Liverpool's Andrew Robertson is one of the talents Queen's Park could not benefit from financiallyQueen's Park's members have voted to end 152 years as amateurs and Scotland's oldest club will now move towards the professional ranks. The Glasgow club are the last remaining amateur side in the Scottish Professional Football League. "The committee of the club plotted a course to try to defend ourselves against the threats of other ambitious clubs around about us wishing to become a senior league club," former Queen's Park striker Crawley told BBC Scotland. Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson, Dundee United striker Lawrence Shankland and Ross County midfielder Blair Spittal are just three of the most recent products from the Queen's Park academy. After the vote, Queen's Park thanked "members and supporters" via Twitter for their input in recent months.

Source: BBC November 14, 2019 20:47 UTC