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

Queen of the South
2014–15 season
Chairman Billy Hewitson
Manager Jim McIntyre
James Fowler
Stadium Palmerston Park
Scottish Championship 4th
Challenge Cup First round; Lost to Livingston
League Cup Second round; Lost to Livingston
Scottish Cup Sixth round; Lost to Falkirk
Top goalscorer League: Derek Lyle (15)
All: Derek Lyle (21)
Highest home attendance 6,185 vs. Rangers, 12 December 2014
Lowest home attendance 1,597 vs. Raith Rovers, 22 November 2014
Average home league attendance 2,778

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

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

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

      Win       Draw       Loss       Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Championship

Premiership Play-offs

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

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

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

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2015
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GKZander Clark 2000000020
England GKJames Atkinson 1000000010
Scotland GKKenny Arthur 0000000000
Scotland DFScott Hooper 1000000010
Scotland DFMark Durnan 8100000081
Scotland DF Chris Higgins 8000001090
Scotland DFChris Mitchell 0000000000
Scotland DFAndy Dowie[10] 5100000051
Scotland DFKevin Holt 5100000051
Scotland DFLewis Kidd 3000001040
Scotland DFJames Fowler 4110000051
England DFJack Dickinson 0000000000
United States MFKevin Dzierzawski 0000000000
Scotland MFPaul Burns 0000000000
Scotland MFMark Kerr 1000000010
Scotland MFMark Millar 2110000031
Scotland MF Daniel Carmichael 1000000010
Scotland MF Ian McShane 5000000050
Scotland MF Stephen McKenna 1010000020
Scotland MFPatrick Slattery 0000000000
Scotland MFDean Smith 1000000010
Algeria FWSalim Kouider Aissa 0000000000
Scotland FWJohn Baird 1000000010
Scotland FWIain Russell 6020100090
Scotland FWDerek Lyle 3100001041
Scotland FW Gavin Reilly 0000001010
Scotland FW Michael Paton 3000000030
Scotland FWAidan Smith 0000000000
Scotland FWGreg Kiltie 0000000000
England FWJake Pickard 0000000000

Clean sheets

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

Last updated on 26 May 2015
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 ScotlandDerek Lyle 1522221
2 ScotlandGavin Reilly 1300215
3 ScotlandIain Russell 813113
4 ScotlandJohn Baird 30003
= ScotlandAndy Dowie 21003
= ScotlandMark Durnan 30003
= ScotlandKevin Holt 30003
8 ScotlandMichael Paton 11002
= ScotlandIan McShane 20002
= ScotlandLewis Kidd 10012
11 ScotlandMark Kerr 10001
= ScotlandJames Fowler 10001
= ScotlandDaniel Carmichael 10001
= ScotlandAidan Smith 10001
= ScotlandMark Millar 10001
= ScotlandStephen McKenna 10001

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Hibernian (Q) 36 21 7 8 70 32 +38 70 Qualification to the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs
3 Rangers (Q) 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification to the quarter-finals of the promotion play-offs
4 Queen of the South (Q) 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith 36 12 7 17 42 65 23 43
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAAAHHAHA
Result W W D L D W L L W W D W D W L W L D W D L W W L D D W W L L W W W D W L
Position 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4

Last updated: 3 May 2015.
Source: [11]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland John Baird Scotland Raith Rovers Free[12]
Scotland Lewis Kidd Scotland Celtic Free[13]
Scotland James Fowler Scotland Kilmarnock Free[14]
Scotland Zander Clark Scotland St Johnstone Loan[15]
Algeria Salim Kouider-Aissa Scotland Stenhousemuir Free[16]
Scotland Greg Kiltie Scotland Kilmarnock Loan[17]
Scotland Kenny Arthur Scotland Annan Athletic Free[18]
Scotland Mark Millar Scotland Peterhead Free[19]

Players out

Player To Fee
Wales Calum Antell Scotland Nairn County Free[20]
Scotland Derek Young Scotland Forfar Athletic Free[21]
Algeria Salim Kouider-Aissa Scotland Shotts Bon Accord Loan[22]
Scotland Patrick Slattery Scotland Queen's Park Loan[23]
Scotland Mark Kerr Scotland Falkirk Free[24]
Scotland John Baird Scotland Falkirk Free[25]
United States Kevin Dzierzawski Scotland Peterhead Loan[26]

See also

References

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  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.
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