Queen of the South
2010–11 season
ChairmanDavie Rae
ManagerKenny Brannigan
StadiumPalmerston Park
First Division4th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Challenge CupRunners-Up
Top goalscorerLeague: Colin McMenamin (10)
All: Colin McMenamin (11)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 2,254 vs. Falkirk
Cup: 1,751 vs. East Fife
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 956 vs. Morton
Cup: 981 vs. Forfar Athletic
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,702

The 2010–11 season was Queen of the South's ninth 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.

First team transfers

  • From end of 2009–10 season, to last match of season 2010–11

In

Player From League Fee
Scotland Allan Johnston Free agent Free (July 2010)
Scotland Ryan Conroy Celtic SPL Loan (August 2010)
Scotland Colin McMenamin Free agent Free (November 2010)

Out

Player To League Fee
Scotland Ryan Conroy Celtic SPL Loan Return (December 2010)

Squad (that played for first team)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland SCO David Hutton
— GK Scotland SCO Ross Hyslop
— GK Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie
— DF Scotland SCO Steven Black
— DF Scotland SCO Robert Harris
— DF Scotland SCO David Lilley (Captain)
— DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGuffie
— DF Scotland SCO Craig Reid
— MF Scotland SCO Paul Burns
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Scotland SCO Daniel Carmichael
— MF Scotland SCO Allan Johnston
— MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKenna
— MF Scotland SCO Willie McLaren
— MF Scotland SCO Dan Orsi
— MF Scotland SCO Rocco Quinn
— MF Scotland SCO Neil Scally
— FW Scotland SCO Derek Holmes
— FW Scotland SCO Colin McMenamin
— FW Scotland SCO David Weatherston

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A[1]		 Scorer(s) Attendance
5 July 2010 Gretna 2008 Raydale Park 2 - 3[2] Reilly 11'
Holmes 58'		 504
7 July 2010 Annan Athletic Palmerston Park 4 - 1[3] Holmes 31' (pen.)
McLaren 37'
Degnan 68'
Reilly 82'		 332
10 July 2010 Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park 3 - 1[4] Quinn 24'
Weatherston 48'
McLaren 88'
18 July 2010 (Jim Thomson Testimonial) Rangers Palmerston Park 0 - 1[5] 2,708
20 July 2010 Hamilton Academical Palmerston Park 0 - 0[6] 560

Irn-Bru Scottish Football League First Division

Date Opponents Stadium Result
F - A[1]		 Scorer(s) Attendance Referee
7 August 2010 Dundee Dens Park 0 - 1 4,644 Stevie O'Reilly
14 August 2010 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park 1 - 3 Carmichael 45' 1,961 Steven McLean
22 August 2010 Cowdenbeath Central Park 3 - 1 Burns 3'
Holmes 54'
McGuffie 86'		 672 David Somers
28 August 2010 Ross County Palmerston Park 3 - 0 Quinn 2'
Conroy 22'
McLaren 89'		 1,644 Crawford Allan
11 September 2010 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 1 - 3 Burns 66' 4,064 John McKendrick
18 September 2010 Partick Thistle Palmerston Park 2 - 1 Johnston 76'
Quinn 87'		 2,013 Stephen Finnie
25 September 2010 Stirling Albion Forthbank Stadium 0 - 0 945 Neil Watters
2 October 2010 Dunfermline Athletic Palmerston Park 2 - 0 Dowie 52' (o.g.)
McLaren 63'		 2,139 George Salmond
16 October 2010 Morton Cappielow Park 0 - 2 1,777 Calum Murray
23 October 2010 Falkirk Palmerston Park 1 - 5 Burns 49' 2,254 Charlie Richmond
30 October 2010 Ross County Victoria Park 1 - 1 McMenamin (trialist) 16' 2,186 Brian Colvin
6 November 2010 Raith Rovers Stark's Park 1 - 0 Conroy 75' 2,108 Steven McLean
13 November 2010 Cowdenbeath Palmerston Park 3 - 0 Burns 20'
Conroy 34'
McLaren 80'		 1,782 Steve Conroy
11 December 2010 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 0 - 1 2,062 Stevie O'Reilly
15 January 2011 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 3 - 0 Johnston 28', 43'
McMenamin 39'		 3,376 George Salmond
5 February 2011 Dundee Palmerston Park 1 - 2 McGuffie 60' 2,006 Stephen Finnie
12 February 2011 Partick Thistle Palmerston Park 3 - 3 McLaren 43', 87'
Johnston 90'		 1,860 Crawford Allan
19 February 2011 Morton Cappielow Park 4 - 0 McLaren 1' (pen.)
Weatherston 32', 63', 76'		 1,754 Frank McDermott
22 February 2011 Stirling Albion Palmerston Park 2 - 2 McMenamin 50'
McGuffie 69'		 1,185 Calum Murray
26 February 2011 Dunfermline Athletic Palmerston Park 1 - 3 McMenamin 68' 2,052 Stevie O'Reilly
1 March 2011 Cowdenbeath Central Park 2 - 2 Weatherston 17'
McMenamin 84'		 670 Crawford Allan
5 March 2011 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park 0 - 2 1,754 Charlie Richmond
8 March 2011 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 1 - 3 Carmichael 86' 1,001 Thomas Robertson
12 March 2011 Dundee Dens Park 1 - 2 McMenamin 34' 4,242 Craig Thomson
16 March 2011 Morton Palmerston Park 2 - 0 McMenamin 15'
McLaren 24'		 956 Steven McLean
19 March 2011 Ross County Victoria Park 2 - 1 Harris 26' (pen.)
Weatherston 44'		 2,181 Brian Colvin
22 March 2011 Falkirk Palmerston Park 0 - 1 1,270 Steven Nicholls
26 March 2011 Stirling Albion Palmerston Park 4 - 1 McLaren 23' (pen.), 36'
McMenamin 54', 77'		 1,392 John McKendrick
29 March 2011 Stirling Albion Forthbank Stadium 2 - 0 Orsi 3'
Lilley 45'		 444 Brian Winter
2 April 2011 Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 0 - 0 1,806 Crawford Allan
13 April 2011 Morton Palmerston Park 1 - 4 Degnan 71' 966 Anthony Law
16 April 2011 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 1 - 6 Harris 62' 3,255 Alan Muir
23 April 2011 Cowdenbeath Palmerston Park 2 - 2 Carmichael 17'
Holmes 45'		 1,102 Craig Charleston
26 April 2011 Ross County Forthbank Stadium[7] 0 - 1 266 Eddie Smith
30 April 2011 Raith Rovers Stark's Park 1 - 0 Degnan 90' 2,001 John McKendrick
7 May 2011 Dundee Palmerston Park 3 - 0 Johnston 18'
Burns 24' 61'		 2,590 Alan Muir

Active Nation Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A[1]		 Scorer(s) Attendance Referee
11 January 2011 Round 4 Brechin City Palmerston Park 1 - 2 McMenamin 66' 1,169 Steven Nicholls

League Cup

Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A[1]		 Scorer(s) Attendance Referee
31 July 2010 Round 1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park 5 - 1 Holmes 18', 28' (pen.)
Johnston 56'
Quinn 78'
Reilly 89'		 1,329 Brian Winter
25 August 2010 Round 2 Forfar Athletic Palmerston Park 4 - 1 McLaren 17'
Harris 22' (pen.)
Weatherston 62'
Carmichael 76'		 981 Steven Nicholls
21 September 2010 Round 3 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 0 - 3 1,624 Alan Muir

Challenge Cup

Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F - A[1]		 Scorer(s) Attendance Referee
24 July 2010 Round 1 Albion Rovers Palmerston Park 2 - 1 McGuffie 18'
Burns 73'		 1,115 George Salmond
10 August 2010 Round 2 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 1 - 1 (6 - 5 to QOS on pens) Weatherston 53' 1,160 John McKendrick
4 September 2010 Round 3 East Fife Palmerston Park 5 - 0 Burns 32', 47', 79'
Ovenstone 64' (o.g.)
Harris 90'		 1,751 Charlie Richmond
9 October 2010 Round 4 Peterhead Balmoor Stadium 2 - 1 Reid 65'
Holmes 66'		 1,003 Mike Tumilty
10 April 2011 Final Ross County McDiarmid Park 0 - 2 5,124 Euan Norris

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Raith Rovers 36 17 9 10 47 35 +12 60
3 Falkirk 36 17 7 12 57 41 +16 58
4 Queen of the South 36 14 7 15 54 53 +1 49
5 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 44 39 +5 47
6 Dundee 36 19 12 5 54 34 +20 44[lower-alpha 1]
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 QOS score first.
  2. ↑ "Gretna 2008 3-2 Queen of The South". Queen of the South FC. 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Queen of the South 4-1 Annan Athletic". Queen of the South FC. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Dungannon Swifts 1-3 Queen of the South". Queen of the South FC. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Queen of the South 0-1 Rangers". Queen of the South FC. 18 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Queen of the South 0-0 Hamilton Academical". Queen of the South FC. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Change of Fixture". Queen of the South FC. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

See also

{{2010–11 in Scottish football}}

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