Queen of the South F.C. Queens' appearance in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final: "In the Palmerston Park club's songbook, it is clear there is no room for songs which feature religion, violent vendettas or centuries-old battles that took place in other lands." In the 2008 UEFA Cup qualifying trip to Denmark Queen of the South fans were hailed as "a great credit both to their club and to Scotland" by Danish police. About 850 supporters of the Dumfries club travelled to Denmark to watch the UEFA Cup clash with FC Nordsjaelland. Even though their team was eliminated, local police said their behaviour was impressive. Insp.
History of Queen of the South F.C. top flight football in Scotland & England. Queens hit the Scottish Football League top spot for the first time in 1938–39 and finished the season in sixth place. In 1939–40, after 5 games with Queens in ninth place, the league was abandoned, after war was declared in Europe. Scottish football was then restructured into a regionalised two league set up with an East and a West league. Queens played in the West League. The new League started on 21 October 1939. At the end of 1939–40 Queen of the South finished as runners up to Rangers in the West league.