2017–18 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Queen of the South's fifth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fifth 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 will also be competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Queen of the South
2017–18 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerGary Naysmith
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish Championship6th
Challenge CupFourth round (vs. The New Saints)
League CupFirst Round
Scottish CupFourth round (vs. Partick Thistle)
Top goalscorerLeague: Stephen Dobbie (18)
All: Stephen Dobbie (27)
Highest home attendance2,019 vs. St Mirren, 23 December 2017
Lowest home attendance1,062 vs. Falkirk, 3 April 2018
Average home league attendance1,452

Summary

Queens finished sixth in the Scottish Championship for the second consecutive season.

Queens reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup, losing out to The New Saints after a penalty shoot-out 4-3, with no goals scored after extra time.

The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group G that included Albion Rovers, East Kilbride, Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir.

Queens reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing out to 2-1 at Palmerston to Partick Thistle.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

4 July 2017 Friendly Annan Athletic 1 4 Queen of the South Galabank
19:45 A. Trialist  6' QOSFC Report
QueensMad Report
Black & Golds Photos
Dobbie  29', 34', 48'
Lucas  41' (o.g.)
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kirkland
7 July 2017 Friendly Fleetwood Town 1 0 Queen of the South Poolfoot Farm Training Complex
15:00 Coyle  62' QOSFC Report
Blackpool Gazette Report
Trawlermen Photos
Attendance: Closed doors

Scottish Championship

5 August 2017 ScoChamp Match 1 Queen of the South 4 1 Brechin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  28', 42'
Rankin  59'
Dykes  78'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
City Photos
O'Neil  75' Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: Lyle
19 August 2017 ScoChamp Match 3 Queen of the South 1 0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Fordyce  44' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Sons Photos
Attendance: 1,348
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Rooney
26 August 2017 ScoChamp Match 4 Falkirk 1 4 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Gasparotto  89' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Bairns Photos
Kerr  2'
Dobbie  41', 46', 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,108
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: Dobbie
9 September 2017 ScoChamp Match 5 Livingston 2 2 Queen of the South Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Mullin  40' (pen.)
Mackin  81'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Lions Photos
Stirling  71'
Lyle  77'
Attendance: 1,113
Referee: McLean
Man of the Match: Tapping
16 September 2017 ScoChamp Match 6 Queen of the South 1 2 Greenock Morton Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  21' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Ton Photos
Forbes  16'
Quitongo  20'
Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Newlands
Man of the Match: Lyle
24 September 2017 ScoChamp Match 7 St Mirren 3 1 Queen of the South Paisley 2021 Stadium
16:10 C. Smith  24'
Morgan  27', 54'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Buddies Photos
Kerr  64' Attendance: 3,023
Referee: Cook
Man of the Match: Kerr
21 October 2017 ScoChamp Match 10 Brechin City 0 1 Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 Love  90' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
City Photos
Kerr  60'  90' Attendance: 562
Referee: Charleston
Man of the Match: Kerr
28 October 2017 ScoChamp Match 11 Queen of the South 4 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie  16'
Dykes  19'
Brownlie  75'
Lyle  90'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Bairns Photos
McKee  85'
McGhee  89'
Attendance: 1,716
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Murray
4 November 2017 ScoChamp Match 12 Greenock Morton 1 2 Queen of the South Cappielow Park
15:00 Harkins  7' (pen.) QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Ton Photos
Dobbie  43'
Fordyce  47'
Attendance: 1,677
Referee: Northcroft
Man of the Match: Fordyce
25 November 2017 ScoChamp Match 13 Queen of the South 0 3 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Jacobs  43'  77' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Lions Photos
Penrice  32'
Fordyce  68' (o.g.)
Byrne  81'
Attendance: 1,328
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: McFadden
28 November 2017 ScoChamp Match 14 Dumbarton 2 2 Queen of the South The YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium
19:45 Tapping  11' (o.g.)
Morrison  81'
QOSFC Report
Sons Report
Sons Photos
Dobbie  70' (pen.)
Wardrop  84' (o.g.)
Attendance: 474
Referee: Newlands
Man of the Match: Dobbie
9 December 2017 ScoChamp Match 16 Dunfermline Athletic 2 5 Queen of the South East End Park
15:00 Clark  47'
McManus  85'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Pars Photos
Kane  8', 27'
Dobbie  74', 80' (pen.), 90'
Attendance: 4,694
Referee: Collum
Man of the Match: Dobbie
16 December 2017 ScoChamp Queen of the South A - A Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Referee: Thomson
Note: Abandoned due to frozen pitch
23 December 2017 ScoChamp Match 17 Queen of the South 2 3 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie  1'
Kane  6'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Buddies Photos
Reilly  19', 35'
MacKenzie  68'
Attendance: 2,019
Referee: McLean
Man of the Match: Kane
30 December 2017 ScoChamp Match 18 Falkirk 3 2 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Grant  20'
Hippolyte  42'
Longridge  44'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Bairns Photos
Dobbie  45'
Kerr  90'
Attendance: 4,285
Referee: Newlands
Man of the Match: Kerr
27 January 2018 ScoChamp Match 22 Queen of the South 3 1 Brechin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie  7', 13', 73' QOSFC Report
City Report
City Photos
Orsi  85' Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Dallas
Man of the Match: Dobbie
3 February 2018 ScoChamp Match 23 St Mirren 2 0 Queen of the South Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00 L. Smith  4'
Davis  32' (pen.)
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Buddies Photos
Attendance: 4,585
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Cameron
27 February 2018 ScoChamp Dundee United P - P Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to heavy snowfall
6 March 2018 ScoChamp Dundee United P - P Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
20 March 2018 ScoChamp Match 29 Dundee United 2 3 Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:45 Durnan  57'
McDonald  68'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Terrors Photos
Thomson  21', 75'
Jacobs  41' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,088
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Thomson
24 March 2018 ScoChamp Match 30 Queen of the South 3 3 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Thomson  28'
Dykes  30'
Todorov  90'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Lions Photos
De Vita  41'
Halkett  52'
Hardie  60'
Attendance: 1,153
Referee: McLean
Man of the Match: Marshall
3 April 2018 ScoChamp Match 32 Queen of the South 2 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
19:45 Thomson  51'
Brownlie  73'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Bairns Photos
Nelson  5'
Longridge  87'
Attendance: 1,062
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Thomson
21 April 2018 ScoChamp Match 35 Queen of the South 3 0 Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 Dykes  9'
Thomson  31'
Murray  77'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Terrors Photos
Attendance: 1,531
Referee: Newlands
Man of the Match: Todd
28 April 2018 ScoChamp Match 36 Brechin City 1 5 Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 Layne  78' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
City Photos
Dobbie  45+3', 60', 74'
Dykes  45+8', 65'
Attendance: 661
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Dobbie

Scottish Challenge Cup

15 August 2017 Round 1 Queen of the South 4 0 Airdrieonians Palmerston Park
19:45 Lyle  14'
Kerr  25'
Brownlie  44'
Rooney  88'
QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Diamonds Photos
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Cook
Man of the Match: Carmichael
2 September 2017 Round 2 Berwick Rangers 0 5 Queen of the South Shielfield Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Wee Gers Photos
Rooney  53'
Dobbie  58', 63'
Lyle  60'
Kane  87'
Attendance: 621
Referee: Aitken
Man of the Match: Dobbie
7 October 2017 Round 3 Montrose 1 3 (a.e.t.) Queen of the South Links Park
15:00 Masson  23' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Gable Endies Photos
Dobbie  87', 120'
Dykes  113'
Attendance: 534
Referee: Graham
Man of the Match: Dykes
12 November 2017 Round 4 The New Saints 0 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 3 p)
Queen of the South Park Hall
14:45 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
TNS Photos
Attendance: 808
Referee: Crangle: Irish FA
Man of the Match: McFadden
Penalties
Mullan
Brobbel
Seargeant
Darlington
Fletcher
Harrison
Lyle
Dobbie
Jacobs
McFadden
Fordyce
Stirling

Scottish League Cup

15 July 2017 Round 1;Group G-1 Stenhousemuir 1 3 Queen of the South Ochilview Park
15:00 McGuigan  16' (pen.) QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Warriors Photos
Dobbie  69', 85'
Rooney  83'
Attendance: 384
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Dobbie

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
8 MF John Rankin 40 Club Captain
11 FW Stephen Dobbie 7 Vice Captain

Last updated: 28 April 2018
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 28 April 2018[4] [5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish ChampionshipChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alan Martin 31022+002+004+003+00
2 DF Shaun Rooney 34314+1003+122+113+00
3 DF Jordan Marshall 39229+024+004+002+00
4 DF Callum Fordyce 40328+134+004+003+00
5 DF Darren Brownlie 44432+124+014+013+00
*6 MF Callum Tapping[6] 2207+703+002+200+10
6 DF Kyle Cameron 907+100+000+000+10
*7 MF Andy Stirling[7] 2315+812+204+001+10
8 MF John Rankin 44131+313+003+103+00
9 FW Derek Lyle 3589+1752+122+202+01
*10 FW Chris Kane[8] 20512+442+210+000+00
10 MF Dom Thomas 14212+220+000+000+00
11 FW Stephen Dobbie 422731+0184+044+043+01
12 MF Joe Thomson 18516+150+000+001+00
13 GK Sam Henderson 000+000+000+000+00
14 MF Kyle Jacobs 38129+013+004+002+00
*15 DF Jason Kerr[6] 19518+041+010+000+00
15 FW Nikolay Todorov 810+810+000+000+00
*16 FW James McFadden[9] 1506+501+100+001+10
16 MF Josh Todd 808+000+000+000+00
17 FW Connor Murray 31110+1011+302+201+20
18 FW Ross Fergusson 1014+400+000+001+11
19 MF Owen Bell 410+410+000+000+00
20 GK Jack Leighfield 18014+202+000+000+00
21 MF Dan Carmichael 903+401+000+100+00
*22 MF Jesse Akubuine[10] 200+100+000+100+00
*23 GK Lee Robinson[11] 000+000+000+000+00
23 DF Myles Beerman 401+200+000+001+00
24 DF Scott Mercer 26018+200+302+001+00
25 FW Lyndon Dykes 44830+472+113+102+10
*26 DF Ewan Gourlay[7] 000+000+000+000+00
27 DF Daniel Harvey 000+000+000+000+00
28 FW Declan Tremble 000+000+000+000+00
34 GK Curtis Lyle 000+000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

As of 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
2DFShaun Rooney8010000090
3DFJordan Marshall1000000010
4DFCallum Fordyce3000000030
5DFDarren Brownlie7000000070
6MFCallum Tapping2000000020
8MFJohn Rankin4000000040
9FWDerek Lyle1000000010
10FWChris Kane3000000030
10MFDom Thomas1000000010
11FWStephen Dobbie3000000030
12MFJoe Thomson4000000040
14MFKyle Jacobs7100100081
*15DFJason Kerr[12]1000000010
16FWJames McFadden2000000020
16MFJosh Todd1000000010
21MFDan Carmichael1000000010
24DFScott Mercer3000100040
25FWLyndon Dykes8000001090
Totals 601102010641

Top scorers

Last updated 28 April 2018
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1Stephen Dobbie 1844127
2Derek Lyle 52018
=Lyndon Dykes 71008
4Jason Kerr 41005
=Chris Kane 41005
=Joe Thomson 50005
7Darren Brownlie 21104
8Shaun Rooney 02103
=Callum Fordyce 30003
10Dom Thomas 20002
=Jordan Marshall 20002
12John Rankin 10001
=Andy Stirling 10001
=Owen Bell 10001
=Ross Fergusson 00011
=Kyle Jacobs 10001
=Nikolay Todorov 10001
=Connor Murray 10001

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Alan Martin 8 1 1 1 11
20 GK Jack Leighfield 3 2 0 0 5
Totals1131116

Last updated: 28 April 2018
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

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Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHA
ResultWLWWDLLDDWWWLDDWLLDWLWLDDWLLWDLDLWWW
Position143235656555556366645566656666667776
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated 28 April 2018
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Gary Naysmith[13] 15 July 2017 28 April 2018 47 19 14 14 040.43

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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