Queen of the South FC is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries.  The town got its nickname Queen of the South from David Dunbar, a local poet, who in 1857 stood for Parliament in the General Election. In one of his addresses, he called Dumfries "Queen of the South" and this became synonymous with the town.  Queen of the South was invited to join the Scottish Football league at its lowest level, the newly created Third Division in 1923. They were promoted in 1925 to the Second Division and in 1933 they were promoted as runners-up. The newcomers took the First Division by storm, finishing in fourth place, their highest placing to date. The club kept their place in the top division in the restructuring of 1946. Relegation in 1950 was a temporary setback, the club storming back as Division “B” champions the following season. They went down again in 1959, returned in 1962 and were relegated back to Division Two in 1964. They have not returned to the top level since. In 1975 the club finished in second place but as the league was restructured, this was only enough to secure them a place in the new First Division (second level) for the following season. They bounced between the second and third tier during the 1980s and spent the whole of the 1990s in the Second Division (third tier) until, in 2002, when they returned to the First Division (level two).  In April 2008, Queen of the South beat Aberdeen in an epic match at Hampden to reach their first ever Scottish Cup final against Rangers. In a dramatic game, Rangers were 2-0 up at half-time but Queen of the South  drew level with two goals in eight minutes after the break. The decisive goal came for Rangers in the 73rd minute to end Queen of the South's fairytale cup campaign. They were relegated from the First Division at the end of the 2011-12 season, but bounced back immediately, finishing as champions the following season. They remained in the Championship (second tier of Scottish football) until 2022 when they were relegated to League One.