leckuno
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Queen's Park FC were founded in 1867, giving them the title of the oldest football club outside of England and the only Scottish club to play in the FA Cup final in 1884 and 1885 (Thanks Wikipedia)
Having remarkably played in the Scotland's Professional football leagues while retaining their amateur status for many years, in November 2019 the club's members voted to move on from this lifelong amateur status following the departures of several key players (like Scotland internationals Andy Robertson and Lawrence Shankland) without any compensation. However, they didn't just become semi-professional, they are the only fully professional team among semi-professional teams in their league. This coincides with the sale of Hampden Park to the Scottish FA for £5m, agreed back in September 2018, so it is a period of significant change for the club nicknamed 'The Spiders'.
With the club going professional then it as an exciting opportunity to climb the leagues and possibly challenge the existing footballing duopoly in the city of Glasgow, and challenging at the top with this famous old club. The club is 3rd in the list of all time Scottish Cup winners with only Rangers and Celtic ahead of them so it would be huge to win it again as the last win came in 1893.
While the club's training ground which sits immediately to the west of Hampden Park, Lesser Hampden, is being converted to a fully certified stadium with a seating capacity of 1,774, the club will remain at Hampden for the first season.
The Vision
As you can see the club has some lofty ambitions now that they are professional with them looking to win League 2 this season before getting promoted to the Championship 2 seasons later. We also need to get to the third round of the Scottish Cup as well so hopefully we can get a big team reaching the 3rd round. I agree with the club culture and I will be looking to use the youth system and improve it at every opportunity as a key part for me will be producing talents for the national team.
Another goal for me in this save will be to become the biggest team in Glasgow which hopefully means that we will be the biggest team in Scotland. With this the first hurdle will be to leapfrog Partick Thistle who are in League 1 before looking at the Old Firm.