Queen of the South
2012–13 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerAllan Johnston[1]
StadiumPalmerston Park
Second Division1st (champions)
Challenge CupWinners
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nicky Clark (32)
All:
Nicky Clark (41)
Highest home attendance2,568 vs. East Fife, 27 April 2013
Lowest home attendance1,247 vs. Forfar Athletic, 11 August 2012
Average home league attendance1,670

The 2012–13 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the Scottish Second Division after an absence of a decade after the club's relegation from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.[2] Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queen of the South finished first in the Second Division to be crowned champions and were promoted to the Scottish Championship. The club were also the winners of the Challenge Cup to complete a historic double for the club and also reached the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

7 July 2012[3] Friendly Clyde 1 – 3 Queen of the South East Kilbride
QOSFC Report Carmichael
Lyle
McKay 		Attendance: Closed doors
17 July 2012 Friendly Queen's Park 0 – 2 Queen of the South Lesser Hampden
QOSFC Report Reilly 5'
A. Trialist 80'		 Attendance: Closed doors

Scottish Second Division

18 August 2012 Second Division Match 2 East Fife 0 – 0 Queen of the South Bayview Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Johnston Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card 88' Attendance: 628
Referee: Roache
1 September 2012 Second Division Match 4 Queen of the South 6 – 0 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Gibson 17'
Clark 37'
Reilly 53', 64', 90'
Smith 87'		 QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,554
Referee: McKendrick
15 September 2012 Second Division Match 5 Ayr United 2 – 4 Queen of the South Somerset Park
15:00 MacKinnon 9', 19' QOSFC Report Clark 16'
Burns 31'
Reilly 62', 69'		 Attendance: 1,373
Referee: Muir
6 October 2012 Second Division Match 8 Stranraer 0 – 2 Queen of the South Stair Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Reilly 28'
Clark 90'		 Attendance: 1,015
Referee: Cook
20 October 2012 Second Division Match 9 Queen of the South 2 – 2 Stenhousemuir Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan 2'
Young Red card 45'
Clark 48'
Holt Red card 90'		 QOSFC Report Gemmell 68'
Ferguson 71' (pen.)		 Attendance: 1,531
Referee: Hilland
17 November 2012 Second Division Match 11 Arbroath 2 – 3 Queen of the South Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris 45' (pen.), 90' (pen.) QOSFC Report Clark 22'
Higgins 28'
Durnan 60'		 Attendance: 691
Referee: Roache
20 November 2012 Second Division Match 12 Forfar Athletic 1 – 5 Queen of the South Station Park
19:30 Dunlop Red card 21'
Swankie 25'		 QOSFC Report Clark 5', 49'
McGuffie 22' (pen.)
Durnan 27'
Hopkirk 81'		 Attendance: 391
Referee: Aitken
24 November 2012 Second Division Match 13 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Ayr United Palmerston Park
15:00 McGuffie 16'
Clark 55'		 QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,953
Referee: Anderson
8 December 2012 Second Division Alloa Athletic P – P Queen of the South Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
26 December 2012 Second Division Match 16 Queen of the South 4 – 1 Stranraer Palmerston Park
15:00 Clark 31', 63', 70'
Smith 84'		 QOSFC Report McKeown 20' Attendance: 2,122
Referee: Graham
5 January 2013 Second Division Match 19 Queen of the South 5 – 1 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan Red card 20'
Lyle 54'
Clark 58', 84'
Carmichael 65'
McKenna 81'		 QOSFC Report Doris 18' Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Finnie
26 January 2013 Second Division Brechin City P – P Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
16 February 2013 Second Division Match 24 Stranraer 0 – 5 Queen of the South Stair Park
15:00 Mitchell Red card 21' QOSFC Report Burns 17'
McGuffie 24' (pen.)
Lyle 39', 71'
Clark 59'		 Attendance: 810
Referee: Salmond
23 February 2013 Second Division Match 25 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Albion Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 43'
Clark 76'
Durnan 81'		 QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,520
Referee: Anderson
26 February 2013 Second Division Brechin City P – P Queen of the South Glebe Park
19:45 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
2 March 2013 Second Division Match 26 East Fife 2 – 3 Queen of the South Bayview Stadium
15:00 McManus 64' Gormley 86' QOSFC Report Reilly 15'
Clark 66'
Durnan 69'		 Attendance: 627
Referee: Northcroft
27 March 2013 Second Division Match 30 Brechin City 0 – 6 Queen of the South Station Park[6]
19:45 McLauchlan Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 76' QOSFC Report Clark 1', 42'
Paton 3', 36'
Moyes 18' (o.g.)
Reilly 57'		 Attendance: 627
Referee: Cook
13 April 2013 Second Division Match 32 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Stranraer Palmerston Park
15:00 Holt 31'
Clark 76'		 QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Graham
20 April 2013 Second Division Match 34 Forfar Athletic 0 – 4 Queen of the South Station Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Paton 33'
Clark 54', 56', 85'		 Attendance: 555
Referee: Roache

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012 Round 1 Dumbarton 0 – 1 Queen of the South Bet Butler Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Clark 69' Attendance: 684
Referee: Hilland
18 September 2012 Round 3 Rangers 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 4 p)		 Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
19:45 McKay 55'
Kyle Yellow card 63' Red card 66'
McCulloch 72' (pen.)		 QOSFC Report Clark 49'
Gibson Yellow card 62' Yellow-red card 90'
Reilly 90'		 Attendance: 23,932
Referee: O'Reilly
Penalties
McCulloch soccer ball with check mark
Shiels soccer ball with red X
Naismith soccer ball with check mark
Black soccer ball with check mark
Argyriou soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Lyle
soccer ball with check mark Clark
soccer ball with check mark Young
soccer ball with check mark Reilly
soccer ball with check mark McGuffie
14 October 2012 Round 4 Queen of the South 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Young 9'
McGuffie 117'		 QOSFC Report Keddie 58' Attendance: 2,310
Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup

28 August 2012 Round 2 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Hibernian Palmerston Park
19:45 Clark 13'
Reilly 42'		 QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,658
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

3 November 2012 Round 3 Edinburgh City 0 – 2 Queen of the South Meadowbank Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Clark 42'
Reilly 65'		 Attendance: 1,038
Referee: Northcroft
1 December 2012 Round 4 Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Queen of the South Rugby Park
15:00 Sheridan 8'
Perez 69'		 QOSFC Report McKenna Red card 2'
Clark 77'		 Attendance: 4,295
Referee: Tumilty

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Chris Higgins Scotland 40 Club Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie Scotland 6 Vice Captain

Last updated: 5 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 27 July 2013[7][8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK England ENG James Atkinson 100+100+000+000+00
GK England ENG Lee Robinson 46036+005+003+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Steven Black 1504+700+200+101+00
DF Scotland SCO Mark Durnan 41732+065+013+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins 41332+024+003+012+00
DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGuffie 34623+454+011+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 503+101+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Chris Mitchell 42333+024+003+012+00
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 36125+314+003+000+10
MF Scotland SCO Paul Burns 28223+220+000+102+00
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Carmichael 43334+035+002+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Nicky Clark 464136+0325+043+032+02
MF Scotland SCO David Hopkirk 510+410+100+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Willie Gibson 23211+622+001+100+20
MF Scotland SCO Allan Johnston 701+401+100+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Ian McShane 200+000+000+100+10
MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKenna 40128+314+003+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Dan Orsi 1704+801+202+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Pat Slattery 403+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Derek Young 33322+423+013+001+00
FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 391423+6131+402+112+00
FW Scotland SCO Gavin Reilly 411517+14123+211+211+11
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Smith 2020+1821+100+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Michael Paton 1136+431+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 27 July 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
EnglandGKJames Atkinson 0000000000
EnglandGKLee Robinson 1010000020
ScotlandDFSteven Black 0000000000
ScotlandDFMark Durnan 4100000041
ScotlandDFChris Higgins 70300000100
ScotlandDFRyan McGuffie 0020000020
ScotlandDFMarc Fitzpatrick 0000000000
ScotlandDFChris Mitchell 5000000050
ScotlandDFKevin Holt 4120000061
ScotlandMFPaul Burns 2000000020
ScotlandMFDaniel Carmichael 2010000030
ScotlandMFNicky Clark 1000000010
ScotlandMFDavid Hopkirk 0000000000
ScotlandMFWillie Gibson 2021000041
ScotlandMFAllan Johnston 2100000021
ScotlandMFIan McShane 0000000000
ScotlandMFStephen McKenna 60301001101
ScotlandMFDan Orsi 0000000000
ScotlandMFPat Slattery 0000000000
ScotlandMFDerek Young 4110000051
ScotlandFWDerek Lyle 1010001030
ScotlandFWGavin Reilly 1000000010
ScotlandFWKevin Smith 0000000000
ScotlandFWMichael Paton 0000000000

Manager of the Month Awards

Last updated 14 June 2013
Nation Name Month
Scotland Allan Johnston[9] August
Scotland Allan Johnston[10] September
Scotland Allan Johnston[11] December
Scotland Allan Johnston[12] January
Scotland Allan Johnston[13] March

Top Scorers

Last updated on 4 May 2013
Position Nation Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1ScotlandNicky Clark 3223441
2ScotlandGavin Reilly 1211115
3ScotlandDerek Lyle 1301014
4ScotlandMark Durnan 60017
5ScotlandRyan McGuffie 50016
6ScotlandChris Higgins 20103
=ScotlandDanny Carmichael 30003
=ScotlandDerek Young 20013
=ScotlandChris Mitchell 20103
=ScotlandMichael Paton 30003
11ScotlandWillie Gibson 20002
=ScotlandPaul Burns 20002
=ScotlandKevin Smith 20002
14ScotlandStephen McKenna 10001
=ScotlandDavid Hopkirk 10001
=ScotlandKevin Holt 10001

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK England Lee Robinson 19 1 1 1 22
Totals1911122

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Queen of the South (C, P) 36 29 5 2 92 23 +69 92 Promotion to the Championship
2 Alloa Athletic (O, P) 36 20 7 9 62 35 +27 67 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59 +13 61
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 74 −7 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 57 −10 52
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHHAHAHAAAHHAAHA
ResultWDWWWWWWDWWWWLWWWWWWWDWWWWWDWWWWLWDW
Position142111111111111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [14]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Allan Johnston is named new Queen of the South manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Queen of the South: Doonhamers relegated to Division Two". STV. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Pre season friendlies announced". Queen of the South F.C. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Pre-season arrangements - update". Queen of the South F.C. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Crowd Amendment & New Grandad". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Brechin Midweek Match Moved to Forfar". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Queen of the South". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "First Team Squad". Queen of the South F.C. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - August 2012". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Magic Scoops Second Manager of the Month Award". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Third award for Magic". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Allan Johnston Collects Another Manager Award". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "Magic Wins another Award". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "Queen of the South". Statto. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "Magic tips new boy Gibson to shine for Queens". Dumfries & Galloway Standard. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "Mark Durnan Signs Up". Queen of the South F.C. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  17. ↑ "Another Addition to the Squad". Queen of the South F.C. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  18. 1 2 "Two Trialists Join Up Officially". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "David Hopkirk Signs Up". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "Paul Burns Returns". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "Michael Paton Signs Up". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  22. ↑ "Player News". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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  26. ↑ "McInally welcomes experienced signing". ClubCall. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  27. ↑ "Simmons makes Alloa switch". ClubCall. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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  29. ↑ "Ladeside get senior". Scottish Football Association. 10 July 2012.
  30. ↑ "Morton sign Reid". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  31. ↑ "Queen's Park 2-2 Annan Athletic Team news". mirrorfootball.co.uk. Daily Mirror. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  32. ↑ "Hoppy New Year". annanathleticfc.com. Annan Athletic. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  33. ↑ "Dan Orsi's Loan Extended". qosfc.com. Queen of the South. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  34. ↑ "Steven Black Heads to Annan for a Month". qosfc.com. Queen of the South. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  35. ↑ "Re-Signing News". qosfc.com. Queen of the South. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
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