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Okay! That shocked me really.

Three Hampdens Queen's Park, the oldest club in Scottish football, have played at a venue called Hampden Park since October 1873.[3][4] The first Hampden Park was overlooked by a nearby terrace named after Englishman John Hampden, who fought for the roundheads in the English Civil War.[3][4] Queen's Park played at the first Hampden Park for 10 years beginning with a Scottish Cup tie on 25 October 1873.[5] The ground hosted the first Scottish Cup Final, in 1874, and a Scotland v England match in 1878.[5] The remains of Cathkin Park, which was the site of the second Hampden Park. The club moved to the second Hampden Park, 150 yards from the original, because the Cathcart District Railway planned a new line through the site of the ground's western terrace.[4][6] A lawn bowling club at the junction of Queen's Drive and Cathcart Road marks the site of the first Hampden.[3] The second Hampden Park opened in October 1884.[3][4] It became a regular home to the Scottish Cup Final, but Celtic Park shared some of the big matches including the Scotland v England fixture in 1894.[3] In the late 1890s, Queen's Park requested more land for development of the second Hampden Park.[4][5] This was refused by the landlords, which led to the club seeking a new site.[4][5] Henry Erskine Gordon agreed to sell 12 acres of land off Somerville Drive to Queen's Park in November 1899.[7][8] James Miller designed twin grandstands along the south side of the ground[8] with a pavilion wedged in between.[3] The natural slopes were shaped to form banks of terracing, designed by Archibald Leitch.[3] Construction of the new ground took over three years to complete; during construction, a disaster occurred at Ibrox in which part of the wooden terraces collapsed.[8] In response, the terraces at Hampden were firmly set in the earthwork and innovative techniques were used to control spectators.[8] Third Lanark A.C. took over the second Hampden Park in 1903 and renamed it Cathkin Park.[3] The club rebuilt the ground from scratch due to a failure to agree a fee for the whole stadium.[5][7] Third Lanark went out of business in 1967 and Cathkin Park is now a public park with much of the original terracing still evident.[3][5] Hampden Park was the biggest stadium in the world from its opening in 1903 until it was surpassed by the Maracanã in 1950.[6] Along with Celtic Park and Ibrox, the city of Glasgow possessed the three largest football stadia in the world at the time Hampden opened.[3] In the stadium's first match, on 31 October 1903, Queen's Park defeated Celtic 1–0 in the Scottish league.[3][6][7][9] The first Scottish Cup Final played at the ground was an Old Firm match in 1904, attracting a record Scottish crowd of 64,672.[9] The first Scotland v England match at the ground was played in April 1906 with 102,741 people in attendance, which established Hampden as the primary home of the Scotland team.[10] Record attendances

I guess you are joking joking as I think he would have been murdered on there after the Rangers director affair.

That's the one. Thanks BD

I take it the link with QP comes from the very beginning.

Who was the guy on here that used to be a member of them?

2 things I noticed in Small's reply. Has this fact been looked into by an independent body or persons? Or even just been looked into. Have there been discussions with Rangers to hear their complaint? The only way the BBC's impartiality can be compromised is if Rangers complaint has no justification. That could only be judged by an independent body or persons. As their action was almost directly after the Rangers decision I would guess that nobody has even bothered to hear Rangers complaint. Or does he mean the other journalists may be impartial.

Works perfect for me.

They will probably find some more things to fine Rangers on. Blackmail to keep our titles?

Take the lottery money and buy a ticket on the black market.

That was my first thought as well.

What TE F*** Bankruptcy fear? We need a headline for tomorrow. A bonus to who can think of one.

One thing I now hope Forlan is that you are now going to go with the new setup and get your points in motion.

It will be interesting to see how many of the 297 No voters retract from the scheme.

Then there is at least 3 of us loonies.

Did you have to point that out. I hate you!!! Just kidding. Agreed a stupid spelling fault from me.I forgot how to spell Forrester.

Hopefully we can keep them camped in their own half. I watched Brown over the last few weeks and god knows why he is still getting a game for them. Griffiths, Bitton(?) and the Aussie guy are the main worries for me.I don't see their fullbacks getting forward much with the threat of McKay and Wallace, and o'Halloran and Tav.

Did Ross hall hospital not have a great scandal a number of years ago and they were private. I can't remember what it was.

I was as well and I think someone else on here was as well unless it was you I am thinking of.

Warburton has already ruled him out. I am 100% certain he won't be playing and it would be Russian roulette if he did include him. That is not Warburtons style. Zelalem is fit again anyway so that is a plus.:fish:

Anyone up for writing a preview for Saturday and someone else for Tuesday. Even if you haven't done one before we welcome new writers. Please!!!

They say the people kept at Lennox castle hospital were also treated terrible. I would say there is a few bigger head cases running about there now though.

While the seats would probably have been paid for they will be losing a fortune on catering, match day programmes etc. It is easy to pencil in a number but that won't fill the coffers.

I doubt that they could change the time at such a late date. Although policing will be minimal it will still need to be arranged apart from a lot of other things that have been arranged.

Aha! I get it now.