Derek Young broke two ducks at Hampden on Saturday as Forfar progressed to the second round of the Scottish League Cup with a comfortable win.
Young scored his first-ever goal at the national stadium and it was enough to help him savour a first success at the famous old ground.
The midfielder said: “That was my first goal and my first win in five visits here.
“The previous games had seen four defeats and a draw so it has not been too kind a place for me.
“My last game was with Aberdeen in a Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic and I ended up playing centre-half as Andrew Considine was sent off and we lost 4-0.
“It is a great place to come.
“To finally win here and get a goal is a bit special.
“It was a good team performance and if you cannot enjoy playing at Hampden you should not be playing the game.”
The opening goal came on 16 minutes with Chris Templeman the driving force behind it as he burst into the Queens Park box.
He was eventually crowded out but the ball broke to Martyn Fotheringham who teed up Young to send a low 18-yard shot into the net.
Young added: “We have been working on supporting the strikers more in pre-season and it worked to plan today.
“I was playing in more of a defensive role last season so it is good to score again.”
It was game over on 29 minutes when Young was barged in the back by Bryan Wharton in the box and, although Fotheringham’s spot-kick was saved by Willie Muir, Danny Denholm was first on the scene to slam the loose ball into the net.
Fotheringham almost made up for his miss with a cheeky 40 yard effort that drifted inches wide before Gavin Swankie was denied when Queens substitute Scott Gibson got back to clear his effort from the goal-line.
Loons boss Dick Campbell said: “It was a tricky looking tie but I thought we deserved to win the game.
“It was a good supporting run from Derek and a good finish for the first goal and no-one could deny it was a penalty.
“I made changes as I was not happy with the performance against Montrose last weekend and I got the response I was after.”