By The Spider
January 1 2003

"The Men With The Educated Feet" edited by F. H. C. Robertson (QPSA 1984 & 1995) and updated by H. S. Cook (QPFC 1992)

Unlike the Richard Robinson and Bob Crampsey books, "The Men With The Educated Feet" has little by way of storyline as it is a statistical and pictorial book detailing results and line-ups of all Queen's competitive matches.

Those visitors to the Glasgow Room of the Mitchell Library during the winter of 1983 may well have wondered why so many young men were simultaneously taking an interest in newspaper cuttings of the previous hundred odd years. Little would they realise that these were members of the Queen's Park Supporters Association who were assisting Forrest Robertson with statistical research to compile a virtually complete record of the results, teams and scorers of every competitive game played in the Club's history.

Due to limited funding, the first (November 1984) and second (January 1985) editions were of basic quality but still fulfilled their function of providing supporters with a detailed statistical history of the Club's fortunes. The Club themselves decided to publish a third and revised edition in December 1992 and this time little expense was spared in the production of this most recent version. The photos had been enhanced where necessary by the latest (at that time) in computer technology and the print was clear and easy to follow.

It contains fifty group photos (forty-seven first team, one Strollers XI and two Committee) as well as five appendices of compiled information to satisfy the appetite of even the most dedicated of anoraks.

Although now almost ten years out of date, it is still a remarkable reference book and copies are still available on match days from the Club Shop together with summaries of subsequent seasons (provided by queensparkspiders.co.uk).