2019–20 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2019–20 season will be Queen of the South's seventh consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their seventh 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
2019–20 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerAllan Johnston
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish Championship9th
Challenge CupThird round (vs. Clyde)
League CupFirst round
Scottish CupThird round (vs. Queen's Park)
Top goalscorerLeague: Stephen Dobbie (8)
All: Stephen Dobbie (11)
Highest home attendance2,041 vs. Dundee United, 4 January 2020
Lowest home attendance1,094 vs. Arbroath, 21 December 2019
Average home league attendance1,396

Summary

Queens finished ninth in the Scottish Championship, although there were no play-offs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Queens retained their place in the Championship after the leagues were ended by utilising a points-per-game ratio to determine the final league standings.

Queens reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, losing 3–2 away to Clyde.

The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group E that included Annan Athletic, Dumbarton, Greenock Morton and Motherwell.

Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2–1 to Queen's Park at Palmerston.

On 13 March 2020, all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

On 8 April 2020, the SPFL proposed to end the 2019-20 season by utilising a points-per-game ratio to determine the final league standings.[4]

On 15 April 2020, the plan was approved, with this declaration that the season was concluded, as Dundee United were declared title winners, with Partick Thistle relegated to League One.[5]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

2 July 2019 Friendly East Fife 1 2 Queen of the South Bayview Stadium
19:45 Dowds  60' QOSFC Report Dobbie  18'
Mercer  26'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dallas
6 July 2019 Friendly Queen of the South 3 1 Clyde Palmerston Park
14:00 Pybus
Oliver
Dobbie
QOSFC Report Syvertsen Attendance: Closed doors

Scottish Championship

24 August 2019 ScoChamp Match 3 Ayr United 1 0 Queen of the South Somerset Park
15:00 Kelly  26' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Honest Men Photos
Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Murray
27 September 2019 ScoChamp Match 7 Queen of the South 1 1 Dundee Palmerston Park
19:05 Hamilton  6' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Dee Photos
McGhee  11' Attendance: 1,249
Referee: Collum
Man of the Match: McCrorie
19 October 2019 ScoChamp Match 9 Queen of the South 4 0 Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie  18', 70'
Holt  28'
Paton  77'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Terrors Photos
Attendance: 1,909
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: El Bakhtaoui
26 October 2019 ScoChamp Match 10 Alloa Athletic 2 2 Queen of the South Indodrill Stadium
15:00 Trouten  64'
O'Hara  65'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Wasps Photos
Dobbie  35'
Hamilton  36'
Attendance: 875
Referee: Lowe
Man of the Match: Pybus
30 November 2019 ScoChamp Match 15 Dundee 1 2 Queen of the South Dens Park
15:00 Johnson  90+2' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Dee Photos
Dobbie  29', 90+3' Attendance: 4,517
Referee: Muir
Man of the Match: Dobbie
14 December 2019 ScoChamp Greenock Morton P - P Queen of the South Cappielow Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
21 December 2019 ScoChamp Match 17 Queen of the South 2 0 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Pybus  33'
Little  87' (o.g.)
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Red Lichties Photos
Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Irvine
Man of the Match: Dobbie
28 December 2019 ScoChamp Match 18 Ayr United 1 2 Queen of the South Somerset Park
15:00 Muirhead  77' (pen.) QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Honest Men Photos
Semple  4'
Dobbie  58' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,062
Referee: Lowe
Man of the Match: Pybus
25 January 2020 ScoChamp Match 20 Queen of the South 2 3 Alloa Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Hamilton  52'
Dobbie  58'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Wasps Photos
O'Hara  8', 81'
Thomson  14'
Attendance: 1,169
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Lyon
1 February 2020 ScoChamp Match 21 Queen of the South 2 3 Dunfermline Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Oliver  10'
Dobbie  59' (pen.)
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Pars Photos
McGill  14'
Devine  45'
Ashcroft  82'
Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Napier
Man of the Match: Lyon
15 February 2020 ScoChamp Match 23 Arbroath 2 0 Queen of the South Gayfield Park
15:00 Gold  6'
Hilson  35'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Red Lichties Photos
Attendance: 801
Referee: Reid
Man of the Match: Petravicius
29 February 2020 ScoChamp Match 25 Queen of the South 0 4 Greenock Morton Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Ton Photos
Tumilty  25'
Nesbitt  44'
Cadden  77'
McGuffie  88'
Attendance: 1,116
Referee: Anderson
Man of the Match: Hamilton
13 March 2020 ScoChamp Match 29 Queen of the South P - P Ayr United Palmerston Park
19:05 QOSFC News
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
21 March 2020 ScoChamp Match 30 Queen of the South P - P Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
28 March 2020 ScoChamp Match 31 Dundee P - P Queen of the South Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
3 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 32 Dundee United P - P Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:05
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
11 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 33 Queen of the South P - P Partick Thistle Palmerston Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
18 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 34 Alloa Athletic P - P Queen of the South Indodrill Stadium
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
25 April 2020 ScoChamp Match 35 Queen of the South P - P Inverness Caledonian Thistle Palmerston Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
2 May 2020 ScoChamp Match 36 Greenock Morton P - P Queen of the South Cappielow Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

Scottish Challenge Cup

7 September 2019 Round 3 Clyde 3 2 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium
15:00 McStay  62'
Goodwillie  76' (pen.)
McNiff  78'
QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Bully Wee Photos
Murray  4'
Dobbie  47' (pen.)
Attendance: 667
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: Murray

Scottish League Cup

16 July 2019 Round 1;Group E-2 Queen of the South 3 3
(5 4 p)
Annan Athletic Palmerston Park
19:45 Murray  23'
Mercer  26'
Dobbie  42'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Galabankies Photos
Douglas  34'
McLear  54'
Wooding-Holt  81'
Attendance: 1,115
Referee: Muir
Man of the Match: McCrorie
Penalties
Dobbie
Oliver
Murray
Holt
Kidd
McLean
Muir
Bradley
Nade
Sonkur
20 July 2019 Round 1;Group E-3 Dumbarton 1 4 Queen of the South The C&G Systems Stadium
15:00 Crossan  8' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Sons Photos
Paton  10'
Oliver  13'
Dobbie  17'
Murray  22'
Attendance: 580
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Murray

Scottish Cup

23 November 2019 Round 3 Queen of the South 1 2 Queen's Park Palmerston Park
15:00 Murray  90+2' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Spiders Photos
Kouider-Aissa  15', 30' Attendance: 1,066
Referee: Dickinson
Man of the Match: Murray

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
11 FW Stephen Dobbie 30 Club Captain
5 DF Darren Brownlie 3 Vice Captain
3 DF Kevin Holt 1 2nd Vice Captain

Last updated: 10 March 2020
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

As of 10 March 2020[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish ChampionshipChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
*1 GK Robby McCrorie[8] 24019+000+004+001+00
1 GK Ross Stewart 909+000+000+000+00
2 DF Scott Mercer 28123+001+003+011+00
3 DF Kevin Holt 33227+021+004+001+00
4 DF Lee Kilday 30125+001+004+010+00
*5 DF Darren Brownlie[9] 23118+011+003+001+00
5 DF Michael Ledger 505+000+000+000+00
6 MF Dan Pybus 32126+011+003+101+00
7 FW Connor Murray 25615+421+014+021+01
8 DF Lewis Kidd 25015+500+004+001+00
9 FW Jack Hamilton 27411+1140+102+200+00
10 FW Gary Oliver 24513+740+003+011+00
11 FW Stephen Dobbie 301125+081+013+021+00
*14 MF Andrew McCarthy[10] 900+400+003+101+00
14 DF David Devine 505+000+000+000+00
15 MF Darren Lyon 23016+501+000+001+00
17 MF Abdul Osman 1109+200+000+000+00
18 DF Callum Semple 1239+220+001+010+00
*19 FW Faissal El Bakhtaoui[11] 16115+011+000+000+00
19 FW Deimantas Petravicius 713+410+000+000+00
20 GK Jack Leighfield 100+001+000+000+00
21 FW Ross Irving 500+300+000+200+00
22 DF Ewan Gourlay 100+000+000+100+00
*23 MF Daniel Irving[12] 000+000+000+000+00
23 MF Iain Wilson 808+000+000+000+00
24 MF Callum Williams 000+000+000+000+00
25 MF Michael Paton 27212+1011+003+010+10
26 DF Benjamin Luissint 000+000+000+000+00
29 FW Michael Williamson 000+000+000+000+00
30 GK Craig Burns 000+000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

As of 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKRoss Stewart1000000010
2DFScott Mercer4000000040
3DFKevin Holt4000100050
*5DFDarren Brownlie[13]0010200030
5DFMichael Ledger2000000020
6MFDan Pybus90001000100
7FWConnor Murray2000000020
8DFLewis Kidd3000001040
11FWStephen Dobbie3010000040
*14MFAndrew McCarthy[14]1000000010
14DFDavid Devine1000000010
17MFAbdul Osman2000000020
18DFCallum Semple1000000010
19FWFaissal El Bakhtaoui4000000040
23MFIain Wilson1000000010
25MFMichael Paton3000000030
Totals 410204010480

Top Scorers

Last updated 10 March 2020
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1Stephen Dobbie 812011
2Connor Murray 21216
3Gary Oliver 40105
4Jack Hamilton 40004
5Callum Semple 20103
6Kevin Holt 20002
=Michael Paton 10102
8Darren Brownlie 10001
=Faissal El Bakhtaoui 10001
=Lee Kilday 00101
=Scott Mercer 00101
=Deimantas Petravicius 10001
=Dan Pybus 10001

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
*1 GK Robby McCrorie[15] 5 0 0 0 5
1 GK Ross Stewart 1 0 0 0 1
20 GK Jack Leighfield 0 0 0 0 0
Totals60006

Last updated: 10 March 2020
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

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League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT GMO QOS DUM ANN
1 Motherwell 4 4 0 0 0 13 0 +13 12 Qualification for the Second Round 4–0 4–0
2 Greenock Morton 4 2 1 0 1 14 8 +6 8 p3–3 6–1
3 Queen of the South 4 1 1 1 1 10 10 0 6 0–3 p3–3
4 Dumbarton 4 1 0 0 3 3 12 9 3 0–2 1–4
5 Annan Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 3 13 10 1 0–5 0–1
Source: [16]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[17]

Division summary

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAAHHAAA
ResultDDLLWLDWWDLLWLWLWWLLLDLLLDDL
Position8778788646777777666888899999
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated 10 March 2020
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Allan Johnston 13 July 2019 10 March 2020 34 8 9 17 023.53

Transfers

See also

Notes

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

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