The latest article is up by the way and I am researching for the next one.I do get easily sidetracked when I read interesting facts.

Like i said last time... i will have a look at it when i get chance. I've been busy keeping an eye on the kids today whilst they've been painting that box they turned into a puppet show stand and tidying up as usual.

I'm looking forward to the kids puppet show.No doubt it will be as surreal as their jokes.

I'm looking forward to your next write up

Sorry Joe but you'll have to wait another week.

We will have to wait a little longer for the next article and the puppet show as you were unwell today.

Yeah, not dashing to toilet now but feeling down and tired-hope to be back on track tomorrow.

Hopefully.... then you can get to writing the next article lol Joking!

Hope your feeling better tomorrow, or at least a little bit better.

However I feel tomorrow I will try and make some progress on the next article(the football league formation and professionalism) and the one after that will be  about a footballer.Can you guess who it will be-family members exclude from guessing.

ah thats not fair lol

Well you should know who he is.

However I feel tomorrow I will try and make some progress on the next article(the football league formation and professionalism) and the one after that will be  about a footballer.Can you guess who it will be-family members exclude from guessing.

 

Stanley Matthews? Tommy Lawton? Dixie Dean? Albert Iremonger?

 

Trying to think of famous old football players.

Much further back than that ,Tony and not well known, though a legend to me and he's watching. No more clues.

Hmmmm, I'll get my thinking cap on.

There are clues In my last post above.I'll let you think a bit longer.

So the clue is: He's watching, errrr, errrr, errrr (sound of brain clanking and whirring into action) errr................no I give up.

 

Told you I was useless at quizzes.

A lot of people will never have heard of him ,though a legend to  

One last clue for you Tony-Notts have the Wheelbarrow song whereas........Put all the clues together,you'll get him.

I've got it but had to use my friend Mr. Google. Here's another clue that might help others, think of what your granny may have worn.

I assume I am right Super Ram. Looking forward to the article.

You've got it,Tony-Well done.

Just finished reading your latest article mate. Among other things I found the history on Queens Park rather interesting. Learning that they played a big role in the formation of the S.F.A makes me wonder, is that the reason they still play their home games at Hampden Park - the home of Scottish football so to speak?

 

I used to wonder why on earth a division 3 club with gates of barely 500 continued to play at such a big stadium but that would make sense now

You're quite right, James.Queens Park were formed in 1867 and were instrumental in the formation of the Scottish FA

 In the early days they were very influential in all things to do with Scottish football.

 

 On one occasion the entire International Scottish team was made up of Queens Park players.

 They have won the Scottish Cup the most times apart from Rangers and Celtic, though not since 1893.

 

 Just like The Wanderers, Old Etonians in England and other  'gentlemens ' clubs they stuck to their amateur principles and didn't join The Scottish Football League until 3 years after its formation and are still the only fully amateur club in The Scottish League.

Interesting stuff, a rich history they have there by the sounds of it. They were on TV earlier in the season at home to Glasgow Rangers. About 30,000 Rangers fans and a few hundred Queens Park fans, it was a bit odd lol

The history of Hampden Park Is also fascinating, James.

 

Did you know there have been 3 stadiums called Hampden..Queens Park played at the first one for 10 years but moved 150 yards when a railway was proposed through part of the terracing. Late in the1890's a request for additional ground space was turned down and Third Lanark took possession of the second ground and renamed it Cathkin Park (They have since gone out of existance)

 

The current Hampden is now the National Football Stadium of Scotland .

 

 When it was opened  on 31/10/03 it had a capacity of 100,000 and by 1937 this had increased to 150,000 and still holds the record attendance for a European international game.

 

The current capacity is 52,063 though it did previously have the biggest capacity until 1950 when The Maracana Stadium was built in Brazil..

 

When Hampden first opened Glasgow had the 3 largest stadiums in Europe.

please keep writing your series super! i look forward to your next one.

I'm working on the next one now Liam