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2014–15 Queen of the South F.C. season

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Queen of the South
2014–15 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerJim McIntyre
James Fowler
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish Championship4th
Challenge CupFirst round
League CupSecond round
Scottish CupSixth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Derek Lyle (15)
All: Derek Lyle (21)
Highest home attendance6,185 vs. Rangers, 12 December 2014
Lowest home attendance1,597 vs. Raith Rovers, 22 November 2014
Average home league attendance2,778

The 2014–15 season was Queen of the South's second consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football and their second 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 also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Queen of the South finished fourth in the Scottish Championship. Their league position qualified the club for the quarter final stage of the Scottish Premiership play-offs where they were defeated 3-2 on aggregate by Rangers over two legs.

The club reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the sixth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

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The club began the 2014-15 season under the management of Jim McIntyre. On 9 September 2014, McIntyre and first team coach Billy Dodds left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Ross County.[3] On 30 September 2014 James Fowler was announced as the club's new player-manager.[4] On 30 March 2015 Fowler agreed a contract extension until 31 May 2016.[5]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

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2 July 2014 Friendly Clyde 1 – 2 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium
19:30 Watt QOSFC Report Baird
Reilly
Attendance: Closed doors
9 July 2014 Friendly Annan Athletic 0 – 1 Queen of the South Galabank
19:30 QOSFC Report Swinglehurst 11' (o.g.) Attendance: 300
16 July 2014 Friendly Queen of the South 1 – 0 Gateshead Palmerston Park
15:00 Baird 45' QOSFC Report Attendance: Closed doors
19 July 2014 Friendly Queen of the South 5 – 1 Rotherham United Palmerston Park
15:00 Baird 43', 62'
Lyle 68', 77'
Kidd 80'
QOSFC Report Rowe 3' Attendance: 689
Referee: Roache

Scottish Championship

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23 August 2014 ScoChamp Match 3 Queen of the South 1 – 1 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Jacobs 34' (o.g.)
Fowler Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 72'
QOSFC Report White 66' (pen.) Attendance: 1,805
Referee: Aitken
30 August 2014 ScoChamp Match 4 Rangers 4 – 2 Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Zaliukas 27'
Templeton 46'
Mohsni 64'
Miller 86'
QOSFC Report Reilly 22'
Russell 36'
Attendance: 31,851
Referee: McLean
13 September 2014 ScoChamp Match 5 Falkirk 1 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Durnan 83' (o.g.) QOSFC Report Reilly 70' Attendance: 3,793
Referee: Thomson
10 October 2014 ScoChamp Match 9 Raith Rovers 3 – 4 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:35 Stewart 59', 78'
Nade 62'
QOSFC Report Baird 7'
Reilly 50'
Holt Red card 73'
Lyle 74'
Russell 90'
Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Muir
18 October 2014 ScoChamp Match 10 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Dowie 38'
Reilly 42'
Kerr 72'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Beaton
8 November 2014 ScoChamp Match 12 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Baird 32' (pen.)
Durnan 69'
Lyle 71'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,677
Referee: Thomson
12 December 2014 ScoChamp Match 16 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Rangers Palmerston Park
19:45 Holt 22'
Reilly 67'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 6,185
Referee: Dallas
10 January 2015 ScoChamp Raith Rovers P – P Queen of the South Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
17 January 2015 ScoChamp Match 20 Falkirk 1 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy 16' (pen.) QOSFC Report Reilly 56'
Durnan Red card 64'
Attendance: 3,478
Referee: Allan
31 January 2015 ScoChamp Match 22 Cowdenbeath 0 – 5 Queen of the South Central Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Lyle 45', 58', 81' (pen.)
Reilly 56'
McShane 61'
Attendance: 569
Referee: Cook
10 March 2015 ScoChamp Match 26 Rangers 1 – 1 Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Vuckic 77' QOSFC Report A. Smith 86' Attendance: 35,018
Referee: McKendrick

Premiership play-offs

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9 May 2015 Play-offs QF R1 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Rangers Palmerston Park
17:30 Lyle 64' QOSFC Report Smith 44'
Shiels 75'
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: Muir
17 May 2015 Play-offs QF R2 Rangers 1 – 1
(3 – 2 agg.)
Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
15:30 Wallace 60' QOSFC Report Lyle 35' Attendance: 48,035
Referee: Clancy

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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2 August 2014 Round 1 Queen of the South 5 – 0 Elgin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell 6', 61', 86'
Lyle 35', 90'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 939
Referee: Allan

Scottish Cup

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29 November 2014 Round 4 Queen of the South 4 – 1 Brora Rangers Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 3'
Reilly 61'
Russell 71'
Kidd 80'
QOSFC Report Greig 65' Attendance: 1,434
Referee: Muir
7 February 2015 Round 5 Queen of the South 2 – 0 St Johnstone Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 48'
Reilly 90'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 3,043
Referee: McLean
6 March 2015 Round 6 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Falkirk Palmerston Park
19:35 QOSFC Report Sibbald 34' Attendance: 2,833
Referee: Clancy

Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 DF Chris Higgins Scotland 41 Club Captain
5 DF Mark Durnan Scotland 2 Vice Captain
4 DF Andy Dowie Scotland 1 Vice Captain

Last updated: 26 May 2015
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 26 May 2015[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Zander Clark 39 0 33+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Chris Mitchell 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 41 3 33+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 42 3 34+0 2 3+0 1 2+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Mark Durnan 38 3 29+1 3 3+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins 41 0 34+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Paul Burns 7 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
*8 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr[8] 13 1 10+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Mark Millar 15 1 10+3 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
*9 FW Scotland SCO John Baird[9] 20 3 8+10 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Gavin Reilly 39 15 30+2 13 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 2
11 FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 40 13 24+8 8 1+2 1 2+0 3 2+1 1
12 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Kidd 43 2 23+12 1 3+0 0 1+1 0 2+1 1
14 MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKenna 16 1 7+6 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
15 FW Scotland SCO Michael Paton 24 2 13+7 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF United States USA Kevin Dzierzawski 19 0 2+14 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Daniel Carmichael 41 1 30+3 1 3+0 0 1+1 0 1+2 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Ian McShane 41 2 32+1 2 3+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 41 21 26+8 15 2+1 2 1+1 2 2+0 2
20 GK England ENG James Atkinson 6 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Patrick Slattery 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Scott Hooper 7 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Dean Smith 6 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
24 FW Scotland SCO Aidan Smith 7 1 1+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
25 FW Algeria ALG Salim Kouider Aissa 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO James Fowler 11 1 7+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Greg Kiltie 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW England ENG Jake Pickard 12 0 0+11 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
29 DF England ENG Jack Dickinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Kenny Arthur 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2015
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Other 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
Scotland GK Zander Clark 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England GK James Atkinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Kenny Arthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Scott Hooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Mark Durnan 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Scotland DF Chris Higgins 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Scotland DF Chris Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Andy Dowie[10] 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland DF Kevin Holt 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland DF Lewis Kidd 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Scotland DF James Fowler 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
England DF Jack Dickinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States MF Kevin Dzierzawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Paul Burns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Mark Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Mark Millar 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF Daniel Carmichael 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Ian McShane 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland MF Stephen McKenna 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Patrick Slattery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Dean Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Algeria FW Salim Kouider Aissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW John Baird 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Iain Russell 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Scotland FW Derek Lyle 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
Scotland FW Gavin Reilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Scotland FW Michael Paton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW Aidan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Greg Kiltie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England FW Jake Pickard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

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No. Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Zander Clark 14 0 1 0 15
20 GK England James Atkinson 0 0 0 1 1
31 GK Scotland Kenny Arthur 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 14 0 1 1 16

Last updated: 26 May 2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Top Scorers

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Last updated on 26 May 2015
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Scotland Derek Lyle 15 2 2 2 21
2 Scotland Gavin Reilly 13 0 0 2 15
3 Scotland Iain Russell 8 1 3 1 13
4 Scotland John Baird 3 0 0 0 3
= Scotland Andy Dowie 2 1 0 0 3
= Scotland Mark Durnan 3 0 0 0 3
= Scotland Kevin Holt 3 0 0 0 3
8 Scotland Michael Paton 1 1 0 0 2
= Scotland Ian McShane 2 0 0 0 2
= Scotland Lewis Kidd 1 0 0 1 2
11 Scotland Mark Kerr 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland James Fowler 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Daniel Carmichael 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Aidan Smith 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Mark Millar 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Stephen McKenna 1 0 0 0 1

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
2 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 70 32 +38 70 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Rangers 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith Rovers 36 12 7 17 42 65 −23 43
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAAAHHAHA
ResultWWDLDWLLWWDWDWLWLDWDLWWLDDWWLLWWWDWL
Position212444443333333344445444444444544444
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: [11]
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. ^ "Brechin 0-6 Queen of the South". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Jim McIntyre joins from Queen of the South". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Fowler Confirmed as Queens Manager". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Manager Agrees Contract Extension". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Queen of the South". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  7. ^ "First Team Squad". Queen of the South F.C. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Mark Kerr Leaves the Club". qosfc.com. Queen of the South. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ^ "John Baird Released". qosfc.com. Queen of the South. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Andy Dowie handed two-match susspension for standing on Ian Black". sport.stv.tv. STV Sport. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Queen of the South". Statto. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  12. ^ "John Baird to join from Raith Rovers". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Celtic's Lewis Kidd makes Queen of the South switch permanent". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  14. ^ "James Fowler". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Zander Clark Rejoins". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  16. ^ "Queens Head To Ibrox With Manpower Problems". queenofthesouth-mad.co.uk. Digital Sports Group. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Greg Kiltie Signs On Loan". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  18. ^ "The Squad - Season 14/15". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  19. ^ "Mark Millar Signs On". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Signing News". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  21. ^ "Young on the move". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  22. ^ "Salim Goes Out on Loan". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  23. ^ "Slattery Re-joins Spiders". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  24. ^ "Mark Kerr Leaves the Club". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  25. ^ "John Baird Released". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  26. ^ "Kevin Dzierzawski Goes Out on Loan". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.