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

Queen of the South
2012–13 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerAllan Johnston[1]
StadiumPalmerston Park
Second Division1st (champions)
Challenge CupWinners
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round
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

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.

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

7 July 2012[3] Friendly Clyde 1–3 Queen of the South East Kilbride
QOSFC Report Carmichael
Lyle
McKay
Attendance: Closed doors
11 July 2012[4] Friendly Partick Thistle 1–4 Queen of the South Firhill Stadium
QOSMAD Report Smith
McShane
Durnan
Attendance: Closed doors
14 July 2012[4] Friendly Gretna 2008 0–4 Queen of the South Raydale Park
QOSFC Report Clark 18'
Holt 30'
Smith 44'
Reilly 85'
Attendance: 516
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
21 July 2012[3] Friendly Workington 0–2 Queen of the South Borough Park
QOSFC Report Clark 7'
Smith 45'
Attendance: 236

Scottish Second Division

11 August 2012 1 Queen of the South 2–0 Forfar Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 32'
Reilly 89'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,247
Referee: Tumilty
18 August 2012 2 East Fife 0–0 Queen of the South Bayview Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Johnston  69'  88' Attendance: 628
Referee: Roache
25 August 2012 3 Queen of the South 1–0 Albion Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 21' QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,426
Referee: Charleston
1 September 2012 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 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
22 September 2012 6 Brechin City 0–3 Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Higgins 7'
Lyle 40'
Gibson 53' (pen.)
Attendance: 538
Referee: Robertson
29 September 2012 7 Queen of the South 1–0 Alloa Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Clark 67' QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,573[5]
Referee: Beaton
6 October 2012 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 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
28 October 2012 10 Queen of the South 1–0 East Fife Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 4' QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Salmond
17 November 2012 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 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 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 Alloa Athletic P–P Queen of the South Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
11 December 2012 14 Alloa Athletic 1–0 Queen of the South Recreation Park
19:30 McCord 58' (pen.) QOSFC Report Attendance: 475
Referee: Colvin
15 December 2012 15 Queen of the South 1–0 Brechin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Carmichael 21' QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,419
Referee: Salmond
26 December 2012 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 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 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 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
12 January 2013 20 Albion Rovers 0–3 Queen of the South Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Clark 41'
Lyle 68'
Young 76'
Attendance: 810
Referee: Charleston
19 January 2013 21 Queen of the South 3–1 Forfar Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 McGuffie 11'
Lyle 19'
Clark 70'
QOSFC Report Templeman 15' Attendance: 1,481
Referee: Colvin
26 January 2013 Brechin City P–P Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
2 February 2013 22 Queen of the South 0–0 Alloa Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,738
Referee: Allan
9 February 2013 23 Queen of the South 2–1 Stenhousemuir Palmerston Park
15:00 Young 34'
Mitchell 45'
QOSFC Report Corcoran 47' Attendance: 1,354
Referee: Robertson
16 February 2013 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 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 Brechin City P–P Queen of the South Glebe Park
19:45 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
2 March 2013 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
9 March 2013 27 Queen of the South 2–0 Ayr United Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 45'
Reilly 60'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,471
Referee: Charleston
16 March 2013 28 Arbroath 1–1 Queen of the South Gayfield Park
15:00 Smith 83' QOSFC Report Clark 90' Attendance: 656
Referee: Tumilty
23 March 2013 29 Alloa Athletic 1–2 Queen of the South Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 56' QOSFC Report Clark 40'
McGuffie 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 647
Referee: Dallas
27 March 2013 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 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 32 Queen of the South 2–0 Stranraer Palmerston Park
15:00 Holt 31'
Clark 76'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Graham
16 April 2013 33 Stenhousemuir 2–1 Queen of the South Ochilview Park
19:30 Smith 28'
Dickson 72'
QOSFC Report Mitchell 44' Attendance: 504
Referee: Charleston
20 April 2013 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
27 April 2013 35 Queen of the South 2–2 East Fife Palmerston Park
15:00 Clark 87', 90' QOSFC Report Campbell 36'
Wardlaw 76'
Attendance: 2,568
Referee: McKendrick
4 May 2013 36 Albion Rovers 0–1 Queen of the South Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Clark 71' Attendance: 853
Referee: Graham

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 Total Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG James Atkinson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  ENG Lee Robinson 46 0 36+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO Steven Black 15 0 4+7 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Mark Durnan 41 7 32+0 6 5+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Chris Higgins 41 3 32+0 2 4+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
DF  SCO Ryan McGuffie 34 6 23+4 5 4+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 5 0 3+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Chris Mitchell 42 3 33+0 2 4+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
DF  SCO Kevin Holt 36 1 25+3 1 4+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0
MF  SCO Paul Burns 28 2 23+2 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
MF  SCO Daniel Carmichael 43 3 34+0 3 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF  SCO Nicky Clark 46 41 36+0 32 5+0 4 3+0 3 2+0 2
MF  SCO David Hopkirk 5 1 0+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Willie Gibson 23 2 11+6 2 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
MF  SCO Allan Johnston 7 0 1+4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Ian McShane 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
MF  SCO Stephen McKenna 40 1 28+3 1 4+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
MF  SCO Dan Orsi 17 0 4+8 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Pat Slattery 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Derek Young 33 3 22+4 2 3+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
FW  SCO Derek Lyle 39 14 23+6 13 1+4 0 2+1 1 2+0 0
FW  SCO Gavin Reilly 41 15 17+14 12 3+2 1 1+2 1 1+1 1
FW  SCO Kevin Smith 20 2 0+18 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Michael Paton 11 3 6+4 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 27 July 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GK James Atkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Lee Robinson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Steven Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Mark Durnan 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
DF Chris Higgins 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
DF Ryan McGuffie 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Marc Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Chris Mitchell 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
DF Kevin Holt 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
MF Paul Burns 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Daniel Carmichael 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF Nicky Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF David Hopkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Willie Gibson 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
MF Allan Johnston 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
MF Ian McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Stephen McKenna 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 10 1
MF Dan Orsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Pat Slattery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Derek Young 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
FW Derek Lyle 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
FW Gavin Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Kevin Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Michael Paton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1 Nicky Clark 32 2 3 4 41
2 Gavin Reilly 12 1 1 1 15
3 Derek Lyle 13 0 1 0 14
4 Mark Durnan 6 0 0 1 7
5 Ryan McGuffie 5 0 0 1 6
6 Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0 3
= Danny Carmichael 3 0 0 0 3
= Derek Young 2 0 0 1 3
= Chris Mitchell 2 0 1 0 3
= Michael Paton 3 0 0 0 3
11 Willie Gibson 2 0 0 0 2
= Paul Burns 2 0 0 0 2
= Kevin Smith 2 0 0 0 2
14 Stephen McKenna 1 0 0 0 1
= David Hopkirk 1 0 0 0 1
= Kevin Holt 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK Lee Robinson 19 1 1 1 22
Totals 19 1 1 1 22

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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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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