2017–18 Queen of the South F.C. season (original) (raw)

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Queen of the South 2017–18 football season

Queen of the South

2017–18 season
Chairman Billy Hewitson
Manager Gary Naysmith
Stadium Palmerston Park
Scottish Championship 6th
Scottish Cup Fourth round
League Cup Group stages
Challenge Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League: Stephen Dobbie (18)All: Stephen Dobbie (27)
Highest home attendance 2,019 vs. St Mirren, 23 December 2017
Lowest home attendance 1,062 vs. Falkirk, 3 April 2018
Average home league attendance 1,452
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–172018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Queen of the South's fifth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fifth 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.

Queens finished sixth in the Scottish Championship for the second consecutive season.

Queens reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup, losing to The New Saints after a penalty shoot-out 4-3, with no goals scored after extra time.

The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group G that included Albion Rovers, East Kilbride, Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir.

Queens reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2-1 at Palmerston to Partick Thistle.

Results and fixtures

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Win Draw Loss Abandoned or Postponed

Scottish Championship

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Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
8 MF John Rankin Scotland 40 Club Captain
11 FW Stephen Dobbie Scotland 7 Vice Captain

Last updated: 28 April 2018
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.

Last updated 28 April 2018[4][5]

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 Alan Martin 31 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Shaun Rooney 34 3 14+10 0 3+1 2 2+1 1 3+0 0
3 DF England ENG Jordan Marshall 39 2 29+0 2 4+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Callum Fordyce 40 3 28+1 3 4+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Darren Brownlie 44 4 32+1 2 4+0 1 4+0 1 3+0 0
*6 MF Scotland SCO Callum Tapping[6] 22 0 7+7 0 3+0 0 2+2 0 0+1 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Cameron 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
*7 MF Scotland SCO Andy Stirling[7] 23 1 5+8 1 2+2 0 4+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO John Rankin 44 1 31+3 1 3+0 0 3+1 0 3+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 35 8 9+17 5 2+1 2 2+2 0 2+0 1
*10 FW Scotland SCO Chris Kane[8] 20 5 12+4 4 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Dom Thomas 14 2 12+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Stephen Dobbie 42 27 31+0 18 4+0 4 4+0 4 3+0 1
12 MF Scotland SCO Joe Thomson 18 5 16+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK Scotland SCO Sam Henderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 38 1 29+0 1 3+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
*15 DF Scotland SCO Jason Kerr[6] 19 5 18+0 4 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Todorov 8 1 0+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
*16 FW Scotland SCO James McFadden[9] 15 0 6+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
16 MF England ENG Josh Todd 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Connor Murray 31 1 10+10 1 1+3 0 2+2 0 1+2 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Ross Fergusson 10 1 4+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
19 MF Scotland SCO Owen Bell 4 1 0+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Jack Leighfield 18 0 14+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Dan Carmichael 9 0 3+4 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
*22 MF England ENG Jesse Akubuine[10] 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
*23 GK England ENG Lee Robinson[11] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Malta MLT Myles Beerman 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Scott Mercer 26 0 18+2 0 0+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
25 FW Australia AUS Lyndon Dykes 44 8 30+4 7 2+1 1 3+1 0 2+1 0
*26 DF Scotland SCO Ewan Gourlay[7] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF England ENG Daniel Harvey 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Declan Tremble 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 GK Scotland SCO Curtis Lyle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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As of 28 April 2018 (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
2 Scotland DF Shaun Rooney 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 England DF Jordan Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Scotland DF Callum Fordyce 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Scotland DF Darren Brownlie 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Scotland MF Callum Tapping 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Scotland MF John Rankin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Scotland FW Derek Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Scotland FW Chris Kane 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Scotland MF Dom Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Scotland FW Stephen Dobbie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Scotland MF Joe Thomson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1
*15 Scotland DF Jason Kerr[12] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Scotland FW James McFadden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 England MF Josh Todd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Scotland MF Dan Carmichael 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Scotland DF Scott Mercer 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
25 Australia FW Lyndon Dykes 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Totals 60 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 64 1

Last updated 28 April 2018

Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Scotland Stephen Dobbie 18 4 4 1 27
2 Scotland Derek Lyle 5 2 0 1 8
= Australia Lyndon Dykes 7 1 0 0 8
4 Scotland Jason Kerr 4 1 0 0 5
= Scotland Chris Kane 4 1 0 0 5
= Scotland Joe Thomson 5 0 0 0 5
7 Scotland Darren Brownlie 2 1 1 0 4
8 Scotland Shaun Rooney 0 2 1 0 3
= Scotland Callum Fordyce 3 0 0 0 3
10 Scotland Dom Thomas 2 0 0 0 2
= England Jordan Marshall 2 0 0 0 2
12 Scotland John Rankin 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Andy Stirling 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Owen Bell 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Ross Fergusson 0 0 0 1 1
= South Africa Kyle Jacobs 1 0 0 0 1
= Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Connor Murray 1 0 0 0 1
R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Alan Martin 8 1 1 1 11
20 GK Scotland Jack Leighfield 3 2 0 0 5
Totals 11 3 1 1 16

Last updated: 28 April 2018
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Dunfermline Athletic 36 16 11 9 60 35 +25 59 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 16 9 11 53 37 +16 57
6 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 59 53 +6 52
7 Greenock Morton 36 13 11 12 47 40 +7 50
8 Falkirk 36 12 11 13 45 49 −4 47

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[13]

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 A A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H H A H A H H A H A
Result W L W W D L L D D W W W L D D W L L D W L W L D D W L L W D L D L W W W
Position 1 4 3 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: [_citation needed_]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated 28 April 2018

Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Gary Naysmith[14] 15 July 2017 28 April 2018 47 19 14 14 040.43

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