Pride & Passion

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I think there are plenty of reasons Bruce. Many fans involved in that (me included) were naively hoping that coming together to support a community club in Dumfries in response to what was happening down the road at Gretna would lead to a real change in attitude from the BoD.

Sadly, in my opinion, the fans are still being treated like mushrooms and any real change to a proper community club has not been realised. Add to that the problems with overspending under Rae, the crass appointment to the Board of a Rangers fan and the club
being mostly average on the park, poor communications, the Boards intransifience on having a fans rep on the Board etc etc.

The days of the Scottish Cup Final and trip to Denmark now appear to be the high water line with regards to Queens and support has been left to the diehards. People quickly find other things to do and focus on and I doubt even a competitive team would see some coming back.

Once again our resident doom merchant on this forum has spoken and as usual has not much good to say about our proud wee club which I presume he still supports. D.Rae along with R. Bradford,N.Blount,K.Houliston,C. Paterson,W. Houliston and many others have over the years invested considerable sums of money to keep the club afloat in Scottish Football which has been on the decline for years. If we had taken the Gretna path (Spending money we didn't have) we would have ended up bankrupt and ended up in the lower reaches of Scottish Football. Over the last 17 years we have enjoyed arguably one of our most successful periods in our history having landed two Challenge Cups,Two league titles,appeared in a Scottish Cup Final and represented Scotland in European Competition. For a small provincial club this is no mean feat but for some the expectation levels are higher and they are never satisfied. Our infrastructure has also come on in leaps and bounds with a 4g pitch and a magnificent Indoor Football Arena complete with cafe and business rentals which provide an extra income stream. The club also is involved with the council in the King George V project which will soon provide all weather pitches for various sports. There is also an announcement being made shortly as regards a new stand and other developments for Palmy. As regards the alledgedly crass appointment of the "big blue nose" to the Palmy board this was in fact a successful appointment and brought a breath of fresh air to Palmy and he opened up new avenues of communication to Palmy. The same person now operates a successful public house within Dumfries town centre which is freqented by many Queens fans. As regards the directors opposing the appointment of a fans rep on to the board, the shareholders also opposed such a move by a vote at the AGM. There a varying views on the club appointing a SLO but they have made some attempt to bring the fans closer to the club.

Scottish Football is going through a rough time but I remain optimistic that Queens can consolidate in the Championship with our new manager and with the league's most valuable player the Dobmeister banging in the goals who knows we could sneak in to the playoffs.


COME AWAY THE QUEENS !