| Topic: Queens Park and Lesser Hampden. |
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| 1. Author: Ahoy!Ahoy! Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 14:53 I was listening to The Big Football Podcast and was unaware Queens Park are moving to Lesser Hampden next season. Capacity as it stands is just less than 1000. What a turnaround at that club. Reply |
| 2. Author: Connor560 Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 15:15 So much better than being in Hampden with 49000 empty seats C'mon Ye Pars! Reply |
| 3. Author: Steve mcgregor Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 15:20 If they manage to stay up then moving to Lesser Hampden we might struggle for tickets Reply |
| 4. Author: dpard Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 15:25 I`m led to believe that there are only 195 away spaces, as it currently stands, at lesser hampden. The flame still burns Reply |
| 5. Author: Ahoy!Ahoy! Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 15:47 You would’ve thought that a Championship club should have a minimum capacity that they must have. We would fill the whole stand along with a few others, shambles. Reply |
| 6. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 16:23 Fans have been sold down the river by the financial backer, who isn’t even the owner. Disgrace that the SPFL/SFA have even approved the ground for games as well. And absolute shambles of a situation and even their fans believe the aim was to win promotion and use Hampden for games. Reply |
| 7. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 16:29 They could have developed Lesser Hampden to be a proper community stadium that could be used for QP games and maybe less exciting under 21s/18s games. Instead they have an absolutely rotten looking box in the middle of the stand. Reply |
| 8. Author: pars no1 Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 16:39 They moved there a couple of seasons ago. They are only using hampden while it is being refurbished. The SFA bought Hampden off them Reply |
| 9. Author: McNaughton Scores! Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 18:39 It`s worth remembering that the SFA bought Hampden from Queens Park using money lent to them by Willie Haughey, who was/is Queens Park`s financial backer. All done to ensure that Scotland International games and the SFA stayed in Glasgow rather than the more sensible option of playing them at Murrayfield. He`ll ride off into the sunset with "job done" and not a care in the world if QP have a ground fit for purpose or not. Reply |
| 10. Author: DBA Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 19:02 McNaughton Scores!, Tue 22 Apr 18:39 Murrayfield the more sensible option? If you say so! Reply |
| 11. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 19:06 Murrayfield is better in terms of capacity, shape and location, but apart from that... Reply |
| 12. Author: Buster_Brown Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 19:33 Murrayfield has the same problems as Hampden, I’m not sure it is a better location although I do like the fact it’s in our capital city and I do think that it makes sense to have a dual stadium. There was also the problem with office space, the SRU wouldn’t let the SFA use offices or keep the money from hospitality…..so there was more too it. Anyway, this is about Queens Park and I think I it’s safe to say that the Queens Park supporters have been sold a duff with this. A “royal box” and a stand that’s no better than what has been built at the Meadowbank Stadium. They moved back to Hampden because it wasn’t fit for purpose but with the vulture capitalist now walking, the club have no other option than to use it. Reply |
| 13. Author: kelty_par Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 19:55 Hopefully they can install temporary seating or a terrace behind the goal otherwise there`s going to be a lot of disappointed fans next season, especially away fans. Reply |
| 14. Author: coventrypar Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 20:48 They are no different to many - but that said - let’s do some simple arithmetic. 1000 fans x 20 home games x £20 a head = £400k 25 players averaging £600 a week for a year contract = £780k That excludes manager coaches staff upkeep etc etc Busted flush before the season begins. And yes it’s a bit simplistic, not factoring in kids prices - concessions etc. "If you have no kind words to say you should say nothing more at all" Reply |
| 15. Author: Hunter78 Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 21:18 coventrypar, Tue 22 Apr 20:48 You need to counter in VAT deductions, costs paid to ticket supplier etc. Works out around £7.50 per ticket nett per attendee, nowhere near £20! Reply |
| 16. Author: coventrypar Date: Tue 22nd Apr 2025. 21:32 Topic Originator: Hunter78 like Date: Tue 22 Apr 21:18 You need to counter in VAT deductions, costs paid to ticket supplier etc. Works out around £7.50 per ticket nett per attendee, nowhere near £20! ............. I said it was simple arithmetic - so while I think you have gone in one direction with ticket income and unrealistic - I went the other.... similarly unrealistic route. I think we can both agree Hunter, that even if it was somewhere in-between you have got to have a few million to lose or be crooked or unrealistic to own a football club ! And VAT works both ways - you claim back what you spend on costs against your income And I think you will agree again - capping your crowd causes problems. "If you have no kind words to say you should say nothing more at all" Reply |