# 2021–22 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Queen of the South's ninth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens are also competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Queens finished tenth in the Scottish Championship and were relegated to Scottish League One, ending nine straight seasons in Scottish Football's second tier.
Queens reached the 2022 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, ending runners-up to Raith Rovers, losing 3-1 at the Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie.
The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group F that included Airdrieonians, Annan Athletic, Motherwell and Queen's Park.
Queens reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 3-0 at Palmerston to Cove Rangers in a replay, after a 2-2 draw at the Balmoral Stadium.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

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

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 33 | DF | Willie Gibson | 33 | Club Captain |
| 8 | MF | Josh Todd | 12 | Club Captain |
| 16 | DF | Euan East | 2 | Vice Captain |
Last updated: 30 April 2022 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

    As of 30 April 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | 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 |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Josh Rae | 26 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Darragh O'Connor | 17 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Alex Cooper | 27 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Udoka Chima | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Paul McKay | 22 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Harry Cochrane | 26 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Ruari Paton | 45 | 8 | 23+11 | 3 | 4+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Josh Todd | 34 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NIR | Ally Roy | 36 | 12 | 12+14 | 4 | 2+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Lee Connelly | 40 | 9 | 28+2 | 7 | 4+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Aidan Fitzpatrick | 14 | 3 | 3+9 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Sol Brynn | 21 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NGA | Josh Debayo | 26 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Ben Liddle | 19 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Calvin McGrory | 33 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Euan East | 35 | 4 | 24+2 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Niyah Joseph | 18 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Kieran McKechnie | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Innes Cameron | 23 | 3 | 23+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Robert Nditi | 33 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Dom McMahon | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Max Johnston | 31 | 3 | 24+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| *23 | MF | SCO | Olly McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NIR | Shea Gordon | 12 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Sam Folarin | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Scott Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Ryan Muir | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Owen Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Connor Potts | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Matthew Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Charlie Cowie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Aidan Moffat | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Christopher Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Willie Gibson | 46 | 2 | 35+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | SCO | Konar Pietsch | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | POR | Ruben Soares-Junior | 33 | 3 | 15+7 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 30 April 2022 (UTC)
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Josh Rae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Darragh O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Alex Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Paul McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Ruari Paton | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Josh Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Ally Roy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Lee Connelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Josh Debayo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Ben Liddle | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | | MF | Calvin McGrory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Niyah Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Innes Cameron | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Robert Nditi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | | DF | Max Johnston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Scott Dunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | | DF | Willie Gibson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 49 | | FW | Ruben Soares-Junior | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 3 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated 30 April 2022
| Position | Name | Scottish Championship | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ally Roy | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Lee Connelly | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Ruari Paton | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Euan East | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Ruben Soares-Junior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | Innes Cameron | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Max Johnston | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Aidan Fitzpatrick | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Willie Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Alex Cooper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | Josh Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Ben Liddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Shea Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Darragh O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| R | Pos | Nat | Name | Scottish Championship | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Josh Rae | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | GK | | Sol Brynn | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
Last updated: 30 April 2022 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics
### Scottish Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 42 | |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 40 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 39 | |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic (R) | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Queen of the South (R) | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 33 | Relegation to League One |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOT | QPK | QOS | AIR | ANN |
| 1 | Motherwell | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 2 | Queen's Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | | 0–1 | — | — | 0–0p | — |
| 3 | Queen of the South | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | | – | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | — |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | | 2–0 | — | — | — | 1–1p |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | — |

### Management statistics

    Last updated 30 April 2022
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Allan Johnston | 10 July 2021 | 12 February 2022 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 027.27 |
| Willie Gibson | 19 February 2022 | 29 April 2022 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 035.71 |