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The grounds of Queens Park Football Club. They are the only fully amateur club in the Scottish Professional leagues. Their ground is Lesser Hampden and has a small stand with about 300 seats which sits next to the national stadium Hampden Park. The amateur status is reflected by its Latin motto, 'Ludere Causa Ludendi' – 'To Play for the Sake of Playing'. It is said that the white building just behind the stand in the image is the oldest building in any football league in the UK to be still be in use by a football club.

Tenements on Somerville Drive facing stadium

This shot is at the exterior of the stadium at the precise time of gate opening. The women's football game outcome would become USA 3 and Colombia 0.

On Queens Park (Lesser Hampden) a Junior Tournament is about to start between at least four teams that I could see. This is all happening after the 5 year olds have had their session and before the first team play in Scottish Division 2 in the afternoon, though they are playing away. A very busy ground.

In the shadow of Hampden Park, used by Queen's Park youth teams.

Sandwiched between two takeaways on Cathcart Road is this typical red stone apartment block with a first floor flat currently up for sale at £55k. Within a stones throw of Hampden Park!

Closer view of the front door to this red stone apartment block Image] which retains its original Victorian tiling in the entrance porch and grey marble walls to the front of the property.

Jax Thoirs of Scotland makes his third attempt to clear a height of 5.55 metres, but sadly didn't achieve it. If he had achieved it, he would have beaten his own Scottish National record of 5.50 metres which he set in June 2013. Jax just missed a medal, finishing 4th with a height of 5.45 metres - the same height as Shawn Barber, who came 3rd because he had fewer failed attempts. Seen from the upper tier of the stand, section Q

Luke Cutts of England makes his first attempt at a vault of 5.60 metres in the Pole Vault at the Commonwealth Games 2014. He failed to achieve the height in all 3 attempts, and won the Silver Medal with a vault of 5.55 metres. Steve Lewis also failed at 5.60 metres, and won the Gold Medal with 5.55 metres but fewer failed attempts. Seen from the upper tier of the stand, section Q

3 competitors in the mens' 3000 metres steeplechase tackle the water jump. They are the 3 Kenyan athletes who led from an early stage to win all 3 medals, Jarius Birech in the lead here, who finished 2nd to gain the Silver medal, Jonathan Ndiku who won the Gold medal and Ezekiel kemboi Cheboi who won bronze. Matt Hughes of Canada is approaching the jump and finished 4th, and James Wilkinson of England is just passing the pole vault area and finished 5th. Seen from the upper tier of the stand, section Q