List of Queen's Park F.C. seasons

This is a list of Queen's Park Football Club seasons up to the present day. The list details Queen's Park's record in major league and cup competitions, and the club's top league goal scorer of each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in Queen's Park's division that season. Records of regular minor competitions such as the Glasgow Cup are only included for seasons where the club reached a final.

Summary
Chart of yearly table positions of Queen's Park in the Scottish league system.

Queen's Park is the oldest football club in Scotland, founded in 1867. They were the nation's earliest dominant force, winning 10 Scottish Cups over the competition's first two decades, providing many players to the Scotland national football team (including all 11 players for the first official international match in 1872) and also playing in the English FA Cup final on two occasions in the 1880s when Scottish teams were permitted to enter.[1][2] Determined to maintain an amateur ethos at the club, they declined to participate in the Scottish Football League when it launched in 1890,[3] eventually joining ten years later – by which time professionalism had been adopted and standards raised among their competitors, most prominently Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers who soon began to eclipse the Spiders' success and popularity. Despite their diminishing status, in an ambitious 1903 project the club constructed the world's largest stadium, Hampden Park (their third home ground bearing that name) which became the national stadium for cup finals and Scotland fixtures, though still proudly owned by the amateurs.[1][2]

Although no longer making an impact on the Scottish Cup and consistently among the lower-ranked sides in Division One (any successful period would usually result in all the best players quickly being signed by professional clubs, with no financial incentive to entice them to stay meaning there was never much chance to build and maintain a strong squad), with the exception of one year Queen's Park still maintained their top level status until after World War II, but after a relegation in 1948 they only returned to the elite group for two more seasons in the 1950s, and then fell towards the bottom of the lower tier, dropping into a third division when it was introduced in the 1970s and a fourth division in the 1990s, remaining there since and playing home matches at a modernised, near-empty Hampden Park.

With relegation out of the Scottish Professional Football League system having been introduced, in 2019 the club's members voted to turn professional in an effort to pull away from the lowest reaches of the setup and maintain greater control over the young players they trained, who had previously been allowed to move on for nothing.[4] They also sold Hampden to the Scottish Football Association, using the funds to upgrade the adjacent training ground Lesser Hampden to become their regular match from 2021,[5] having already built a new club pavilion there seven years earlier.[6]

Seasons

Key

Champions Runners-up 3rd / Semi-final Promoted Relegated
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Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Top league scorer(s)
Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos Name Goals
1871–72 N/A[lower-alpha 1] N/A[lower-alpha 2] N/A[lower-alpha 3] FA Cup Semi-final N/A
1872–73 FA Cup Semi-final
1873–74 Winners N/A
1874–75 Winners N/A
1875–76 Winners N/A
1876–77 Quarter-final
Charity Cup Winners
1877–78 Third round
Charity Cup Winners
1878–79 Quarter-final N/A
1879–80 Winners
Charity Cup Winners
1880–81 Winners
Charity Cup Winners
1881–82 Winners FA Cup First round
1882–83[lower-alpha 4] Quarter-final
Charity Cup Winners
1883–84[lower-alpha 5] Winners
Charity Cup Winners
1884–85[lower-alpha 6] Third round
Charity Cup Winners
1885–86 Winners FA Cup Second round
1886–87 Semi-final FA Cup First round
1887–88 Semi-final N/A
1888–89 Third round
Glasgow Cup Winners
Charity Cup Runners-up
1889–90 Winners
Glasgow Cup Winners
Charity Cup Runners-up
1890–91 Did not enter[lower-alpha 7] Quarter-final Charity Cup Winners
1891–92 Runners-up N/A
1892–93 Winners N/A
1893–94 Semi-final Charity Cup Runners-up
1894–95 First round N/A
1895–96 Glasgow League 6 1 0 5 8 17 −9 2 4th Third round
Glasgow Cup Runners-up
Charity Cup Runners-up
 Unknown
1896–97 Glasgow League 8 6 1 1 23 10 13 13 1st First round N/A Unknown
1897–98 Glasgow League 8 5 1 2 23 17 6 11 2nd Third round
Glasgow Cup Runners-up
Charity Cup Runners-up
 Unknown
1898–99 Glasgow League 10 4 2 4 19 17 2 10 3rd Third round
Glasgow Cup Winners
 Unknown
1899–1900 Inter City League 10 2 1 7 9 23 −14 5 6th Runners-up N/A Unknown
1900–01 Division One 20 7 3 10 33 37 −4 17 7th Second round N/A Unknown
Inter City League 10 1 1 8 6 28 −22 3 6th Unknown
1901–02 Division One 18 5 4 9 21 32 −11 14 8th Third round Glasgow Exhibition Cup Quarter-final Unknown
Inter City League 10 0 2 8 5 10 −5 2 6th Unknown
1902–03[lower-alpha 8] Division One 22 5 5 12 33 48 −15 15 10th First round N/A Unknown
Inter City League 8 1 0 7 11 23 −12 2 9th Unknown
1903–04[lower-alpha 9] Division One 26 6 9 11 28 47 −19 21 8th First round N/A Unknown
Inter City League 5 2 1 2 5 4 1 5 − Unknown
1904–05 Division One 26 6 8 12 28 45 −17 20 12th First round N/A Unknown
Glasgow League 8 3 1 4 9 12 −3 7 4th Unknown
1905–06 Division One 30 5 4 21 41 88 −47 14 16th Second round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
Glasgow League 5 1 0 4 4 9 −5 2 6th Unknown
1906–07 Division One 34 9 6 19 51 66 −15 24 15th Semi-final N/A Unknown
1907–08 Division One 34 7 8 19 54 84 −30 22 16th Third round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1908–09 Division One 34 6 13 15 42 65 −23 25 15th Third round Edinburgh Exhibition Cup Semi-final Unknown
1909–10 Division One 34 12 6 16 54 74 −20 30 14th Third round N/A Unknown
1910–11 Division One 34 5 4 25 28 80 −52 14 18th Second round N/A Unknown
1911–12 Division One 34 8 9 17 29 53 −24 25 17th Third round N/A Unknown
1912–13 Division One 34 5 3 26 34 88 −54 13 18th Third round N/A Unknown
1913–14 Division One 38 10 9 19 52 84 −32 29 15th Fourth round N/A Unknown
1914–15 Division One 38 4 5 29 27 90 −63 13 20th N/A[lower-alpha 10] War Fund Shield Quarter-final Unknown
1915–16 Division One 38 11 6 21 53 100 −47 28 18th N/A Unknown
1916–17 Division One 38 11 7 20 56 81 −25 29 18th Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1917–18 Division One 34 14 6 14 64 63 +1 34 7th War Fund Shield Quarter-final Unknown
1918–19 Division One 34 15 5 14 59 57 +2 35 8th
Charity Cup Runners-up
 Unknown
1919–20 Division One 42 14 10 18 67 73 −6 38 12th Third round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1920–21 Division One 42 11 11 20 45 80 −35 33 19th First round N/A Unknown
1921–22 Division One 42 9 10 23 38 82 −44 28 21st Second round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1922–23 Division Two 38 24 9 5 73 31 +42 57 1st Third round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1923–24 Division One 38 11 9 18 43 60 −17 31 17th Third round N/A Unknown
1924–25 Division One 38 11 9 18 50 72 −22 31 17th Second round N/A Unknown
1925–26 Division One 38 15 4 19 70 81 −11 34 13th Second round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1926–27 Division One 38 15 6 17 74 84 −10 36 12th Second round N/A Unknown
1927–28 Division One 38 12 6 20 69 80 −11 30 16th Semi-final Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1928–29 Division One 38 18 7 13 100 69 +31 43 5th[lower-alpha 11] Second round Glasgow Cup Runners-up Unknown
1929–30 Division One 38 15 4 19 67 80 −13 34 15th First round N/A Unknown
1930–31 Division One 38 13 7 18 71 72 −1 33 13th Second round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1931–32 Division One 38 13 5 20 59 79 −20 31 16th Second round Glasgow Cup Runners-up Unknown
1932–33 Division One 38 17 7 14 78 79 −1 41 9th Second round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1933–34 Division One 38 13 5 20 65 85 −20 31 15th Second round N/A Unknown
1934–35 Division One 38 13 10 15 61 80 −19 36 12th Second round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1935–36 Division One 38 11 10 17 58 75 −17 32 13th First round N/A Unknown
1936–37 Division One 38 9 12 17 51 77 −26 30 15th Second round Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1937–38 Division One 38 11 12 15 59 74 −15 34 12th Second round N/A Unknown
1938–39 Division One 38 11 5 22 57 83 −26 27 19th Second round N/A Unknown
1939–40 Division Two 4 1 3 0 7 5 +2 5 − N/A[lower-alpha 10] Unknown
Emergency League West[lower-alpha 12] 30 7 7 16 55 82 −27 21 14th Unknown
1940–41 Southern League[lower-alpha 12] 30 6 3 21 46 79 −33 15 16th Southern League Cup Group stage Summer Cup First round[8] Unknown
1941–42 Southern League[lower-alpha 12] 30 11 5 14 55 56 −1 27 10th Southern League Cup Group stage Summer Cup First round[8] Unknown
1942–43 Southern League[lower-alpha 12] 30 7 4 19 55 76 −21 18 14th Southern League Cup Group stage Summer Cup Second round[8] Unknown
1943–44 Southern League[lower-alpha 12] 30 10 6 14 64 75 −11 26 11th Southern League Cup Group stage Summer Cup First round[8] Unknown
1944–45 Southern League[lower-alpha 12] 30 12 4 14 60 62 −2 28 10th Southern League Cup Semi-final Summer Cup Second round[8] Unknown
1945–46 Southern League A Division[lower-alpha 12] 30 11 8 11 60 60 0 30 8th Southern League Cup Group stage
Glasgow Cup Winners
 Unknown
1946–47 Division A 30 8 6 16 47 60 −13 22 13th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1947–48 Division A 30 9 2 19 45 75 −30 20 16th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1948–49 Division B 30 14 7 9 66 49 +17 35 5th First round Group stage Supplementary Cup First round Unknown
1949–50 Division B 30 12 7 11 63 59 +4 31 9th First round Group stage Supplementary Cup First round Unknown
1950–51 Division B 30 13 7 10 56 53 +3 33 6th Second round Group stage N/A Unknown
1951–52 Division B 30 8 4 18 40 62 −22 20 15th Second round Group stage
Unknown
1952–53 Division B 30 15 7 8 70 46 +24 37 3rd Second round Group stage Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1953–54 Division B 30 9 9 12 56 51 +5 27 10th First round Group stage N/A Unknown
1954–55 Division B 30 15 5 10 65 36 +29 35 4th Fourth round Group stage Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1955–56 Division Two 36 23 8 5 78 28 +50 54 1st Sixth round Group stage N/A Unknown
1956–57 Division One 34 11 7 16 55 59 −4 29 13th Sixth round Group stage Charity Cup Runners-up Unknown
1957–58 Division One 34 4 1 29 41 114 −73 9 18th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1958–59 Division Two 36 9 6 21 53 80 −27 24 18th Second round Group stage N/A Unknown
1959–60 Division Two 36 17 2 17 65 79 −14 36 11th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1960–61 Division Two 36 10 6 20 61 87 −26 26 15th First round Group stage N/A Unknown
1961–62 Division Two 36 12 9 15 64 62 +2 33 12th First round Group stage N/A Unknown
1962–63 Division Two 36 13 6 17 66 72 −6 32 14th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1963–64 Division Two 36 17 4 15 57 54 +3 38 7th Second round Group stage N/A Unknown
1964–65 Division Two 36 17 9 10 57 41 +16 43 4th Second round Group stage Glasgow Cup Runners-up Unknown
1965–66 Division Two 36 13 7 16 62 65 −3 33 13th First round Group stage N/A Unknown
1966–67 Division Two 38 15 10 13 78 68 +10 40 7th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1967–68 Division Two 36 20 8 8 76 47 +29 48 4th Second preliminary round Quarter-final N/A Unknown
1968–69 Division Two 36 13 7 16 50 59 −9 33 11th First round Group stage N/A Unknown
1969–70 Division Two 36 10 6 20 38 62 −24 26 15th Second preliminary round Group stage N/A Unknown
1970–71 Division Two 36 13 4 19 51 72 −21 30 14th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1971–72 Division Two 36 12 9 15 47 61 −14 33 12th Second round Group stage N/A Unknown
1972–73 Division Two 36 9 12 15 44 61 −17 30 14th Second round Group stage N/A Unknown
1973–74 Division Two 36 12 4 20 42 64 −22 28 14th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1974–75 Division Two 38 10 10 18 41 54 −13 30 16th[lower-alpha 13] Fourth round Group stage N/A Unknown
1975–76 Second Division 26 10 9 7 41 33 +8 29 4th First round Group stage Spring Cup First round Unknown
1976–77 Second Division 39 17 11 11 65 51 +14 45 5th Third round Group stage N/A Unknown
1977–78 Second Division 39 13 15 11 52 51 +1 41 7th Fifth round Second round N/A Unknown
1978–79 Second Division 39 8 12 19 46 57 −11 28 13th Third round Second round N/A Unknown
1979–80 Second Division 39 16 9 14 59 47 +12 41 5th First round Third round N/A Unknown
1980–81 Second Division 39 16 18 5 62 43 +19 50 1st First round Second round N/A Unknown
1981–82 First Division 39 13 10 16 41 41 0 36 8th Fifth round Group stage N/A Unknown
1982–83 First Division 39 6 11 22 44 80 −36 23 14th Fifth round Group stage N/A Unknown
1983–84 Second Division 39 14 8 17 58 63 −5 36 10th Third round Second round N/A Unknown
1984–85 Second Division 39 12 9 18 48 55 −7 33 10th Second round First round Glasgow Cup Runners-up Unknown
1985–86 Second Division 39 19 8 12 61 39 +22 46 4th Fourth round First round N/A Unknown
1986–87 Second Division 39 9 19 11 48 49 −1 37 9th Second round First round N/A Unknown
1987–88 Second Division 39 21 9 9 64 44 +20 51 3rd Second round Second round N/A Unknown
1988–89 Second Division 39 10 18 11 50 49 +1 38 7th Third round First round N/A Unknown
1989–90 Second Division 39 13 10 16 40 51 −11 36 11th First round Second round N/A Unknown
1990–91 Second Division 39 17 8 14 48 42 +6 42 5th Second round Second round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
1991–92 Second Division 39 14 7 18 59 63 −4 35 9th First round Second round Challenge Cup Second round Unknown
1992–93 Second Division 39 8 12 19 51 73 −22 28 11th First round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
1993–94 Second Division 39 12 10 17 52 76 −24 34 11th[lower-alpha 14] First round First round Challenge Cup Second round Unknown
1994–95 Third Division 36 12 6 18 46 57 −11 42 8th Second round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
1995–96 Third Division 36 12 12 12 40 43 −3 48 6th Third round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
1996–97 Third Division 36 9 9 18 46 59 −13 36 8th Third round Second round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
1997–98 Third Division 36 10 11 15 42 55 −13 41 7th Second round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
1998–99[lower-alpha 15] Third Division 36 11 11 14 41 46 −5 44 6th Third round First round N/A[lower-alpha 16] Unknown
1999–2000 Third Division 36 20 9 7 54 37 +17 69 1st Second round Second round Challenge Cup Quarter-finals Unknown
2000–01 Second Division 36 10 10 16 28 40 −12 40 9th Second round Second round Challenge Cup Second round Unknown
2001–02 Third Division 36 9 8 19 38 53 −15 35 10th[lower-alpha 17] Second round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
2002–03 Third Division 36 7 11 18 39 51 −12 32 8th Third round Second round Challenge Cup Semi-final Unknown
2003–04 Third Division 36 10 11 15 41 53 −12 41 7th First round Second round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
2004–05 Third Division 36 13 9 14 51 50 +1 48 4th Second round First round Challenge Cup Second round Unknown
2005–06 Third Division 36 13 12 11 47 42 +5 51 6th Third round Second round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
2006–07 Third Division 36 21 5 10 57 28 +29 68 3rd First round Third round Challenge Cup Second round Unknown
2007–08 Second Division 36 13 5 18 48 51 −3 44 8th Third round Second round Challenge Cup Second round Unknown
2008–09 Second Division 36 7 12 17 35 54 −19 33 9th Fifth round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
2009–10 Third Division 36 15 6 15 42 42 0 51 4th Second round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
2010–11 Third Division 36 18 5 13 57 43 +14 59 3rd Second round First round Challenge Cup Second round Jamie Longworth 12
2011–12 Third Division 36 19 6 11 70 48 +22 63 2nd Fourth round First round Challenge Cup First round Jamie Longworth 20
2012–13 Third Division 36 16 8 12 60 54 +6 56 3rd Third round Third round Challenge Cup Second round Lawrence Shankland 10
2013–14[lower-alpha 18] League Two[lower-alpha 19] 36 5 9 22 36 68 −32 24 10th[lower-alpha 17] Third round First round Challenge Cup First round Unknown
2014–15[lower-alpha 20] League Two 36 17 10 9 51 34 +17 61 2nd Third round First round Challenge Cup First round Paul Woods 9
2015–16 League Two 36 15 11 10 46 32 +14 56 4th Third round First round Challenge Cup Semi-final Paul Woods 11
2016–17 League One 36 12 10 14 37 51 −14 46 6th Fourth round Group stage Challenge Cup Fourth round Ross Millen 7
2017–18 League One 36 7 10 19 42 72 −30 31 9th Third round Group stage Challenge Cup First round Adam Cummins / Luke Donnelly / Aidan Keena 8
2018–19 League Two 36 11 10 15 44 47 −3 43 7th Third round Group stage Challenge Cup Quarter-final David Galt / Lewis Hawke / Scott McLean 6
2019–20 League Two 28 11 7 10 37 35 +2 40 5th Fourth round Group stage Challenge Cup First round Salim Kouider-Aïssa 13
2020-21 League Two Group stage N/A

Notes
  1. the Scottish Football League was established in 1890.
  2. the Scottish Cup was established in 1873.
  3. the Scottish League Cup was established in 1946.
  4. Last season playing home matches at first Hampden Park.
  5. Home matches played at Titwood, Glasgow.
  6. First season playing home matches at second Hampden Park.
  7. The Scottish Football League began in 1890, but Queen's Park declined to enter until 1900.
  8. Last season playing home matches at second Hampden Park.
  9. First season playing home matches at (third) Hampden Park.
  10. The Scottish Cup was not held in the 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18 or 1918–19 seasons due to World War I, or the 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45 or 1945–46 seasons due to World War II.[7]
  11. 5th place in the 1928–29 Scottish Division One is Queen's Park's highest-ever league finish.
  12. The official Scottish Football League was supended from 1939 to 1946 due to World War II. Unofficial competitions were held.
  13. The teams placed 1st–6th were added to the new First Division (below a new Premier Division) with the remaining clubs making up the new Second Division.
  14. The teams placed 7th–14th were relegated to a new Third Division.
  15. Home games played at Lesser Hampden due to major redevelopment work at Hampden.
  16. The Scottish Challenge Cup was not held in the 1998–99 season.
  17. 10th place in the 2001–02 Scottish Third Division and in the 2013–14 Scottish League Two is Queen's Park's joint lowest-ever league finish.
  18. Home matches in second part of season played at Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie due to repurposing of Hampden for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  19. The leagues were renamed for the 2013–14 season, but the divisions remained as before.
  20. Home matches in first part of season played at Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie due to repurposing of Hampden for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

League performance summary

The Scottish Football League was founded in 1890 and, other than during seven years of hiatus during World War II,[lower-alpha 1] the national top division has been played every season since.[lower-alpha 2] The following is a summary of Queen's Park's divisional status:[9]

  1. The incomplete 1939–40 edition has not been counted in the totals.
  2. The top tier became the Scottish Premier League in 1998, and all four divisions became the Scottish Professional Football League in 2013.
  3. Has existed between 1890–1939, and since 1946.
  4. Has existed between 1893–1915, 1921–1939 and since 1946.
  5. Has existed between 1923–1926, 1946–1949, and since 1976.
  6. Has existed since 1994.

References
  1. The Tiny Club, the Giant Stadium and the Deal Driving Them Apart, Rory Smith, New York Times, 21 December 2018
  2. 'Lundere causa ludendi', Ignasi Torne, Panenka magazine, 29 January 2017, via Stuart Spencer / Scottish Football Museum
  3. New claims show Queen's Park refused to go pro over love for Hampden Park cash, Gordon Blackstock, Daily Record, 26 April 2020
  4. Scotland's oldest side Queen's Park to turn professional after 152 years, Sky Sports, 14 December 2019
  5. Hampden Sale Completed, Queen's Park FC, 4 August 2020
  6. Lesser Hampden J.B. McAlpine Pavillion Construction, QPFC.com
  7. "Scottish Cup - Past Winners". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. "Summer Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  9. (Queen's Park) Competition History (By Season), FitbaStats
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