2022–23 Queen of the South F.C. season

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Queen of the South
2022–23 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerWillie Gibson
(player-manager)
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish League One7th On Going
Scottish CupR?
League CupSecond round
Challenge CupR?
Top goalscorerLeague: Ruari Paton (5)
All: Ruari Paton (8)
Highest home attendance1,421 vs. Clyde, 30 July 2022
Lowest home attendance926 vs. Peterhead, 15 October 2022
Average home league attendance1,157
2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is Queen of the South's first season back in the third tier of Scottish football, since they were promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012-13 season, having spent the previous nine seasons in the Scottish Championship. 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

21 June 2022 Friendly Kilmarnock 1-0 Queen of the South Kilmarnock
14:00 Murray QOSFC Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: Closed doors
29 June 2022 Friendly Raith Rovers 1-2 Queen of the South Kirkcaldy
19:45 Gullan (pen.) QOSFC Report Paton (pen.)
Connelly
Stadium: Stark's Park
2 July 2022 Friendly Hamilton Academical 1-3 Queen of the South Hamilton
15:00 Winter QOSFC Report Murray
Paton
Connelly
Stadium: New Douglas Park

Scottish League One

30 July 2022 Match 1 Queen of the South 1-4 Clyde Dumfries
15:00 Connelly 1' Red card 85'
Paton soccer ball with red X 81'
SPFL Report Cunningham 16'
McDonald 43'
Allan 82'
Cameron 89'
Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Lambie
Man of the Match: Connelly
6 August 2022 Match 2 Montrose 0-0 Queen of the South Montrose
15:00 Webster soccer ball with red X 34' SPFL Report Stadium: Links Park
Attendance: 573
Referee: Williams
Man of the Match: East
13 August 2022 Match 3 Queen of the South 1-1 Airdrieonians Dumfries
15:00 Reilly 61' SPFL Report Gallagher 19' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,205
Referee: MacDermid
Man of the Match: Todd
20 August 2022 Match 4 Peterhead 1-4 Queen of the South Peterhead
15:00 Gillies 2' SPFL Report Todd 34'
Murray 43', 90+6'
Paton 64'
Stadium: Balmoor Stadium
Attendance: 595
Referee: Stuart
Man of the Match: Todd
27 August 2022 Match 5 Falkirk 3-1 Queen of the South Falkirk
15:00 Morrison 12'
Alegria 29'
Lawal 83'
SPFL Report Paton 61' (pen.)
P. McKay Red card 84'
Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 3,884
Referee: Cook
Man of the Match: Paton
3 September 2022 Match 6 Queen of the South 0-2 Dunfermline Athletic Dumfries
15:00 Paton soccer ball with red X 53' SPFL Report Todorov 19'
Breen 45+2'
Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Luke
Man of the Match: Todd
17 September 2022 Match 7 Queen of the South 4-1 FC Edinburgh Dumfries
15:00 Paton 44', 85'
East 77'
Bange 80'
SPFL Report Shanley 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 975
Referee: Williams
Man of the Match: Paton
1 October 2022 Match 8 Queen of the South 1-1 Alloa Athletic Dumfries
15:00 Reilly 42' SPFL Report MacIver 87' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,031
Referee: Scott
Man of the Match: Hendrie
8 October 2022 Match 9 Airdrieonians 3-3 Queen of the South Airdrie
15:00 Gallagher 5'
Fordyce 14'
Smith 61'
Ballantyne Yellow card 49' Yellow-red card 78'
SPFL Report Todd 3'
Cochrane 42'
Reilly 63'
Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,007
Referee: Stuart
Man of the Match: Todd
11 October 2022 Match 10 Kelty Hearts 1-0 Queen of the South Kelty
19:45 Tidser 34' SPFL Report Stadium: New Central Park
Attendance: 548
Referee: Snedden
Man of the Match: Todd
15 October 2022 Match 11 Queen of the South 2-0 Peterhead Dumfries
15:00 East 21'
Todd 65'
SPFL Report Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 926
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: TBC
22 October 2022 Match 12 Clyde 1-2 Queen of the South Hamilton
15:00 Cunningham 60' SPFL Report Paton 19'
Murray 84' (pen.)
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 657
Referee: Newlands
Man of the Match: Paton
29 October 2022 Match 13 Queen of the South 1-3 Falkirk Dumfries
15:00 Murray 64' SPFL Report Burrell 6', 21'
Kennedy 48'
Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,366
Referee: Luke
Man of the Match: Murray
5 November 2022 Match 14 FC Edinburgh v Queen of the South Edinburgh
15:00 SPFL Report Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium

Scottish League Cup

9 July 2022 Round 1;Group F-1 Queen of the South 2-3 Annan Athletic Dumfries
15:00 Murray 8'
Paton 50'
SPFL Report Currie 27' (o.g.)
Johnston 33'
Hunter 87'
Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,222
Referee: Fordyce
Man of the Match: Paton
12 July 2022 Round 1;Group F-2 Ayr United 0-3 Queen of the South Ayr
19:45 SPFL Report Connelly 8'
Murray 60'
Todd 82'
Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,352
Referee: Williams
Man of the Match: Currie
16 July 2022 Round 1;Group F-3 Queen of the South 2-2
(4-2 p)
St Johnstone Dumfries
15:00 Connelly 12'
Paton 64'
SPFL Report Murphy 49', 84' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,027
Referee: Grainger
Man of the Match: Paton
Penalties
Wilson soccer ball with check mark
P. McKay soccer ball with check mark
Todd soccer ball with check mark
McGrory soccer ball with check mark
Murphy soccer ball with check mark
Hallberg soccer ball with check mark
Davidson soccer ball with red X
Kucheriavyi soccer ball with red X
23 July 2022 Round 1;Group F-4 Elgin City 0-2 Queen of the South Elgin
15:00 SPFL Report McKechnie 50'
Paton 54'
Stadium: Borough Briggs
Attendance: 566
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Paton
30 August 2022 Round 2 Rangers 3-1 Queen of the South Glasgow
19:45 Ure 10'
Arfield 24', 86'
SPFL Report Connelly 17' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 30,569
Referee: Dickinson
Man of the Match: Connelly

Scottish Challenge Cup

22 September 2022 Round 3 Queen of the South 4-0 FC Edinburgh Dumfries
19:45 Murray 23' (pen.)
D McKay 54'
Ruth 71'
Connelly 84'
SPFL Report Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 688
Referee: Graham
Man of the Match: Wilson
9 December 2022 Round 4 Alloa Athletic v Queen of the South Alloa
19:45 SPFL Report Stadium: Indodrill Stadium

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
8 MF Josh Todd England 14 Club Captain
15 MF Calvin McGrory Scotland 1 Captain
7 FW Ruari Paton Republic of Ireland 2 Captain
5 DF Paul McKay Scotland 1 Captain
33 DF Willie Gibson Scotland 1 Player-Manager

Last updated: 30 October 2022
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 29 October 2022[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 Max Currie 15 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO David McKay 16 1 9+1 0 1+0 1 4+1 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Rico Quitongo 12 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 4+1 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Iain Wilson 11 0 7+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Paul McKay 11 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Harry Cochrane 16 1 8+2 1 0+1 0 4+1 0 0+0 0
7 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ruari Paton 19 8 11+2 5 1+0 0 5+0 3 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Josh Todd 15 4 8+1 3 1+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Gavin Reilly 13 3 11+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Lee Connelly 15 5 5+4 1 0+1 1 5+0 3 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Connor Murray 19 7 8+5 4 1+0 1 4+1 2 0+0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Ciaran McKenna 19 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
*13 GK Scotland SCO Tom Ritchie[3] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK Scotland SCO Scott Fox 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Stuart Morrison 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Calvin McGrory 15 0 7+3 0 0+0 0 4+1 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Euan East 16 2 12+1 2 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
17 DF Scotland SCO Stephen Hendrie 12 0 8+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Kieran McKechnie 10 1 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+4 1 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Michael Ruth 10 1 1+7 0 1+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Ross Irving 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Dom McMahon 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
22 FW England ENG Ewan Bange 6 1 1+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Ryan Muir 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Gibson 7 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Ben Johnstone 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
29 DF Scotland SCO Jay Burns 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK Scotland SCO Charlie Cowie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Willie Gibson 7 0 3+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 29 October 2022 (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
1 Scotland GK Max Currie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Scotland DF David McKay 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
3 Scotland DF Rico Quitongo 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
5 Scotland DF Paul McKay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Scotland MF Harry Cochrane 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Republic of Ireland FW Ruari Paton 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
9 Scotland FW Gavin Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Scotland FW Lee Connelly 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
11 Scotland MF Connor Murray 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
12 Scotland DF Ciaran McKenna 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 Scotland MF Calvin McGrory 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Scotland DF Euan East 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Scotland DF Stephen Hendrie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland MF Kieran McKechnie 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
21 Scotland MF Dom McMahon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 Scotland FW Lewis Gibson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
33 Scotland DF Willie Gibson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 25 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 32 2

Top scorers

Last updated 29 October 2022
Position Nation Name Scottish League One League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Republic of Ireland Ruari Paton 5 3 0 0 8
2 Scotland Connor Murray 4 2 1 0 7
3 Scotland Lee Connelly 1 3 1 0 5
4 England Josh Todd 3 1 0 0 4
5 Scotland Gavin Reilly 3 0 0 0 3
6 Scotland Euan East 2 0 0 0 2
7 Scotland Kieran McKechnie 0 1 0 0 1
= England Ewan Bange 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Michael Ruth 0 0 1 0 1
= Scotland David McKay 0 0 1 0 1
= Scotland Harry Cochrane 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Max Currie 2 2 1 0 5
13 GK Scotland Scott Fox 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 2 1 0 5

Last updated: 29 October 2022
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

Scottish League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Montrose 13 6 3 4 19 14 +5 21
6 Airdrieonians 13 5 3 5 25 21 +4 18
7 Queen of the South 13 4 4 5 20 21 −1 16
8 Kelty Hearts 13 5 1 7 12 20 −8 16
9 Clyde 13 2 1 10 16 29 −13 7 Qualification for the League One play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2022. Source: [4]
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).[5]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHHHAAHAHAAH
ResultLDDWLLWDDLWWL
Position10886887777767
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2022. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ANN QOS STJ AYR ELG
1 Annan Athletic 4 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 10 Qualification for the second round p1–1 4–0
2 Queen of the South 4 2 1 0 1 9 5 +4 8 2–3 p2–2
3 St Johnstone 4 2 0 2 0 7 4 +3 8 0–0p 1–0
4 Ayr United 4 1 0 1 2 4 5 −1 4 0–3 3–0[a]
5 Elgin City 4 0 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0 0–2 2–4
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]
Notes:
  1. ^ Ayr United were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Elgin City, who fielded an ineligible player. The match had originally finished 0–0, with Ayr United securing the bonus point following a 4–3 win on penalties.[6]

Management statistics

Last updated 29 October 2022
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Willie Gibson 9 July 2022 31 May 2023 19 7 5 7 036.84

Transfers

See also

Notes

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

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