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

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

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7 July 2012[3] Friendly Clyde 1 – 3 Queen of the South East Kilbride
QOSFC Report Carmichael
Lyle
McKay
Attendance: Closed doors
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

Scottish Second Division

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1 September 2012 Second Division Match 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 Second Division Match 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
17 November 2012 Second Division Match 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
8 December 2012 Second Division Alloa Athletic P – P Queen of the South Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
26 December 2012 Second Division Match 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
5 January 2013 Second Division Match 19 Queen of the South 5 – 1 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan Red card 20'
Lyle 54'
Clark 58', 84'
Carmichael 65'
McKenna 81'
QOSFC Report Doris 18' Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Finnie
26 January 2013 Second Division Brechin City P – P Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
16 February 2013 Second Division Match 24 Stranraer 0 – 5 Queen of the South Stair Park
15:00 Mitchell Red card 21' QOSFC Report Burns 17'
McGuffie 24' (pen.)
Lyle 39', 71'
Clark 59'
Attendance: 810
Referee: Salmond
26 February 2013 Second Division Brechin City P – P Queen of the South Glebe Park
19:45 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
27 March 2013 Second Division Match 30 Brechin City 0 – 6 Queen of the South Station Park[6]
19:45 McLauchlan Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 76' QOSFC Report Clark 1', 42'
Paton 3', 36'
Moyes 18' (o.g.)
Reilly 57'
Attendance: 627
Referee: Cook

Scottish Challenge Cup

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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 Yellow card 63' Red card 66'
McCulloch 72' (pen.)
QOSFC Report Clark 49'
Gibson Yellow card 62' Yellow-red card 90'
Reilly 90'
Attendance: 23,932
Referee: O'Reilly
Penalties
McCulloch soccer ball with check mark
Shiels soccer ball with red X
Naismith soccer ball with check mark
Black soccer ball with check mark
Argyriou soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with red X Lyle
soccer ball with check mark Clark
soccer ball with check mark Young
soccer ball with check mark Reilly
soccer ball with check mark 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

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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

Scottish Cup

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1 December 2012 Round 4 Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Queen of the South Rugby Park
15:00 Sheridan 8'
Perez 69'
QOSFC Report McKenna Red card 2'
Clark 77'
Attendance: 4,295
Referee: Tumilty

Player statistics

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Captains

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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

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

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

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

Manager of the Month Awards

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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

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Last updated on 4 May 2013
Position Nation Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 Scotland Nicky Clark 32 2 3 4 41
2 Scotland Gavin Reilly 12 1 1 1 15
3 Scotland Derek Lyle 13 0 1 0 14
4 Scotland Mark Durnan 6 0 0 1 7
5 Scotland Ryan McGuffie 5 0 0 1 6
6 Scotland Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0 3
= Scotland Danny Carmichael 3 0 0 0 3
= Scotland Derek Young 2 0 0 1 3
= Scotland Chris Mitchell 2 0 1 0 3
= Scotland Michael Paton 3 0 0 0 3
11 Scotland Willie Gibson 2 0 0 0 2
= Scotland Paul Burns 2 0 0 0 2
= Scotland Kevin Smith 2 0 0 0 2
14 Scotland Stephen McKenna 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland David Hopkirk 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Kevin Holt 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

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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

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League table

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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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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
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

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See also

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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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