2016–17 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Queen of the South's fourth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fourth 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.

Queen of the South
2016–17 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerGavin Skelton
Jim Thomson
Gary Naysmith
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish Championship6th
Challenge CupSixth round
League CupThird round
Scottish CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stephen Dobbie (19)
All: Stephen Dobbie (26)
Highest home attendance3,703 vs. Hibernian, 24 September 2016
Lowest home attendance1,147 vs. St Mirren, 6 December 2016
Average home league attendance1,857

Summary edit

Queen of the South finished sixth in the Scottish Championship.

The club reached the sixth round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the third round of the Scottish Cup.

Management edit

The club began the 2016-17 season under the management of Gavin Skelton and he remained in charge until 7 November 2016 when he resigned for personal reasons.[3] Former club captain and current football development manager Jim Thomson was placed in temporary charge along with another former club captain Graeme Robertson, who was back home for one month after coaching in China.[4] Gary Naysmith was appointed the club's manager along with his assistant Dougie Anderson on 1 December 2016, having previously been in-charge of part-time club East Fife.[5]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season edit

1 July 2016 Friendly Dalbeattie Star 0 – 4 Queen of the South Islecroft Stadium
19:00 QOSFC Report
Dalbeattie Star Report
Hilson   23', 35'
Moxon   49'
Smith   67'
Attendance: 380
5 July 2016 Friendly Carlisle 2 – 3 Queen of the South Brunton Park
16:00 Lambe   49'
Grainger   57'
QOSFC Report
CUFC Report
Hilson   30'
Rigg   45'
Moxon   88'
Attendance: Closed doors
9 July 2016 Friendly Gretna 2008 1 – 6 Queen of the South Raydale Park
12:00 A. Trialist   79' QOSFC Report Dowie   9', 31'
Smith   19', 44'
Lyle   83', 87'
Attendance: 300
10 July 2016 Friendly Queen of the South 3 – 1 South Shields Raydale Park
15:00 Jacobs   7'
Dykes   8'
Brown   50'
QOSFC Report A. Trialist   55' Attendance: 300
13 July 2016 Friendly Penrith 3 – 4 Queen of the South Frenchfields Stadium
19:30 A. Trialist   23'
B. Trialist   60'
C. Trialist   64'
QOSFC Report
Groundhopper2000 Report
McInally   47', 66'
B. Murray   62'
Bell   90'
Attendance: 200
26 July 2016 Friendly Workington 1 – 2 Queen of the South Borough Park
19:30 Kilifin   2' Workington Reds Report
QOSFC Report
Rigg   10'
Brotherston   85'
Attendance: 275
Referee: Backhouse

Scottish Championship edit

13 August 2016 ScoChamp Match 2 Queen of the South 4 – 1 Ayr United Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   12', 53'
Dobbie   44'
Dykes   74'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Nisbet   61' Attendance: 1,982
Referee: Finnie
Man of the Match: Dobbie
20 August 2016 ScoChamp Match 3 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie   34', 50' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 1,841
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Dobbie
10 September 2016 ScoChamp Match 5 St Mirren 1 – 3 Queen of the South Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00 Walsh   41' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Lyle   12', 43'
Dobbie   55'
Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Cook
Man of the Match: Hilson
17 September 2016 ScoChamp Match 6 Queen of the South 3 – 1 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie   52', 68'
Brotherston  80'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Mvoto   90' Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Dobbie
24 September 2016 ScoChamp Match 7 Queen of the South 0 – 0 Hibernian Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Stevenson   41'   55' Attendance: 3,703
Referee: McLean
Man of the Match: Dowie
15 October 2016 ScoChamp Match 9 Queen of the South 0 – 5 Greenock Morton Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Forbes   6'
McDonagh   33'
Oliver  36'
Quitongo   64'
O'Ware   72' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,695
Referee: Kirkland
Man of the Match: Dykes
22 October 2016 ScoChamp Match 10 Ayr United 1 – 0 Queen of the South Somerset Park
15:00 Cairney   52' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 1,842
Referee: Beaton
Man of the Match: Marshall
29 October 2016 ScoChamp Match 11 Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Queen of the South Stark's Park
17:15 Stewart   90' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 1,244
Referee: Allan
Man of the Match: Jacobs
5 November 2016 ScoChamp Match 12 Queen of the South 1 – 4 Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 Anderson   45' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Durnan   14'
Andreu   22'
Fraser   57'
Murray   77'
Attendance: 2,316
Referee: McLean
Man of the Match: Marshall
19 November 2016 ScoChamp Match 13 Hibernian 4 – 0 Queen of the South Easter Road
15:00 Graham   8'
Higgins   42' (o.g.)
Gray   52'
Boyle   65'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 13,861
Referee: Charleston
Man of the Match: Robinson
3 December 2016 ScoChamp Match 14 Queen of the South 1 – 2 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   80' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Stevenson   32'
Fleming   42' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,261
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Hamill
6 December 2016 ScoChamp Match 15 Queen of the South 2 – 3 St Mirren Palmerston Park
19:45 Dobbie   17', 42' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Magennis   20'
Gordon   57'
Mallan   90'
Attendance: 1,147
Referee: Allan
Man of the Match: Dobbie
10 December 2016 ScoChamp Match 16 Falkirk 2 – 2 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Hippolyte   45', 54' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Dobbie   34'
Lyle   60'
Attendance: 4,170
Referee: Walsh
Man of the Match: Lyle
7 January 2017 ScoChamp Match 20 St Mirren 0 – 3 Queen of the South Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Dobbie   45'
Thomson   81'
MacKenzie   88' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,105
Referee: Northcroft
Man of the Match: Rankin
14 January 2017 ScoChamp Match 21 Dundee United 3 – 3 Queen of the South Tannadice Park
15:00 Murray   4', 89'
Fraser   77'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Dobbie   28'
Thomson   53'
Thomas   65'
Attendance: 6,136
Referee: Muir
Man of the Match: Thomson
28 January 2017 ScoChamp Match 23 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Hibernian Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
McGinn   52' Attendance: 3,007
Referee: McLean
Man of the Match: Marshall
4 February 2017 ScoChamp Match 24 Queen of the South 3 – 0 Greenock Morton Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   71'
Jacobs   83'
Thomson   90'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 1,588
Referee: Madden
Man of the Match: Jacobs
25 February 2017 ScoChamp Match 25 Queen of the South 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Rankin   7'
Lyle   36'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Mvoto   60' Attendance: 1,484
Referee: Cook
Man of the Match: Rankin
4 March 2017 ScoChamp Match 26 Queen of the South 0 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Kidd   45'
Sibbald   79' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,995
Referee: Duncan
Man of the Match: Jacobs
18 March 2017 ScoChamp Match 29 Queen of the South 0 – 2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Mallan   44'
Loy   54' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Dallas
Man of the Match: Dowie
1 April 2017 ScoChamp Match 31 Queen of the South 4 – 2 Dundee United Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   19'
Dobbie   43'
Dykes   81'
Hilson   89'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Arabs Photos
Mikkelsen   27', 55' Attendance: 1,514
Referee: Finnie
Man of the Match: Thomson
15 April 2017 ScoChamp Match 33 Hibernian 3 – 0 Queen of the South Easter Road
15:00 McGregor   13', 38'
Gray   48'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Hibees Photos
Attendance: 17,054
Referee: Cook
Man of the Match: Marshall
29 April 2017 ScoChamp Match 35 Falkirk 2 – 2 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Austin   31'
Muirhead   71' (pen.)
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Bairns Photos
Dobbie   9', 78' Attendance: 4,723 [6]
Referee: Allan
Man of the Match: Dobbie

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

3 September 2016 Round 3 Queen of the South 7 – 1 Stenhousemuir Palmerston Park
15:00 Hilson   6'
Anderson   10'
Dobbie   33', 46'
Lyle   38' (pen.)
Rigg   66', 79'
QOSFC Report
Sky Sports Report
Cook   81' Attendance: 1,158
Referee: Aitken
Man of the Match: Jacobs
9 October 2016 Round 4 Queen of the South 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Linfield Palmerston Park
13:00 Dykes   102'
Dobbie   109'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 2,358
Referee: Griffith: Welsh FA
Man of the Match: Dykes
12 November 2016 Round 5 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie   41', 76' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 1,180
Referee: Anderson
Man of the Match: Dobbie
18 February 2017 Round 6 Queen of the South 2 – 3 Dundee United Palmerston Park
17:15 Dobbie   51'
Lyle   90'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Telfer   3'
Fraser   11'
Andreu   35'
Attendance: 1,526
Referee: Walsh
Man of the Match: Jacobs

Scottish League Cup edit

19 July 2016 Round 1;Group E-2 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Airdrieonians Palmerston Park
19:45 Lyle   9', 24' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Walsh
Man of the Match: Lyle
23 July 2016 Round 1;Group E-3 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Queen of the South Firhill Stadium
15:00 Erskine   82'
Lawless   90'
QOSFC Report
SPFL Report
Hilson   48' Attendance: 2,358
Referee: Muir
Man of the Match: Hilson
9 August 2016 Round 2 Hibernian 1 – 3 Queen of the South Easter Road
19:45 Hanlon   22' QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Dobbie   66'
Anderson   82'
Dykes   86'
Attendance: 7,646
Referee: Anderson
Man of the Match: Robinson
20 September 2016 Round 3 Rangers 5 – 0 Queen of the South Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Holt   33'
Halliday   62'
Waghorn   63', 71', 83'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
Attendance: 26,079
Referee: D Robertson
Man of the Match: Hilson

Scottish Cup edit

26 November 2016 Round 3 Albion Rovers P - P Queen of the South Exsel Group Stadium
15:00 BBC Sport News
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
29 November 2016 Round 3 Albion Rovers 2 – 1 Queen of the South Exsel Group Stadium
19:45 M. Dunlop   16'
Wallace   80'   87'
Ferguson   90'
QOSFC Report
BBC Sport Report
SFA Report
Hamill   76' Attendance: 387
Referee: Ross
Man of the Match: Hamill

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 DF Chris Higgins   15 Club Captain
4 DF Andy Dowie   14 Vice Captain
8 MF John Rankin   17 Club Captain
11 FW Stephen Dobbie   1 Vice Captain

Last updated: 6 May 2017
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 edit

Last updated 4 January 2018[8][9]
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   ENG Lee Robinson 46 0 35+0 0 4+0 0 6+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF   SCO Jamie Hamill 32 2 18+3 0 4+0 0 6+0 1 0+1 1
3 DF   ENG Jordan Marshall 41 0 31+0 0 4+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   SCO Andy Dowie 38 1 27+0 0 4+0 0 6+0 1 1+0 0
5 DF   SCO Darren Brownlie 42 0 34+1 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   SCO Chris Higgins 29 0 23+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
*7 MF   SCO Grant Anderson[10] 29 3 16+3 1 3+0 1 6+0 1 1+0 0
*8 MF   SCO Mark Millar[11] 26 1 17+1 1 2+1 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF   SCO John Rankin 17 1 17+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   SCO Derek Lyle 37 14 19+8 10 3+0 2 5+1 2 1+0 0
10 FW   SCO Dale Hilson 21 3 5+9 1 1+0 1 5+1 1 0+0 0
11 FW   SCO Stephen Dobbie 42 26 34+1 19 4+0 6 1+1 1 1+0 0
12 FW   ENG Steven Rigg 16 2 3+7 0 1+1 2 1+3 0 0+0 0
14 MF   RSA Kyle Jacobs 42 1 33+0 1 4+0 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
15 MF   SCO Joe Thomson 17 4 16+1 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF   SCO Scott Hooper 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
*17 MF   ENG Jake Pickard[12] 19 1 5+6 0 1+2 0 3+1 1 1+0 0
17 MF   SCO Connor McManus 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW   SCO Aidan Smith 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
19 MF   ENG Owen Moxon 8 0 0+5 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 GK   ENG James Atkinson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
*21 GK   SCO Robbie Thomson[13] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK   SCO Jack Leighfield 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   SCO Callum Tapping 8 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   SCO Dom Thomas 19 3 15+3 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   SCO Scott Mercer 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW   AUS Lyndon Dykes 40 4 20+10 2 2+1 1 4+2 1 1+0 0
26 MF   SCO Ayrton Sonkur 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW   SCO Connor Murray 9 0 1+7 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF   SCO Richard Murray 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF   SCO Owen Bell 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF   ENG Ryan Nelson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW   SCO Ross Fergusson 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 GK   ENG Cameron Copeland 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW   SCO Dean Brotherston 16 1 1+9 1 0+2 0 0+4 0 0+0 0
39 MF   SCO Dan Carmichael 21 0 11+8 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Disciplinary record edit

As of 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
1   GK Lee Robinson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2   DF Jamie Hamill 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
3   DF Jordan Marshall 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4   DF Andy Dowie 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
5   DF Darren Brownlie 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6   DF Chris Higgins 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7   MF Grant Anderson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
*8   MF Mark Millar[14] 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
8   MF John Rankin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9   FW Derek Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10   FW Dale Hilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11   FW Stephen Dobbie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14   MF Kyle Jacobs 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
15   MF Joe Thomson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   MF Jake Pickard 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
22   MF Callum Tapping 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
23   MF Dom Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   DF Scott Mercer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25   FW Lyndon Dykes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27   FW Connor Murray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 61 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 75 0

Top scorers edit

Last updated 6 May 2017
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   Stephen Dobbie 19 6 1 0 26
2   Derek Lyle 10 2 2 0 14
3   Joe Thomson 4 0 0 0 4
=   Lyndon Dykes 2 1 1 0 4
5   Grant Anderson 1 1 1 0 3
=   Dom Thomas 3 0 0 0 3
=   Dale Hilson 1 1 1 0 3
8   Steven Rigg 0 2 0 0 2
=   Jamie Hamill 0 0 1 1 2
10   Mark Millar 1 0 0 0 1
=   Andy Dowie 0 0 1 0 1
=   Jake Pickard 0 0 1 0 1
=   Dean Brotherston 1 0 0 0 1
=   Kyle Jacobs 1 0 0 0 1
=   John Rankin 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets edit

R Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK   Lee Robinson 8 2 3 0 13
20 GK   James Atkinson 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8 2 3 0 13

Last updated: 6 May 2017
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Greenock Morton 36 13 13 10 44 41 +3 52 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
5 Dunfermline Athletic 36 12 12 12 46 43 +3 48
6 Queen of the South 36 11 10 15 46 52 −6 43
7 St Mirren 36 9 12 15 52 56 −4 39
8 Dumbarton 36 9 12 15 46 56 −10 39
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAAHHHHAAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWWWWWDDLLLLLLLDDLDWDWLWWLDLLDWWLLDL
Position633321112356666666777555555555556666
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: "Queen of the South". Statto. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics edit

Last updated 6 May 2017
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Gavin Skelton[15] 22 April 2016 5 November 2016 22 12 3 7 054.55
Jim Thomson 12 November 2016 3 December 2016 4 1 0 3 025.00
Gary Naysmith[16] 6 December 2016 6 May 2017 23 6 7 10 026.09

Transfers edit

See also edit

Notes edit

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

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