A Special Occasion If You're A Spiders Fan!
whom to leave out?
By The Spider
August 26 2002
QUEEN'S PARK v BRECHIN CITY (Bells Challenge Cup - Semi Final) Tuesday, 27th August, 2002 at Hampden Park - kick off : 7.30pm
| QUEEN'S PARK v BRECHIN CITY | ||||
| (Bells Challenge Cup - Semi Final) | ||||
Tuesday, 27th August, 2002 at Hampden Park - kick off : 7.30pm (or 11.45pm if you're coming down from Angus by tractor!) |
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Possible Spiders Line-Up |
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| Tony Mitchell | ||||
| Damiano Agostini | Steven Moffat |
John Gallagher | ||
| Danny Ferry | Stephen Canning | Tony Quinn | Johnny Whelan | Jimmy Allan |
| John Gemmell | Craig Taggart | |||
| Recent Form : To get to this stage, their first appearance in a semi final in this competition, Queen's have beaten Gretna at Hampden and then won more difficult away ties at Forfar (went to penalties) and Berwick. Brechin, for their part, have efficiently disposed of Elgin (away) and then St. Johnstone and Falkirk (after penalties) at home. Given that the last two opponents were amongst the favourites to win this competition, to reach this stage (for the second year in a row) is an impressive achievement. | ||||
| Likely Outcome :
By virtue of having knocked out two top quality First Division sides, together with their
Second Division status, Brechin will visit Hampden as firm favourites to progress to the
final. For their part, Queen's will point to the defeat of Berwick (who themselves had
knocked out Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Airdrie Utd.) as proof of their ability to go
all the way. The history books are not kind to Queen's as far as recent League encounters at Hampden are concerned as the amateurs have only won three out of the last fourteen matches at the National Stadium. As far as cup games are concerned, there have only been four to date as follows:
Queen's can rightly point to the fact that (technically speaking) Brechin have never won a cup-tie at Hampden, but that will count for little on this occasion as Brechin's elder statesmen like Grant and Cairney will envisage this as their last chance to play in a national cup final. Regrettably, their experience may count against Queen's youngsters who most certainly will give their all, but which may just not be quite enough given the lack of a proven goalscorer like Templeman. Brechin to win 2-0. |
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| Statistics | ||||
Record Q.P. Win : 7 - 0 (1970-71) |
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Record Q.P. Defeat : 0 - 5 (1958-59) |
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Goals Ratio (For) : 1.54 per game |
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Goals Ratio (Against) : 1.42 per game |
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Goals Differential : 0.12 per game |
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Goals Total : 2.97 per game |
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| (H) Recent League Encounters (A) | ||||
| 1996/1997 | - |
- |
- |
- |
| 1997/1998 | - |
- |
- |
- |
| 1998/1999 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 2 |
0 - 1 |
| 1999/2000 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
0 - 0 |
| 2000/2001 | - | - | - |
- |
| 2001/2002 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 |
0 - 5 |
| Results History | ||||
COMPETITION |
PL |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
SUCCESS |
League |
86 |
29 |
21 |
36 |
133 |
125 |
45.93% |
| League Cup | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 | 2 | 0.00% |
Scottish Cup |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
100.00% |
Others |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
50.00% |
TOTAL |
90 |
31 |
21 |
38 |
139 |
128 |
46.11% |