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.
Proposed mergers and relocations of the Fitzroy Football Club operations were merged with the ten-year-old Brisbane Football Club to become what is now the Brisbane Lions Football Club. There were as many as seven merger proposals, and two separate discussions of permanent relocation as a stand alone entity. Despite the AFL license being taken over by Brisbane, Fitzroy Football Club Ltd remained in Melbourne. A plan for Fitzroy to relocate to Sydney had its beginnings in Easter 1979, when Fitzroy president Frank Bibby and Graeme Plum (Fitzroy committeeman 1979-1983) were invited by Kevin Humphries, president of the NSW Rugby League, to the Sydney Cricket Ground, for the 'Rugby League