Queen's Park Juniors Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in
Glasgow
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.
History
Despite the club's name, it was never formally part of the
Queen's Park F.C.
Queen's Park Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the , the second tier of the Scottish football pyramid. Queen's Park is the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founde ...
organization; the reserve teams of Queen's Park were called the Strollers and the Hampden XI. However, there were close links, as the Juniors played on the former ground of Queen's Park, enjoyed free entry to matches, and often provided players to Queen's Park.
The club gave its foundation date as 1870, although the earliest recorded match was a goalless draw against the Woodbank club in September 1873.
The club entered the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1875–76 the club scratched to Renton Thistle F.C., in 1876–77 the club lost 4–1 to eventual finalists
Rangers
A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called "ranging" or "scouting". The term most often refers to:
* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...
, and in 1877–78 it lost to 1–0 away to Jordanhill. The club seems to have stopped playing matches against other teams soon afterwards, its last recorded fixtures being from November 1877.
Colours
The club's colours were the same black and white jersey and hose as those of Queen's Park.
Grounds
The club played at the Recreation Park in Queen's Park, near to
Hampden Park
Hampden Park ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden'') is a association football, football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football ...
, a 2-minute walk from the Crosshill tram terminus.
Notable players
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George Ker
George Ker (26 February 1860 – 26 February 1922) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park and the Scotland national team.
Football career
Ker played for ''Queen's Park Juniors'', ''Kerland FC'', and Alexandra Athletic before ...
, future Scottish international
* Stewart Lawrie, later President of Queen's Park
* Sgt Yates, winner of the Queen's Prize for rifle-shooting in 1898 and a forward with the club in 1875