JR in most of these games that you mention Queens we very much overwhelming underdogs in these encounters where only only most blinded fans would have expected us to get close to winning so to say that they Queens fell flat on their faces is a bit harsh. Expectation is one thing reality is another. I do recall in I think 1977 Queens played Celtic at Parkhead in a League cup midweek game and although beaten 5-1 they came away with tremendous credit and were in fact applauded off the pitch by the Celtic support. When we equalised through Peter Dickson me and my mates who were in the main stand jumped up surrounded by the Celtic support who fortunately found our celebration amusing. I think this could have been one of Dalglish's last games for Celtic before his move to Liverpool.
Perhaps we should highlight the games when Queens were responsible for major cup upsets so I will start with another game around the same time when we got a result away to the mighty Hibs which I think was also in the League cup when the Queens support were chased from the ground at the end of this with the police standing by watching. Another I can quickly think of and being a bit more recent was the Scottish cup game when we knocked out the defending holders St Johnstone. So what games can you recall where Queens did come up trumps against clearly better opposition?