2015–16 Queen of the South F.C. season

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Queen of the South
2015–16 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerJames Fowler
Gavin Skelton (caretaker manager)
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish ChampionshipSeventh
Challenge CupSecond round; Lost to Livingston
League CupSecond round; Lost to Greenock Morton
Scottish CupFourth round; Lost to Dumbarton
Top goalscorerLeague: Derek Lyle (13)
All: Derek Lyle (17)
Highest home attendance5,858 vs. Rangers, 30 August 2015
Lowest home attendance1,047 vs. Raith Rovers, 11 December 2015
Average home league attendance2,115

The 2015–16 season is Queen of the South's third consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their third 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 will also be competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queen of the South finished seventh in the Scottish Championship.

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

Management

The club began the 2015-16 season under the management of James Fowler and he remained in charge until 18 April 2016, when he left the club by mutual consent, two days after a 2-2 draw at already relegated Alloa Athletic. Queens objective was to finish in fourth and reach the play-offs for the third consecutive season. Gavin Skelton, who had been Fowler's assistant, was appointed caretaker manager alongside ex-club captain Jim Thomson, for the final two league matches of the season. [3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

4 July 2015 Friendly Clyde 1 – 3 Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium
12:00 McLaughlin 14' QOSFC Report
Clyde FC Report
Lyle 16'
Trialist 67'
Conroy 88'
Attendance: Closed doors
19 July 2015 Friendly St Johnstone 5 – 1 Queen of the South McDiarmid Park
12:00 Lappin 3'
Sutton 44'
Kane 86', 88', 90'
QOSFC Report Russell 59' (pen.) Attendance: Closed doors

Scottish Championship

30 August 2015 Championship Queen of the South 1 – 5 Rangers Palmerston Park
12:30 Lyle Red card 48'
Smith 81'
QOSFC Report Halliday 28'
Waghorn 52' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Holt 59'
McKay 64'
Attendance: 5,858
Referee: Madden
25 September 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 0 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
19:45 QOSFC Report Attendance: 3,757
Referee: Salmond
17 October 2015 Championship Rangers 2 – 1 Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Holt 53'
Waghorn 90'
QOSFC Report Lyle 35' Attendance: 44,133
Referee: Cook
24 October 2015 Championship Queen of the South 1 – 4 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Hilson 27' QOSFC Report Pittman 50'
White 67'
Buchanan 75', 85'
Attendance: 1,485
Referee: Walsh
21 November 2015 Championship Queen of the South 2 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 35' (pen.)
Russell 84'
QOSFC Report Vaulks 17'
Miller 83'
Attendance: 1,728
Referee: McLean
5 December 2015 Championship St Mirren P – P Queen of the South Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00 BBC Sport
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
19 December 2015 Championship Hibernian 1 – 0 Queen of the South Easter Road
15:00 Malonga 90' QOSFC Report Attendance: 9,163
Referee: Colvin
16 January 2016 Championship Dumbarton P – P Queen of the South Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium
15:00 BBC Sport
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
30 January 2016 Championship Raith Rovers P – P Queen of the South Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Sport
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
13 February 2016 Championship Queen of the South 1 – 0 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 Harris 65' QOSFC Report Mallan Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card 90' Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Cook
21 February 2016 Championship Queen of the South 0 - 1 Rangers Palmerston Park
16:00 QOSFC Report Miller 64' Attendance: 5,449
Referee: Finnie
27 February 2016 Championship Falkirk 3 - 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Baird 53'
Dowie 65' (o.g.)
Alston 85'
QOSFC Report Higgins 43' Attendance: 3,918
Referee: Collum
19 March 2016 Championship Queen of the South 6 - 0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Brownlie 34'
Lyle 43', 52'
Harris 69', 73'
Russell 88'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,459
Referee: Beaton
2 April 2016 Championship Queen of the South 2 - 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 73'
Russell 90'
QOSFC Report Alston 45'
Baird 52'
Attendance: 1,530
Referee: Cook
23 April 2016 Championship Queen of the South 3 - 1 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 60' (pen.), 69'
Oliver 79'
Kidd Yellow card 83' Red card 84'
QOSFC Report Stanton 29' Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Northcroft

Scottish Challenge Cup

25 July 2015 Round 1 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Stranraer Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 20'
Conroy 90'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,229
Referee: Madden
18 August 2015 Round 2 Queen of the South 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Livingston Palmerston Park
19:45 QOSFC Report White 115' Attendance: 1,189
Referee: Graham

Scottish League Cup

1 August 2015 Round 1 Annan Athletic 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) Queen of the South Galabank
15:00 Osadolor 59'
Weatherson 63', 72'
Black Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 93'
Omar Red card 118'
QOSFC Report Conroy 42'
Lyle 65', 100'
Hilson 90'
Attendance: 1,359
Referee: Graham

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 DF Chris Higgins Scotland 37 Club Captain
4 DF Andy Dowie Scotland 4 1st Vice Captain

Last updated: 2 May 2016
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 14 May 2016[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Robbie Thomson 35 0 30+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Kidd 32 1 21+6 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Richard Murray 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 33 0 29+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Darren Brownlie 32 1 25+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins 38 1 32+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Alex Harris 27 4 20+6 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Mark Millar 32 1 19+8 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 37 17 29+3 13 1+1 1 2+0 2 1+0 1
10 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Conroy 32 2 20+8 0 2+0 1 2+0 1 0+0 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 35 11 22+9 11 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Shaun Rutherford 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 30 0 23+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Callum Tapping 13 0 11+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Kyle Hutton 33 0 24+6 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF England ENG Jake Pickard 24 0 12+8 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
*18 FW Ireland EIR Paul Heffernan[8] 7 1 3+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Andy Murdoch 10 1 7+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Owen Moxon 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 GK England ENG James Atkinson 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Scotland SCO Dale Hilson 17 5 11+3 4 2+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Scott Hooper 8 0 5+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
23 DF England ENG Jordan Marshall 34 0 29+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
24 FW Scotland SCO Aidan Smith 20 1 3+13 1 0+2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
25 DF England ENG Jack Dickinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO James Fowler 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Steven Higgins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Gary Oliver 29 6 15+13 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 FW England ENG Gavin Skelton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Scotland SCO Liam Coogans 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW Scotland SCO Dean Brotherston 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 DF England ENG Jack Brannan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup 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
1 Scotland GK Robbie Thomson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Scotland DF Lewis Kidd 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
4 Scotland DF Andy Dowie 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 Scotland DF Darren Brownlie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Scotland DF Chris Higgins 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
8 Scotland MF Mark Millar 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
9 Scotland FW Derek Lyle 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
11 Scotland FW Iain Russell 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
14 South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
15 Scotland MF Callum Tapping 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
16 Scotland MF Kyle Hutton 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
17 England MF Jake Pickard 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
18 Scotland MF Andy Murdoch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 Scotland FW Dale Hilson 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
22 Scotland DF Scott Hooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 England DF Jordan Marshall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 73 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 80 3

Top Scorers

Last updated on 2 May 2016
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Scotland Derek Lyle 13 1 2 1 17
2 Scotland Iain Russell 11 0 0 0 11
3 Scotland Gary Oliver 6 0 0 0 6
4 Scotland Dale Hilson 4 0 1 0 5
5 Scotland Alex Harris 4 0 0 0 4
6 Scotland Ryan Conroy 0 1 1 0 2
7 Scotland Lewis Kidd 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Aidan Smith 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Chris Higgins 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Andy Murdoch 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Darren Brownlie 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Mark Millar 1 0 0 0 1
= Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

No. Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Robbie Thomson 9 1 0 0 10
20 GK England James Atkinson 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 10 1 0 0 11

Last updated: 2 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

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Division summary

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Management statistics

Last updated on 2 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
James Fowler[9] 25 July 2015 16 April 2016 39 13 6 20 033.33
Gavin Skelton 22 April 2016 1 May 2016 2 1 0 1 050.00

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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