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QUEEN’S PARK FC
MONTROSE FC
William Muir
Stuart McKenzie
Blair Lochhead
Lucas Birnstingl
BJ Coll
John McCafferty
Gavin Mitchell
Alan Campbell
David McGregor
Craig Bell
Scott Gibson
Declan O’Kane
David McWIlliams
Jonathan Crawford
Anthony Quinn
Ross Graham
Conor McVey
Ross McCord
Shaun Rooney
Terry Masson
James Baty
Graeme Webster
Vinnie Berry
Stephen O’Neill
Darren Miller
Paul Harkins
Paul Woods
Steven Robb
Sean Burns
Danny Cavanagh
Lee Davison
Stephen Day
Thomas Collins
Paul Watson
Ross McPherson
Scott Johnston
Kevin Fotheringham
Garry Wood
John Carter
Bryan Deasley
Ciaran McElroy
Kieran Sturrock
Ross Gallacher
Kyle McLeod
Bryan Wharton
Declan Milne
Shaun Fraser
Leighton McIntosh
Referee: Steven Kirkland AR1: Brian Templeton AR2: Craig King
Queen’s Park v Montrose
Scottish League Two
Saturday 18th October, Excelsior Stadium, 3pm
Queen’s Park Football Club
A Word from the Gaffer.
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, G42 9BA.
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Programme Contributors: Scottish
Football Museum, Keith McAllister,
Frank McCrossan, Sean Davenport,
Graeme Shields.
Pictures by: Ian Cairns
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On behalf of Queen’s
Park Football Club, it
is my pleasure to
welcome Derek Sim
and his fellow
Directors, George
Shields and his
coaching staff and the players and supporters
of Montrose Football Club to the Excelsior
Stadium for our SPFL League 2 match this
afternoon.
Montrose have made a solid start to the
season accumulating 13 points from their first
8 games and are currently sitting 4th in the
League, with only three goals separating them
from ourselves. I fully expect a very
competitive match today and it will be another
good test for Queen’s Park.
I am delighted with the progress being made
with the refurbishment of Lesser Hampden. It
will provide our Club with an enviable training,
youth and community facility for many years
to come and we should take final delivery
from the contractors, on schedule, at the end
of October.
Club Policies available to view here
I hope you all have a very enjoyable afternoon.
*Please note that all articles and
match reports are the views of
individual contributors and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the
club.
Ronald A Jack
President
Queen’s Park Football Club
I am pleased to welcome you all to
The Excelsior for our League 2
match v Montrose and to Show
Racism the Red Card’s fortnight of
action. I’d like to offer my personal
support to this important and
valuable campaign.
Our recent success can only be
attributed to a terrific work ethic
from the players and staff. We are
delighted to be on this winning
run however myself and the staff
will not allow complacency and
will continue to make demands
of the squad to be the best they
can be.
Our visitors today, Montrose, had
an excellent start to the season
and we fully expect another tough
encounter this afternoon.
Your support is much appreciated,
remain positive.
Enjoy the game.
Gus MacPherson
Queen’s Park 1st Team
Season 2014 / 2015
Blair Lochhead, 20.
David McWIlliams, 21.
Goalkeeper
Defender
Sponsored By: Richard ‘Tich’ Keltie
Sponsored By Ron & Anne Jack
Chris Duggan,
Anthony Quinn, 32.
Forward
Midfielder
Sponsored By
Sponsored By Iain Campbell
Gavin Mitchell, 18.
Conor McVey, 20.
Defender
Midfielder
Sponsored By MJ Boyd
Consulting
Sponsored By Michael Curran
David McGregor, 33.
Defender
Sponsored By Iona Lindsay
Shaun Rooney, 17.
Midfielder
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William Muir, 19.
Bryan Wharton, 24.
Goalkeeper
Defender
Sponsored By Ivy Riddell
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James Baty, 26.
Ross McPherson, 26.
Midfielder
Forward
Sponsored By Ron & Anne Jack
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Ivy Riddell
Scott & Sam Strain
Vinnie Berry, 26.
Midfielder
Kevin Fotheringham, 25.
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Forward
Sponsored By Gerry Crawley
Darren Miller, 22.
Midfielder
John Carter, 27.
Sponsored By Bernard Quinn
QPFC Bistro
Forward
Sponsored By Frank McCrossan
Shaun Fraser, 26.
Midfielder
Ross Gallacher, 29
Sponsored By Possilpark Dental Care
Lewis Elliot
Defender
Sponsored By Jack Gray
Ciaran McElroy, 23.
Forward
Scott Gibson, 20.
Sponsored By Andy Armour
Defender
Sponsored By Gerry Crawley
Paul Woods, 27.
Midfielder
Sponsored By G&J Ferguson
Sean Burns, 22.
Midfielder
Sponsored By Danny McPhailSmith
Lee Davison, 18.
Forward
Sponsored By Bernard Quinn
Ivy Riddell
Thomas Collins, 17.
Forward
Sponsored By John Richmond
Frank McCrossan
Elsewhere on 25 February 1956
Saturday 25 February 1956 –
Queen’s Park 7 Montrose 1
The first competitive matches between Queen’s Park and today’s visitors Montrose
came in Season 1955/56 when the two clubs found themselves in the same league Scottish League Division B - for the first time.
The first meeting of the sides came at Links Park on 21 September 1955, with Queen’s
Park recording a narrow 2-1 victory. The return match was played at Hampden Park on
Saturday 25 February 1956.
Queen’s Park went into the game at Hampden on the back of a disappointing loss to
Division A side Raith Rovers in a Scottish Cup replay in midweek. However, any
thoughts that the Queen’s players would be suffering from a cup hangover were
quickly dispelled as they inflicted a heavy defeat on the Angus men.
Charlie Church fired Queen’s Park into the lead in 11 minutes but, despite incessant
Spiders’ pressure, the hard-pressed Montrose defence managed to reach the interval
without further loss.
In 52 minutes, the young Aberdeenshire junior in the Montrose goal was beaten for a
second time when Hunter Devine nodded the ball home. Five minutes later,
completely out of the blue, Montrose pulled a goal back through Doug Gordon. Junior
Omand soon restored the Spiders’ two-goal lead and Bert McCann made it four with
the goal of the game. Further scores came from John Reid, Hunter Devine and Junior
Omand to give Queen’s Park a resounding 7-1 victory.
The teams on that day 58 years ago were: Queen’s Park – Frank Crampsey; Ian Harnett and Willie Hastie; Bert Cromar, Willie Ross
and Alec Glen; John Reid and Bert McCann; Charlie Church; Hunter Devine and Willie
“Junior” Omand.
Montrose – Junior; Bobby Thomson and Doug Stockdale; Henry Downie, John Gray and
Ronnie Kane; Johnny Martin and Bert Soutar; Doug Gordon; Jim Low and Jimmy
Walker.
In a Rugby International at Lansdowne Road in Dublin, Scotland were beaten
14-10 by Ireland before a 50,000 crowd. Scotland’s amateur footballers fared
no better, going down 3-1 to Ireland at Rugby Park in Kilmarnock. Five Queen’s
Park players were in the Scotland side – Gerry Church, Andy McEwan, Ian
Nelson, Doug Orr and Jimmy Robb.
Nikita Khrushchev denounced Joseph Stalin as a brutal despot in a sensational
speech at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Marie Ashton, a Manchester housewife, set a new world marathon record for
piano playing at the Gaiety Theatre in Leith. She played for 132 hours, beating
the previous record by one hour.
Glasgow’s General School of Motoring proudly advertised “We can train you to
drive car, lorry, single or double deck bus in one week”. The cost of the course
and driving test was £2 10/- (£2.50).
American cancer expert, Dr Ernest Wynder, said in New York that cigarette
smoking appeared to be the “single most important external factor” associated
with lung cancer.
The pantomime “Cinderella” at Glasgow’s Alhambra Theatre featured two
legends of Scottish show business, Stanley Baxter and Kenneth McKellar, as
well as the future star of “On the Buses” – Reg Varney.
African American leaders were considering launching a nationwide “Ghanditype movement” in protest against a racial crisis that had flared up in Alabama
over the case of a black woman called Rosa Parks who had been arrested and
fined for sitting in the “white section” of a bus in the city of Montgomery.
Black Americans had been boycotting the local bus company but a grand jury
had decided that the boycott was illegal.
A bag-snatcher pounced on a woman as she locked up her grocer’s shop in
Glasgow’s Gorbals district. He gave the handle of her large leather bag such a
violent wrench that it came off in his hand. As he raced into a backcourt,
handle in hand, the bag with two days’ takings lay safely at the woman’s feet.
The Opposition – Montrose FC
Alan Campbell – Defender
Alan moved to Links Park in the summer of
2009 from Carnoustie Panmure and is the
longest serving player at Links Park, having
made over 160 appearances for the club. He
The Gable Endies have had a good start to the picked up the Directors Player of the Year and
Players Player of the Year trophies in season
season and currently lie in fourth place in
2009/10 and was again Directors Player of the
League 2, on the same number of points as
Queen’s Park, after the opening eight games. Year in 2010/11,while in season 12/13 he
won the Fans favorite award. He has
Shields’ side do however go into this
previously represented Scone Thistle,
weekend’s match on the back of a 2-0 defeat Arbroath and Carnoustie Panmure.
in their last outing at home to Albion Rovers.
Terry Masson – Midfielder
They were on the back foot early on in that
game having had keeper Stuart McKenzie
Now in his fourth season at Links Park, Terry
sent off in the third minute. Prior to that
match Montrose had won their previous two joined Montrose in June 2010 from junior
side Carnoustie Panmure. He played for both
games beating Clyde 2-1 at Broadwood and
Dundee and Dundee United before moving to
then taking all three points the following
his home town side Arbroath. He spent two
week with a 1-0 win away at Elgin.
seasons at Gayfield before moving to
Carnoustie Panmure. Brechin City then
brought Masson on board during season
Manager
2009/10 and he was regular off the bench for
the Glebe Park side before signing for
George Shields
Montrose. The 25 year old has now made
over 130 appearances for Montrose, scoring a
George was appointed the manager at Links
number of important goals, including a goal
Park in May 2014 after a successful spell as
against Queen’s Park last season.
caretaker boss. George has also been put in
charge of youth development at Montrose.
Bryan Deasley – Striker
He started his career at Dundee United as a
youth before he signed for Dundee 1973/74. Front man Deasley has penned an 18 month
He had short spells with Arbroath and Forfar deal with the club after initially joining on
Athletic before playing for various junior
loan from Forfar on the last day of the
teams. He then coached youths at Dundee
transfer window in August last year. Although
United and Dundee before becoming Head of only 26, Bryan has already played for a host
Youth and first team coach at Brechin City,
of clubs including Dundee, Arbroath,
winning the league with Dick and Ian
Cowdenbeath, Forfar, Peterhead, Carnoustie
Campbell. George then managed Dundee
and Lochee United. Deasley finished last
Violet before joining Montrose as Head of
season as the clubs top scorer with 10 goals
Youth and first team coach
to his name.
Today we welcome George Shields and his
Montrose side to the Excelsior Stadium for
our Scottish League 2 clash.
Head to Head
Key Players
Played 147
Queen’s Park 59
Draw 36
Montrose 52
Club Records
The clubs record victory is a 12-0 victory over Vale of Leithen on 4 January 1975.
The clubs record loss was a 13-0 defeat at the hands of Aberdeen on 17 March 1951.
Montrose’s most capped player was Alexander Keillor who received 2 Scotland caps.
Goalkeeper David Larter holds the club appearances record with having played an incredible
432 games before being forced to retire early through injury.
Montrose’s biggest home attendance was 8,983 in a Scottish Cup tie against Dundee in March
1973.
Club Honours
Scottish Football League Division Two
Winners (1) 1984/85
Runners up (1) 1990/91
Scottish Football League Third Division
Runners up (1) 1994/95
Scottish Qualifying Cup
Winners (1) 1921
Scottish Qualifying Cup Midlands
Winners (1) 1947
Scottish Qualifying Cup South
Runners up (1)1948
Forfarshire Cup
Winners (10) 1891/92, 1921/22, 1926/27, 1931/32, 1951/52, 1961/62,
1972/73,1991/92, 2001/02 and 2007/08
Runners up (9) 1902/03, 1903/04, 1907/08, 1912/13, 1929/30, 1935/36, 1954/55,
1986/87, 2002/03
Forfarshire Charity Cup
Winners (1) 1892/93
Runners up (1) 1888/89
Shortly after this Hibs took part in the Roseberry Charity Cup Games. In the semi-final
Leith Athletic were beaten 4-2 at Easter Road. The final (the match our medal was
awarded for) was also played at Easter Road on 24th May 1902. Hearts were their
opponents and the Hi-bees took another trophy again by a 1-0 margin. Hibs played with
10 men for much of the game after defender Jimmy Harrower went off with an injured
ankle. Hibs determination saw them through however and won the game when
McGeachan scored after a clever 1-2 with Johnny Divers.
Something really interesting happened in the museum recently. Sandy Tyrie, our
Collections Assistant, introduced me to a chap called Ian Shearer who was donating
an object to the museum and thereby starts a fascinating tale.
Ian was digging the garden of his Hamilton home, when he noticed something small
and shiny in the soil. He picked up the object and took it indoors to give it a good
clean. It was an old football medal with a very interesting history. It was awarded to
Hibernian player Andy McGeachan for winning the East of Scotland FA Roseberry
Charity Cup in 1902.
Hibs were also invited to take part in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup that
season. They won this trophy too, beating Celtic 6-2 in the final at Hampden. Queen’s
had been knocked out in the first round by Morton. Hibernian were certainly a fine side
at this time. Indeed the following season 1902-03 saw them win the Scottish League
Championship.
Yours in the Beautiful Game
Dave MacPuzzle
Scottish Football Museum
Hibs achieved an even bigger success in the same year – 1902 was the year in which
the Hi-Bees last won the Scottish Cup. Indeed, Andy McGeachan scored the winning
goal in the Scottish Final, as he did in the Roseberry Final shortly afterwards.
So, what was his medal doing buried in a Hamilton garden more than a century
later? Ian, who found the medal, informs us that the area he lives in was open
farmland in 1902! The SFA Registration Book for that season has our hero
McGeachan living in Glasgow, at 7 Anderson Street, Kinning Park. Maybe he just
went for a walk in the Lanarkshire countryside and lost his medal!
In the Scottish Cup Final Hibs faced Celtic. Originally the game was to be staged at
Ibrox however, that stadium was closed after the disaster that occurred at the
Scotland v England game there shortly before the Cup Final. 26 people died and
many more were injured after a section of wooden terracing collapsed. Celtic Park
was chosen as an alternative venue. Hibs however, made light of Celtic’s home
advantage to win the match 1-0. McGeachan scoring the winner with a cheeky back
heel through the legs of Celtic goalie McFarlane. In an earlier round of the
competition Hibs had eliminated Queen’s Park by the narrow margin of 7-1
(McGeachan scored a hat-trick).
Supporters’ Notes
Quiz Night – 25th October
One for your diary – the Association’s next quiz night will be held in the JB McAlpine
on Saturday 25th October after the home game that day. Due to popular demand,
we’ll have a couple of music rounds. We’ll start around 7.00pm and it doesn’t cost
anything to enter. We’ll be having a raffle to raise some funds, so see if your auntie
will donate that bottle of cooking sherry that she keeps at the back of the cupboard
under the sink. There will be a Halloween / Hampden theme to this one, but there’s
no need to wear a mask…..unless it were better if you did.
Away Travel
Our next away match is at Arbroath on 8th November – bus details: Clarkston 10.30,
Mount Florida 10.45 and High Street 11am.
Just a wee reminder – travel tickets must be bought in advance so we know if we
require additional transport. Tickets on sale from the Shop and Graeme Shields on
Saturday. He shall be in the Social Club before the game from 12.30. Ticket prices are
£14, £11 and £5.
Graeme Shields, mobile number – 07730587526;
Email – [email protected]
Souvenir Shop
We’re experiencing a wee upturn in sales at the souvenir shop, which is very pleasing.
We’re located diagonally across from the pie stall at Airdrie, and you can also badger
me for QP goodies in the members’ club before the buses set off for home games.
We’re also on the internet. We have a number of new t-shirts in stock, so come along
and have a look.
We appreciate that some people are experiencing difficult in hearing 50/50 draw
number at Airdrie; the number is now sent to us at the Souvenir Shop. Another good
reason to come down.
We’ll have a presence at the “Welcome back to Lesser” day at the start of next month
with QP kit and crest t-shirts on sale.
Association Membership
We’d ask that everyone who has joined the Association recently collect their cards
from the Souvenir Shop or from me. You can obtain membership forms from Norrie
Walker, the Souvenir Shop or via the online shop.
Keith McAllister ([email protected])
Beardie
(Keith McAllister)
The crowd of less than
35,000 for the Scotland
match against Georgia
must be a tad worrying for
the SFA, given that there
are games with more challenging kick off
times than 5.00pm on a Saturday to come.
dictated the dates of fixtures, but the kick off
times are, I think, the gift of the relevant FA’s.
A 5.00pm kick off doesn’t suit the guys who
travel from afar. How many buses from north
of Dundee failed to trap because of the kick
off time. OK, the money from Sky, presumably
the reason for moving from 3.00pm, is
welcome, but at the cost of losing more fans?
And the Gibraltar match….Sunday evening?
Seriously???? Play this at 3.00pm on the
Sunday and you might get double the crowd
With a decent performance in Germany as a
that’ll turn up on a Sunday evening. And I’ve
starter to the 2016 qualification campaign, I
paid £40 for this. Aye, you’re right; I’m aff ma
thought that a near-capacity attendance
heid, and probably deserve to be fleeced if I’m
would be fairly assured. However, there were
prepared to fall into line with this utter
a number of factors which conspired to
nonsense of pricing and timing.
dampen down the enthusiasm. First up, I
don’t think anyone doubts that the pricing
Which leads me into the season ticket pricing.
policy has been a big mistake. I like to sit /
As I very, very seldom miss a Scotland home
stand with the main bulk of the Tartan Army
match wherever it’s played, I bought the
and that seat cost me £40, as part of the
season ticket package. That saved me the
season ticket package. One-off purchasers
princely sum of £10 for the campaign,
paid £42. The cheapest ticket for the game
including the England game. I did it to save
was £35 and, I think, last-minute sales were
the hassle, but I wish that I hadn’t. I’m now
only of the £45 tickets. That’s too much. The sitting on my own (aye, stifle a tear), as the
SFA tried to justify pricing by comparing costs tickets have been allocated before the one-off
to that of a “gig”, or whatever they’re called,
supporters bought theirs, so I can’t take
of top tunesmith Calvin Harris…but this guy’s advantage of the friends-and-family grouping
concerts sell out almost immediately. There’s arrangement. Give me a free ticket for the
no comparison.
Gibraltar game or whatever, not a measly
tenner.
The SFA have taken the decision that all games
should be similarly priced; another mistake.
And, to add insult to injury, QP were playing at
Georgia aren’t up to much and people are
Ochilview last week, kick off 3.00pm.
voicing their opinion that they aren’t prepared Irrespective of whether this game could have
to pay top dollar for the likes of Georgia and
been moved, it’s nonsense to have domestic
Gibraltar.
games in direct competition with Scotland
internationals. In the event, I held off trying to
Which takes me onto dates and
sell my international ticket in the hope that
timing………..OK, I believe that UEFA have
common sense would break out and there
would be an accommodation for the many
fans, like me, who would have liked to go to
both games, but this was not to be. I was
therefore left with a £40 ticket that I couldn’t
even give away. I won’t be buying a season
ticket again, and I’m not alone.
Of course, there are those who won’t go to
Ibrox or Parkhead for any reason, but I
simply don’t hold with that at all. But that’s
an issue, although one that the SFA probably
couldn’t do anything about.
aside, social media has been full of questions
over “Flower of Scotland” being an
appropriate anthem to be played, given that
far from people being prepared to fight and
die for their wee bit hill and glen, they
couldn’t even vote for it. Was this a factor in
the attendance?
Although the results in the matches involving
our closest rivals have been disappointing
from a Scotland point of view, this is the best
chance for qualification for some time. It
would be a shame if this campaign were
Lastly, I wonder if there is a bit of a hangover
remembered as the one that the fans turned
from the referendum. I know that many
their back on. The team, at the moment,
people have taken the result quite
deserve better. But not just from the fans.
personally. Are we a nation worth
supporting if we pass up (yes, I know…very
arguably) a chance for home rule? As an
The Club acknowledge that racism is a form of oppression. We aim to support and
embrace diversity and difference through zero tolerance to racism and discrimination
of any kind, education of our young and our actions both on and off the park.”
The campaign will continue to speak to all football clubs, the football authorities and
the police to eradicate all forms of racist behaviour.
The SPFL and its clubs deplore all forms of racism and any racist behaviour will not be
tolerated at fixtures.
This year the campaign has continued to develop partnerships with local authorities to
deliver educational workshops combined with football coaching sessions in a number
of regions. The workshops are delivered by a dedicated team of education workers and
ex-professional footballers. This is a very positive method of educating our young
people about the negative impact that racism and sectarianism both have on Scottish
society.
Football is a sport that is followed by people across the world, and football matches
should be an enjoyable experience for all, whatever their background. We all have a
part to play in stamping out racism in football and society.
Fortnight of Action 2014 – Scotland: SPFL Programme Article
Welcome to Show Racism the Red Card’s annual Fortnight of Action. Before kick off
this weekend, clubs playing in all SPFL fixtures will be united in calling for an end to
racism in football and society. Players in over 40 European countries are involved in
similar events as part of the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network.
If you see or hear racism at any level of football, please report it to the stewards or
police.
Our website also includes updates on Fortnight of Action events and more information
on the Show Racism the Red Card campaign in Scotland.
www.theredcardscotland.org
Show Racism the Red Card has received excellent support from football clubs,
football authorities and football fans over the length and breadth of Scotland - we
would like to take this opportunity to thank you all. We have heard of many instances
where supporters have been proactive in promoting the anti-racism message, making
it clear that racism and discrimination are not welcome at their club. We urge fans to
continue to support the anti-racism message; it is the responsibility of us all to ensure
that it is carried beyond the Fortnight of Action and beyond the terraces.
Neil Doncaster, Chief Executive of the SPFL, said: “Football is a powerful medium to
break down barriers and promote tolerance. Our clubs have supported Show Racism
the Red Card since season 2003/04 and once again, this united action in support of
the campaign sends out the positive message that football is a game to be enjoyed by
all."
Queen’s Parks club Captain Anthony Quinn said “Queen’s Park are pro-active in
ensuring that our anti-racism commitment is reflected in the actions of Directors,
Players, Coaches and Staff. The club commits to spreading its anti-racism beliefs
through awareness of those associated with the club.
Show your support for tackling racism:
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Club
Arbroath
7
8
18
Albion Rovers
7
4
13
Queen’s Park
8
2
13
Montrose
8
-1
13
East Fife
8
3
10
Berwick Rangers
8
1
9
East Stirlingshire
8
-10
9
Annan Athletic
7
-1
8
Clyde
8
Elgin City
7
-4
-2
8
7
Player
Paul Woods
Shaun Fraser
Darren Miller
Tony Quinn
Ross McPherson
Sean Burns
Bryan Wharton
More stats available at www.queensparkfc.co.uk
PLD GD PTS
Goals
4
3
3
1
1
1
1