2024–25 Queen of the South F.C. season

Queen of the South 2024–25 football season
Queen of the South
2024–25 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerPeter Murphy
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish League One4th On Going
Top goalscorerLeague: Kieran McKechnie (2)
All: Kieran McKechnie (3)
Highest home attendance2,214 vs. Annan Athletic, 17 August 2024
Lowest home attendance1,126 vs. Cove Rangers, 10 August 2024
Average home league attendance1,670
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2024–25 season is Queen of the South's third consecutive season back in the third tier of Scottish football, in Scottish League One. Queens are also competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

Abbey Vale v Queen of the South
22 June 2024 Friendly Abbey Vale 0-7 Queen of the South New Abbey
15:00 Daily Record Report Stadium: Maryfield Park
Queen of the South v Clyde
25 June 2024 Friendly Queen of the South 1-3 Clyde Dumfries
19:45 Dickenson 27' Bully Wee Report Redfern 17'
Connell 43'
Rennie 45'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Greenock Morton v Queen of the South
29 June 2024 Friendly Greenock Morton 1-0 Queen of the South Greenock
15:00 Reynolds 85' Ton Report Stadium: Cappielow Park
Queen of the South v Stirling Albion
6 July 2024 Friendly Queen of the South 0-1 Stirling Albion Dumfries
15:00 Binos Report Carrick 23' Stadium: Palmerston Park

Scottish League One

Alloa Athletic v Queen of the South
3 August 2024 Match 1 Alloa Athletic 0-0 Queen of the South Alloa
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Indodrill Stadium
Attendance: 767
Referee: Lee
Man of the Match: Brydon
Queen of the South v Cove Rangers
10 August 2024 Match 2 Queen of the South 2-1 Cove Rangers Dumfries
15:00 McKechnie 69'
Hewitt 71'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Emslie 62' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Gamble
Man of the Match: Hewitt
Queen of the South v Annan Athletic
17 August 2024 Match 3 Queen of the South 2-0 Annan Athletic Dumfries
15:00 Douglas 11'
McKechnie 81'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 2,214
Referee: Graham
Man of the Match: Cochrane
Montrose v Queen of the South
24 August 2024 Match 4 Montrose 1-0 Queen of the South Montrose
17:30 Brown 21' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Links Park
Attendance: 377
Referee: Grainger
Man of the Match: Brydon
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Queen of the South
31 August 2021 Match 5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-0 Queen of the South Caledonian Stadium
15:00 McKay 19' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 1,703
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Lyon

Scottish League Cup

Queen of the South v Aberdeen
13 July 2024 Round 1;Group A-1 Queen of the South 0-3 Aberdeen Dumfries
17:15 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Sokler 6', 37'
Shinnie 23'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 2,274
Referee: D. Robertson
Man of the Match: Lyon
Queen of the South v Dumbarton
16 July 2024 Round 1; Group A-2 Queen of the South 2-0 Dumbarton Dumfries
19:45 McIntosh 7'
McKechnie 58'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 778
Referee: Luke
Man of the Match: McKechnie
East Kilbride v Queen of the South
23 July 2024 Round 1; Group A-3 East Kilbride 1-3 Queen of the South East Kilbride
19:45 Fagan 33'
McDonald Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 76'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Walker 41'
Lyon 42'
Dickenson 45+3'		 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Attendance: 400
Referee: Grieve
Man of the Match: Lyon
Airdrieonians v Queen of the South
27 July 2024 Round 1; Group A-4 Airdrieonians 2-0 Queen of the South Airdrie
15:00 Wilson 44'
Agyemang 64'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,156
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Dickenson

Scottish Challenge Cup

Queen of the South v Airdrieonians
7 September 2023 Round 3 Queen of the South v Airdrieonians Dumfries
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Palmerston Park

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
5 DF Matty Douglas England 9 Club Captain

Last updated: 1 September 2024
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

As of 2 September 2024[1][2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish League One Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Ross Stewart 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Michael Hewitt 9 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Daniel Church 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Reece Lyon 5 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Matty Douglas 9 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Harry Cochrane 7 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Kieran McKechnie 9 3 5+0 2 0+0 0 3+1 1 0+0 0
8 MF Guadeloupe GLP Benjamin Luissint 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Leighton McIntosh 5 1 1+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Kai Kennedy 8 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Brennan Dickenson 7 1 1+2 0 0+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Charlie Cowie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Ben Johnstone 7 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Niall Rogerson 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
16 DF England ENG Jack Hannah 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Lewis O'Donnell 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO MacKenzie Strachan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Fraser Bryden 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Euan Ross 6 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Oscar MacIntyre 9 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Josh Walker 9 1 3+2 0 0+0 0 2+2 1 0+0 0
24 FW England ENG Harry McLinden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Scotland SCO Kyle Doherty 7 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Zander Craik 5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+3 0 0+0 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Jay Hogarth 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
35 DF Scotland SCO Jack Brydon 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish League One 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
4 Scotland MF Reece Lyon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 England DF Matty Douglas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 Scotland MF Harry Cochrane 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
7 Scotland MF Kieran McKechnie 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
8 Guadeloupe MF Benjamin Luissint 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 Scotland MF Kai Kennedy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 England MF Brennan Dickenson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 Scotland MF Ben Johnstone 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
22 Scotland DF Oscar MacIntyre 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Scotland MF Josh Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 Scotland DF Jack Brydon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 1

Top scorers

Last updated 2 September 2024
Position Nation Name Scottish League One League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Scotland Kieran McKechnie 2 1 0 0 3
2 Scotland Leighton McIntosh 0 1 0 0 1
= Scotland Josh Walker 0 1 0 0 1
= Scotland Reece Lyon 0 1 0 0 1
= England Brennan Dickenson 0 1 0 0 1
= Scotland Michael Hewitt 1 0 0 0 1
= England Matty Douglas 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish League One League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Ross Stewart 2 0 0 0 2
31 GK Scotland Jay Hogarth 0 1 0 0 1
Total 2 1 0 0 3

Last updated: 2 September 2024
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches[broken anchor]

Team statistics

Scottish League One

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Stenhousemuir 5 3 0 2 10 7 +3 9 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Alloa Athletic 5 2 3 0 5 3 +2 9
4 Queen of the South 5 2 1 2 4 3 +1 7
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5 1 3 1 3 3 0 6
6 Montrose 5 1 3 1 3 3 0 6
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2024. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWLL
Position83234
Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos Team
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  • e
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ABE AIR QOS EKB DUM
1 Aberdeen 4 4 0 0 0 15 1 +14 12 Qualification for the second round — 2–1 — — 6–0
2 Airdrieonians 4 3 0 0 1 15 5 +10 9 — — 2–0 8–0 —
3 Queen of the South 4 2 0 0 2 5 6 −1 6 0–3 — — — 2–0
4 East Kilbride 4 0 1 0 3 2 16 −14 2 0–4 — 1–3 — —
5 Dumbarton 4 0 0 1 3 4 13 −9 1 — 3–4 — 1–1p —
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Management statistics

Last updated 1 September 2024
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Peter Murphy 13 July 2024 31 May 2025 9 4 1 4 044.44

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Jack Brydon Scotland Queen of the South Free[7]
Scotland Daniel Church Scotland Queen of the South Free[8]
Scotland Harry Cochrane Scotland Queen of the South Free[9]
Scotland Kyle Doherty Scotland Queen of the South Free[10]
England Jake Hutchinson Scotland Queen of the South Free[11]
Scotland Kieran McKechnie Scotland Queen of the South Free[12]
Scotland Ben Johnstone Scotland Queen of the South Free[13]
Scotland Charlie Cowie Scotland Queen of the South Free[14]
Scotland Matty Douglas Scotland Annan Athletic Free[15]
Guadeloupe Benjamin Luissint Scotland Annan Athletic Free[16]
Scotland Reece Lyon Scotland Kelty Hearts Free[17]
Scotland Niall Rogerson Scotland Queen of the South Free[18]
England Brennan Dickenson England Oldham Athletic Free[19]
Scotland Ross Stewart Scotland Partick Thistle Free[20]
Scotland Leighton McIntosh Scotland Arbroath Free[21]
Scotland Kai Kennedy England York City Free[22]
Scotland Oscar MacIntyre Scotland Hibernian Loan[23]
Scotland Jay Hogarth Scotland Rangers Loan[24]
Scotland Josh Walker Scotland Stranraer Free[25]
Scotland Michael Hewitt Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[26]
Scotland Zander Craik Scotland Kilmarnock Loan[27]
England Jack Hannah England Middlesbrough Loan[28]
Scotland Lewis O'Donnell Scotland Dundee United Loan[29]
Scotland Fraser Bryden Scotland Ayr United Loan[30]
England Pharrell Willis England Middlesbrough Loan[31]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Gavin Reilly Scotland Arbroath Free[32]
Scotland Jordan Houston Scotland Clyde Free[33]
Scotland Paul McKay Scotland Clyde Free[34]
Nigeria Efe Ambrose Free Agent Free[35]
Switzerland Gordon Botterill Free Agent Free[36]
Scotland Cammy Logan Free Agent Free[37]
England Harvey Walker Free Agent Free[38]
Scotland Harry Stone Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan[39]
Scotland Kyle McClelland Scotland Hibernian Loan[40]
Scotland Alex Ferguson Scotland St Johnstone Loan[41]
Sweden Joel Mumbongo Scotland Hamilton Academical Loan[42]
England Max Kilsby Scotland Carlisle United Loan[43]
Scotland Oscar MacIntyre Scotland Hibernian Loan[44]
Scotland Murray Johnson Scotland Hibernian Loan[45]
Scotland Jay Burns Free Agent Free[46]
Scotland Finlay Kennedy Free Agent Free[47]
Scotland Craig McGuffie Scotland Dumbarton Free[48]
Scotland Lewis Gibson Scotland Raith Rovers Undisclosed[49]
England Jake Hutchinson England Worthing Undisclosed[50]
Scotland Reegan Mimnaugh Scotland East Kilbride Free[51]
Scotland Lee Connelly Scotland Clyde Free[52]

See also

Notes

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

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