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

Queen of the South
2011–12 season
Chairman Davie Rae
Manager Gus MacPherson
Allan Johnston
Stadium Palmerston Park
First Division Tenth (Relegated)
Challenge Cup First Round; Lost to Ayr United
League Cup Third Round; Lost to Kilmarnock
Scottish Cup Fifth Round Replay; Lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorer League:
Scott McLaughlin (6)
Sam Parkin (6)

All:
Scott McLaughlin (7)
Highest home attendance 2,079 vs. Ayr United, 31 March 2012
Lowest home attendance 1,282 vs. Hamilton Academical, 2 January 2012
Average home league attendance 1,551
Home colours
Away colours

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

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

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 & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Scottish First Division

Scottish League Cup

Challenge Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

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 2nd 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

Last updated 5 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland Roddy McKenzie 402+000+001+001+00
GK England Lee Robinson 39034+003+002+000+00
GK England James Atkinson 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland John Potter 13012+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland Alan Reid 36024+503+002+100+10
DF Scotland Mark Campbell 19115+010+003+001+00
DF Scotland Steven Black 603+300+000+000+00
DF Scotland Chris Higgins 39231+123+003+001+00
DF Scotland Ryan McGuffie 36426+433+011+101+00
DF Scotland Craig Reid 32025+003+003+001+00
MF Scotland Scott McLaughlin 41734+063+013+001+00
MF Scotland Daniel Carmichael 41627+743+012+110+10
MF Scotland Allan Johnston 37331+023+002+011+00
MF Scotland Ian McShane 501+300+000+100+00
MF Scotland Dan Orsi 201+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland Stephen Simmons 36123+611+203+001+00
MF Scotland Nicky Clark 36119+1102+002+110+10
MF Scotland Stephen McKenna 37224+622+102+101+00
MF Scotland Kevin Holt 19013+401+100+000+00
FW Scotland Kevin Smith 26517+650+002+001+00
FW Scotland Tom Brighton 26616+541+002+121+00
FW Scotland Steven Degnan 000+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland Marc McCusker 700+700+000+000+00
FW Scotland Gavin Reilly 1723+1220+200+000+00
FW Scotland Ryan Smylie 900+800+000+100+00
FW Scotland Sam Parkin 17615+062+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

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
ScotlandGKRoddy McKenzie 0000000000
EnglandGKLee Robinson 1000000010
EnglandGKJames Atkinson 0000000000
ScotlandDFJohn Potter 2000000020
ScotlandDFAlan Reid 3000000030
ScotlandDFMark Campbell 3000000030
ScotlandDFSteven Black 1000000010
ScotlandDFChris Higgins 4100001051
ScotlandDFRyan McGuffie 4000000040
ScotlandDFCraig Reid 3200000032
ScotlandMFScott McLaughlin 3000100040
ScotlandMFDaniel Carmichael 3000100040
ScotlandMFAllan Johnston 4000000040
ScotlandMFIan McShane 0000000000
ScotlandMFDan Orsi 0000000000
ScotlandMFStephen Simmons 90000010100
ScotlandMFNicky Clark 1000100020
ScotlandMFStephen McKenna 100100000110
ScotlandMFKevin Holt 3100000031
ScotlandFWKevin Smith 1100010012
ScotlandFWTom Brighton 2000000020
ScotlandFWSteven Degnan 0000000000
ScotlandFWMarc McCusker 0000000000
ScotlandFWGavin Reilly 0000000000
ScotlandFWRyan Smylie 0000000000
ScotlandFWSam Parkin 4000000040

Top Scorers

Last updated on 5 May 2012
Position Nation Name First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1ScotlandScott McLaughlin 61007
2ScotlandTom Brighton 40206
=ScotlandSam Parkin 60006
=ScotlandDaniel Carmichael 41106
5ScotlandKevin Smith 50005
6ScotlandRyan McGuffie 31004
7ScotlandAllan Johnston 20103
8ScotlandStephen McKenna 20002
=ScotlandChris Higgins 20002
=ScotlandGavin Reilly 20002
11ScotlandNicky Clark 00101
=ScotlandStephen Simmons 10001
=ScotlandMark Campbell 10001

Clean sheets

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
Totals61108

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

Team statistics

League table

As of 14 May 2012 11:00 (UTC)
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32 +40 79 Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2 Dundee 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
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 Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 64 26 32 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

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

Last updated on 5 May 2012
Team League Results[a] Points
1 2 3 4
Ayr United0–14–11–12–17
Dundee0–01–21–11–13
Falkirk0–11–50–30–01
Greenock Morton4–12–22–12–28
Hamilton Academical1–01–31–20–33
Livingston2–20–22–20–42
Partick Thistle1–20–00–10–51
Raith Rovers1–32–01–01–36
Ross County0–20–01–23–51

Source: 2011–12 Scottish First Division Results Table

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

Transfers

See also

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