2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season

Queen of the South

2011–12 season
Chairman	Davie Rae
Manager	Gus MacPherson Allan Johnston
Stadium	Palmerston Park
First Division	10th (Relegated)
Challenge Cup	First Round; Lost to Ayr United
League Cup	Third Round; Lost to Kilmarnock
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round Replay; Lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorer	League: Scott McLaughlin (6) Sam Parkin (6) All: Scott McLaughlin (7)
Highest home attendance	2,079 vs. Ayr United, 31 March 2012
Lowest home attendance	1,282 vs. Hamilton Academical, 2 January 2012
Average home league attendance	1,551
Home colours Away colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was Queen of the South's tenth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2001–02 season.^[1] Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queen of the South finished tenth in the First Division^[2] and were relegated to the Second Division.^[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,^[4] the third round of the League Cup^[5] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.^[6]

Management

The club began the 2011–12 season under the management of Gus MacPherson. On 30 April 2012, MacPherson resigned after relegation was confirmed.^[7] On 3 May, Allan Johnston was appointed as manager.^[8]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

Friendly	Gretna 2008		1–5[9]		Queen of the South	Raydale Park	5 July 2011
Sloan					Carmichael McGuffie Brighton Trialist No.8 Trialist No.10	Attendance: 509 Report: QOSFC Report

Friendly	Queen's Park		2 – 2[9]		Queen of the South	Hampden Park	7 July 2011
						Attendance: Closed doors Report: QOSFC Report

Friendly	Clyde		1 – 3[9]		Queen of the South	Broadwood Stadium	12 July 2011
						Attendance: Closed doors

Friendly	Alloa Athletic		3 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	Recreation Park	14 July 2011
Trialist Holmes (2)						Attendance: Closed doors Report: Alloa FC Report

Friendly	Annan Athletic		0 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	East Kilbride	16 July 2011
					Carmichael	Attendance: Closed doors Report: QOSFC Report

Scottish First Division

First Division	Livingston		2 – 2[9]		Queen of the South	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium	6 August 2011
Sinclair  56' Russell  85' (pen.)					McLaughlin  19' Brighton  32' C Reid  84'	Attendance: 1,444 Referee: Euan Norris Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		1 – 3[9]		Raith Rovers	Palmerston Park	13 August 2011
Smith  45' (pen.),  87'					Baird  67', 77' Graham  88'	Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Alan Muir Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Ross County		2 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	Victoria Park	20 August 2011
Kettlewell  70' Craig  87', 90'						Attendance: 2,065 Referee: Steve Conroy Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Partick Thistle		2 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium	27 August 2011
Doolan  20' Elliot  85'					Campbell  61'	Attendance: 2,045 Referee: John McKendrick Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		1 – 0[9]		Hamilton Academical	Palmerston Park	10 September 2011
Johnston  51'						Attendance: 1,514 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		4 – 1[9]		Greenock Morton	Palmerston Park	17 September 2011
Smith  20', 35', 38' Brighton  30'					MacDonald  87'	Attendance: 1,699 Referee: George Salmond Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Ayr United		1 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	Somerset Park	24 September 2011
Roberts  84'						Attendance: 1,582 Referee: Calum Murray Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		0 – 0[9]		Dundee	Palmerston Park	1 October 2011
						Attendance: 1,649 Referee: Mike Tumilty Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Falkirk		1 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium	15 October 2011
Dods  90'						Attendance: 3,094 Referee: John Beaton Report: QOSFC Report

First Division	Raith Rovers		0 – 2[9]		Queen of the South	Stark's Park	22 October 2011
					McLaughlin  18' Brighton  75'	Attendance: 1,523 Referee: Stephen Finnie Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		0 – 2[9]		Livingston	Palmerston Park	29 October 2011
					McNulty  6' Fotheringham  64'	Attendance: 1,556 Referee: Brian Winter Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Hamilton Academical		3 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	New Douglas Park	5 November 2011
Paterson  17' Imrie  82' Anderson  90'					Smith  31'	Attendance: 1,836 Referee: George Salmond Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		0 – 0[9]		Partick Thistle	Palmerston Park	12 November 2011
						Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Calum Murray Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Greenock Morton		2 – 2[9]		Queen of the South	Cappielow Park	26 November 2011
Jackson  17' Weatherson  82'					McLaughlin  2' McKenna  57'	Attendance: 1,352 Referee: William Collum Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		4 – 1[9]		Ayr United	Palmerston Park	3 December 2011
McKenna  31' McLaughlin  71' (pen.) Carmichael  72' Simmons  89'					Wardlaw  45' Malone  70'	Attendance: 1,478 Referee: Steven McLean Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Dundee		2 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Dens Park	10 December 2011
Hyde  8' Riley  25' Riley  56'					Holt  27' Higgins  55'	Attendance: 5,019 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: QOSFC Report

First Division	Queen of the South		1 – 5[9]		Falkirk	Palmerston Park	17 December 2011
McLaughlin  34'					Sibbald  43', 77' El Alagui  73', 86' Higginbotham  81'	Attendance: 1,466 Referee: Brian Colvin Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Partick Thistle		1 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium	26 December 2011
Doolan  48'						Attendance: 2,261 Referee: Bobby Madden Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		1 – 2[9]		Hamilton Academical	Palmerston Park	2 January 2012
McGuffie  82'					Imrie  5', 15' McLaughlin  71'	Attendance: 1,282 Referee: Gary Hilland Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		0 – 0[9]		Ross County	Palmerston Park	14 January 2012
						Attendance: 1,314 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Livingston		2 – 2[9]		Queen of the South	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium	21 January 2012
Fox  40' Scougall  73'					Brighton  16' McGuffie  81' (pen.) C. Reid  90'	Attendance: 1,286 Referee: David Somers Report: SFL Report

First Division	Queen of the South		2 – 1[9]		Greenock Morton	Palmerston Park	28 January 2012
Parkin  58', 65'					Campbell  75'	Attendance: 1,444 Referee: Craig Charleston Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Ayr United		1 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Somerset Park	11 February 2012
Moffat  85'					McLaughlin  76'	Attendance: 1,475 Referee: Kevin Clancy Report: QOSFC Report

First Division	Queen of the South		1 – 1[9]		Dundee	Palmerston Park	18 February 2012
Parkin  44'					Lockwood  89'	Attendance: 1,682 Referee: Steve Conroy Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Falkirk		3 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium	25 February 2012
El Alagui  35' Gibson  36' Dods  79'						Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Stephen Finnie Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Ross County		2 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Victoria Park	3 March 2012
Vigurs  23' Gardyne  72'					McGuffie  57'	Attendance: 2,578 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		1 – 0[9]		Raith Rovers	Palmerston Park	10 March 2012
Reilly  82'						Attendance: 1,561 Referee: Brian Winter Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		0 – 5[9]		Partick Thistle	Palmerston Park	17 March 2012
					Doolan  17', 64' O'Donnell  42' Erskine  69' Elliot  85'	Attendance: 1,689 Referee: George Salmond Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Hamilton Academical		3 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	New Douglas Park	24 March 2012
Spence  72' Redmond  84' Ryan  90'						Attendance: 1,631 Referee: Euan Norris Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		2 – 1[9]		Ayr United	Palmerston Park	31 March 2012
Johnston  14' Parkin  24'					Moffat  78'	Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Charlie Richmond Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Greenock Morton		2 – 2[9]		Queen of the South	Cappielow Park	7 April 2012
Bachirou  32' MacDonald  62'					Parkin  60' Carmichael  79'	Attendance: 1,622 Referee: Crawford Allan Report: SFL Report

First Division	Dundee		1 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Dens Park	10 April 2012
O'Donnell  53'					Higgins  82'	Attendance: 3,371 Referee: John Beaton Report: QOSFC Report

First Division	Queen of the South		0 – 0[9]		Falkirk	Palmerston Park	14 April 2012
						Attendance: 1,446 Referee: Iain Brines Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		0 – 4[9]		Livingston	Palmerston Park	21 April 2012
Higgins  35'					Boulding  27', 88' McNulty  38' Jacobs  72'	Attendance: 1,403 Referee: Alan Muir Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Raith Rovers		3 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Stark's Park	28 April 2012
Graham  15' Baird  54' Clarke  90'					Carmichael  58'	Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Brian Colvin Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Queen of the South		3 – 5[9]		Ross County	Palmerston Park	5 May 2012
Carmichael  10' Parkin  15' Reilly  53'					Kettlewell  11' Gardyne  39', 77' McMenamin  57' Byrne  90'	Attendance: 1,323 Referee: David Somers Report: BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

Round 1	Queen of the South		2 – 1[9]		Stranraer	Palmerston Park	30 July 2011
Carmichael  19' Brighton  78'					Gallagher  15'	Attendance: 1,511 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

Round 2	Queen of the South		3 – 0[9]		Forfar Athletic	Palmerston Park	23 August 2011
Brighton  29' Johnston  58' Clark  61'						Attendance: 1,008 Referee: Willie Collum Report: BBC Sport

Round 3	Kilmarnock		5 – 0[9]		Queen of the South	Rugby Park	20 September 2011
Harkins  2' Heffernan  41', 59', 70' Hutchinson  74'					Smith  33'	Attendance: 3,091 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

Challenge Cup

Round 1	Ayr United		2 – 0 (a.e.t.)[9]		Queen of the South	Somerset Park	23 July 2011
Campbell  94' Geggan  115'						Attendance: 1,272 Referee: Brian Winter Report: BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Round 4	Partick Thistle		0 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium	7 January 2012
					Carmichael  89'	Attendance: 2,454 Referee: Des Roache Report: BBC Report

Round 5	Aberdeen		1 – 1[9]		Queen of the South	Pittodrie Stadium	4 February 2012
Vernon  67'					McLaughlin  54'	Attendance: 6,785 Referee: Steven McLean Report: BBC Sport

Round 5 Replay	Queen of the South		1 – 2[9]		Aberdeen	Palmerston Park	14 February 2012
McGuffie  58' (pen.)					Fyvie  21' Considine  90'	Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Alan Muir Report: QOSFC Report

Player statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
	MF	Stephen Simmons		28	Club Captain
	MF	Stephen McKenna		13	Vice Captain
	DF	Ryan McGuffie		2	Assistant Vice Captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
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 5 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Roddy McKenzie	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK		Lee Robinson	39	0	34+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		James Atkinson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		John Potter	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Alan Reid	36	0	24+5	0	3+0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
	DF		Mark Campbell	19	1	15+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Steven Black	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Chris Higgins	39	2	31+1	2	3+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Ryan McGuffie	36	4	26+4	3	3+0	1	1+1	0	1+0	0
	DF		Craig Reid	32	0	25+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Scott McLaughlin	41	7	34+0	6	3+0	1	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Daniel Carmichael	41	6	27+7	4	3+0	1	2+1	1	0+1	0
	MF		Allan Johnston	37	3	31+0	2	3+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
	MF		Ian McShane	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Dan Orsi	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Stephen Simmons	36	1	23+6	1	1+2	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Nicky Clark	36	1	19+11	0	2+0	0	2+1	1	0+1	0
	MF		Stephen McKenna	37	2	24+6	2	2+1	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
	MF		Kevin Holt	19	0	13+4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Kevin Smith	26	5	17+6	5	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Tom Brighton	26	6	16+5	4	1+0	0	2+1	2	1+0	0
	FW		Steven Degnan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Marc McCusker	7	0	0+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Gavin Reilly	17	2	3+12	2	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Ryan Smylie	9	0	0+8	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Sam Parkin	17	6	15+0	6	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012

Nation	Position	Name	Scottish First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Total
	GK	Roddy McKenzie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Lee Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	James Atkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	John Potter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Alan Reid	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	Mark Campbell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	Steven Black	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Chris Higgins	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
	DF	Ryan McGuffie	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	Craig Reid	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
	MF	Scott McLaughlin	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	Daniel Carmichael	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	Allan Johnston	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	Ian McShane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Dan Orsi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Stephen Simmons	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
	MF	Nicky Clark	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Stephen McKenna	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	MF	Kevin Holt	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
	FW	Kevin Smith	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
	FW	Tom Brighton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Steven Degnan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Marc McCusker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Gavin Reilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Ryan Smylie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Sam Parkin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Top Scorers

Last updated on 5 May 2012

Position	Nation	Name	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
1		Scott McLaughlin	6	1	0	0	7
2		Tom Brighton	4	0	2	0	6
=		Sam Parkin	6	0	0	0	6
=		Daniel Carmichael	4	1	1	0	6
5		Kevin Smith	5	0	0	0	5
6		Ryan McGuffie	3	1	0	0	4
7		Allan Johnston	2	0	1	0	3
8		Stephen McKenna	2	0	0	0	2
=		Chris Higgins	2	0	0	0	2
=		Gavin Reilly	2	0	0	0	2
11		Nicky Clark	0	0	1	0	1
=		Stephen Simmons	1	0	0	0	1
=		Mark Campbell	1	0	0	0	1

Clean sheets

R	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
1	GK		Lee Robinson	7	1	1	0	9
2	GK		Roddy McKenzie	0	0	0	0	0
			Totals	6	1	1	0	8

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

As of 14 May 2012 11:00 (UTC)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ross County (C)	36	22	13	1	72	32	+40	79	Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2	Dundee	36	15	10	11	53	43	+10	55
3	Falkirk	36	13	13	10	53	48	+5	52
4	Hamilton Academical	36	14	7	15	55	56	−1	49
5	Livingston	36	13	9	14	56	54	+2	48
6	Partick Thistle	36	12	11	13	50	39	+11	47
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	11	14	46	49	−3	44
8	Greenock Morton	36	10	12	14	40	55	−15	42
9	Ayr United (R)	36	9	11	16	44	67	−23	38	Qualification for Scottish First Division Play-offs
10	Queen of the South (R)	36	7	11	18	38	64	−26	32	Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	7	11	18	38	64	−26	32	6	5	7	21	31	−10	1	6	11	17	33	−16

|} Last updated: 5 May 2012.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L
Position	4	8	10	10	10	7	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Last updated: 5 May 2012.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Last updated on 5 May 2012

Team	League Results^[a]				Points
	1	2	3	4
Ayr United	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	7
Dundee	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3
Falkirk	0–1	1–5	0–3	0–0	1
Greenock Morton	4–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	8
Hamilton Academical	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–3	3
Livingston	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	2
Partick Thistle	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–5	1
Raith Rovers	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–3	6
Ross County	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–5	1

Source: 2011–12 Scottish First Division Results Table

a. ^ Queen of the South's score is shown first.

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Simmons, StephenStephen Simmons Raith Rovers Free[10] Campbell, MarkMark Campbell Raith Rovers Free[11] Smith, KevinKevin Smith Notts County Free[11] Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins Dunfermline Athletic Free[12] McLaughlin, ScottScott McLaughlin Ayr United Free[13] Clark, NickyNicky Clark Peterhead Free[14] Brighton, TomTom Brighton Stirling Albion Free[15] Reid, AlanAlan Reid Unattached Free[16] Robinson, LeeLee Robinson Unattached Free[17] McCusker, MarcMarc McCusker Clyde Free[17] Parkin, SamSam Parkin St Johnstone Free[18] Potter, JohnJohn Potter Dunfermline Athletic Loan[19]

Players out Player To Fee Derek Holmes Airdrie United Free[20] Willie McLaren Hamilton Academical Free[21] David Lilley Airdrie United Free[22] Colin McMenamin Ross County Free[23] Paul Burns Dunfermline Athletic Free[24] Quinn, RoccoRocco Quinn Ross County Free[25] Hutton, DavidDavid Hutton Hamilton Academical Free[26] Harris, RobertRobert Harris Blackpool Free[27] Hyslop, RossRoss Hyslop Annan Athletic Free[28] Scally, NeilNeil Scally Free Agent Free[29] Weatherston, DavidDavid Weatherston Falkirk Free[30] McKenzie, RoddyRoddy McKenzie Free Agent Free[31] Campbell, MarkMark Campbell Irvine Meadow Free[32]

See also

• List of Queen of the South F.C. seasons

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