# 2011–12 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Queen of the South's tenth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2001–02 season. Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Queen of the South finished tenth in the First Division and were relegated to the Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

The club began the 2011–12 season under the management of Gus MacPherson. On 30 April 2012, MacPherson resigned after relegation was confirmed. On 3 May, Allan Johnston was appointed as manager.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

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

| P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| MF | Stephen Simmons | 28 | Club Captain |
| MF | Stephen McKenna | 13 | Vice Captain |
| DF | Ryan McGuffie | 2 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 5 May 2012 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 5 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Roddy McKenzie | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Lee Robinson | 39 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | James Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Potter | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Reid | 36 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Campbell | 19 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Black | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Higgins | 39 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan McGuffie | 36 | 4 | 26+4 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Reid | 32 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott McLaughlin | 41 | 7 | 34+0 | 6 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Daniel Carmichael | 41 | 6 | 27+7 | 4 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Johnston | 37 | 3 | 31+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian McShane | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dan Orsi | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stephen Simmons | 36 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Nicky Clark | 36 | 1 | 19+11 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stephen McKenna | 37 | 2 | 24+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 19 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kevin Smith | 26 | 5 | 17+6 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Brighton | 26 | 6 | 16+5 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steven Degnan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Marc McCusker | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gavin Reilly | 17 | 2 | 3+12 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ryan Smylie | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sam Parkin | 17 | 6 | 15+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Position | Name | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Roddy McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Lee Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | James Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | John Potter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Alan Reid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Campbell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Black | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Higgins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| DF | Ryan McGuffie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Craig Reid | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| MF | Scott McLaughlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Daniel Carmichael | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Allan Johnston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Ian McShane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Dan Orsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Stephen Simmons | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| MF | Nicky Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Stephen McKenna | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin Holt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Kevin Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| FW | Tom Brighton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Steven Degnan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Marc McCusker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Gavin Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Ryan Smylie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Sam Parkin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated on 5 May 2012
| Position | Name | First Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Tom Brighton | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| = | Sam Parkin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| = | Daniel Carmichael | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Kevin Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Ryan McGuffie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Allan Johnston | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Stephen McKenna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Chris Higgins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Gavin Reilly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Nicky Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Stephen Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Mark Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Name | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | Lee Robinson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | GK | Roddy McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | Totals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Last updated: 5 May 2012 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 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 47 | |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 44 | |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 42 | |
| 9 | Ayr United (R) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 38 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 10 | Queen of the South (R) | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 32 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2012. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by round

| 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### Results by opponent

    Last updated on 5 May 2012
| Team | League Results | League Results | League Results | League Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Ayr United | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7 |
| Dundee | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3 |
| Falkirk | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1 |
| Greenock Morton | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 8 |
| Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3 |
| Livingston | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 6 |
| Ross County | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 1 |
Source: 2011–12 Scottish First Division Results Table
    a. ^ Queen of the South's score is shown first.