7 Facts About Queens Park FC

1. Hampden Queens Park FC was the largest stadium in the world until 1950, when the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro was completed.

2. Queen's Queens Park FC celebrated their 150th birthday on 9 July 2017, with events held to mark the occasion.

3. Queen's Queens Park FC were invited to play in the annual Sheriff of London Charity Shield, a precursor of the FA Community Shield in 1899 which pitted the best amateur and professional sides of the season against each other.

4. Queen's Queens Park FC are accredited with introducing a collective and 'scientific' form of team based passing which would become known as 'combination' football.

5. Queen's Queens Park FC formed the Scottish Football Association on 13 March 1873, with eight other clubs.

6. Queen's Queens Park FC is the only Scottish football club to have played in the FA Cup Final, achieving this feat in both 1884 and 1885.

7. Queen's Queens Park FC is the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founded in 1867, and is the oldest outside England and Wales.