2012–13 Queen of the South F.C. season

Queen of the South
2012–13 season
Chairman	Billy Hewitson
Manager	Allan Johnston
Stadium	Palmerston Park
Second Division	1st (champions)
Challenge Cup	Winners
League Cup	Third round
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nicky Clark (32); All: ; Nicky Clark (41)
Highest home attendance	2,568 vs. East Fife, 27 April 2013
Lowest home attendance	1,247 vs. Forfar Athletic, 11 August 2012
Average home league attendance	1,670
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the Scottish Second Division after an absence of a decade after the club's relegation from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.^[2] Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queen of the South finished first in the Second Division to be crowned champions and were promoted to the Scottish Championship. The club were also the winners of the Challenge Cup to complete a historic double for the club and also reached the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

7 July 2012^[3] Friendly	Clyde	1 – 3	Queen of the South	East Kilbride
		QOSFC Report	Carmichael Lyle McKay	Attendance: Closed doors

11 July 2012^[4] Friendly	Partick Thistle	1 – 4	Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium
		QOSMAD Report	Smith McShane Durnan	Attendance: Closed doors

14 July 2012^[4] Friendly	Gretna 2008	0 – 4	Queen of the South	Raydale Park
		QOSFC Report	Clark 18' Holt 30' Smith 44' Reilly 85'	Attendance: 516

17 July 2012 Friendly	Queen's Park	0 – 2	Queen of the South	Lesser Hampden
		QOSFC Report	Reilly 5' A. Trialist 80'	Attendance: Closed doors

21 July 2012^[3] Friendly	Workington	0 – 2	Queen of the South	Borough Park
		QOSFC Report	Clark 7' Smith 45'	Attendance: 236

Scottish Second Division

11 August 2012 Second Division Match 1	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00	Lyle 32' Reilly 89'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,247 Referee: Tumilty

18 August 2012 Second Division Match 2	East Fife	0 – 0	Queen of the South	Bayview Stadium
15:00		QOSFC Report	Johnston 69' 88'	Attendance: 628 Referee: Roache

25 August 2012 Second Division Match 3	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Albion Rovers	Palmerston Park
15:00	Lyle 21'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,426 Referee: Charleston

1 September 2012 Second Division Match 4	Queen of the South	6 – 0	Arbroath	Palmerston Park
15:00	Gibson 17' Clark 37' Reilly 53', 64', 90' Smith 87'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,554 Referee: McKendrick

15 September 2012 Second Division Match 5	Ayr United	2 – 4	Queen of the South	Somerset Park
15:00	MacKinnon 9', 19'	QOSFC Report	Clark 16' Burns 31' Reilly 62', 69'	Attendance: 1,373 Referee: Muir

22 September 2012 Second Division Match 6	Brechin City	0 – 3	Queen of the South	Glebe Park
15:00		QOSFC Report	Higgins 7' Lyle 40' Gibson 53' (pen.)	Attendance: 538 Referee: Robertson

29 September 2012 Second Division Match 7	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00	Clark 67'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,573^[5] Referee: Beaton

6 October 2012 Second Division Match 8	Stranraer	0 – 2	Queen of the South	Stair Park
15:00		QOSFC Report	Reilly 28' Clark 90'	Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Cook

20 October 2012 Second Division Match 9	Queen of the South	2 – 2	Stenhousemuir	Palmerston Park
15:00	Durnan 2' Young 45' Clark 48' Holt 90'	QOSFC Report	Gemmell 68' Ferguson 71' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,531 Referee: Hilland

28 October 2012 Second Division Match 10	Queen of the South	1 – 0	East Fife	Palmerston Park
15:00	Lyle 4'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Salmond

17 November 2012 Second Division Match 11	Arbroath	2 – 3	Queen of the South	Gayfield Park
15:00	Doris 45' (pen.), 90' (pen.)	QOSFC Report	Clark 22' Higgins 28' Durnan 60'	Attendance: 691 Referee: Roache

20 November 2012 Second Division Match 12	Forfar Athletic	1 – 5	Queen of the South	Station Park
19:30	Dunlop 21' Swankie 25'	QOSFC Report	Clark 5', 49' McGuffie 22' (pen.) Durnan 27' Hopkirk 81'	Attendance: 391 Referee: Aitken

24 November 2012 Second Division Match 13	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Ayr United	Palmerston Park
15:00	McGuffie 16' Clark 55'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Anderson

8 December 2012 Second Division	Alloa Athletic	P – P	Queen of the South	Recreation Park
15:00		BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch

11 December 2012 Second Division Match 14	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	Queen of the South	Recreation Park
19:30	McCord 58' (pen.)	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 475 Referee: Colvin

15 December 2012 Second Division Match 15	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Brechin City	Palmerston Park
15:00	Carmichael 21'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Salmond

26 December 2012 Second Division Match 16	Queen of the South	4 – 1	Stranraer	Palmerston Park
15:00	Clark 31', 63', 70' Smith 84'	QOSFC Report	McKeown 20'	Attendance: 2,122 Referee: Graham

29 December 2012 Second Division Match 17	Stenhousemuir	1 – 3	Queen of the South	Ochilview Park
15:00	Kean 90'	QOSFC Report	Reilly 32', 69' Clark 55'	Attendance: 632 Referee: Tumilty

2 January 2013 Second Division Match 18	Ayr United	1 – 5	Queen of the South	Somerset Park
15:00	Winters 30'	QOSFC Report	McStay 32' (o.g.) Clark 43' Carmichael 47' McCann 69' (o.g.) Lyle 72'	Attendance: 1,216 Referee: Dallas

5 January 2013 Second Division Match 19	Queen of the South	5 – 1	Arbroath	Palmerston Park
15:00	Durnan 20' Lyle 54' Clark 58', 84' Carmichael 65' McKenna 81'	QOSFC Report	Doris 18'	Attendance: 1,693 Referee: Finnie

12 January 2013 Second Division Match 20	Albion Rovers	0 – 3	Queen of the South	Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00		QOSFC Report	Clark 41' Lyle 68' Young 76'	Attendance: 810 Referee: Charleston

19 January 2013 Second Division Match 21	Queen of the South	3 – 1	Forfar Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00	McGuffie 11' Lyle 19' Clark 70'	QOSFC Report	Templeman 15'	Attendance: 1,481 Referee: Colvin

26 January 2013 Second Division	Brechin City	P – P	Queen of the South	Glebe Park
15:00		BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch

2 February 2013 Second Division Match 22	Queen of the South	0 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00		QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,738 Referee: Allan

9 February 2013 Second Division Match 23	Queen of the South	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir	Palmerston Park
15:00	Young 34' Mitchell 45'	QOSFC Report	Corcoran 47'	Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Robertson

16 February 2013 Second Division Match 24	Stranraer	0 – 5	Queen of the South	Stair Park
15:00	Mitchell 21'	QOSFC Report	Burns 17' McGuffie 24' (pen.) Lyle 39', 71' Clark 59'	Attendance: 810 Referee: Salmond

23 February 2013 Second Division Match 25	Queen of the South	3 – 0	Albion Rovers	Palmerston Park
15:00	Lyle 43' Clark 76' Durnan 81'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Anderson

26 February 2013 Second Division	Brechin City	P – P	Queen of the South	Glebe Park
19:45		BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

2 March 2013 Second Division Match 26	East Fife	2 – 3	Queen of the South	Bayview Stadium
15:00	McManus 64' Gormley 86'	QOSFC Report	Reilly 15' Clark 66' Durnan 69'	Attendance: 627 Referee: Northcroft

9 March 2013 Second Division Match 27	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Ayr United	Palmerston Park
15:00	Lyle 45' Reilly 60'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,471 Referee: Charleston

16 March 2013 Second Division Match 28	Arbroath	1 – 1	Queen of the South	Gayfield Park
15:00	Smith 83'	QOSFC Report	Clark 90'	Attendance: 656 Referee: Tumilty

23 March 2013 Second Division Match 29	Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Queen of the South	Recreation Park
15:00	Cawley 56'	QOSFC Report	Clark 40' McGuffie 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 647 Referee: Dallas

27 March 2013 Second Division Match 30	Brechin City	0 – 6	Queen of the South	Station Park^[6]
19:45	McLauchlan 41' 76'	QOSFC Report	Clark 1', 42' Paton 3', 36' Moyes 18' (o.g.) Reilly 57'	Attendance: 627 Referee: Cook

30 March 2013 Second Division Match 31	Queen of the South	2 – 1	Brechin City	Palmerston Park
15:00	Durnan 16' Lyle 73'	QOSFC Report	Trouten 75' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,026 Referee: Aitken

13 April 2013 Second Division Match 32	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Stranraer	Palmerston Park
15:00	Holt 31' Clark 76'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 1,806 Referee: Graham

16 April 2013 Second Division Match 33	Stenhousemuir	2 – 1	Queen of the South	Ochilview Park
19:30	Smith 28' Dickson 72'	QOSFC Report	Mitchell 44'	Attendance: 504 Referee: Charleston

20 April 2013 Second Division Match 34	Forfar Athletic	0 – 4	Queen of the South	Station Park
15:00		QOSFC Report	Paton 33' Clark 54', 56', 85'	Attendance: 555 Referee: Roache

27 April 2013 Second Division Match 35	Queen of the South	2 – 2	East Fife	Palmerston Park
15:00	Clark 87', 90'	QOSFC Report	Campbell 36' Wardlaw 76'	Attendance: 2,568 Referee: McKendrick

4 May 2013 Second Division Match 36	Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00		QOSFC Report	Clark 71'	Attendance: 853 Referee: Graham

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012 Round 1	Dumbarton	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Bet Butler Stadium
15:00		QOSFC Report	Clark 69'	Attendance: 684 Referee: Hilland

14 August 2012 Round 2	Greenock Morton	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Queen of the South	Cappielow Park
19:30	Tidser 38'	QOSFC Report	Durnan 66' Clark 108'	Attendance: 1,178 Referee: Salmond

18 September 2012 Round 3	Rangers	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	Queen of the South	Ibrox Stadium
19:45	McKay 55' Kyle 63' 66' McCulloch 72' (pen.)	QOSFC Report	Clark 49' Gibson 62' 90' Reilly 90'	Attendance: 23,932 Referee: O'Reilly
	Penalties
	McCulloch Shiels Naismith Black Argyriou		Lyle Clark Young Reilly McGuffie

14 October 2012 Round 4	Queen of the South	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Arbroath	Palmerston Park
15:00	Young 9' McGuffie 117'	QOSFC Report	Keddie 58'	Attendance: 2,310 Referee: Clancy

7 April 2013 Final	Queen of the South	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (6 – 5 p)	Partick Thistle	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
16:05	Clark 101'	QOSFC Report	Muirhead 119' Doolan 120'	Attendance: 9,452 Referee: Allan
	Penalties
	Young Carmichael Fitzpatrick Robinson Reilly Mitchell Higgins		O'Donnell Erskine Welsh Sinclair Forbes Doolan Balatoni

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Round 1	Queen of the South	5 – 2	Alloa Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00	Mitchell 9' Higgins 67' Clark 83', 85' Lyle 89'	QOSFC Report	Gordon 64' Grehan 78'	Attendance: 967 Referee: Colvin

28 August 2012 Round 2	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Hibernian	Palmerston Park
19:45	Clark 13' Reilly 42'	QOSFC Report		Attendance: 2,658 Referee: Madden

25 September 2012 Round 3	Queen of the South	0 – 1	Dundee United	Palmerston Park
19:45		QOSFC Report	Russell 28'	Attendance: 2,374 Referee: Norris

Scottish Cup

3 November 2012 Round 3	Edinburgh City	0 – 2	Queen of the South	Meadowbank Stadium
15:00		QOSFC Report	Clark 42' Reilly 65'	Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Northcroft

1 December 2012 Round 4	Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Queen of the South	Rugby Park
15:00	Sheridan 8' Perez 69'	QOSFC Report	McKenna 2' Clark 77'	Attendance: 4,295 Referee: Tumilty

Player statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
	DF	Chris Higgins		40	Club Captain
	DF	Ryan McGuffie		6	Vice Captain

Last updated: 5 May 2013
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 27 July 2013^[7]^[8]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	James Atkinson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Lee Robinson	46	0	36+0	0	5+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Steven Black	15	0	4+7	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Mark Durnan	41	7	32+0	6	5+0	1	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Chris Higgins	41	3	32+0	2	4+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Ryan McGuffie	34	6	23+4	5	4+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Marc Fitzpatrick	5	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Chris Mitchell	42	3	33+0	2	4+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin Holt	36	1	25+3	1	4+0	0	3+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Paul Burns	28	2	23+2	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Daniel Carmichael	43	3	34+0	3	5+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Nicky Clark	46	41	36+0	32	5+0	4	3+0	3	2+0	2
	MF	SCO	David Hopkirk	5	1	0+4	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Willie Gibson	23	2	11+6	2	2+0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
	MF	SCO	Allan Johnston	7	0	1+4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian McShane	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Stephen McKenna	40	1	28+3	1	4+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Dan Orsi	17	0	4+8	0	1+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Pat Slattery	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Derek Young	33	3	22+4	2	3+0	1	3+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	SCO	Derek Lyle	39	14	23+6	13	1+4	0	2+1	1	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Gavin Reilly	41	15	17+14	12	3+2	1	1+2	1	1+1	1
	FW	SCO	Kevin Smith	20	2	0+18	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Michael Paton	11	3	6+4	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 27 July 2013

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name	Second Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
	GK	James Atkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Lee Robinson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Steven Black	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Mark Durnan	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
	DF	Chris Higgins	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	DF	Ryan McGuffie	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Marc Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Chris Mitchell	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	Kevin Holt	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	MF	Paul Burns	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Daniel Carmichael	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Nicky Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	David Hopkirk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Willie Gibson	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
	MF	Allan Johnston	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	Ian McShane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Stephen McKenna	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	10	1
	MF	Dan Orsi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Pat Slattery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Derek Young	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
	FW	Derek Lyle	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	FW	Gavin Reilly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Kevin Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Michael Paton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Manager of the Month Awards

Last updated 14 June 2013

Nation	Name	Month
	Allan Johnston^[9]	August
	Allan Johnston^[10]	September
	Allan Johnston^[11]	December
	Allan Johnston^[12]	January
	Allan Johnston^[13]	March

Top Scorers

Last updated on 4 May 2013

Position	Name	Second Division	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
1	Nicky Clark	32	2	3	4	41
2	Gavin Reilly	12	1	1	1	15
3	Derek Lyle	13	0	1	0	14
4	Mark Durnan	6	0	0	1	7
5	Ryan McGuffie	5	0	0	1	6
6	Chris Higgins	2	0	1	0	3
=	Danny Carmichael	3	0	0	0	3
=	Derek Young	2	0	0	1	3
=	Chris Mitchell	2	0	1	0	3
=	Michael Paton	3	0	0	0	3
11	Willie Gibson	2	0	0	0	2
=	Paul Burns	2	0	0	0	2
=	Kevin Smith	2	0	0	0	2
14	Stephen McKenna	1	0	0	0	1
=	David Hopkirk	1	0	0	0	1
=	Kevin Holt	1	0	0	0	1

Clean sheets

R	Pos	Nat	Name	Second Division	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
1	GK		Lee Robinson	19	1	1	1	22
			Totals	19	1	1	1	22

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Queen of the South (C, P)	36	29	5	2	92	23	+69	92	Promotion to the Championship
2	Alloa Athletic (O, P)	36	20	7	9	62	35	+27	67	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3	Brechin City	36	19	4	13	72	59	+13	61
4	Forfar Athletic	36	17	3	16	67	74	−7	54
5	Arbroath	36	15	7	14	47	57	−10	52

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: ^[14]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Willie Gibson	Falkirk	Free^[15]
Mark Durnan	St Johnstone	Free^[16]
Chris Mitchell	Bradford City	Free^[17]
Derek Lyle	Cowdenbeath	Free^[18]
Derek Young	Greenock Morton	Free^[18]
David Hopkirk	Hamilton Academical	Free^[19]
Paul Burns	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[20]
Michael Paton	Aberdeen	Free^[21]
Marc Fitzpatrick	Ross County	Free^[22]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Steven Degnan	Gretna FC 2008	Free^[23]
Marc McCusker	Dumbarton	Free^[24]
Sam Parkin	St Mirren	Free^[25]
Scott McLaughlin	Peterhead	Free^[26]
Stephen Simmons	Alloa Athletic	Free^[27]
Tom Brighton	Irvine Meadow	Free^[28]
Ryan Smylie	Kilbirnie Ladeside	Free^[29]
Craig Reid	Greenock Morton	Free^[30]
David Hopkirk	Annan Athletic	Loan^[31]
David Hopkirk	Annan Athletic	Free^[32]
Dan Orsi	Annan Athletic	Loan^[33]
Steven Black	Annan Athletic	Loan^[34]
Willie Gibson	Celtic Nation	Free^[35]

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