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Encyclopedia > Queen of the South

Queen of the South F.C.


Queen of the South is a part-time Scottish football club who currently play in the Scottish first divison. They play their home games at Palmerston Park, Dumfries. Overlooking Dumfries The Old Bridge House Dumfries location in Scotland Dumfries (Dùn Phris in Scottish Gaelic) is a Royal Burgh and town of about 45,000 people on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland. ...

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History

Queens highest ever finish in Scottish football was when they finished 4th in the old 1st division in 1934. The club's most successful era came when John Connolly was appoinyed manager in July 2000. He led the club to the Second divsion title in 2002 after a 3-1 win away to Forfar Athletic.This was just 2 years after a points deduction for Hamilton saved the club from relegation to the 3rd division. The following season the club won the Bells Challenge Cup ( a competition open only to clubs outwith the Premeir Division) after defeating St. Mirren 5-3 in the semi-final and Brechin City 2-0 in the final at Clyde's Broadwood Stadium. This was the second time the club had reached the final having previously lost 1-0 to Falkirk in 1997. John Connoly left the club in May 2004 to join St Johnstone. In his five years at the club he had turned them from relegation threatened 2nd divison side to a respected consolidated 1st division club after a 5th place spot in 2004. In that year Queens became the first part-time club to remain in the new first division for more than 2 years. Ian Scott had taken over and since led them to a 4th place finsih in 2005- their highest post-war finish John Connolly is the name of: John Connolly (prospector), (1860-1928), Australian prospector John Connolly (bishop), (1750-1825), second bishop of New York John Connolly, a former FBI agent who turned Whitey Bulger informant, in federal prison for racketeering and obstruction of justice stemming from his relationship with the Winter... Forfar Athletic FC are a football club with membership of the Scottish Football League. ... Falkirks location in Scotland Falkirk (An Eaglais Bhreac in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in Scotland, in the district of Falkirk. ... St Johnstone is a Scottish football team. ...


Famous Players

Past legends at Queen of the South include our only full Scottish internationalist Billy Houliston who was capped three times in 1948. Goalkeeper Alan Ball holds the record for most club appearances when he played 819 games between 1963 and 1982. In recent times Andy Thomson scored 109 goals in 164 games. In 1993/94 he won Scotlands Second Division player of the year and was the country's top scorer. He then signed for Southend for £250 000 and went on to play for Oxford, Gillingham and QPR. Jamie McAllister started out at Queens before signing for Aberdeen in 1999. He since went on to play for Livingston and Hearts where he earned a Scotland cap. In the present squad is former Livingston and Australia captain Stuart Lovell who signed for free in Januray 2005.


Club Records

Record Victory 16:01:32 SFA Cup - 1 Queen of the South Rutherford - 5, Derby - 2, McDonald, McCall, Dyer, Jenkins 11-1 Stranraer -



Record Defeat 01:12:62 1st Div Dundee 10-2 Queen of the South Murphy, Martin -



Record Attendance 23:02:52 SCup - 3 Queen of the South Oakes 1-3 Hearts 26,552 Most League Points (2 points for a win system) 55 - Scottish Division 2 - 1985/86


Most League Points (3 points for a win system) 67 - Scottish Division 2 - 2001/02


Record Appearances Allan Ball - Goalkeeper - 819 games between 1963 and 1982


Record Scorer Jim Patterson - 250 goals in 459 appearances between 1949 and 1963


Record League Scorer Jimmy Gray - 37 goals in season 1927/28


Most Goals in a Season Jimmy Rutherford - 41 goals in season 1931/32


Record Transfer Andy Thomson - £250,000 to Southend United - 1994


Second Division Manager of the Season John Connolly - 2001/2002


Second Division Player of the Season Jimmy Robertson - 1980/81, Andy Thomson - 1991/92, 1993/94, John O'Neill - 2001/02


Bell's Scotish Football League Angels Award 2003/04


Bell's Scottish Football League Fan of the Season Ian Black - 2003/04


Honours

National League Competitions Division 2 Champions - 1950/51, 2001/02 Runners Up - 1932/33, 1961/62, 1974/75, 1980/81, 1985/86


Division 3 Runners Up - 1924/25 Regional League Competitions Scottish League South and West (Wartime League) Runners Up - 1939/40


Western League Champions - 1922/23


Southern Counties League Winners 1996/97 National Cup Competitions Bell's Cup (League Challenge Cup) Winners - 2002/03


Scottish Qualifying Cup Winners - 1923/24


Scottish Cup Semi-finalists - 1949-50


Scottish League Cup Semi-finalists - 1950/51, 1960/61


Scottish League Challenge Cup Runners-up - 1997/98


B&Q Cup Semi-finalists - 1991/92


B.P. Youth Cup Runners-up - 1985/86


Current Squad


Richard Barnard ENG Eric Paton SCO Tommy English ENG Brian Reid SCO Jim Thomson SCO Chris Carr ENG Stuart Lovell AUS Steve Bowey ENG Derek Lyle SCO David McNiven ENG Stephen Payne SCO Colin Scott SCO Brian McColligan SCO Brian McLaughlin SCO Willie Gibson SCO Colin Scott SCO Paul Burns SCO Stuart Hill SCO Garry Wood SCO


External Links

  • Official site
  • Fan club

  Results from FactBites:
 
Queen of the South F.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (205 words)
Queen of the South Football Club is a semi-professional football club, based in Dumfries, which currently plays in the Scottish Football League.
Also known as the Doonhamers, Queen of the South were founded in 1919 and currently play at Palmerston Park.
They are the only British team to be mentioned in the bible, under Luke 11:31 "The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them"
The Queen of the South (992 words)
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
The Queen of the south went North from her perspective, Europe to the west, Russian, Germanic and Slavic countries would be of the north with Asia to the East and of course Africa to the South.
It is in the Queen of the South rising to condemn this generation by loosing the purse strings of the north and taking from her what she has stolen.
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