2013–14 Queen of the South F.C. season

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.

Queen of the South
2013–14 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerJim McIntyre
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish ChampionshipFourth
Challenge CupThird Round; Lost to Rangers
League CupThird Round; Lost to Heart of Midlothian
Scottish CupFourth Round Replay; Lost to St Mirren
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

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 FriendlyQueen's Park1 – 2Queen of the SouthLesser Hampden
15:00 QOSFC Report Lyle
Splaine
Attendance: Closed doors
10 July 2013 FriendlyClyde2 – 5Queen of the SouthBroadwood Stadium
19:30 QOSFC Report Carmichael (3)
Burns
Russell
Attendance: Closed doors
13 July 2013[7] FriendlyAnnan Athletic0 – 2Queen of the SouthGalabank
15:00 QOSFC Report Russell  21' (pen.)
Paton  39'
Attendance: 710 [8]
24 July 2013[11] FriendlyQueen of the South4 – 2St MirrenPalmerston Park
19:30 McKenna  23'
Paton  51' (pen.)
Lyle  72', 88'
QOSFC Report Harkins  47'
Teale  67'
Attendance: 750 [12]
Referee: Murray [13]

Scottish Championship

10 August 2013 ScoChamp Match 1Queen of the South4 – 3DundeePalmerston 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 2Livingston3 – 3Queen of the SouthEnergy Assets Arena
15:00 Denholm  12'
Fordyce  58'
Hastings  45'  72'
Mullen  80'
QOSFC Report Russell  38'
McGuffie  44' (pen.)
Reilly  86'
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Muir
21 September 2013 ScoChamp Match 6Greenock Morton0 – 2Queen of the SouthCappielow Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Russell  45'
Lyle  59'
Attendance: 1,826
Referee: Finnie
28 September 2013 ScoChamp Match 7Queen of the South1 – 2DumbartonPalmerston Park
15:00 Russell  26' QOSFC Report Turner  19'
Fleming  87'
Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Clancy
5 October 2013 ScoChamp Match 8Falkirk2 – 1Queen of the SouthFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy  33' (pen.), 85' QOSFC Report Russell  57' Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Beaton
19 October 2013 ScoChamp Match 10Dundee2 – 1Queen of the SouthDens Park
15:00 MacDonald  78'
Beattie  89'
QOSFC Report Lyle  80' Attendance: 4,357
Referee: McLean
23 November 2013 ScoChamp Match 14Raith Rovers2 – 1Queen of the SouthStark's Park
15:00 Elliot  63', 87' QOSFC Report Reilly  62' Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Northcroft
14 December 2013 ScoChampQueen of the SouthA – AFalkirkPalmerston Park
15:00 BBC Sport Referee: Brines
Note: Abandoned due to high winds
21 December 2013 ScoChamp Match 16Queen of the South2 – 2LivingstonPalmerston Park
15:00 Paton  17'
Durnan  45'
QOSFC Report McNulty  4', 77' Attendance: 1,523
Referee: Cook
25 January 2014 ScoChampGreenock MortonA – AQueen of the SouthCappielow Park
15:00 BBC Sport Referee: D Robertson
Note: Abandoned due to death of spectator[14]
29 January 2014 ScoChamp Match 21Greenock Morton1 – 1Queen of the SouthCappielow Park
19:30 Campbell  86' QOSFC Report Russell  44'  51'
Higgins  45'
Attendance: 2,341
Referee: Anderson
1 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 22Livingston1 – 2Queen of the SouthEnergy Assets Arena
15:00 McNulty  40' (pen.) QOSFC Report Durnan  55'
Lyle  79'
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Aitken
8 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 23Queen of the South2 – 0FalkirkPalmerston Park
15:00 Reilly  81', 86' QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,818
Referee: Brines
15 February 2014 ScoChamp Match 24Queen of the South0 – 1DundeePalmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report Conroy  45' (pen.) Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Cook
1 March 2014 ScoChamp Match 26Queen of the South3 – 1DumbartonPalmerston Park
15:00 Durnan  30'
Reilly  45'
McHugh  66'
QOSFC Report Miller  71' Attendance: 1,604
Referee: McLean
25 March 2014 ScoChamp Match 30Dundee1 – 0Queen of the SouthDens Park
19:45 Davidson  58' QOSFC Report Attendance: 3,999
Referee: Anderson
12 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 32Queen of the South1 – 2FalkirkPalmerston Park
15:00 Reilly  67' QOSFC Report Alston  59'
Beck  61'
Flynn  68'
Attendance: 1,863
Referee: Allan
15 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 33Raith Rovers3 – 2Queen of the SouthStark's Park
19:45 Cardle  4'
Watson  7'
Baird  81'
Donaldson  64'  85'
QOSFC Report Durnan  37', 45' Attendance: 993
Referee: Aitken
19 April 2014 ScoChamp Match 34Dumbarton0 – 3Queen of the SouthBet Butler Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report Russell  17'
Lyle  52'
Holt  66'
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Graham

Premiership Play-offs

6 May 2014 Play-offs QF R1Queen of the South2 – 1FalkirkPalmerston Park
19:45 McHugh  56', 90' QOSFC Report Alston  8' Attendance: 1,996
Referee: McKendrick
10 May 2014 Play-offs QF R2Falkirk3 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 agg.)
Queen of the SouthFalkirk 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 1Queen of the South4 – 0SpartansPalmerston Park
15:00 McKenna  12', 23'
Lyle  18'
Holt  68'
QOSFC Report Attendance: 1,224
Referee: D Robertson
17 September 2013 Round 3Queen of the South0 – 3RangersPalmerston Park
19:45 Higgins  27'  75' QOSFC Report Mohsni  7'
Daly  75'
McCulloch  83'
Attendance: 6,155
Referee: Murray

Scottish League Cup

3 August 2013 Round 1Queen of the South3 – 0Annan AthleticPalmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  59', 67', 69' QOSFC Report Watson  48'  58' Attendance: 1,588
Referee: P Robertson
27 August 2013 Round 2Queen of the South2 – 1 (a.e.t.)St MirrenPalmerston Park
19:45 McKenna  103'
Paton  115'
QOSFC Report Thompson  95' Attendance: 2,073
Referee: Charleston
25 September 2013 Round 3Heart of Midlothian3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)
Queen of the SouthTynecastle Stadium
19:45 McHattie  14'
Hamill  51' (pen.)
Wilson  93'
QOSFC Report McGuffie  20'
Paton  62'
Higgins  116'
Attendance: 8,381
Referee: McKendrick
Penalties
McGhee
Hamill
McGowan
King
Carrick
Lyle
Mitchell
Paton
Kevin Dzierzawski

Scottish Cup

30 November 2013 Round 4Queen of the South2 – 2St MirrenPalmerston Park
15:00 Russell  35'
Paton  72'
QOSFC Report Newton  9'
Thompson  51'
Attendance: 2,176
Referee: Clancy
10 December 2013 Round 4 ReplaySt Mirren3 – 0Queen of the SouthSt 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 33 Club Captain
MF Stephen McKenna 7 Vice Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie 1 2nd Vice Captain
DF Mark Durnan 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[15][16]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish ChampionshipOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Calum Antell 1609+103+003+000+00
GK Zander Clark 29024+002+000+003+00
GK James Atkinson 403+100+000+000+00
DF Scott Hooper 101+000+000+000+00
DF Mark Durnan 35528+053+001+003+00
DF Chris Higgins 34325+123+002+013+00
DF Ryan McGuffie 1539+122+002+110+00
DF Chris Mitchell 40031+003+002+103+00
DF Andy Dowie 36227+125+003+000+00
DF Kevin Holt 41228+215+013+003+00
DF Lewis Kidd 601+301+100+000+00
MF Kevin Dzierzawski 18010+400+201+001+00
MF Paul Burns 31122+312+002+002+00
MF Mark Kerr 13010+102+000+000+00
MF Daniel Carmichael 3309+1602+201+102+00
MF Ian McShane 38324+434+101+103+00
MF Stephen McKenna 30317+603+022+012+00
MF Dan Orsi 200+100+000+100+00
MF Patrick Slattery 100+000+100+000+00
MF Derek Young 23012+402+202+001+00
FW Iain Russell 451428+6134+102+103+01
FW Derek Lyle 461425+1074+133+031+21
FW Gavin Reilly 411219+14120+300+302+00
FW Michael Paton 38624+633+003+021+11
FW Aidan Smith 000+000+000+000+00
FW Robert McHugh 15510+322+030+000+00
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
GKCalum Antell 0000000000
GKZander Clark 0010000010
GKJames Atkinson 0100000001
DFScott Hooper 0000000000
DFMark Durnan 6110000071
DFChris Higgins 6121000082
DFRyan McGuffie 2000100030
DFChris Mitchell 6000001070
DFAndy Dowie 3000000030
DFKevin Holt 4010100060
DFLewis Kidd 0010000010
MFKevin Dzierzawski 1000000010
MFPaul Burns 6000000060
MFMark Kerr 1000000010
MFDaniel Carmichael 1000000010
MFIan McShane 4000000040
MFStephen McKenna 6000100070
MFDan Orsi 0000000000
MFPatrick Slattery 0000000000
MFDerek Young 2000000020
FWIain Russell 5100201081
FWDerek Lyle 6000001070
FWGavin Reilly 0000000000
FWMichael Paton 2000000020
FWAidan Smith 0000000000
FWRobert McHugh 0000000000

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Calum Antell 2 2 1 0 5
2 GK Zander Clark 9 0 0 1 10
3 GK James Atkinson 1 0 0 0 1
Totals1221116

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
1Derek Lyle 733114
=Iain Russell 1300114
3Gavin Reilly 1200012
4Michael Paton 30216
5Mark Durnan 50005
=Robert McHugh 23005
7Stephen McKenna 02103
=Ryan McGuffie 20103
=Chris Higgins 20103
=Ian McShane 30003
11Andy Dowie 20002
=Kevin Holt 11002
13Paul Burns 10001


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 winner; (P) Promoted.

Division summary

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GroundHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHHAAHHAHHAHAHHAAHA
ResultWDLDLWLLDLWLWLWDWLWWDWWLLWDWWLWLLWWD
Position236695777988787878866444544444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2014. Source: [17]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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See also

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