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

Queen of the South
2012–13 season
Chairman Billy Hewitson
Manager Allan Johnston[1]
Stadium Palmerston Park
Second Division 1st (Champions)
Challenge Cup Winners
League Cup Third Round; Lost to Dundee United
Scottish Cup Fourth Round; Lost to Kilmarnock
Top goalscorer League:
Nicky Clark (32)
All:
Nicky Clark (41)
Highest home attendance 2,568 vs. East Fife, 27 April 2013
Lowest home attendance 1,247 vs. Forfar Athletic, 11 August 2012
Average home league attendance 1,670

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 football 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

Scottish Second Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Chris Higgins Scotland 40 Club Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie Scotland 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 Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England James Atkinson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England Lee Robinson 46 0 36+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Steven Black 15 0 4+7 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Mark Durnan 41 7 32+0 6 5+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Chris Higgins 41 3 32+0 2 4+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
DF Scotland Ryan McGuffie 34 6 23+4 5 4+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick 5 0 3+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Chris Mitchell 42 3 33+0 2 4+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
DF Scotland Kevin Holt 36 1 25+3 1 4+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Paul Burns 28 2 23+2 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Daniel Carmichael 43 3 34+0 3 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Nicky Clark 46 41 36+0 32 5+0 4 3+0 3 2+0 2
MF Scotland David Hopkirk 5 1 0+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Willie Gibson 23 2 11+6 2 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland Allan Johnston 7 0 1+4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Ian McShane 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Stephen McKenna 40 1 28+3 1 4+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Dan Orsi 17 0 4+8 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Pat Slattery 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Derek Young 33 3 22+4 2 3+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland Derek Lyle 39 14 23+6 13 1+4 0 2+1 1 2+0 0
FW Scotland Gavin Reilly 41 15 17+14 12 3+2 1 1+2 1 1+1 1
FW Scotland Kevin Smith 20 2 0+18 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland 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
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
England GK James Atkinson 0000000000
England GK Lee Robinson 1010000020
Scotland DF Steven Black 0000000000
Scotland DF Mark Durnan 4100000041
Scotland DF Chris Higgins 70300000100
Scotland DF Ryan McGuffie 0020000020
Scotland DF Marc Fitzpatrick 0000000000
Scotland DFChris Mitchell 5000000050
Scotland DFKevin Holt 4120000061
Scotland MFPaul Burns 2000000020
Scotland MFDaniel Carmichael 2010000030
Scotland MF Nicky Clark 1000000010
Scotland MF David Hopkirk 0000000000
Scotland MF Willie Gibson 2021000041
Scotland MF Allan Johnston 2100000021
Scotland MF Ian McShane 0000000000
Scotland MF Stephen McKenna 60301001101
Scotland MF Dan Orsi 0000000000
Scotland MF Pat Slattery 0000000000
Scotland MF Derek Young 4110000051
Scotland FWDerek Lyle 1010001030
Scotland FW Gavin Reilly 1000000010
Scotland FW Kevin Smith 0000000000
Scotland FW Michael Paton 0000000000

Manager of the Month Awards

Last updated 14 June 2013
Nation Name Month
Scotland Allan Johnston[9] August
Scotland Allan Johnston[10] September
Scotland Allan Johnston[11] December
Scotland Allan Johnston[12] January
Scotland 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 ScotlandNicky Clark 3223441
2 ScotlandGavin Reilly 1211115
3 ScotlandDerek Lyle 1301014
4 ScotlandMark Durnan 60017
5 ScotlandRyan McGuffie 50016
6 ScotlandChris Higgins 20103
= ScotlandDanny Carmichael 30003
= ScotlandDerek Young 20013
= ScotlandChris Mitchell 20103
= ScotlandMichael Paton 30003
11 ScotlandWillie Gibson 20002
= ScotlandPaul Burns 20002
= ScotlandKevin Smith 20002
14 ScotlandStephen McKenna 10001
= ScotlandDavid Hopkirk 10001
= ScotlandKevin Holt 10001

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK England 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 or relegation
1 Queen of the South (C) (P) 36 29 5 2 92 23+69 92 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish First Division
2 Alloa Athletic (P) 36 20 7 9 62 35+27 67 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59+13 61
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 747 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 5710 52
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 590 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 6512 41
8 Stranraer 36 10 7 19 43 7128 37
9 East Fife (O) 36 8 8 20 50 6515 32 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs
10 Albion Rovers (R) 36 7 3 26 45 8237 24 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish Third Division

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHHAHAHAAAHHAAHA
Result W D W W W W W W D W W W W L W W W W W W W D W W W W W D W W W W L W D W
Position 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 4 May 2013.
Source: [14]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Willie Gibson Scotland Falkirk Free[15]
Scotland Mark Durnan Scotland St Johnstone Free[16]
Scotland Chris Mitchell England Bradford City Free[17]
Scotland Derek Lyle Scotland Cowdenbeath Free[18]
Scotland Derek Young Scotland Greenock Morton Free[18]
Scotland David Hopkirk Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[19]
Scotland Paul Burns Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[20]
Scotland Michael Paton Scotland Aberdeen Free[21]
Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick Scotland Ross County Free[22]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Steven Degnan Scotland Gretna FC 2008 Free[23]
Scotland Marc McCusker Scotland Dumbarton Free[24]
Scotland Sam Parkin Scotland St Mirren Free[25]
Scotland Scott McLaughlin Scotland Peterhead Free[26]
Scotland Stephen Simmons Scotland Alloa Athletic Free[27]
Scotland Tom Brighton Scotland Irvine Meadow Free[28]
Scotland Ryan Smylie Scotland Kilbirnie Ladeside Free[29]
Scotland Craig Reid Scotland Greenock Morton Free[30]
Scotland David Hopkirk Scotland Annan Athletic Loan[31]
Scotland David Hopkirk Scotland Annan Athletic Free[32]
Scotland Dan Orsi Scotland Annan Athletic Loan[33]
Scotland Steven Black Scotland Annan Athletic Loan[34]
Scotland Willie Gibson England Celtic Nation Free[35]

See also

References

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  2. "Queen of the South: Doonhamers relegated to Division Two". STV. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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  11. "Third award for Magic". qosfc.com (Queen of the South F.C.). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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  19. "David Hopkirk Signs Up". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  20. "Paul Burns Returns". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  21. "Michael Paton Signs Up". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  22. "Player News". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  23. "Player Availability - Steven Degnan". scottishfootballleague.com (Scottish Football League). 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  24. "Queens release Marc McCusker". Queen of the South F.C. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  25. "St Mirren sign striker Sam Parkin on one-year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  26. "McInally welcomes experienced signing". ClubCall. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  27. "Simmons makes Alloa switch". ClubCall. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  28. "Medda sign striker". Scottish Football Association. 10 July 2012.
  29. "Ladeside get senior". Scottish Football Association. 10 July 2012.
  30. "Morton sign Reid". scottishfootballleague.com (Scottish Football League). 17 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  31. "Queen's Park 2-2 Annan Athletic Team news". mirrorfootball.co.uk. Daily Mirror. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  32. "Hoppy New Year". annanathleticfc.com (Annan Athletic). 1 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  33. "Dan Orsi's Loan Extended". qosfc.com. Queen of the South. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  34. "Steven Black Heads to Annan for a Month". qosfc.com. Queen of the South. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  35. "Re-Signing News". qosfc.com (Queen of the South). 17 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
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