Queen’s Park
Airdrieonians
ANDY MURPHY
ROHAN FERGUSON
GAVIN MITCHELL
SCOTT GIBSON
MATTHEW KERR
ANTHONY QUINN
DEAN CAIRNS
CONOR MCVEY
JOE GORMAN
PAUL WOODS
SEAN BURNS
JOHN HIGGINS
JOHN CARTER
KIERAN MACDONALD
BRYAN WHARTON
CRAIG MCLEISH
SEAN MCINTOSH
DAVID GALT
ADAM BROWN
JAMIE MCKERNON
RYAN CONROY
JOE BRADLEY
JAMES DALY
BILLY MORTIMER
GREGOR FOTHERINGHAM
HUGO FARIA
ANTON BRADY
MARC FITZPATRICK
AIDEN MALONE
DARREN MILLER
MURRAY LOUDON
ROSS MILLEN
CONOR MCLAUGHLIN
LIAM BROWN
SCOTT STEWART
JOSH WATT
IAIN RUSSELL
MARK WILLIAMS
EWAN MACPHERSON
ANDY RYAN
OWEN STOTT
KEVIN SCHMIDT
ADAM CUMMINS
LIAM COOGANS
Referee: David Lowe
AR1: Gavin Harris
AR2: Ross Menzies
QUEEN’S PARK V AIRDRIEONIANS
Saturday 6th August 2016
SPFL League 1
Hampden Park
3.00pm
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Programme Contributors: Scottish Football Museum, Keith McAllister, Frank
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Pictures by: Ian Cairns
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Good Afternoon and welcome to
Hampden Park again. Familiar
surroundings and familiar
opponents today as we welcome
Airdrie to the national stadium
for the second time in as many
weeks.
Since our last game with Airdrie
we’ve had a tough test against
Thistle in the last section of the
Betfred Cup and gave a good
account of ourselves in our
second half performance.
After the game we were able to
take the first team squad to St
Andrews for a few days extra
training and we are grateful to
the committee for allowing this.
We returned on Tuesday
Straight to Hampden for our Irn
Bru cup game against
Kilmarnock Colts. This resulted
in an exciting victory and the
prospect of another Colt side in
the next round where we face
Partick Thistle.
Enjoy today’s game!
Gus MacPherson.
Spotlight on 1966-67
In the beginning
13th August 1966
Queens opened the season with their first League
Cup group match. Queen Of The South were the visitors to Hampden.The Spiders
did not get off to a good start. They took a 5-1 drubbing from the Dumfries
side.Queens overall performance deserved a better result. However Goalkeeper
G.Wilson had a nightmare game.
Actually Queens started well, and Malky MacKay shot them ahead after 3
Minutes.This was the only goal of the First Half. Although only a fine performance
by Ball in the QOS goal stopped the home side from adding to their lead.
The second half was only 5 Minutes old when the tide began to turn. Wilson was
slow to intercept a cross from Alex Law,whose brother Jackie ran in to equalise for
the Doonhamers. 10 Minutes later QOS hit a purple patch scoring 3 Goals in 7
Minutes. Collins,Smith and Jackie Law(Again) were the scorers. 2 Of these goals
could be put down to mistakes from Wilson. In the last Minute a fine individual goal
By McChesney made the final score Queen’s Park 1 Queen Of The South 5. The
game was watched by a crowd of just 500. The Queens line up on that opening day
was G Wilson, C Gilmour,T Barr,I Robertson,W Neil,E Hunter, Ma Hay,N
Hopper,P Conn,I Campbell and M MacKay. The other game in Queens group ended
with the scoreline Airdrieonians 3 Dumbarton 0.
There were 2 “Inter City Derbies” on this day Celtic beat Hearts 2-0 in Edinburgh
and Rangers defeated Hibs in Glasgow. So an Old Firm weegie double was done.
Third Lanark began their last ever season with a trip to the seaside at Arbroath. The
Hi Hi went down 2-0. No doubt the visiting fans enjoyed a pint in Tutties Neuk and
a Fish Supper from the Bell Rock Cafe(Isn’t Arbroath a brilliant away trip!.)
A Tayside Derby took place at Tannadice,Dundee United defeated Dundee 20.United deserved their win as they were the more positive of the teams.Persson and
Hainey got Their Goals late on. 15,000 fans watched this one.
At Kilbowie park the reformed Clyde bank played their first competitive senior
game> The local council attended the match,And saw the Bankies grab a 3-0 win
over East Stirlingshire.The crowd was 1,500.
There were a couple of interesting scores in the Combined Reserve
League.Jordanhill college lost 2-0 at home to Hearts Third team, However Glasgow
University defeated Rangers Thirds 1-0.
See you next time
Yours in the beautiful game
Dave Macpuzzle
Scottish Football Museum
Keith McAllister via a ticket agency. Such is the
demand, the clubs really don’t have
I work with an
to do much in the way of selling.
Ayrshire guy
who is mad about There are stacks of tourists ready,
golf and when I willing and able to hoover up
tickets at almost any prices. It’s no
asked him if he
surprise that a lot of people are
was going to
watch any of the pretty fed up with it. The clubs?
Whisper it…but they’re not overly
recent Open at Troon he replied
that he wasn’t. He explained that upset that the prices are perhaps
encouraging the middle aged, wellhe saw the event as “sports
heeled rather than youngsters who
tourism” now; the ordinary fans
and the locals were being squeezed can be a bit animated.
3.00pm on a Saturday, the
preferred KO time for fans. And
the away matches won’t be on freeto-air TV, you can be sure of that.
Worse still would be if they are
sold to some obscure satellite
channel that is impossible to tap
into, as has happened for several
away friendlies lately.
Although we can still be relatively
sure that our own games will kick
off at three on a Saturday and that
prices will be reasonable (but £16
out by people desperate to go to
for East Fife seems a bit over the
There is a movement called
any sporting event and who were Against Modern Football, spawned top), I get fed up with the overmore than willing to pay the
in Europe by, in the main, the ultra officious stewarding that seems to
greatly increased daily charges.
movements but now being picked be obligatory at some grounds,
He wasn’t; he said that over £60 a up across the continent by fans
some auld guy barking at you to sit
day to jostle for position with
down, you can’t stand here, you
who are just fed up with all that
someone who SIMPLY HAD TO the modern commercialised game can’t stand there, the daft rules on
be near whoever the most recent
trying to take flags to the game as
offers up. I do have a lot of
star was, counted him and his
they’re a fire hazard in a crowd of
sympathy for guys with limited
friends out.
incomes who are finding that they 500, more than a fiver for a pie and
Football, particularly south of the can’t afford the prices and, almost a Bovril at big games. Ach, here’s
me getting myself worked up and
as importantly, that the changing
border at the top level, has
the season is just starting.
of dates and kick off times to suit
certainly gone this way. The
ordinary bod’s chance of getting a TV are simply unacceptable. The At our level, we don’t have too
days and times for the forthcoming
ticket for the likes of Chelsea or
much to complain about. The
World
Cup
qualifying
campaign
Arsenal are nil, unless you are
match day experience (hate that!) is
are
a
perfect
example.
I
don’t
prepared to pay well over the odds
still much the same as it ever was,
think one of the 10 games are at
albeit there’s more sitting down
than before. Couple of beers,
standing with pals, half time soup
at Coatbridge and Stenny, and top
notch away trips. And we’re still
in the Irn Bru Cup well into
August.
Actually, life ain’t that bad.
Frank McCrossan
Events Elsewhere on 14 November 1885
Their First Competitive Match
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Saturday 14 November 1885 -Queen’s Park 1 Airdrieonians 0
It is 146 years since Queen’s Park first took the field against a team from Airdrie. Their
opponents then were Airdrie FC, a club consisting of players with an Irish background.
Queen’s played Airdrie three times between 1870 and 1872 but the “Hammer Drivers”, as
they were known, then went into steady decline. In 1878, a new club called Excelsior FC
was formed in Airdrie and soon became the prominent side in the town. In 1881,
Excelsior changed their name to Airdrieonians.
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The first meeting of Airdrieonians and Queen’s Park came in February 1882 when the
Spiders’ third team, the Hampden Eleven, visited Airdrie and recorded a 6-1 victory over
Airdrieonians first eleven. Three years later, on 14 November 1885, the sides met in a
competitive match for the first time. The occasion was a Scottish Cup fourth round tie at
the second Hampden Park (later Third Lanark’s New Cathkin Park).
Clearly, the Airdrieonians side had improved significantly in the three years since they had
been heavily defeated by the Hampden Eleven and the cup tie at Hampden Park was a
tight affair. Despite both sides going close on several occasions, an exciting opening half
finished goalless. Queen’s Park gradually got on top in the second period but
Airdrieonians were very strong defensively, with goalkeeper Connor in top form. The
gallant ‘keeper was finally beaten with around 15 minutes to go when William Watt
finished off an excellent move involving Jimmy Hamilton and David Allan. The Airdrie
men’s resistance had finally been broken and Queen’s Park dominated the remaining
minutes of the match.
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The two sides on that day 130 years ago were: Queen’s Park – George Gillespie; Walter Arnott and Andrew Watson; Charlie Campbell
and John Gow; William Watt, John Lambie, Jimmy Hamilton, George Somerville, Robert
Christie and David Allan.
Airdrieonians – Connor; Reid and Sword; Welsh and Hill; Reid, Stark, Glen, Andrew,
Sneddon and Hastings.
Queen’s Park beat Arthurlie and Third Lanark in the subsequent rounds of the competition
before defeating Renton 3-1 in the final at Cathkin Park to lift the Scottish Cup for the
eighth time in the club’s history.
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A new fire-engine station was opened in Glasgow’s St Enoch Square. It was
a wooden structure in the middle of the square, fitted with sleeping
accommodation, a lavatory, and a gas stove and cooking utensils for the use
of the firemen, who would be on duty for 12 hours at a time. The new
station would be in direct telephone communication with the chief station in
College Street.
A mile race for the Championship of Scotland and a prize of £50 was run on
heavy ground in the Cricket Park, Dunfermline. J Martin of Halbeath beat
A Young of Falkirk by ten yards in a time of 4 minutes 35 seconds.
Glasgow’s Central Police Authorities received a telegram from the Isle of
Man on the subject of two young men wanted on a charge of stealing clothes
from the lodgings in which they had been staying. It was suspected that
they had left Douglas on the Glasgow boat on the Friday night. Two
detectives proceeded to Glasgow Harbour to await the arrival of the Isle of
Man boat “St Kilda” and captured the young men with the stolen articles in
their possession. The men would be handed over to the Isle of Man
authorities.
A married woman in Bilston near Wolverhampton was ordered to pay 24
shillings and costs for damaging property belonging to the Blue Ribbon
Army Band (part of the temperance movement). She had become annoyed
when the band persisted in playing in front of her house, with her son being
ill in bed at the time. Armed with a knife, she rushed out and ripped up the
big drum.
A Barnsley football agent met with some rather tough treatment in the Vale
of Leven on the Saturday night. He had visited Alexandria on the previous
Thursday with the aim of enticing some of the prominent players in the Vale
of Leven team to Burnley. He had not succeeded and headed for other
football centres. However, he returned on the Saturday evening and was
confronted by some of the area’s football enthusiasts. One of the Vale of
Leven officials came to his aid and took him by a side road to the railway
station. The agent departed on the late train, promising that he would
“gang nae merr to yon toun”.
Campaigning was in full swing for the 1885 General Election. At
Birmingham Police Court, a summons for assault was granted against
Walter Showell, the Conservative candidate for Bordesley. At an election
meeting on the previous evening, a member of the public had asked the
candidate if it was true that he had allowed his mother to be in the
workhouse for two years. Rather than answer the man, Showell had struck
him on the face
Supporters’ Notes
Away Travel
Due to the rail strike a week on Saturday, we’ll be taking a bus to
Stenhousemuir. Details of the next two buses are:
STENHOUSEMUIR - Saturday 13th August
Clarkston - 1.15, Mount Florida - 1.30 and High Street - 1.45. Prices: £8 for
those in employment; £6 for concessions and £5 for the under 16s.
BRECHIN - Saturday 20th August
Clarkston 10.30 Mount Florida 10-45 and High Street 11am. Prices: £14, £11.
Again, we’d ask you to help us by booking for every match. Contact Graeme
Shields at gshields.65@btinternet.com or 07730 587526 to book. Tickets will
also be available at the souvenir shop or myself.
Souvenir Shop
We’re not sure when the new kit will be available to buy; we’ve heard that the
team will be donning the new home top this Saturday for the first League match.
We’re tinkering with the online shop, so it’s been down for a wee while. We’ll
have it back up and running as quickly as possible.
We’ll be introducing a range of high-quality souvenirs celebrating the Club’s
150th anniversary.
Membership and 60 Club
The 60 Club will gain be £40 for the whole season. As well as having the chance
to win a right good few bob, you’ll be helping to keep the Association’s away
buses on the road. Applications for both clubs are available from Norrie Walker,
Graeme Shields or the Souvenir Shop. We should have cards available for uplift
at the Shop at the next home match against Killie under 20s on Tuesday.
Quiz Nights
The quiz nights we organised last year were a huge success and we’ll continue
running them this season, with perhaps a race night to vary things a bit. Details
of the first event will be posted here and on the Club’s website very soon.
YOUNG FANS!
The Black and White Club for younger fans will run again this year. New
members must be twelve years of age or under, but existing fans can remain in
the Club until they’re 16. Membership forms can be obtained from the club shop
on match days, from Frank McCrossan, John Richmond or by emailing
f.mccrossan@ntlworld.com
Membership is free and we’re hoping that we can attract a record number of
members this year.
Keith McAllister
hampdenfan@yahoo.co.uk
The Visitors – Airdrieonians FC
We welcome Airdrieonians to Hampden this afternoon for the opening match of the
League One season. Despite the competitive season being little over a fortnight old, this
will be the second meeting of the sides already, having met at Hampden in the Betfred
Cup 11 days ago.
Airdrie kick started their campaign with a narrow 1-0 home defeat to Premiership side
Partick Thistle before going down 2-0 against Queen of the South at Palmerston just a
few days later. Their fortunes changed in their third game though as they recorded their
first win in the competition, beating fellow League One side Stenhousemuir 2-1 at the
Excelsior. The recent meeting of the sides ended in a 3-3 draw with Airdrie eventually
winning the penalty shoot out to secure themselves a bonus point.
The Manager – Eddie Wolecki Black
Wolecki was a player in the lower leagues of Scottish football, before becoming
a coach at Dundee United under the management of both Jim McLean and Tommy
McLean. After coaching stints with Brechin City and Arbroath, Wolecki became
manager of Lochee United before moving on to Montrose in December 2005.
Wolecki joined women's club Glasgow City as coach for the start of the 2007–08
season. He was later appointed to a full-time position with Glasgow City, becoming the
first salaried coach of a women's football team in Scotland. Wolecki left Glasgow City in
July 2015, having guided the team to four consecutive league championships. After a
brief spell at Edusport Academy, he joined Airdrieonians as the Youth Academy Director
of Coaching in September 2015. After Gary Bollan left the club in December 2015,
Wolecki was appointed head coach at the Excelsior.
Iain Russell (Striker)
Russell began his career as a youth player at Annan Athletic and Rangers before making
his senior debut with Motherwell in the 2002-03 season. He then went on to play for
Dumbarton, Brechin, Greenock Morton, Alloa Athletic, Stirling Albion, Livingston and
latterly Queen of the South before signing for Airdrie this year. The veteran striker has
scored goals at every club he has played for and will undoubtedly prove a good signing
for The Diamonds.
Played 120
Head to Head
Queen’s Park 35
Draw 56
Airdrieonians 55
Club Records
Most league points in a season: 70 in Second Division 2003/04.
Most league goals by a player in a season: Hughie Baird, 53 goals in season 1954-55.
Record appearances: John Martin, 755 appearances between 1980 and 1999.
Record total league goals: 34 by Stephen McKeown
Record home attendance: 24,000 v Hearts on 8th March 1952 at New Broomfield.
Record win: 15- 1 v Dundee Wanderers on 1st December 1894 in Scottish Division 2.
Record loss: 1 – 11 v Hibernian on 24th October 1959 in Scottish First Division.
Most capped player: Jimmy Crapnell – 9 caps for Scotland.
Club Honours
Scottish Football League First Division
Winners: 1902–03, 1954–55, 1973–74
Runners up: 1900–01, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1965–66, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1996–
97, 2001–02
Key Players
Kieran McDonald (Defender)
MacDonald played youth football for Motherwell and spent two years with Clyde before
joining Hamilton Academical in June 2014. He moved on loan to Dumbarton in August
2014. On 31 August 2015, MacDonald was released by Hamilton. He signed for East Fife
in October 2015, with the contract running until January 2016, before signing for
Airdrieonians.
Marc Fitzpatrick (Midfielder)
Fitzpatrick came through the youth system at Motherwell and made his debut against
Celtic on 12 May 2004. After seven years at Fir Park he moved Highland team Ross
County in 2011 before joining Queen of the South on 19 March 2013. Fitzpatrick moved
to Greenock Morton on 9 July 2013 but left the club at the end of the season in search
of part-time football, signing for Airdrie in June 2014.
Scottish Cup
Winners: 1923–24
Runners up: 1974–75, 1991–92, 1994–95
Scottish Challenge Cup:
Winners: 1994–95, 2000–01, 2001–02
Scottish League Second Division
Winners: 2003–04 / Runners up: 2007–08
Scottish Challenge Cup
Winners 2008–09 / Runners up: 2003–04
Scottish Football League
Runners up 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26