The following article explains how the club came to be founded and was originally published in the 'Standard' of the 22nd March 1919 and reproduced in the publication, "The Queens - 75 years of Scottish Football", available from the Club Shop.
REVIVAL OF FOOTBALL
A largely attended meeting was held in the Town Hall, Dumfries, last night to consider the question of resuscitating Football in the town, and forming a club to embrace the leading players of the former Dumfries and K.O.S.B. and the present Arrol-Johnston Clubs. Mr A. McGeorge, Nunfield, presided, and was accompanied on the platform by Mr W. Hume, Gordon Street.
The Chairman paid a feeling tribute to those former companions on the football field who had gone forth at their country's call, and had fallen in the War. He went on to say that it was now more than four years since they had competitive football in the locality, and that the meeting had been called to make an endeavor to revive the game. The idea they wanted to materialise was that instead of the former divided support, they should have one good team.
Mr T. Steele moved that a senior club be formed from Dumfries and Maxwelltown to start business next season, and this was agreed to unanimously.
It was agreed by a large majority that the name of the new team be "Queen of the South United." It was also decided that the club should be run on a professional basis, with a bonus system, the arrangement of the bonus to be left to the Committee.
In addition to the information above our Club Historian, Ian Black, has researched the minute books to provide a definitive description of the venues that can be credited with playing a part in the formation of Queen of the South.
The first meeting was held in Dumfries Town Hall with the second being held on the 26th March 1919 in the New Bazaar Hotel, at that meeting Mr McGeorge moved that no future meetings should be held in licensed premises a proposal that was carried by a 14 to 7 majority. The club secretary then arranged the third meeting to be held in the Y.M.C.A. on the 4th April 1919. During the first year of the clubs existence meetings were held in the Wesley Halls (connected to the Baptist Church close to where the Robert the Bruce public house is nowadays), the Mens Own in Maxweltown (location unknown) and then Palmerston Park.
It is also interesting to note that at the second meeting the club colours were decided as royal blue shirts with white 'knickers' and that original strips were offered and accepted from Arrol Johnson and the King's Own Scottish Borderer's side.
WHO WE ARE
Queen of the South Football Club Limited
Palmerston Park
Colours: Royal Blue and White
Dumfries
Telephone: 01387 254853
Scotland
Fax: 01387 240470
DG2 9BA
Commercial: 01387 240472
WHERE WE PLAY
Palmerston Park, Dumfries, DG2 9BA
Capacity - Total
6,412
Capacity - Standing
2,903
Capacity - Seated
3,509
Pitch Dimensions
112yards x 73yards
FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT
Manager Gordon Chisholm
Assistant Manager Kenny Brannigan
Strikers Coach Billy Dodds
Goalkeeping Coach Peter Latchford
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
John S Kerr, M.C.S.P, S.R.P. Physiotherapist
YOUTH COACHES
Clark Adams, Alan Goodwin, David Robison, Scott Solley, Dave Hutton, Andy Irving, Mark McMinn, Neil Sloan, Craig Wilson
BEHIND THE SCENES
Chairman : David Rae
Vice Chairman : Craig Paterson
Directors
Thomas G Harkness
Allan Ball (Honorary)
Colin Rutherford
William J Hewitson
Club Secretary : Eric Moffat
Commercial Department : Mark McMinn
Press Officer : Bill Goldie - 01387 265569
Groundsman : Kevin McCormick
Queen of the South Museum : Ian Black
Programme Editorial Team : Martin Bethel, Ewan Lithgow, Colin Paterson, John Paterson, Andy Penn, Colin Rutherford
Club Doctor : Dr Guy Beaumont
Club Camera man : Drew Low
REGULAR WEBSITE CONTRIBUTORS
Ian Black Q&A & Queens history
Bill Goldie Pre & post match news
David Gow Away match photo's and video clips
Ewan Lithgow Away day match reporter
Website design and uncredited content : Colin Johnstone - 01461 205227(Tel/Fax), webmaster@qosfc.com(email)
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