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New claims show Queen's Park refused to go pro over love for Hampden Park cash
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dailyrecord.co.ukScottish football’s oldest club Queen’s Park once believed that the beautiful game should remain amateur.But researchers have found that their decision to reject a new era of salaries and signing-on fees in 1890 might not have been driven by the moral values of a Corinthian spirit.A study by academics at Edinburgh University’s Academy of Sport has found protecting their vast financial pulling power was a factor in the Spiders refusing to join new pro ranks 130 years ago.Queen’s Park – where Liverpool and Scotland star Andy Robertson began his senior football career – could decide how much of their gate receipts should be handed to teams who visited Hampden.But professional league rules would have forced the Glasgow club to pay a guaranteed
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