2015–16 Queen of the South F.C. season

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Queen of the South
2015–16 season
Chairman Billy Hewitson
Manager James Fowler
Gavin Skelton (caretaker manager)
Stadium Palmerston Park
Scottish Championship 7th
Challenge Cup Second round; Lost to Livingston
League Cup Second round; Lost to Greenock Morton
Scottish Cup Fourth round; Lost to Dumbarton
Top goalscorer League: Derek Lyle (13)
All: Derek Lyle (17)
Highest home attendance 5,858 vs. Rangers, 30 August 2015
Lowest home attendance 1,047 vs. Raith Rovers, 11 December 2015
Average home league attendance 2,115

The 2015–16 season is Queen of the South's third consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their third 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.

Summary

Queen of the South finished seventh in the Scottish Championship.

The club reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

The club began the 2015-16 season under the management of James Fowler and he remained in charge until 18 April 2016, when he left the club by mutual consent, two days after a 2-2 draw at already relegated Alloa Athletic. Queens objective was to finish in fourth and reach the play-offs for the third consecutive season. Gavin Skelton, who had been Fowler's assistant, was appointed caretaker manager alongside ex-club captain Jim Thomson, for the final two league matches of the season. [3]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Championship

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Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 DF Chris Higgins Scotland 37 Club Captain
4 DF Andy Dowie Scotland 4 Vice Captain

Last updated: 2 May 2016
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 14 May 2016[6][7]
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 Robbie Thomson 35 0 30+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland Lewis Kidd 32 1 21+6 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland Richard Murray 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland Andy Dowie 33 0 29+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland Darren Brownlie 32 1 25+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
6 DF Scotland Chris Higgins 38 1 32+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland Alex Harris 27 4 20+6 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland Mark Millar 32 1 19+8 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Scotland Derek Lyle 37 17 29+3 13 1+1 1 2+0 2 1+0 1
10 MF Scotland Ryan Conroy 32 2 20+8 0 2+0 1 2+0 1 0+0 0
11 FW Scotland Iain Russell 35 11 22+9 11 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF Scotland Shaun Rutherford 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF South Africa Kyle Jacobs 30 0 23+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
15 MF Scotland Callum Tapping 13 0 11+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 33 0 24+6 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF England Jake Pickard 24 0 12+8 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
*18 FW Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan[8] 7 1 3+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland Andy Murdoch 10 1 7+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England Owen Moxon 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 GK England James Atkinson 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Scotland Dale Hilson 17 5 11+3 4 2+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland Scott Hooper 8 0 5+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
23 DF England Jordan Marshall 34 0 29+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
24 FW Scotland Aidan Smith 20 1 3+13 1 0+2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
25 DF England Jack Dickinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland James Fowler 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland Steven Higgins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Scotland Gary Oliver 29 6 15+13 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 FW England Gavin Skelton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Scotland Liam Coogans 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW Scotland Dean Brotherston 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 DF England Jack Brannan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
1 Scotland GK Robbie Thomson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Scotland DF Lewis Kidd 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
4 Scotland DF Andy Dowie 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 Scotland DF Darren Brownlie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Scotland DF Chris Higgins 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
8 Scotland MF Mark Millar 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
9 Scotland FW Derek Lyle 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
11 Scotland FW Iain Russell 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
14 South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
15 Scotland MF Callum Tapping 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
16 Scotland MF Kyle Hutton 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
17 England MF Jake Pickard 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
18 Scotland MF Andy Murdoch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 Scotland FW Dale Hilson 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
22 Scotland DF Scott Hooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 England DF Jordan Marshall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 73 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 80 3

Top Scorers

Last updated on 2 May 2016
Position Nation Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Scotland Derek Lyle 13 1 2 1 17
2 Scotland Iain Russell 11 0 0 0 11
3 Scotland Gary Oliver 6 0 0 0 6
4 Scotland Dale Hilson 4 0 1 0 5
5 Scotland Alex Harris 4 0 0 0 4
6 Scotland Ryan Conroy 0 1 1 0 2
7 Scotland Lewis Kidd 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Aidan Smith 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Chris Higgins 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Andy Murdoch 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Darren Brownlie 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Mark Millar 1 0 0 0 1
= Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

No. Pos Nat Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Robbie Thomson 9 1 0 0 10
20 GK England James Atkinson 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 10 1 0 0 11

Last updated: 2 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 42 −3 43
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
7 Queen of the South 36 12 6 18 46 56 −10 42
8 Dumbarton 36 10 7 19 35 66 −31 37
9 Livingston (Q, R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification to Championship play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Division summary

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

Last updated: 2 May 2016.
Source: [9]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 2 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
James Fowler[10] 25 July 2015 16 April 2016 39 13 6 20 33.33
Gavin Skelton 23 April 2016 1 May 2016 2 1 0 1 50.00

Transfers

See also

Notes

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

References

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  5. https://groundhopper2000.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=Queen+of+the+South+v+Kilmarnock
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