottish Cup Winners (10): 1874, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1893 Runners-up: 1892, 1900 Sheriff of London Charity Shield Winners: 1899 (shared) FA Cup Runners-up: 1884, 1885 Scottish Challenge Cup Runners-up: 2025

Minor/Reserve

Football World Championship: Winners (4): 1876, 1881, 1882, 1893 Glasgow Cup Winners (4): 1889, 1890, 1899, 1946 Runners-up (8): 1896, 1898, 1929, 1932, 1940, 1965, 1985, 2022 Glasgow League Winners (1): 1896–97 Runners-up (1): 1897–98 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup Winners (8): 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1891 Runners-up (20): 1889, 1890, 1894, 1896, 1906, 1908, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1953, 1955, 1957 Ayr Charity Cup Winners (5): 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925 Scottish Amateur Cup Winners (12): 1912, 1920, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1963, 1964, 2009 SPFL Reserve League Winners (3): 2013–14, 2023–24, 2024–25 SPFL Reserve League Cup Winners (1): 2013–14