# 2012–13 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Queen of the South's first season back in the Scottish Second Division after an absence of a decade after the club's relegation from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2011–12 season. Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Queen of the South finished first in the Second Division to be crowned champions and were promoted to the Scottish Championship. The club were also the winners of the Challenge Cup to complete a historic double for the club and also reached the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | DF | Chris Higgins | | 40 | Club Captain |
| | DF | Ryan McGuffie | | 6 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 5 May 2013 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 27 July 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Second Division | Second Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | James Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Lee Robinson | 46 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Black | 15 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Durnan | 41 | 7 | 32+0 | 6 | 5+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Higgins | 41 | 3 | 32+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan McGuffie | 34 | 6 | 23+4 | 5 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Marc Fitzpatrick | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Mitchell | 42 | 3 | 33+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 36 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Burns | 28 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Daniel Carmichael | 43 | 3 | 34+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Nicky Clark | 46 | 41 | 36+0 | 32 | 5+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | David Hopkirk | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Gibson | 23 | 2 | 11+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Johnston | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian McShane | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stephen McKenna | 40 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dan Orsi | 17 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Pat Slattery | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Young | 33 | 3 | 22+4 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek Lyle | 39 | 14 | 23+6 | 13 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gavin Reilly | 41 | 15 | 17+14 | 12 | 3+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Kevin Smith | 20 | 2 | 0+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Paton | 11 | 3 | 6+4 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 27 July 2013
| Position | Name | Second Division | Second Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | James Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Lee Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Black | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Durnan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| DF | Chris Higgins | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Ryan McGuffie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Marc Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Holt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Paul Burns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Daniel Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Nicky Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | David Hopkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Willie Gibson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | Allan Johnston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| MF | Ian McShane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Stephen McKenna | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| MF | Dan Orsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Pat Slattery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Derek Young | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | Derek Lyle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Gavin Reilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Kevin Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Michael Paton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Manager of the Month Awards

    Last updated 14 June 2013
| Name | Month |
| Allan Johnston | August |
| Allan Johnston | September |
| Allan Johnston | December |
| Allan Johnston | January |
| Allan Johnston | March |

### Top Scorers

    Last updated on 4 May 2013
| Position | Name | Second Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | Nicky Clark | 32 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
| 2 | Gavin Reilly | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Derek Lyle | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Mark Durnan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Ryan McGuffie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Chris Higgins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Danny Carmichael | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Derek Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | Chris Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Michael Paton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Willie Gibson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Paul Burns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Kevin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Stephen McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | David Hopkirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Kevin Holt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Nat | Name | Second Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Lee Robinson | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| | | | Totals | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
Last updated: 4 May 2013 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Queen of the South (C, P) | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 92 | 23 | +69 | 92 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic (O, P) | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 3 | Brechin City | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 61 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 74 | −7 | 54 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Arbroath | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 52 | |

### 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 |
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