2009–10 Queen of the South F.C. season

Queen of the South
2009–10 season
Chairman	Davie Rae
Manager	Gordon Chisholm; Kenny Brannigan
Stadium	Palmerston Park
First Division	4th
Challenge Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Scottish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Derek Holmes (12); All: ; Derek Holmes (12)
Highest home attendance	6,120 vs Rangers League Cup 23 September 2009
Lowest home attendance	1,183 vs Ross County First Division 20 April 2010
Average home league attendance	League: 2,364
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Queen of the South's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2001–02 season.^[3] Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Queen of the South finished fourth in the First Division.^[4] They reached the third round of the Challenge Cup,^[5] the third round of the League Cup^[6] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.^[7]

Management

The club was managed during season 2009–10 by Gordon Chisholm. On 22 March 2010, Chisholm left the club to become the new manager of Dundee,^[8] taking coach Billy Dodds with him to become his assistant manager.^[9] Chisholm's assistant Kenny Brannigan was appointed as manager until the end of the season^[10] although his contract was extended in April, until May 2011.^[11]

Results and fixtures

^[12]^[13]^[14] Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division

8 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 1	Raith Rovers	Palmerston Park
	Tosh 37' Holmes 90'	BBC Report	Walker 45' Campbell 45'	Attendance: 2,565 Referee: Norris

15 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Queen of the South	Excelsior Stadium
	Donnelly 81'	SFL Report	Kean 70'	Attendance: 1,079 Referee: Charleston

22 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Palmerston Park
	Weatherston 82'	ESPN Report		Attendance: 2,915 Referee: Richmond

29 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Ayr United	Palmerston Park
	McLaren 45' Quinn 63'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,034 Referee: Collum

12 September 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	3 – 2	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
	Brittain 46' (Penalty) Craig 48' Gardyne 75'	BBC Report	Holmes 5' Kean 52' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,992 Referee: McLean

19 September 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Dundee	Palmerston Park
	Tosh 6' (pen.) Holmes 61'	BBC Report	Bullock 5'	Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Robertson

26 September 2009 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 4	Queen of the South	East End Park
	Phinn 37'	BBC Report	Wyness 33' Burns 39', 42' Holmes 45' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,624 Referee: McDermott

3 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 3	Greenock Morton	Palmerston Park
	Wilson 86' Kean 90'	BBC Report	Graham 13' Weatherson 39' Jenkins 60'	Attendance: 2,630 Referee: McDonald

10 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 3	Queen of the South	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 18'	BBC Report	Holmes 1', 83', 90'	Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Brines

17 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Queen of the South	Stark's Park
	Russell 75'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,147 Referee: Richmond

24 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	3 – 0	Airdrie United	Palmerston Park
	Kean 41' Lilley 27' Wyness 83'	SFL Report		Attendance: 2,094 Referee: Charleston

31 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
	Burns 26' Kean 43'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,245 Referee: McKendrick

7 November 2009 Scottish First Division	Ayr United	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Somerset Park
		BBC Report	Holmes 20'	Attendance: 2,453 Referee: McKendrick

14 November 2009 Scottish First Division	Dundee	0 – 0	Queen of the South	Dens Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,901 Referee: Law

1 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Palmerston Park
	Weatherston 17'	BBC Report	McDougall 35' Bell 58'	Attendance: 1,651 Referee: Thomson

5 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Palmerston Park
	Harris 75' Lilley 77'	BBC Report	Hayes 18' Foran 75' Duncan 77'	Attendance: 2,196 Referee: Muir

12 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Queen of the South	Cappielow Park
	Weatherson 23'	BBC Report	Burns 31' Holmes 64'	Attendance: 1,814 Referee: Nicholls

26 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	2 – 2	Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium
	Paton 20' Adams 63'	BBC Report	Quinn 57' Harris 80'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: McLean

23 January 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 1	Dundee	Palmerston Park
	Harris 6'	BBC Report	Griffiths 77'	Attendance: 3,415 Referee: Richmond

13 February 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 2	Greenock Morton	Palmerston Park
	Weatherston 72'	BBC Report	Masterton 7', 31' (Penalty) Finlayson 77'	Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Brown

16 February 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	3 – 0	Ayr United	Palmerston Park
	Kean 19' (Penalty) McKenna 57' Weatherston 70'	ESPN Report	Samson 16'	Attendance: 1,721 Referee: Muir

6 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Palmerston Park
	Kean 54'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,674 Referee: McDonald

9 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3 – 1	Queen of the South	Caledonian Stadium
	Rooney 42', 52', 76' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Holmes 61' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Allan

13 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Queen of the South	East End Park
	McDougall 18' Woods 43', 88' Bell 86' (pen.)	BBC Report	Weatherston 69' McKenna 90'	Attendance: 2,163 Referee: Nicholls

20 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Ayr United	3 – 0	Queen of the South	Somerset Park
	McManus 25' McKay 79' Roberts 89' (Penalty)	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Hilland

23 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Dundee	1 – 1	Queen of the South	Dens Park
	Griffiths 16' (pen.)	BBC Report	McAusland 16' Harris 58'	Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Tumilty

27 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Palmerston Park
	McLaren 45' Weatherston 71'	BBC Report	Cardle 81'	Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Muir

3 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	3 – 3	Queen of the South	Cappielow Park
	Witteveen 15', 22' (92)	ESPN Report	Quinn 10', 52' Weatherston 65'	Attendance: 1,926 Referee: McKendrick

6 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 1	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
	Boyd 90'	BBC Report	Burns 64' McMillan 53'	Attendance: 2,004 Referee: McLean

10 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Palmerston Park
	McLaren 10' Harris 74'	BBC Report	Rooney 42', 88' Munro 67'	Attendance: 2,093 Referee: Richmond

12 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Excelsior Stadium
		SFL Report	Mclaren 88'	Attendance: 825 Referee: Somers

17 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	3 – 0	Raith Rovers	Palmerston Park
	Holmes 22' Burns 25' McLaren 80'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Salmond

20 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
	McLaren 54'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,183 Referee: O'Reilly

24 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 2	Airdrie United	Palmerston Park
	Homes 33' Weatherston 92'	SFL Report	Gemmill 43' Waddell 50'	Attendance: 2,541 Referee: Madden

28 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	0 – 0	Queen of the South	Stark's Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Finnie

1 May 2010 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium
	Doolan 93'	ESPN Report		Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup

25 July 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Livingston	Palmerston Park
	Wilson 9'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,558 Referee: Innes

18 August 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Queen of the South	East End Park
	Cardle 53'	BBC Report	Kean 12' Tosh 90'	Attendance: 941 Referee: Allan

6 September 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup round 3	Ross County	2 – 0	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
	di Giacomo 26' Craig 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 964 Referee: Tumilty

Scottish League Cup

1 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1	Queen's Park	1 – 4	Queen of the South	Hampden Park
	Douglas 82'	BBC Report	Quinn 1' Wilson 10' 14' Burns 70'	Attendance: 886 Referee: Charleston

25 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 2	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium
	Donnelly 30'	BBC Report	Weatherston 64', 90'	Attendance: 1,527 Referee: Salmond

23 September 2009 Scottish League Cup round 3	Queen of the South	1 – 2	Rangers	Palmerston Park
	Harris 90+1'	BBC Report	Naismith 16' Novo 79'	Attendance: 6,120 Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup

28 November 2009 Scottish Cup round 3	Airdrie United	4 – 0	Queen of the South	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Trouten 11' (\39) Baird 23' O'Carroll 65'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Norris

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division^[15]		Challenge Cup^[16]		League Cup^[17]		Scottish Cup^[18]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Scott Fox	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	David Hutton	31	0	27+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	FRA	Ludovic Roy	8	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	TRI	Marvin Andrews	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Barr	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Bob Harris	37	5	32+0	4	2+0	0	2+0	1	0+1	0
	DF	SCO	David Lilley	37	1	30+0	1	3+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Marc McAusland	32	0	21+4	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jordan McMillan	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Gerry McLauchlan	10	0	4+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jamie McQuilken	10	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Reid	38	0	32+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jamie Adams	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Paul Burns	42	7	35+0	6	3+0	0	3+0	1	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Hamill	11	0	5+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Stephen McKenna	33	1	27+1	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Anthony McParland	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Rocco Quinn	37	5	29+2	4	1+1	0	1+2	1	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Neil Scally	11	0	9+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Steve Tosh	11	2	3+2	1	2+1	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Barry Wilson	18	4	5+7	1	2+0	1	3+0	2	0+1	0
	FW	SCO	Derek Holmes	43	12	35+1	12	3+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	SCO	Stewart Kean	35	8	14+15	7	1+2	1	1+1	0	1+0	0
	FW	SCO	Leon Knight	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie McLaren	40	6	28+6	6	1+2	0	0+2	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Sean O'Connor	11	0	4+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	David Weatherston	37	10	12+18	8	2+1	0	2+1	2	0+1	0
	FW	SCO	Dennis Wyness	7	2	3+4	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Dundee	36	16	13	7	48	34	+14	61
3	Dunfermline Athletic	36	17	7	12	54	44	+10	58
4	Queen of the South	36	15	11	10	53	40	+13	56
5	Ross County	36	15	11	10	46	44	+2	56
6	Partick Thistle	36	14	6	16	43	40	+3	48

Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division

References

^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010-11. Headline. p. 732. ISBN 0755361067.
^ "Scottish First Division Stats: Team Attendance". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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^ "Ross County 2-0 Queen o' South". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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[5] "Ross County 2-0 Queen o' South". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[6] "Queen of South 1 - 2 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[7] "Airdrie United F.C. v Queen of the South". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[8] "Dundee appoint Gordon Chisholm as new manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[9] "Brannigan relishing Queens top job". mirrorfootball.co.uk. Daily Mirror. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[10] "Kenny Brannigan surprised to be Queen of the South boss". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[11] "Queen of South appoint Kenny Brannigan as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

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[16] Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010-11. Headline. pp. 762–763. ISBN 0755361067.

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