Queen’s Park stadium snag

QUEEN’S PARK have been plunged into a dispute after work on their £2.6million redevelopment of Lesser Hampden ground to a halt. Scotland’s oldest senior club completed the £5m sale of Hampden to the SFA last August. And the Spiders will play their last-ever league game at the national stadium against

Stranraer on Saturday after occupying the site for 98 years. Granted a temporary lease by the SFA until March 31, the league Two leaders plan to relocate to Hamilton or Airdrie until the end of the season. However, plans to develop a purpose-built 1,900-seat stadium at nearby lesser Hampden in time for the start of the next campaign have been plunged into turmoil following a dispute with the developers. Sportsmail understands work on the project stopped in January. And meetings are now taking place to find a solution and avoid the club being left homeless before the start of next season. Backed by the financial clout of lord Willie Haughey, ambitious Queen’s Park recently turned professional and defied the savage impact of Covid on Scottish football to turn full-time and attract ex-Hibs CEO leeann Dempster. In a question-and-answer session on You Tube, Dempster admitted work on lesser Hampden had run into difficulties, saying: ‘It has stalled at the moment. For legal reasons I can’t say much more than that, but we will soon enough.’ Asked where the club would finish the season, she added: ‘We’ve got a preferred option. But, before I confirm it, I want to dot the i’s and cross the t’s on that.’