Young Football Player

As the birthplace of football, the UK is naturally the first country in the world to start a large number of football clubs.

The earliest established football club in the world that is widely recognized at present is Sheffield United, which is currently struggling in the English Championship.

Those early football clubs were actually amateur clubs, because at that time, various football rules had not yet been formulated, and even different clubs used their own rules, and there was no such thing as professional leagues and professional players. That's all amateur clubs.

Amateur clubs, simply put, are a group of people who gather together because they love football, and make an appointment to play football together to have fun. The team will neither pay the players nor punish the players or coaches for losing. .

In a word, it is Buddha nature.

In amateur clubs, most people have legitimate jobs, playing football is just their usual hobby, and work is the way for them to earn money and support their families.

Before football was professionalized, football clubs all over the world were amateurs.

Queen's Park is the earliest football club in Scotland, and they are not only the earliest, but also the ancestor of Scottish football and the pioneer of Scottish football.

At the beginning of its establishment, Queen's Park quickly had a huge influence. At present, many things in Scottish football have the shadow of Queen of the Park.

The earliest Scottish Football Association was established under the leadership of the Queen of the Park. The earliest Scottish national team was also led by Queen's Park. Even the earliest Scottish national team jersey was simply the dark blue jersey of Queen's Park at that time. Looked at the team logo.

In the first game of the Scottish national team, all 11 starting players came from Queen's Park Club.

Although there was no professional league at that time, England had already organized a special football match, namely the FA Cup, the earliest football match in the world.

So Scotland, under the leadership of Queen's Park, also formed a competition, which is now the Scottish FA Cup.

During the pioneering period of Scottish football, the influence of Queen's Park was unparalleled. They participated in almost everything in Scottish football, and at that time, Queen's Park also directly affected the progress of world football with its own influence.

Queen's Park first stipulated that after a foul, the ball should be re-kicked at the place where the foul was committed, and it gradually developed into today's free kick rule.

Queen's Park first asked for time in the middle of the game to rehydrate the players and recover their strength, which slowly turned into today's half-time break.

Queen's Park was the first to add a bar on top of the two columns to control the size of the goal, which is today's goal beam.

Relying on its huge influence, Queen's Park was very strong in the early days of Scottish football. In 20 years, it reached the Scottish FA Cup final 12 times and won 10 championships. Even today, only the Glasgow duo have won more FA Cups than Queen's Park in Scottish football.

At the same time, due to their strong strength, Queen's Park was also invited to participate in the FA Cup. They also reached the final twice, but unfortunately lost to Blackburn in the end.

It's a pity that such a team with a glorious history, they chose the wrong direction at a critical moment in the rolling tide of football history.

When football has developed to a certain level, professionalization will inevitably come.

In the face of the professionalization of football, some people supported it and some opposed it. The supporters believed that professionalization could allow more money to enter the football project and make football more influential. The opponents believed that professionalization would damage those A huge number of small clubs put them at risk of being eliminated.

Given the circumstances at the time, Queen's Park was located in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, and had a huge influence in world football. It was impossible to encounter the problems that small clubs would encounter after professionalization such as shortage of funds.

If they become professional and participate in professional leagues, then the Scottish league today may not have anything to do with the Celtics and Rangers, and the Scottish league is likely to become a one-star multi-strong league like the Bundesliga.

Even if there are some problems in Queen's Park itself, it is conservatively estimated that it will be a situation of the Portuguese Super League's triwizard competition.

However, as the most influential club in Scotland, Queens Park feels that it should lead by example and safeguard the interests of many small clubs, as well as the original intention of its own club, in the face of many small clubs' joint protests against professionalization.

Therefore, Queen's Park publicly stated that it will never be professionalized in the future.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the influence of the newly established professional league is growing like a rocket due to the support of a large number of resources. The good players in the amateur clubs are also due to the generous treatment of the professional team, while the amateur team does not even have a basic salary. None, all switched to professional teams.

In this way, Queen's Park is like an abandoned boat. Although he was once the leader who led everyone to ride the wind and waves, he is now stranded on an isolated island with no basis for advancement or retreat.

Although there used to be a large number of diehard fans who stayed behind at Queen's Park, time will not spare anyone. The diehard fans of the year have passed away in batches. An amateur team like Queen's Park cannot attract newly grown young fans, and its influence is also limited. Getting smaller and smaller.

However, Queen's Park is still sticking to its unprofessional oath, just like their club motto says: "play for love".

Although Queens Park now has to participate in low-level professional leagues because the quality of amateur games is too low, they are still an amateur team. The salary is divided, and the game tickets are also very cheap, as long as it can maintain the operation of the club.

Hampton Park is the home ground of Queens Park.

Of course, it was not the original home stadium. Today's Hampton Park Stadium has been renovated many times.

Queen's Park has no money to renovate the stadium. The money is paid by the Scottish Football Association. As a price, the Hampton Park stadium is free for the Scottish national team, just like when the Scottish national team was first established.

However, the ownership of the stadium is still in the hands of Queen's Park.

In fact, as an amateur club, Queens Park's financial resources are very limited, and sometimes it will inevitably fall into financial difficulties.

Whenever this time, the Scottish Football Association will propose that they buy the ownership of Hampton Park Stadium to help Queen's Park through the difficulties.

But every time, Queen's Park will refuse without hesitation.

Keeping their last piece of land is their last stubbornness.