Queen's Park F.C.
Queen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club is currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, "Ludere Causa Ludendi" – to play for the sake of playing.
Queen's Park are the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founded in 1867, and are the oldest outside of England and Wales. Queen's Park are also the only Scottish football club to have played in the FA Cup Final, achieving this feat in both 1884 and 1885.
The club's home is a UEFA Category four stadium; the all-seated Hampden Park in South East Glasgow, which is also the home of the Scottish national team. Queen's Park have won the Scottish Cup the third most times of any club, behind Rangers and Celtic, although the last time they won it was in 1893.
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