2014–15 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Queen of the South's second consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football and their second season in the 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.

Queen of the South
2014–15 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerJim McIntyre
(until 9 September)
James Fowler
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish ChampionshipFourth
Challenge CupFirst Round; Lost to Livingston
League CupSecond Round; Lost to Livingston
Scottish CupSixth Round; Lost to Falkirk
Top goalscorerLeague: Derek Lyle (15)
All: Derek Lyle (21)
Highest home attendance6,185 vs. Rangers, 12 December 2014
Lowest home attendance1,597 vs. Raith Rovers, 22 November 2014
Average home league attendance2,778

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 3-2 on aggregate by Rangers over two legs.

The club reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the sixth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

The club began the 2014-15 season under the management of Jim McIntyre. On 9 September 2014, McIntyre and first team coach Billy Dodds left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Ross County.[3] On 30 September 2014 James Fowler was announced as the club's new player-manager.[4] On 30 March 2015 Fowler agreed a contract extension until 31 May 2016.[5]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

9 July 2014 Friendly Annan Athletic 0 – 1 Queen of the South Galabank
19:30 QOSFC Report Swinglehurst  11' (o.g.) Attendance: 300
12 July 2014 Friendly Queen's Park 0 – 2 Queen of the South Lesser Hampden
15:00 QOSFC Report Lyle  45'
Hooper  70'
Attendance: Closed doors
16 July 2014 Friendly Queen of the South 1 – 0 Gateshead Palmerston Park
15:00 Baird  45' QOSFC Report Attendance: Closed doors
19 July 2014 Friendly Queen of the South 5 – 1 Rotherham United Palmerston Park
15:00 Baird  43', 62'
Lyle  68', 77'
Kidd  80'
QOSFC Report Rowe  3' Attendance: 689
Referee: Roache

Scottish Championship

23 August 2014 ScoChamp Match 3 Queen of the South 1 – 1 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Jacobs  34' (o.g.)
Fowler  63'  72'
QOSFC Report White  66' (pen.) Attendance: 1,805
Referee: Aitken
30 August 2014 ScoChamp Match 4 Rangers 4 – 2 Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Zaliukas  27'
Templeton  46'
Mohsni  64'
Miller  86'
QOSFC Report Reilly  22'
Russell  36'
Attendance: 31,851
Referee: McLean
13 September 2014 ScoChamp Match 5 Falkirk 1 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Durnan  83' (o.g.) QOSFC Report Reilly  70' Attendance: 3,793
Referee: Thomson
20 September 2014 ScoChamp Match 6 Queen of the South 1 – 0 Hibernian Palmerston Park
15:00 McShane  29' QOSFC Report Attendance: 3,083
Referee: Muir
27 September 2014 ScoChamp Match 7 Cowdenbeath 2 – 1 Queen of the South Central Park
15:00 Oyenuga  28'
Gallagher  41'
QOSFC Report Lyle  62' Attendance: 674
Referee: Anderson
10 October 2014 ScoChamp Match 9 Raith Rovers 3 – 4 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:35 Stewart  59', 78'
Nade  62'
QOSFC Report Baird  7'
Reilly  50'
Holt  73'
Lyle  74'
Russell  90'
Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Muir
18 October 2014 ScoChamp Match 10 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Dowie  38'
Reilly  42'
Kerr  72'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Beaton
25 October 2014 ScoChamp Match 11 Livingston 2 – 2 Queen of the South Energy Assets Arena
15:00 Mullen  81'
Glen  88'
QOSFC Report Russell  31'
Reilly  69'
Attendance: 1,099
Referee: Graham
8 November 2014 ScoChamp Match 12 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Baird  32' (pen.)
Durnan  69'
Lyle  71'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,677
Referee: Thomson
12 December 2014 ScoChamp Match 16 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Rangers Palmerston Park
19:45 Holt  22'
Reilly  67'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 6,185
Referee: Dallas
20 December 2014 ScoChamp Match 17 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Cowdenbeath Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  86' QOSFC Report Gallagher  41'
Higgins  90'
Attendance: 1,717
Referee: Anderson
3 January 2015 ScoChamp Match 19 Queen of the South 3 – 1 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Dowie  31'
Lyle  65'
Russell  76'
QOSFC Report White  39' Attendance: 1,940
Referee: Aitken
10 January 2015 ScoChamp Raith Rovers P – P Queen of the South Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
17 January 2015 ScoChamp Match 20 Falkirk 1 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy  16' (pen.) QOSFC Report Reilly  56'
Durnan  64'
Attendance: 3,478
Referee: Allan
31 January 2015 ScoChamp Match 22 Cowdenbeath 0 – 5 Queen of the South Central Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Lyle  45', 58', 81' (pen.)
Reilly  56'
McShane  61'
Attendance: 569
Referee: Cook
21 February 2015 ScoChamp Match 24 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Palmerston Park
15:00 Carmichael  24' QOSFC Report King  32'
Zeefuik  85'
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Anderson
10 March 2015 ScoChamp Match 26 Rangers 1 – 1 Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Vuckic  77' QOSFC Report A. Smith  86' Attendance: 35,018
Referee: McKendrick
14 March 2015 ScoChamp Match 27 Queen of the South 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell  9'
Reilly  39'
QOSFC Report Vaughan  20' Attendance: 1,656
Referee: Graham
21 March 2015 ScoChamp Match 28 Queen of the South 4 – 1 Cowdenbeath Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell  27'
Paton  51'
Durnan  75'
Lyle  89'
QOSFC Report Higgins  60' Attendance: 1,671
Referee: Aitken
9 April 2015 ScoChamp Match 32 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Rangers Palmerston Park
19:45 Lyle  33'
Kidd  46'
Reilly  69'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 5,093
Referee: D Robertson
12 April 2015 ScoChamp Match 33 Queen of the South 1 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  22' QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Muir
18 April 2015 ScoChamp Match 34 Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Queen of the South Indodrill Stadium
15:00 Gordon  40'
Buchanan  66'
QOSFC Report Lyle  51' (pen.)
Millar  53'  88'
Attendance: 822
Referee: Finnie
25 April 2015 ScoChamp Match 35 Queen of the South 2 – 1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Holt  55'
McKenna  72'
QOSFC Report McCallum  80' Attendance: 1,865
Referee: Colvin

Premiership Play-offs

9 May 2015 Play-offs QF R1 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Rangers Palmerston Park
17:30 Lyle  64' QOSFC Report Smith  44'
Shiels  75'
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: Muir
17 May 2015 Play-offs QF R2 Rangers 1 – 1
(3 – 2 agg.)
Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
15:30 Wallace  60' QOSFC Report Lyle  35' Attendance: 48,035
Referee: Clancy

Scottish Challenge Cup

26 July 2014 Round 1 Queen of the South 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Dowie  24'
Russell  56'
Paton  107'
QOSFC Report Sives  58'
Mullen  65'
Hippolyte  98'
Robertson  115'
Attendance: 1,196
Referee: Charleston

Scottish League Cup

2 August 2014 Round 1 Queen of the South 5 – 0 Elgin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell  6', 61', 86'
Lyle  35', 90'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 939
Referee: Allan

Scottish Cup

29 November 2014 Round 4 Queen of the South 4 – 1 Brora Rangers Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  3'
Reilly  61'
Russell  71'
Kidd  80'
QOSFC Report Greig  65' Attendance: 1,434
Referee: Muir
7 February 2015 Round 5 Queen of the South 2 – 0 St Johnstone Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  48'
Reilly  90'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 3,043
Referee: McLean
6 March 2015 Round 6 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Falkirk Palmerston Park
19:35 QOSFC Report Sibbald  34' Attendance: 2,833
Referee: Clancy

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 DF Chris Higgins 41 Club Captain
5 DF Mark Durnan 2 Vice Captain
4 DF Andy Dowie 1 2nd Vice Captain

Last updated: 26 May 2015
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 26 May 2015[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish ChampionshipOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Zander Clark 39033+003+002+001+00
2 DF Chris Mitchell 200+100+000+000+10
3 DF Kevin Holt 41333+033+002+003+00
4 DF Andy Dowie 42334+023+012+003+00
5 DF Mark Durnan 38329+133+002+003+00
6 DF Chris Higgins 41034+002+002+003+00
7 MF Paul Burns 702+300+000+002+00
*8 MF Mark Kerr[8] 13110+210+000+001+00
8 MF Mark Millar 15110+311+100+000+00
*9 FW John Baird[9] 2038+1030+001+000+10
10 FW Gavin Reilly 391530+2133+001+003+02
11 FW Iain Russell 401324+881+212+032+11
12 DF Lewis Kidd 43223+1213+001+102+11
14 MF Stephen McKenna 1617+611+100+000+10
15 FW Michael Paton 24213+711+110+002+00
16 MF Kevin Dzierzawski 1902+1400+101+100+00
17 MF Daniel Carmichael 41130+313+001+101+20
18 MF Ian McShane 41232+123+002+003+00
19 FW Derek Lyle 412126+8152+121+122+02
20 GK James Atkinson 603+100+000+002+00
21 MF Patrick Slattery 000+000+000+000+00
22 DF Scott Hooper 702+500+000+000+00
23 MF Dean Smith 600+300+100+200+00
24 FW Aidan Smith 711+410+100+000+10
25 FW Salim Kouider Aissa 000+000+000+000+00
26 DF James Fowler 1117+111+002+000+00
27 FW Greg Kiltie 303+000+000+000+00
28 FW Jake Pickard 1200+1100+000+000+10
29 DF Jack Dickinson 000+000+000+000+00
31 GK Kenny Arthur 000+000+000+000+00
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2015
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKZander Clark 2000000020
GKJames Atkinson 1000000010
GKKenny Arthur 0000000000
DFScott Hooper 1000000010
DFMark Durnan 8100000081
DFChris Higgins 8000001090
DFChris Mitchell 0000000000
DFAndy Dowie[10] 5100000051
DFKevin Holt 5100000051
DFLewis Kidd 3000001040
DFJames Fowler 4110000051
DFJack Dickinson 0000000000
MFKevin Dzierzawski 0000000000
MFPaul Burns 0000000000
MFMark Kerr 1000000010
MFMark Millar 2110000031
MFDaniel Carmichael 1000000010
MFIan McShane 5000000050
MFStephen McKenna 1010000020
MFPatrick Slattery 0000000000
MFDean Smith 1000000010
FWSalim Kouider Aissa 0000000000
FWJohn Baird 1000000010
FWIain Russell 6020100090
FWDerek Lyle 3100001041
FWGavin Reilly 0000001010
FWMichael Paton 3000000030
FWAidan Smith 0000000000
FWGreg Kiltie 0000000000
FWJake Pickard 0000000000

Clean sheets

No. Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Zander Clark 14 0 1 0 15
20 GK James Atkinson 0 0 0 1 1
31 GK Kenny Arthur 0 0 0 0 0
Totals1401116

Last updated: 26 May 2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Top Scorers

Last updated on 26 May 2015
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1Derek Lyle 1522221
2Gavin Reilly 1300215
3Iain Russell 813113
4John Baird 30003
=Andy Dowie 21003
=Mark Durnan 30003
=Kevin Holt 30003
8Michael Paton 11002
=Ian McShane 20002
=Lewis Kidd 10012
11Mark Kerr 10001
=James Fowler 10001
=Daniel Carmichael 10001
=Aidan Smith 10001
=Mark Millar 10001
=Stephen McKenna 10001

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 70 32 +38 70 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Rangers 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith Rovers 36 12 7 17 42 65 23 43
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAAAHHAHA
ResultWWDLDWLLWWDWDWLWLDWDLWWLDDWWLLWWWDWL
Position212444443333333344445444444444544444
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: [11]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

See also

References

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