# 2018–19 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Queen of the South's Centenary season and was also the club's sixth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their sixth season in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens also competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and the Challenge Cup.

## Summary

Queens finished ninth in the Scottish Championship and their league position qualified the club for the semi-final stage of the play-offs, where the played Montrose and progressed 6–2 on aggregate. Queens won the play-off final 3–1 on aggregate versus Raith Rovers.
Queens reached the third round of the Challenge Cup, losing 2–0 away to East Fife.
Queens reached the second round of the League Cup, losing 4–2 after extra time at Palmerston to St Johnstone.
Queens reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 4–1 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

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

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 11 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 44 | Club Captain |
| 4 | DF | Callum Fordyce | 4 | Vice Captain |
| 8 | MF | Kyle Jacobs | 4 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 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 18 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Alan Martin | 40 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Scott Mercer | 47 | 2 | 32+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jordan Marshall | 51 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Callum Fordyce | 33 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Darren Brownlie | 11 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Michael Doyle | 51 | 3 | 35+0 | 2 | 7+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Andy Stirling | 50 | 2 | 29+6 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RSA | Kyle Jacobs | 51 | 2 | 36+0 | 2 | 7+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CAN | Fraser Aird | 9 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Josh Todd | 42 | 7 | 30+0 | 6 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Stephen Dobbie | 45 | 43 | 30+0 | 21 | 5+1 | 7 | 5+0 | 8 | 4+0 | 7 |
| *12 | DF | ENG | Callum Semple | 27 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Ian McGrath | 14 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | TUR | Deniz Mehmet | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| *14 | MF | SCO | Gary Harkins | 20 | 3 | 12+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Nicky Low | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Charlie Exley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Dean Watson | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Connor Murray | 32 | 3 | 3+18 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Declan Tremble | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Owen Bell | 19 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | Jack Leighfield | 11 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| *21 | MF | SCO | Adam Frizzell | 13 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Iain Wilson | 18 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CAN | David Norman Jr. | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Ewan Gourlay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Daniel Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Lyndon Dykes | 52 | 10 | 36+0 | 2 | 7+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Robbie Ivison | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Daniel Irving | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Ross Irving | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Callum Williams | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| *30 | GK | SCO | Sam Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Barry Maguire | 20 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Ryan Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

### Disciplinary record

    As of 18 May 2019 (UTC)
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Scott Mercer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Jordan Marshall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Callum Fordyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Darren Brownlie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Michael Doyle | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Andy Stirling | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Kyle Jacobs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Fraser Aird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Josh Todd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | | DF | Callum Semple | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Gary Harkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Nicky Low | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Connor Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Owen Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Adam Frizzell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Iain Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | David Norman Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | | FW | Lyndon Dykes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 30 | | DF | Barry Maguire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 1 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated 18 May 2019
| Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Other | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Stephen Dobbie | 21 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 43 |
| 2 | Lyndon Dykes | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Josh Todd | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Gary Harkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Michael Doyle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Connor Murray | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Andy Stirling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Scott Mercer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | Kyle Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Callum Semple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Jordan Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Barry Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Iain Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Name | Scottish Championship | Other | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | Alan Martin | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | GK | Deniz Mehmet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Jack Leighfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Totals | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 43 | |
| 7 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 39 | |
| 9 | Queen of the South (O) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Falkirk (R) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 38 | Relegation to League One |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOT | QOS | EDC | CLY | STR |
| 1 | Motherwell (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Queen of the South (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | — | 3–0 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | | — | 0–4 | — | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 1–3 | — | 1–1p | — | — |
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | | p1–1 | — | — | 1–3 | — |

### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated 18 May 2019
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Gary Naysmith | 14 July 2018 | 4 May 2019 | 48 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 033.33 |
| Allan Johnston | 5 May 2019 | 18 May 2019 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 050.00 |