page_title: History of Queen of the South F.C.
section_title: 2007–08 Scottish Cup Final Run
hierarchical_section_title: History of Queen of the South F.C. / Rebuilding and Revival / 2007–08 Scottish Cup Final Run
caption_attribution_description: English: Match ticket for the QoS v Dundee Scottish Cup Quarter Final
context_page_description: Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club formed in March 1919 and located in Dumfries. Queen of the South are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS. Their home ground since formation has been Palmerston Park. They joined the Scottish Football League at the start of the 1923–24 season.
  The club's national honours include winning the Division B Championship in season 1950–51, the Second Division Championship in season 2001–02 and in season 2012–13 and also the Scottish Challenge Cup in season 2002–03 and in season 2012–13. Queen's led Scotland's top division up until New Year in season 1953–54 and Queen's highest finish in Scotland's top division was fourth in season 1933–34. The club reached their first major cup final in 2008 when they reached the final of the Scottish Cup, where they were runners-up to Rangers.
context_section_description: On 8 March 2008 Queen of the South qualified for their first Scottish Cup semi-final in 58 years after a 2–0 quarter-final home victory over Dundee at Palmerston. The goals came from prolific marksman Stephen Dobbie and an 84-yard (77 m) injury time long distance shot from Ryan McCann, with an application pending for the Guinness Book of Records as the longest distance goal ever scored by an outfield player (the previous record reportedly stood at 82 yards).
  The semi-final at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 12 April, was against Premier League side Aberdeen who finished fourth in the league. Although Queen's were underdogs, over 10,000 Queen's fans were in the crowd of 24,008 to witness an astonishing game. Four times Queen's took the lead with goals through Steve Tosh, Paul Burns, Sean O'Connor and John Stewart. 3 times Aberdeen hit back with an equaliser including a goal from Dumfries boy Barry Nicholson. During an 11-minute spell at the beginning of the second half 5 goals were scored, with Queen's fourth goal of the day giving a 4–3 victory for the Doonhamers. Aberdeen fans generously applauded Queen's victory. The highest scoring game in a Scottish Cup semi-final took rocket Queen's to the final for the first time in their 89-year history.
  After four weeks without a competitive match and following the end of the Scottish League Division One season, the Scottish Cup Final was against Rangers on 24 May 2008 at Hampden Park. Despite a battling second half performance to pull back the 2 goal half time deficit to 2–2 Queen's eventually lost 3–2. Queen's scorers were Stevie Tosh and long-serving captain Jim Thomson. Afterwards Queen's players expressed their disappointment in the result. Tosh voiced his frustrations at refereeing decisions that went against Queen's.
  For a team with the core of its support being in a town with a population of 38,000 Queen's took a support of around 15,500 to the final. Queen's fans were widely praised for their good humour and carnival-like contribution to the day. Despite defeat in the final 14 000 fans attended an open top bus parade by the team through Dumfries.
caption: Quarter final match ticket
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