Norman Blount

[5][6] Very quickly new ideas came along that showed that the club was in a new era:- The highlight on the pitch of the Blount regime was Queens making it to the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup for the first time.

[5] Two time divisional player of the year Andy Thomson was transferred for a Queens record fee of £250,000 in 1994.

As Thomson was to say on his return over a decade later, "Things have changed quite a bit while I've been away - a new stand, a completely new set-up and a more modern type of training system".

It has been under Bradford and then succeeding chairman Davie Rae that the seeds sown by Blount have really come to fruition on the pitch.

Blount is among the organisers in the events for the Queen of the South testimonial season of Andy Aitken.