Queen of the South
2013–14 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerJim McIntyre
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish Championship4th
Challenge CupThird round
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round replay
Top goalscorerLeague: Iain Russell (13)
All: Derek Lyle (14)
Iain Russell (14)
Highest home attendance2,644 vs. Dundee, 10 August 2013
Lowest home attendance1,476 vs. Alloa Athletic, 11 January 2014
Average home league attendance1,724

The 2013–14 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their first season in the newly established Scottish Championship,[1] having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2] Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queen of the South finished fourth in the Scottish Championship. Their league position qualified the club for the quarter-final stage of the Scottish Premiership play-offs where they were defeated 4-3 on aggregate by Falkirk over two legs.

The club reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

The club were managed by Jim McIntyre, alongside his assistant Gerry McCabe for the 2013–14 season,[3] following the departures of Allan Johnston and Sandy Clark who left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock.[4][5] On 9 June 2014 McCabe left to become the new assistant manager at newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Dundee under Paul Hartley.[6]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

6 July 2013 Friendly Queen's Park 1 – 2 Queen of the South Lesser Hampden
15:00 QOSFC Report Lyle
Splaine 		Attendance: Closed doors
24 July 2013[7] Friendly Queen of the South 4 – 2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
19:30 McKenna 23'
Paton 51' (pen.)
Lyle 72', 88'		 QOSFC Report Harkins 47'
Teale 67'		 Attendance: 750 [11]
Referee: Murray[12]

Scottish Championship

10 August 2013 ScoChamp Match 1 Queen of the South 4 – 3 Dundee Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 45'
McGuffie 59' (pen.)
Russell 63'
Paton 70'		 QOSFC Report MacDonald 8'
Gallagher 80'
Davidson 89'		 Attendance: 2,644
Referee: Colvin
17 August 2013 ScoChamp Match 2 Livingston 3 – 3 Queen of the South Energy Assets Arena
15:00 Denholm 12'
Fordyce 58'
Hastings Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 72'
Mullen 80'		 QOSFC Report Russell 38'
McGuffie 44' (pen.)
Reilly 86'		 Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Muir
28 September 2013 ScoChamp Match 7 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell 26' QOSFC Report Turner 19'
Fleming 87'		 Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Clancy
5 October 2013 ScoChamp Match 8 Falkirk 2 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy 33' (pen.), 85' QOSFC Report Russell 57' Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Beaton
19 October 2013 ScoChamp Match 10 Dundee 2 – 1 Queen of the South Dens Park
15:00 MacDonald 78'
Beattie 89'		 QOSFC Report Lyle 80' Attendance: 4,357
Referee: McLean
23 November 2013 ScoChamp Match 14 Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Queen of the South Stark's Park
15:00 Elliot 63', 87' QOSFC Report Reilly 62' Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Northcroft
14 December 2013 ScoChamp Queen of the South A – A Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 BBC Sport Referee: Brines
Note: Abandoned due to high winds
21 December 2013 ScoChamp Match 16 Queen of the South 2 – 2 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Paton 17'
Durnan 45'		 QOSFC Report McNulty 4', 77' Attendance: 1,523
Referee: Cook
25 January 2014 ScoChamp Greenock Morton A – A Queen of the South Cappielow Park
15:00 BBC Sport Referee: D Robertson
Note: Abandoned due to death of spectator[13]
29 January 2014 ScoChamp Match 21 Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Queen of the South Cappielow Park
19:30 Campbell 86' QOSFC Report Russell 44' Red card 51'
Higgins Red card 45'		 Attendance: 2,341
Referee: Anderson
1 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 22 Livingston 1 – 2 Queen of the South Energy Assets Arena
15:00 McNulty 40' (pen.) QOSFC Report Durnan 55'
Lyle 79'		 Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Aitken
8 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 23 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Reilly 81', 86' QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,818
Referee: Brines
15 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 24 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Dundee Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Conroy 45' (pen.) Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Cook
22 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 25 Falkirk 1 – 0 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Millar 90' (pen.) QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,862
Referee: Colvin
25 March 2014 ScoChamp Match 30 Dundee 1 – 0 Queen of the South Dens Park
19:45 Davidson 58' QOSFC Report Attendance: 3,999
Referee: Anderson
12 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 32 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Reilly 67' QOSFC Report Alston 59'
Beck 61'
Flynn Red card 68'		 Attendance: 1,863
Referee: Allan
15 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 33 Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:45 Cardle 4'
Watson 7'
Baird 81'
Donaldson Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 85'		 QOSFC Report Durnan 37', 45' Attendance: 993
Referee: Aitken
19 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 34 Dumbarton 0 – 3 Queen of the South Bet Butler Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Russell 17'
Lyle 52'
Holt 66'		 Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Graham

Premiership play-offs

10 May 2014 Play-offs QF R2 Falkirk 3 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 agg.)		 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy 53'
Sibbald 70'
Alston 118'		 QOSFC Report McHugh 36' Attendance: 4,427
Referee: Murray

Scottish Challenge Cup

27 July 2013 Round 1 Queen of the South 4 – 0 Spartans Palmerston Park
15:00 McKenna 12', 23'
Lyle 18'
Holt 68'		 QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,224
Referee: D Robertson
17 September 2013 Round 3 Queen of the South 0 – 3 Rangers Palmerston Park
19:45 Higgins Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 75' QOSFC Report Mohsni 7'
Daly 75'
McCulloch 83'		 Attendance: 6,155
Referee: Murray

Scottish League Cup

3 August 2013 Round 1 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Annan Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 59', 67', 69' QOSFC Report Watson Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 58' Attendance: 1,588
Referee: P Robertson
27 August 2013 Round 2 Queen of the South 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) St Mirren Palmerston Park
19:45 McKenna 103'
Paton 115'		 QOSFC Report Thompson 95' Attendance: 2,073
Referee: Charleston

Scottish Cup

30 November 2013 Round 4 Queen of the South 2 – 2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell 35'
Paton 72'		 QOSFC Report Newton 9'
Thompson 51'		 Attendance: 2,176
Referee: Clancy
10 December 2013 Round 4 Replay St Mirren 3 – 0 Queen of the South St Mirren Park
19:45 Harkins 19'
Thompson 74'
Kelly 87'		 QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Allan

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Chris Higgins Scotland 33 Club Captain
MF Stephen McKenna Scotland 7 Vice Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie Scotland 1 Vice Captain
DF Mark Durnan Scotland 6 Vice Captain

Last updated: 10 May 2014
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 10 May 2014[14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish ChampionshipOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Wales WAL Calum Antell 1609+103+003+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Zander Clark 29024+002+000+003+00
GK England ENG James Atkinson 403+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Scott Hooper 101+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Mark Durnan 35528+053+001+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins 34325+123+002+013+00
DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGuffie 1539+122+002+110+00
DF Scotland SCO Chris Mitchell 40031+003+002+103+00
DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 36227+125+003+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 41228+215+013+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Lewis Kidd 601+301+100+000+00
MF United States USA Kevin Dzierzawski 18010+400+201+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Paul Burns 31122+312+002+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 13010+102+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Carmichael 3309+1602+201+102+00
MF Scotland SCO Ian McShane 38324+434+101+103+00
MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKenna 30317+603+022+012+00
MF Scotland SCO Dan Orsi 200+100+000+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Patrick Slattery 100+000+100+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Derek Young 23012+402+202+001+00
FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 451428+6134+102+103+01
FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 461425+1074+133+031+21
FW Scotland SCO Gavin Reilly 411219+14120+300+302+00
FW Scotland SCO Michael Paton 38624+633+003+021+11
FW Scotland SCO Aidan Smith 000+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Robert McHugh 15510+322+030+000+00
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 10 May 2014
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Other 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
WalesGKCalum Antell 0000000000
ScotlandGKZander Clark 0010000010
EnglandGKJames Atkinson 0100000001
ScotlandDFScott Hooper 0000000000
ScotlandDFMark Durnan 6110000071
ScotlandDFChris Higgins 6121000082
ScotlandDFRyan McGuffie 2000100030
ScotlandDFChris Mitchell 6000001070
ScotlandDFAndy Dowie 3000000030
ScotlandDFKevin Holt 4010100060
ScotlandDFLewis Kidd 0010000010
United StatesMFKevin Dzierzawski 1000000010
ScotlandMFPaul Burns 6000000060
ScotlandMFMark Kerr 1000000010
ScotlandMFDaniel Carmichael 1000000010
ScotlandMFIan McShane 4000000040
ScotlandMFStephen McKenna 6000100070
ScotlandMFDan Orsi 0000000000
ScotlandMFPatrick Slattery 0000000000
ScotlandMFDerek Young 2000000020
ScotlandFWIain Russell 5100201081
ScotlandFWDerek Lyle 6000001070
ScotlandFWGavin Reilly 0000000000
ScotlandFWMichael Paton 2000000020
ScotlandFWAidan Smith 0000000000
ScotlandFWRobert McHugh 0000000000

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Wales Calum Antell 2 2 1 0 5
2 GK Scotland Zander Clark 9 0 0 1 10
3 GK England James Atkinson 1 0 0 0 1
Totals1221116

Last updated: 10 May 2014
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Top Scorers

Last updated on 10 May 2014
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1ScotlandDerek Lyle 733114
=ScotlandIain Russell 1300114
3ScotlandGavin Reilly 1200012
4ScotlandMichael Paton 30216
5ScotlandMark Durnan 50005
=ScotlandRobert McHugh 23005
7ScotlandStephen McKenna 02103
=ScotlandRyan McGuffie 20103
=ScotlandChris Higgins 20103
=ScotlandIan McShane 30003
11ScotlandAndy Dowie 20002
=ScotlandKevin Holt 11002
13ScotlandPaul Burns 10001


Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Hamilton Academical (O, P) 36 19 10 7 68 41 +27 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33 +26 66 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 16 7 13 53 39 +14 55
5 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 +1 51
6 Livingston 36 13 7 16 51 56 −5 46
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHHAAHHAHHAHAHHAAHA
ResultWDLDLWLLDLWLWLWDWLWWDWWLLWDWWLWLLWWD
Position236695777988787878866444544444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2014. Source: [16]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Brechin 0-6 Queen of the South". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Jim McIntyre named new manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Allan Johnston becomes new manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kilmarnock get their man". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "McCabe exits Queens for Dundee" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. 1 2 "Two Friendlies Arranged". qosfc.co.uk. Queen of the South F.C. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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  30. ↑ "Two more sign in deadline day deals". annanathleticfc.com. Annan Athletic. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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