2012–13 Queen of the South F.C. season

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.

Queen of the South
2012–13 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerAllan Johnston[1]
StadiumPalmerston Park
Second DivisionFirst (Champions)
Challenge CupWinners
League CupThird Round; Lost to Dundee United
Scottish CupFourth Round; Lost to Kilmarnock
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

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

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  69'  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  45'
Clark  48'
Holt  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  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
29 December 2012 Second Division Match 17 Stenhousemuir 1 – 3 Queen of the South Ochilview Park
15:00 Kean  90' QOSFC Report Reilly  32', 69'
Clark  55'
Attendance: 632
Referee: Tumilty
2 January 2013 Second Division Match 18 Ayr United 1 – 5 Queen of the South Somerset Park
15:00 Winters  30' QOSFC Report McStay  32' (o.g.)
Clark  43'
Carmichael  47'
McCann  69' (o.g.)
Lyle  72'
Attendance: 1,216
Referee: Dallas
5 January 2013 Second Division Match 19 Queen of the South 5 – 1 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan  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  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
16 March 2013 Second Division Match 28 Arbroath 1 – 1 Queen of the South Gayfield Park
15:00 Smith  83' QOSFC Report Clark  90' Attendance: 656
Referee: Tumilty
27 March 2013 Second Division Match 30 Brechin City 0 – 6 Queen of the South Station Park [6]
19:45 McLauchlan  41'  76' QOSFC Report Clark  1', 42'
Paton  3', 36'
Moyes  18' (o.g.)
Reilly  57'
Attendance: 627
Referee: Cook
30 March 2013 Second Division Match 31 Queen of the South 2 – 1 Brechin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan  16'
Lyle  73'
QOSFC Report Trouten  75' (pen.) Attendance: 2,026
Referee: Aitken
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
14 August 2012 Round 2 Greenock Morton 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Queen of the South Cappielow Park
19:30 Tidser  38' QOSFC Report Durnan  66'
Clark  108'
Attendance: 1,178
Referee: Salmond
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  63'  66'
McCulloch  72' (pen.)
QOSFC Report Clark  49'
Gibson  62'  90'
Reilly  90'
Attendance: 23,932
Referee: O'Reilly
Penalties
McCulloch
Shiels
Naismith
Black
Argyriou
Lyle
Clark
Young
Reilly
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

4 August 2012 Round 1 Queen of the South 5 – 2 Alloa Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Mitchell  9'
Higgins  67'
Clark  83', 85'
Lyle  89'
QOSFC Report Gordon  64'
Grehan  78'
Attendance: 967
Referee: Colvin
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
25 September 2012 Round 3 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Dundee United Palmerston Park
19:45 QOSFC Report Russell  28' Attendance: 2,374
Referee: Norris

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  2'
Clark  77'
Attendance: 4,295
Referee: Tumilty

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Chris Higgins 40 Club Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie 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 James Atkinson 100+100+000+000+00
GK Lee Robinson 46036+005+003+002+00
DF Steven Black 1504+700+200+101+00
DF Mark Durnan 41732+065+013+001+00
DF Chris Higgins 41332+024+003+012+00
DF Ryan McGuffie 34623+454+011+002+00
DF Marc Fitzpatrick 503+101+000+000+00
DF Chris Mitchell 42333+024+003+012+00
DF Kevin Holt 36125+314+003+000+10
MF Paul Burns 28223+220+000+102+00
MF Daniel Carmichael 43334+035+002+002+00
MF Nicky Clark 464136+0325+043+032+02
MF David Hopkirk 510+410+100+000+00
MF Willie Gibson 23211+622+001+100+20
MF Allan Johnston 701+401+100+000+00
MF Ian McShane 200+000+000+100+10
MF Stephen McKenna 40128+314+003+002+00
MF Dan Orsi 1704+801+202+000+00
MF Pat Slattery 403+100+000+000+00
MF Derek Young 33322+423+013+001+00
FW Derek Lyle 391423+6131+402+112+00
FW Gavin Reilly 411517+14123+211+211+11
FW Kevin Smith 2020+1821+100+000+00
FW 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
GKJames Atkinson 0000000000
GKLee Robinson 1010000020
DFSteven Black 0000000000
DFMark Durnan 4100000041
DFChris Higgins 70300000100
DFRyan McGuffie 0020000020
DFMarc Fitzpatrick 0000000000
DFChris Mitchell 5000000050
DFKevin Holt 4120000061
MFPaul Burns 2000000020
MFDaniel Carmichael 2010000030
MFNicky Clark 1000000010
MFDavid Hopkirk 0000000000
MFWillie Gibson 2021000041
MFAllan Johnston 2100000021
MFIan McShane 0000000000
MFStephen McKenna 60301001101
MFDan Orsi 0000000000
MFPat Slattery 0000000000
MFDerek Young 4110000051
FWDerek Lyle 1010001030
FWGavin Reilly 1000000010
FWKevin Smith 0000000000
FWMichael Paton 0000000000

Manager of the Month Awards

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

Top Scorers

Last updated on 4 May 2013
Position Nation Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1Nicky Clark 3223441
2Gavin Reilly 1211115
3Derek Lyle 1301014
4Mark Durnan 60017
5Ryan McGuffie 50016
6Chris Higgins 20103
=Danny Carmichael 30003
=Derek Young 20013
=Chris Mitchell 20103
=Michael Paton 30003
11Willie Gibson 20002
=Paul Burns 20002
=Kevin Smith 20002
14Stephen McKenna 10001
=David Hopkirk 10001
=Kevin Holt 10001

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK 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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Division summary

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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

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