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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

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.

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 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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

6 July 2013 Friendly Queen's Park 1 – 2 Queen of the South Lesser Hampden
15:00 QOSFC Report Lyle
Splaine
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

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 Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 72'
Mullen 80'
QOSFC Report Russell 38'
McGuffie 44' (pen.)
Reilly 86'
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Muir
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
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
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
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]
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
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 Red card 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 Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 85'
QOSFC Report Durnan 37', 45' Attendance: 993
Referee: Aitken

Premiership Play-offs

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

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 Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 75' QOSFC Report Mohsni 7'
Daly 75'
McCulloch 83'
Attendance: 6,155
Referee: Murray

Scottish League Cup

3 August 2013 Round 1 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Annan Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 59', 67', 69' QOSFC Report Watson Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 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

Scottish Cup

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

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Chris Higgins Scotland 33 Club Captain
MF Stephen McKenna Scotland 7 Vice Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie Scotland 1 2nd Vice Captain
DF Mark Durnan Scotland 6 3rd 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

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 Wales WAL Calum Antell 16 0 9+1 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Zander Clark 29 0 24+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
GK England ENG James Atkinson 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Hooper 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Durnan 35 5 28+0 5 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins 34 3 25+1 2 3+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGuffie 15 3 9+1 2 2+0 0 2+1 1 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris Mitchell 40 0 31+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 36 2 27+1 2 5+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 41 2 28+2 1 5+0 1 3+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Lewis Kidd 6 0 1+3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF United States USA Kevin Dzierzawski 18 0 10+4 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Burns 31 1 22+3 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 13 0 10+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Carmichael 33 0 9+16 0 2+2 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian McShane 38 3 24+4 3 4+1 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKenna 30 3 17+6 0 3+0 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dan Orsi 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Patrick Slattery 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Derek Young 23 0 12+4 0 2+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 45 14 28+6 13 4+1 0 2+1 0 3+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 46 14 25+10 7 4+1 3 3+0 3 1+2 1
FW Scotland SCO Gavin Reilly 41 12 19+14 12 0+3 0 0+3 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Michael Paton 38 6 24+6 3 3+0 0 3+0 2 1+1 1
FW Scotland SCO Aidan Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland 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

Includes all competitive matches.

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

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Wales Calum Antell 2 2 1 0 5
2 GK Scotland Zander Clark 9 0 0 1 10
3 GK England 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

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


Team statistics

League table

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

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

See also

References

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