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David 'Davie' Rae is a former Scottish chair of Queen of the South in Dumfries. Rae was the third of three chairmen to rebuild and revitalise the Dumfries club from the mid-1990s, replacing the previous regime under Harkness, when the club had gone into stagnation and decline from the late 1960s.

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Queens pre Rae

A retired farmer, Davie Rae became chairman of Queen of the South when Ronnie Bradford stepped down due to ill health in June 2003. Bradford's predecessor, Norman Blount had taken over Queen of the South in April 1994. Under the previous regime Queens had been in stagnation and decline since the late 1960s. Blount immediately set about modernising and rebuilding the club. 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. This was in 1997 where a battling Queens side lost out by 1–0 to Falkirk. Man of the match was Queens' Tommy Bryce. [2] However, in November 1999 Blount candidly announced that he felt that he had taken the club as far as he could and resigned from being chairman. [1]

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". Thomson added, "Norman Blount was an excellent chairman." [3]

The chairmanship was taken over by Ronnie Bradford who continued the progressive ambition started under Blount. It was under Bradford that the seeds at 'New Queens' further came to fruition, [1] namely:-

Ronnie Bradford left due to ill health in June 2003. The chairmanship was taken over by Davie Rae. [1]

The Rae regime

Queens progressed to the 2006–07 Scottish Cup quarter final before losing 2–1 to Hibernian. At the end of that season Davie Rae announced that Queens were to go full-time for the 2007–08 season. This was to produce remarkable success. [1]

Queens surpassed the 2006–07 Scottish Cup run by progressing beyond the quarter-finals and then eliminating Aberdeen in the 2007–08 semi-final. In the club's first ever Scottish Cup cup final Queens went down 3–2 to Rangers but still qualified for the 2nd qualification round of the UEFA Cup. After an injury plagued start to the season Queens recovered to finish fourth in the second tier of Scottish football. [1]

In the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualification round Queens were eliminated after a battling away leg against FC Nordsjælland in Denmark. [1]

Players to have signed for Queens during the Rae regime include Jamie MacDonald (capped for Scotland under 21s while at Queens), Steve Tosh, Neil MacFarlane and Stephen Dobbie. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ""Club History" on the official Queen of the South website". Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Tommy Bryce profile on "Queens Legends" on the official Queen of the South FC website". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Andy Thomson profile on "Queens Legends" on the official Queen of the South FC website". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009.
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