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2017–18 Queen of the South F.C. season

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Queen of the South
2017–18 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerGary Naysmith
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish Championship6th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupGroup stages
Challenge CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stephen Dobbie (18)
All: Stephen Dobbie (27)
Highest home attendance2,019 vs. St Mirren, 23 December 2017
Lowest home attendance1,062 vs. Falkirk, 3 April 2018
Average home league attendance1,452

The 2017–18 season is Queen of the South's fifth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fifth 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.

Summary

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Queens finished sixth in the Scottish Championship for the second consecutive season.

Queens reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup, losing to The New Saints after a penalty shoot-out 4-3, with no goals scored after extra time.

The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group G that included Albion Rovers, East Kilbride, Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir.

Queens reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2-1 at Palmerston to Partick Thistle.

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

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1 July 2017 Friendly Cowdenbeath 3–2 Queen of the South Central Park
14:00 Muirhead 61', 71'
Syme 88'
QOSFC Report
QueensMad Report
Blue Brazil Photos
Stirling 3'
Dobbie 44'
Attendance: 246
Referee: Charleston
4 July 2017 Friendly Annan Athletic 1–4 Queen of the South Galabank
19:45 A. Trialist 6' QOSFC Report
QueensMad Report
Black & Golds Photos
Dobbie 29', 34', 48'
Lucas 41' (o.g.)
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kirkland
7 July 2017 Friendly Fleetwood Town 1–0 Queen of the South Poolfoot Farm Training Complex
15:00 Coyle 62' QOSFC Report
Blackpool Gazette Report
Trawlermen Photos
Attendance: Closed doors

Scottish Championship

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5 August 2017 ScoChamp Match 1 Queen of the South 4–1 Brechin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 28', 42'
Rankin 59'
Dykes 78'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
City Photos
O'Neil 75' Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: Lyle
26 August 2017 ScoChamp Match 4 Falkirk 1 – 4 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Gasparotto 89' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Bairns Photos
Kerr 2'
Dobbie 41', 46', 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,108
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: Dobbie
24 September 2017 ScoChamp Match 7 St Mirren 3 – 1 Queen of the South Paisley 2021 Stadium
16:10 C. Smith 24'
Morgan 27', 54'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Buddies Photos
Kerr 64' Attendance: 3,023
Referee: Cook
Man of the Match: Kerr
21 October 2017 ScoChamp Match 10 Brechin City 0 – 1 Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 Love Red card 90' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
City Photos
Kerr 60' Red card 90' Attendance: 562
Referee: Charleston
Man of the Match: Kerr
28 October 2017 ScoChamp Match 11 Queen of the South 4 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie 16'
Dykes 19'
Brownlie 75'
Lyle 90'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Bairns Photos
McKee 85'
McGhee 89'
Attendance: 1,716
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Murray
25 November 2017 ScoChamp Match 13 Queen of the South 0 – 3 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Jacobs Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 77' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Lions Photos
Penrice 32'
Fordyce 68' (o.g.)
Byrne 81'
Attendance: 1,328
Referee: Steven
Man of the Match: McFadden
9 December 2017 ScoChamp Match 16 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 5 Queen of the South East End Park
15:00 Clark 47'
McManus 85'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Pars Photos
Kane 8', 27'
Dobbie 74', 80' (pen.), 90'
Attendance: 4,694
Referee: Collum
Man of the Match: Dobbie
16 December 2017 ScoChamp Queen of the South A - A Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Referee: Thomson
Note: Abandoned due to frozen pitch
27 January 2018 ScoChamp Match 22 Queen of the South 3 – 1 Brechin City Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie 7', 13', 73' QOSFC Report
City Report
City Photos
Orsi 85' Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Dallas
Man of the Match: Dobbie
27 February 2018 ScoChamp Dundee United P - P Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to heavy snowfall
6 March 2018 ScoChamp Dundee United P - P Queen of the South Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
28 April 2018 ScoChamp Match 36 Brechin City 1 – 5 Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 Layne 78' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
City Photos
Dobbie 45+3', 60', 74'
Dykes 45+8', 65'
Attendance: 661
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Dobbie

Scottish Challenge Cup

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2 September 2017 Round 2 Berwick Rangers 0 – 5 Queen of the South Shielfield Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Wee Gers Photos
Rooney 53'
Dobbie 58', 63'
Lyle 60'
Kane 87'
Attendance: 621
Referee: Aitken
Man of the Match: Dobbie
7 October 2017 Round 3 Montrose 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Queen of the South Links Park
15:00 Masson 23' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Gable Endies Photos
Dobbie 87', 120'
Dykes 113'
Attendance: 534
Referee: Graham
Man of the Match: Dykes

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
8 MF John Rankin Scotland 40 Club Captain
11 FW Stephen Dobbie Scotland 7 Vice Captain

Last updated: 28 April 2018
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 28 April 2018[4][5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Alan Martin 31 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Shaun Rooney 34 3 14+10 0 3+1 2 2+1 1 3+0 0
3 DF England ENG Jordan Marshall 39 2 29+0 2 4+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Callum Fordyce 40 3 28+1 3 4+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Darren Brownlie 44 4 32+1 2 4+0 1 4+0 1 3+0 0
*6 MF Scotland SCO Callum Tapping[6] 22 0 7+7 0 3+0 0 2+2 0 0+1 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Cameron 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
*7 MF Scotland SCO Andy Stirling[7] 23 1 5+8 1 2+2 0 4+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO John Rankin 44 1 31+3 1 3+0 0 3+1 0 3+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 35 8 9+17 5 2+1 2 2+2 0 2+0 1
*10 FW Scotland SCO Chris Kane[8] 20 5 12+4 4 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Dom Thomas 14 2 12+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Stephen Dobbie 42 27 31+0 18 4+0 4 4+0 4 3+0 1
12 MF Scotland SCO Joe Thomson 18 5 16+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK Scotland SCO Sam Henderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 38 1 29+0 1 3+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
*15 DF Scotland SCO Jason Kerr[6] 19 5 18+0 4 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Todorov 8 1 0+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
*16 FW Scotland SCO James McFadden[9] 15 0 6+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
16 MF England ENG Josh Todd 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Connor Murray 31 1 10+10 1 1+3 0 2+2 0 1+2 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Ross Fergusson 10 1 4+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
19 MF Scotland SCO Owen Bell 4 1 0+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Jack Leighfield 18 0 14+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Dan Carmichael 9 0 3+4 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
*22 MF England ENG Jesse Akubuine[10] 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
*23 GK England ENG Lee Robinson[11] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Malta MLT Myles Beerman 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Scott Mercer 26 0 18+2 0 0+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
25 FW Australia AUS Lyndon Dykes 44 8 30+4 7 2+1 1 3+1 0 2+1 0
*26 DF Scotland SCO Ewan Gourlay[7] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF England ENG Daniel Harvey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Declan Tremble 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 GK Scotland SCO Curtis Lyle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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As of 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Championship 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
2 Scotland DF Shaun Rooney 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 England DF Jordan Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Scotland DF Callum Fordyce 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Scotland DF Darren Brownlie 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Scotland MF Callum Tapping 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Scotland MF John Rankin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Scotland FW Derek Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Scotland FW Chris Kane 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Scotland MF Dom Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Scotland FW Stephen Dobbie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Scotland MF Joe Thomson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1
*15 Scotland DF Jason Kerr[12] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Scotland FW James McFadden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 England MF Josh Todd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Scotland MF Dan Carmichael 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Scotland DF Scott Mercer 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
25 Australia FW Lyndon Dykes 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Totals 60 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 64 1

Top scorers

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Last updated 28 April 2018
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Scotland Stephen Dobbie 18 4 4 1 27
2 Scotland Derek Lyle 5 2 0 1 8
= Australia Lyndon Dykes 7 1 0 0 8
4 Scotland Jason Kerr 4 1 0 0 5
= Scotland Chris Kane 4 1 0 0 5
= Scotland Joe Thomson 5 0 0 0 5
7 Scotland Darren Brownlie 2 1 1 0 4
8 Scotland Shaun Rooney 0 2 1 0 3
= Scotland Callum Fordyce 3 0 0 0 3
10 Scotland Dom Thomas 2 0 0 0 2
= England Jordan Marshall 2 0 0 0 2
12 Scotland John Rankin 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Andy Stirling 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Owen Bell 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Ross Fergusson 0 0 0 1 1
= South Africa Kyle Jacobs 1 0 0 0 1
= Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Connor Murray 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

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R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Alan Martin 8 1 1 1 11
20 GK Scotland Jack Leighfield 3 2 0 0 5
Totals 11 3 1 1 16

Last updated: 28 April 2018
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
4 Dunfermline Athletic 36 16 11 9 60 35 +25 59 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 16 9 11 53 37 +16 57
6 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 59 53 +6 52
7 Greenock Morton 36 13 11 12 47 40 +7 50
8 Falkirk 36 12 11 13 45 49 −4 47
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[13]

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHA
ResultWLWWDLLDDWWWLDDWLLDWLWLDDWLLWDLDLWWW
Position143235656555556366645566656666667776
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated 28 April 2018
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Gary Naysmith[14] 15 July 2017 28 April 2018 47 19 14 14 040.43

Transfers

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See also

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Notes

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

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