2013–14 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their first season in the newly established 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.

Queen of the South
2013–14 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerJim McIntyre
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish Championship4th
Challenge CupThird round
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round replay
Top goalscorerLeague: Iain Russell (13)
All: Derek Lyle (14)
Iain Russell (14)
Highest home attendance2,644 vs. Dundee, 10 August 2013
Lowest home attendance1,476 vs. Alloa Athletic, 11 January 2014
Average home league attendance1,724

Summary edit

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 4-3 on aggregate by Falkirk over two legs.

The club reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management edit

The club were managed by Jim McIntyre, alongside his assistant Gerry McCabe for the 2013–14 season,[3] following the departures of Allan Johnston and Sandy Clark who left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock.[4][5] On 9 June 2014 McCabe left to become the new assistant manager at newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Dundee under Paul Hartley.[6]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season edit

6 July 2013 Friendly Queen's Park 1 – 2 Queen of the South Lesser Hampden
15:00 QOSFC Report Lyle  
Splaine  
Attendance: Closed doors
10 July 2013 Friendly Clyde 2 – 5 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium
19:30 QOSFC Report Carmichael      
Burns  
Russell  
Attendance: Closed doors
24 July 2013[7] Friendly Queen of the South 4 – 2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
19:30 McKenna   23'
Paton   51' (pen.)
Lyle   72', 88'
QOSFC Report Harkins   47'
Teale   67'
Attendance: 750 [11]
Referee: Murray[12]

Scottish Championship edit

10 August 2013 ScoChamp Match 1 Queen of the South 4 – 3 Dundee Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   45'
McGuffie   59' (pen.)
Russell   63'
Paton   70'
QOSFC Report MacDonald   8'
Gallagher   80'
Davidson   89'
Attendance: 2,644
Referee: Colvin
17 August 2013 ScoChamp Match 2 Livingston 3 – 3 Queen of the South Energy Assets Arena
15:00 Denholm   12'
Fordyce   58'
Hastings   45'   72'
Mullen   80'
QOSFC Report Russell   38'
McGuffie   44' (pen.)
Reilly   86'
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Muir
28 September 2013 ScoChamp Match 7 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell   26' QOSFC Report Turner   19'
Fleming   87'
Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Clancy
5 October 2013 ScoChamp Match 8 Falkirk 2 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy   33' (pen.), 85' QOSFC Report Russell   57' Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Beaton
12 October 2013 ScoChamp Match 9 Queen of the South 1 – 1 Cowdenbeath Palmerston Park
15:00 Dowie   85' QOSFC Report Stewart   11' Attendance: 1,514
Referee: Dallas
19 October 2013 ScoChamp Match 10 Dundee 2 – 1 Queen of the South Dens Park
15:00 MacDonald   78'
Beattie   89'
QOSFC Report Lyle   80' Attendance: 4,357
Referee: McLean
23 November 2013 ScoChamp Match 14 Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Queen of the South Stark's Park
15:00 Elliot   63', 87' QOSFC Report Reilly   62' Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Northcroft
14 December 2013 ScoChamp Queen of the South A – A Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 BBC Sport Referee: Brines
Note: Abandoned due to high winds
21 December 2013 ScoChamp Match 16 Queen of the South 2 – 2 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Paton   17'
Durnan   45'
QOSFC Report McNulty   4', 77' Attendance: 1,523
Referee: Cook
11 January 2014 ScoChamp Match 19 Queen of the South 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Paton   30'
Reilly   34'
Lyle   56'
QOSFC Report Caldwell   62' Attendance: 1,476
Referee: Finnie
25 January 2014 ScoChamp Greenock Morton A – A Queen of the South Cappielow Park
15:00 BBC Sport Referee: D Robertson
Note: Abandoned due to death of spectator[13]
29 January 2014 ScoChamp Match 21 Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Queen of the South Cappielow Park
19:30 Campbell   86' QOSFC Report Russell   44'   51'
Higgins   45'
Attendance: 2,341
Referee: Anderson
1 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 22 Livingston 1 – 2 Queen of the South Energy Assets Arena
15:00 McNulty   40' (pen.) QOSFC Report Durnan   55'
Lyle   79'
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Aitken
8 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 23 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Reilly   81', 86' QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,818
Referee: Brines
15 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 24 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Dundee Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Conroy   45' (pen.) Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Cook
22 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 25 Falkirk 1 – 0 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Millar   90' (pen.) QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,862
Referee: Colvin
1 March 2014 ScoChamp Match 26 Queen of the South 3 – 1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan   30'
Reilly   45'
McHugh   66'
QOSFC Report Miller   71' Attendance: 1,604
Referee: McLean
25 March 2014 ScoChamp Match 30 Dundee 1 – 0 Queen of the South Dens Park
19:45 Davidson   58' QOSFC Report Attendance: 3,999
Referee: Anderson
12 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 32 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Reilly   67' QOSFC Report Alston   59'
Beck   61'
Flynn   68'
Attendance: 1,863
Referee: Allan
15 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 33 Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:45 Cardle   4'
Watson   7'
Baird   81'
Donaldson   64'   85'
QOSFC Report Durnan   37', 45' Attendance: 993
Referee: Aitken
19 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 34 Dumbarton 0 – 3 Queen of the South Bet Butler Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Russell   17'
Lyle   52'
Holt   66'
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Graham

Premiership play-offs edit

6 May 2014 Play-offs QF R1 Queen of the South 2 – 1 Falkirk Palmerston Park
19:45 McHugh   56', 90' QOSFC Report Alston   8' Attendance: 1,996
Referee: McKendrick
10 May 2014 Play-offs QF R2 Falkirk 3 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 agg.)
Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy   53'
Sibbald   70'
Alston   118'
QOSFC Report McHugh   36' Attendance: 4,427
Referee: Murray

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

27 July 2013 Round 1 Queen of the South 4 – 0 Spartans Palmerston Park
15:00 McKenna   12', 23'
Lyle   18'
Holt   68'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,224
Referee: D Robertson
17 September 2013 Round 3 Queen of the South 0 – 3 Rangers Palmerston Park
19:45 Higgins   27'   75' QOSFC Report Mohsni   7'
Daly   75'
McCulloch   83'
Attendance: 6,155
Referee: Murray

Scottish League Cup edit

3 August 2013 Round 1 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Annan Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   59', 67', 69' QOSFC Report Watson   48'   58' Attendance: 1,588
Referee: P Robertson
27 August 2013 Round 2 Queen of the South 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) St Mirren Palmerston Park
19:45 McKenna   103'
Paton   115'
QOSFC Report Thompson   95' Attendance: 2,073
Referee: Charleston
25 September 2013 Round 3 Heart of Midlothian 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)
Queen of the South Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 McHattie   14'
Hamill   51' (pen.)
Wilson   93'
QOSFC Report McGuffie   20'
Paton   62'
Higgins   116'
Attendance: 8,381
Referee: McKendrick
Penalties
McGhee  
Hamill  
McGowan  
King  
Carrick  
  Lyle
  Mitchell
  Paton
  Dzierzawski

Scottish Cup edit

30 November 2013 Round 4 Queen of the South 2 – 2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell   35'
Paton   72'
QOSFC Report Newton   9'
Thompson   51'
Attendance: 2,176
Referee: Clancy
10 December 2013 Round 4 Replay St Mirren 3 – 0 Queen of the South St Mirren Park
19:45 Harkins   19'
Thompson   74'
Kelly   87'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Allan

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Chris Higgins   33 Club Captain
MF Stephen McKenna   7 Vice Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie   1 Vice Captain
DF Mark Durnan   6 Vice Captain

Last updated: 10 May 2014
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 edit

Last updated 10 May 2014[14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   WAL Calum Antell 16 0 9+1 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Zander Clark 29 0 24+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
GK   ENG James Atkinson 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Scott Hooper 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Mark Durnan 35 5 28+0 5 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Chris Higgins 34 3 25+1 2 3+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
DF   SCO Ryan McGuffie 15 3 9+1 2 2+0 0 2+1 1 0+0 0
DF   SCO Chris Mitchell 40 0 31+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Andy Dowie 36 2 27+1 2 5+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Kevin Holt 41 2 28+2 1 5+0 1 3+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Lewis Kidd 6 0 1+3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   USA Kevin Dzierzawski 18 0 10+4 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Burns 31 1 22+3 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Kerr 13 0 10+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Daniel Carmichael 33 0 9+16 0 2+2 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Ian McShane 38 3 24+4 3 4+1 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Stephen McKenna 30 3 17+6 0 3+0 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF   SCO Dan Orsi 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Patrick Slattery 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Derek Young 23 0 12+4 0 2+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Iain Russell 45 14 28+6 13 4+1 0 2+1 0 3+0 1
FW   SCO Derek Lyle 46 14 25+10 7 4+1 3 3+0 3 1+2 1
FW   SCO Gavin Reilly 41 12 19+14 12 0+3 0 0+3 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO Michael Paton 38 6 24+6 3 3+0 0 3+0 2 1+1 1
FW   SCO Aidan Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Robert McHugh 15 5 10+3 2 2+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 10 May 2014
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Calum Antell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Zander Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  GK James Atkinson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  DF Scott Hooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Mark Durnan 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
  DF Chris Higgins 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 2
  DF Ryan McGuffie 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Chris Mitchell 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  DF Andy Dowie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Kevin Holt 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Lewis Kidd 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Kevin Dzierzawski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Paul Burns 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  MF Mark Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Daniel Carmichael 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Ian McShane 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Stephen McKenna 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
  MF Dan Orsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Patrick Slattery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Derek Young 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Iain Russell 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 1
  FW Derek Lyle 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  FW Gavin Reilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Michael Paton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Aidan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Robert McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets edit

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK   Calum Antell 2 2 1 0 5
2 GK   Zander Clark 9 0 0 1 10
3 GK   James Atkinson 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 12 2 1 1 16

Last updated: 10 May 2014
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Top Scorers edit

Last updated on 10 May 2014
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   Derek Lyle 7 3 3 1 14
=   Iain Russell 13 0 0 1 14
3   Gavin Reilly 12 0 0 0 12
4   Michael Paton 3 0 2 1 6
5   Mark Durnan 5 0 0 0 5
=   Robert McHugh 2 3 0 0 5
7   Stephen McKenna 0 2 1 0 3
=   Ryan McGuffie 2 0 1 0 3
=   Chris Higgins 2 0 1 0 3
=   Ian McShane 3 0 0 0 3
11   Andy Dowie 2 0 0 0 2
=   Kevin Holt 1 1 0 0 2
13   Paul Burns 1 0 0 0 1


Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Hamilton Academical (O, P) 36 19 10 7 68 41 +27 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33 +26 66 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 16 7 13 53 39 +14 55
5 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 +1 51
6 Livingston 36 13 7 16 51 56 −5 46
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHHAAHHAHHAHAHHAAHA
ResultWDLDLWLLDLWLWLWDWLWWDWWLLWDWWLWLLWWD
Position236695777988787878866444544444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2014. Source: [16]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

See also edit

References edit

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