The Queen and Scottish football and how Hampden roared for new monarch without seeing a ball kicked

In paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a host of football clubs south of the border have taken to social media to post photos of some historic moments involving their side and the late monarch. Newcastle United, for example, haven’t won a major domestic trophy in England since 1955 and it’s a measure of the length of her reign that she presented the Magpies with the FA Cup that day at Wembley after their final win over Manchester City.

Others took to social media to share similar snaps and there is of course the enduring sporting image of The Queen handing over the Jules Rimet trophy to triumphant England skipper Bobby Moore following their extra time World Cup final win over West Germany.

But she experienced a packed Hampden long before any of those full house Wembley occasions, albeit not for a football fixture. Instead, the special Hampden roar from the crammed terraces came when the Queen visited the old lady of Mount Florida as part of the celebrations to mark her coronation in 1953.

Along with the Duke, she was driven to Hampden Park for a youth rally after lunch at the City Chambers where a huge crowd of around 70,000 waited for her in what was one of the biggest events of the Coronation tour of Scotland, coming just weeks after she was crowned Queen on June 2, 1953.

Twelve months later, again at Hampden Park, a capacity crowd watched Celtic defeat Hibs 2-0 to win the one-off Coronation Cup and become the unofficial champions of Britain. It was an eight-team tournament involving four top teams from either side of the border.

Manchester United, Arsenal, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur represented England with Rangers and Aberdeen also taking part alongside the finalists. The Hoops defeated