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2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season

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Queen of the South
2011–12 season
ChairmanDavie Rae
ManagerGus MacPherson
Allan Johnston
StadiumPalmerston Park
First Division10th (Relegated)
Challenge CupFirst round
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFifth round replay
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scott McLaughlin (6)
Sam Parkin (6)

All:
Scott McLaughlin (7)
Highest home attendance2,079 vs. Ayr United, 31 March 2012
Lowest home attendance1,282 vs. Hamilton Academical, 2 January 2012
Average home league attendance1,551

The 2011–12 season was Queen of the South's tenth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2001–02 season.[1] Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Queen of the South finished tenth in the First Division[2] and were relegated to the Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the third round of the League Cup[5] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management

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The club began the 2011–12 season under the management of Gus MacPherson. On 30 April 2012, MacPherson resigned after relegation was confirmed.[7] On 3 May, Allan Johnston was appointed as manager.[8]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

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5 July 2011 Friendly Gretna 2008 1–5[9] Queen of the South Raydale Park
Sloan QOSFC Report Carmichael
McGuffie
Brighton
A. Trialist
B. Trialist
Attendance: 509
12 July 2011 Friendly Clyde 1 – 3[9] Queen of the South Broadwood Stadium
Attendance: Closed doors

Scottish First Division

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13 August 2011 First Division Queen of the South 1 – 3[9] Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
Smith 45' (pen.), Red card 87' BBC Sport Baird 67', 77'
Graham 88'
Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Alan Muir
10 December 2011 First Division Dundee 2 – 1[9] Queen of the South Dens Park
Hyde 8'
Riley 25'
Riley Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card
BBC Sport Holt Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card
Higgins 55'
Attendance: 5,019
Referee: Charlie Richmond
2 January 2012 First Division Queen of the South 1 – 2[9] Hamilton Academical Palmerston Park
McGuffie 82' BBC Sport Imrie 5', 15'
McLaughlin Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 1,282
Referee: Gary Hilland
11 February 2012 First Division Ayr United 1 – 1[9] Queen of the South Somerset Park
Moffat 85' QOSFC Report McLaughlin 76' Attendance: 1,475
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish League Cup

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20 September 2011 Round 3 Kilmarnock 5 – 0[9] Queen of the South Rugby Park
Harkins 2'
Heffernan 41', 59', 70'
Hutchinson 74'
BBC Sport Smith Red card 33' Attendance: 3,091
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Challenge Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Stephen Simmons Scotland 28 Club Captain
MF Stephen McKenna Scotland 13 Vice Captain
DF Ryan McGuffie Scotland 2 Vice Captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
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

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Last updated 5 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie 4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK England ENG Lee Robinson 39 0 34+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG James Atkinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Potter 13 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alan Reid 36 0 24+5 0 3+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Campbell 19 1 15+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Steven Black 6 0 3+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins 39 2 31+1 2 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGuffie 36 4 26+4 3 3+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Reid 32 0 25+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Scott McLaughlin 41 7 34+0 6 3+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Carmichael 41 6 27+7 4 3+0 1 2+1 1 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Allan Johnston 37 3 31+0 2 3+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian McShane 5 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dan Orsi 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen Simmons 36 1 23+6 1 1+2 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Nicky Clark 36 1 19+11 0 2+0 0 2+1 1 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKenna 37 2 24+6 2 2+1 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kevin Holt 19 0 13+4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Smith 26 5 17+6 5 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Tom Brighton 26 6 16+5 4 1+0 0 2+1 2 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Degnan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Marc McCusker 7 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gavin Reilly 17 2 3+12 2 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Smylie 9 0 0+8 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Sam Parkin 17 6 15+0 6 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Roddy McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England GK Lee Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England GK James Atkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF John Potter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Alan Reid 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Mark Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Steven Black 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Chris Higgins 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
Scotland DF Ryan McGuffie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF Craig Reid 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Scotland MF Scott McLaughlin 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Daniel Carmichael 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Allan Johnston 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Ian McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Dan Orsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Stephen Simmons 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Scotland MF Nicky Clark 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Stephen McKenna 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Scotland MF Kevin Holt 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland FW Kevin Smith 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Scotland FW Tom Brighton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Steven Degnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Marc McCusker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Gavin Reilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Ryan Smylie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Sam Parkin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

Top scorers

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Last updated on 5 May 2012
Position Nation Name First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 Scotland Scott McLaughlin 6 1 0 0 7
2 Scotland Tom Brighton 4 0 2 0 6
= Scotland Sam Parkin 6 0 0 0 6
= Scotland Daniel Carmichael 4 1 1 0 6
5 Scotland Kevin Smith 5 0 0 0 5
6 Scotland Ryan McGuffie 3 1 0 0 4
7 Scotland Allan Johnston 2 0 1 0 3
8 Scotland Stephen McKenna 2 0 0 0 2
= Scotland Chris Higgins 2 0 0 0 2
= Scotland Gavin Reilly 2 0 0 0 2
11 Scotland Nicky Clark 0 0 1 0 1
= Scotland Stephen Simmons 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Mark Campbell 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

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R Pos Nat Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK England Lee Robinson 7 1 1 0 9
2 GK Scotland Roddy McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 6 1 1 0 8

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 49 −3 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 55 −15 42
9 Ayr United (R) 36 9 11 16 44 67 −23 38 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 64 −26 32 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 7 11 18 38 64  −26 32 6 5 7 21 31  −10 1 6 11 17 33  −16

Last updated: 5 May 2012.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAH
ResultDLLLWWLDLWLLDDWLLLLDDWDDLLWLLWDDDLLL
Position4810101079898910101088910101010998101010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

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Last updated on 5 May 2012
Team League Results[a] Points
1 2 3 4
Ayr United 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 7
Dundee 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3
Falkirk 0–1 1–5 0–3 0–0 1
Greenock Morton 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 8
Hamilton Academical 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–3 3
Livingston 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–4 2
Partick Thistle 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–5 1
Raith Rovers 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–3 6
Ross County 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–5 1

Source: 2011–12 Scottish First Division Results Table

a. ^ Queen of the South's score is shown first.

Transfers

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See also

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References

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