Ben Reilly

One other a quirk of the QP & Airdrie games that season was that QP didn't win a single game in 90 minutes yet still got promoted over Airdrie. If that's not unique then it must be rare. Both cup games were draws that went to penalties, the four league games were two home wins for Airdrie and two draws. And both playoff legs were draws with QP winning in extra time of the 2nd leg.

Yes, I've got one that you're welcome too. If you're still looking for one I can bring it along tomorrow and drop it in to you at the souvenir shop before kick off.

I have been wondering the same thing.

The new community kit is really good (my son got his a few weeks ago, and his team won their first game that they wore it in) quite similair to last years home kit but with a few improvements in my opinion. The quality is pretty good too, especially compared to the kids previous kit which felt like it was made of tissue paper. I'd have been quite happy for the first team to be wearing that kit this season. It's a completely bespoke kit (albeit probably just a tweak of last years Macron kit). It's infuriating that we can arrange a bespoke kit for our community teams, but can't manage that for our first team(s). Last year's 3rd kit is still a bug bear of mine. I spent about £100 to get one for each of my kids and we didn't even wear it for one match. It doesn't help that the marketing pictures in George Sqare featured Simon Murray, only for him to leave about a week later The Admiral kit for me is the best home kit we've ever had. I still can't make my mind up about the poka-dot away kit, but it will always be linked in my mind with that playoff final and the celebrations afterwards.

We did most of that while we were still amateur. Robertson and Shankland being the current examples. We've been fan owned since 1867. Our women's team still are amateur and seem to be doing pretty well. However, I will concede that Thistle Women were the better team in our recent Scottish Cup encounter.

Ryan Mullen couldn't even get in our team when we were strolling League 2. He was kept out of our team by the guy Ferrie comfortably kept out the team the following season.

According to the website the social club is open to home fans only tomorrow. Supporters Bar 1867 – As the club have launched initiatives for Members, Season Ticket Holders, club sponsors and business partners to bring a friend along for the game it is anticipated there will be increased numbers seeking access to Bar 1867 on the day and therefore we have restricted access to Bar 1867 to be for Home fans only on the day. Bar 1867 will open from 12:30.pm until 2.45pm and then immediately after the game with admittance after the final whistle also limited to Home supporters.

Thanks very much to @Dave for doing the research, that I couldn't be bothered to do, to answer the above question on the latest episode of the Spiders Talk Podcast. I'm not going to tell you what he discovered, so you'll have to listen to the podcast yourselves to find out

Did Bell ever play a first team game? Wikipedia says he has 1 appearance, but I don't remember that.

We have had quite a few players move on from QP and go on to be capped for Scotland, but does anyone know the last time we signed someone who has previously been capped for the Scotland 1st team? (not including Callum Davidson)

The match report for the Thistle game last Tuesday on our website mentioned that Hepburn was missing due to illness. Make of that what you will, but it may be that he'll be back in she squad one he has recovered?

Absolutely. I don't have the figures, but it seems a no brainer to me that if you charge admission and sell food and drink at your own ground to a larger number of people, you'll make more money than you will paying someone else to use their ground in front of a smaller number of people.

I've been critical on here previously about the women not playing at Lesser, so credit where it's due, this is great news. Hopefully it's not just a one off and there are more opportunities for them to play there. I also hope there is a good turnout, firstly to support the girls who have been great all season, and secondly to convince the powers that be that they should be playing there regularly.

To be fair, I think it was the Feyenoord fans that caused the trouble in this instance. But your point still stands. However I think the Haughey connection will mean Celtic will be regular tenants.

This, at least, is the most encouraging thing I've heard in quite some time and is long overdue. I dont know who's standing, but if they plan to improve the fan engagement then they'll be getting my backing too.

I generally try to avoid mud slinging and rumours on here, but given how bad things are at the club right now I've stopped caring. I was talking last night to someone who was at Lesser with Celtic as part of their team doing their Celtic TV coverage. Apparently there was a run in with some QP officials when the Celtic folks explained to them that the stadium wasn't suitable (re H&S regs amongst other things) for having both spectators and broadcast crews in at the same time. The suggestion was made to me that we are unlikley to be allowed to play there in any televised games in it's current state. Were we to leave Hampden any time soon, that would obviously be an issue. There was also apparently a security/safety issue when a ball girl got caught up in a pitch invasion. I can't verify any of this, and am only going off what I was told (by someone I trust to know what they're talking about) but it does make you wonder how we managed to get the rebuild so wrong?

Both Morton and Abroath play their games in hand during the week, so it's no impossible that we'll be bottom by Wednesday night.

I've been to quite a few games this season, including this afternoon. Had to fight for it today against a physical Kilmarnock side? But they earned their victory, despite having one player sent off in the 2nd half. They have been very good all season, and are well deserving of their league position. They also deserve the chance to play at Lesser infront of a reasonable crowd, but I won't hold my breath.

Fox was in the concourse at half time on crutches with a moon boot on. Looked to be more than a slight knock, unless the crutches etc are just precautionary. I didn't speak to him but I saw some of our fans did, so possibly someone can fill in some more info.

Regardless of how relevant any or all of those points are to a discussion about whether he is the right person for the job or not, I dont think any of it makes him "not a nice guy". I can't speak for anyone else, but I have met him a few times since he arrived, and I found him a genuinely likeable person who was happy to take some time to chat, and get pictures with my kids etc.

For me, your second paragraph sums up where the main problem lies. My take on it is that Veldman has been put in a very difficult position where he has been hired to work within a rigid framework of giving lots of young players game time. He can only work with the players he has available to him, and I think some of his recent post match interviews have shown signs of his frustration with this. I'm also not sure he has had much say in player recruitment. If the rumour that was posted on here a few weeks ago is true, that he is expected to stick to pre-determined substitutions regardless of how the game is going, then that is very concerning. Similarly, the policy of only signing very young players (the last time I checked only 3 players in our squad are over the age of 25, and only 1 of those is over 30) is very restrictive. I'm fully behind the goal of developing young players who can do well in our first team before moving on for a reasonable fee, however it seems like the ballance is all wrong. Part of a young players development is by learning from watching, training and playing with older, experienced players. For that to work we need a better mix of youth and experience. No matter how far through the 10 year plan we are, that will still be the case. Likewise, there is a place for data and statistics in football, lots of successful clubs use this to their advantage, but you can't be a slave to it. Sometimes you need to go with your gut. Going by press reports, it looks likley that Beuker will move to Ajax in the next month or 2. In that case we should be looking for someone to replace him that is more flexible in their approach. I'd be very interested to see how Veldman would get on if given a bit more freedom. I also agree with the comment made earlier that adding someone to the coaching staff with more experience of the Scottish leagues could be beneficial. And/or perhaps the new DoF could have this experience? The current trajectory is obviously concerning, but I was encouraged by a recent conversation with someone better connected than me, who assured me that Veldman is a good coach that the players all enjoy working with, and that there may be a move to bring in some more experience and depth to the squad in January. Whether this coinciding with Beuker moving on is just coincidence or not is open to speculation, but hopefully someone near the top has seen what the rest of us have been seeing for weeks and is willing to proactively move to improve things.

My son was the ball boy right behind the lino when the ref came over. He claims to have heard the whole conversation. Ref was going to give a yellow but lino told him on the radio it should be red, so ref came over to discuss. From the refs angle it was yellow, but lino said it was dangerous and should be straight red.

The domes aren't used for match day hospitality. They're for Christmas party's etc on non match days. Though it would be amusing to see the ball smacking off the pod while the folk inside spill their soup and champagne in fright.

Not to nit pick, but to avoid any confusion or misunderstanding by anyone reading the above post, the Young QP info is under the Academy tab on the website, rather than the Commuinty/Foundation page. Young QP and the U18 team are part of the club rather than the Foundation. I dont know why the squad lists have disappeared from the website, but it would be good to have these back to put faces to the names mentioned in match reports etc. The women's team and the kids (boys and girls) Community teams are all part of the Foundation. There is no pathway from the Community teams to the Academy (which has caused some confusion amongst poorly informed parents on more than one occasion) and its open to all regardless of ability etc. This is indeed a way of bringing in income for the Fundation. I believe at least some of the staff/coaches for the woman's team are employed by the Foundation, as are some of the Community team coaches. So not all are doing it for free. I assume that the women's team players are all amateur (on expenses) but I don't know for sure. I agree that there is a fair bit of confusion with this setup, and it would make far more sense for the Women's team to be part of the club rather than the Foundation.