QUEEN OF THE SOUTH F.C.

'Queen of the South Football Club' is a 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 by an amalgamation of three of the town's clubs - Dumfries F.C., Maxwelltown Volunteers F.C. and (works side) Arrol-Johnston. They have always played at Palmerston Park. They are sometimes cited as the only league club in the UK 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"). Queen of the South's name derives from a much earlier team known as Queen of the South Wanderers, that had become defunct.
The club have won few honours, despite their continued presence in the Scottish game since formation, namely the 1950/51 B Division, and in 2002 under John Connolly they won the Second Division title and the Challenge Cup.
They are currently playing in Scottish League Division One, and are managed by Gordon Chisholm.

Contents

History

Famous players

Club records

Honours

Current squad

Managers

Non-playing staff

Boardroom

Management

External links

History

The club's highest ever league finish was fourth place in the old First Division in 1934.
The club's most successful era in recent years came after John Connolly was appointed manager in July 2000. He led the club to the Second Division title in 2002, clinching it after a 3-0 win away to Forfar Athletic. This was just two years after a points deduction for Hamilton saved Queen of the South from relegation to the Third Division.
The following season the club won the Bells Challenge Cup after defeating 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 Connolly left the club in May 2004 to join St Johnstone, with his former assistant Iain Scott taking over. In his five years at the club he had turned them from a relegation-threatened Second Division side to an established First 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 two years.
Queens finished fourth in the First Division in 2005 - their highest post-war finish.
After a terrible start to the 2005/2006 season the manager Iain Scott was sacked after winning just one game and with the club sitting 2nd bottom of the league.
Dumfries born Ian McCall was appointed in November 2005 and quickly brought in seven new players in the January transfer 'window' and tried to claw back the 12 point gap to 3rd bottom placed Stranraer. Queens went on an incredible run including losing only once at home since November and collecting a massive 23 points from their last 12 games, and secured their 1st division survival with a 1-1 draw at Brechin on 22 April 2006.
A poor start to the 2006/2007 campaign saw the Dumfries side bottom of the league after 21 games. However, there was still a ray of hope for the Doonhamers. Inspired by the goals of Stephen Dobbie, the team went on to produce some great cup form (eventually losing out to Hibernian in the quarter-finals of the Scottish cup) and a twelve match unbeaten run that saw the side narrowly avoid relegation in the penultimate game of the season. However, despite this, another season of under-achievement saw Queen of the South and Ian McCall part company after agreeing mutual terms. [1]
In the close season, Gordon Chisholm was announced as the new manager for the 2007/08 season and on 28 June 2007, Chisholm appointed Kenny Brannigan as his assistant manager.

Famous players

Past players at Queen of the South include their only full Scottish internationalist Billy Houliston, who was capped three times in 1948.
Goalkeeper Allan Ball holds the record for most club appearances (see below).
In recent times, Andy Thomson scored 109 goals in 164 games. In 1993/94 he won Scotland's Second Division Player of the Year Award and was the country's top scorer. He then joined Southend for a fee of £250,000 and later played for Oxford, Gillingham and QPR before returning to Queen of the South during the 2005/06 season.
Jamie McAllister started out at Queen of the South before signing for Aberdeen in 1999. He later played for Livingston, where he earned a Scotland cap, and Hearts. He later signed for Bristol City, and was named player of the round for the fourth round of the FA cup for the season 2006-2007.
Other notable former players include ex-Rangers F.C. and Scotland player Andy Goram, ex-Rangers F.C. goalkeeper Colin Scott who was understudy to Goram at Rangers, and former Livingston and Australia captain Stuart Lovell who left in mid-2006.

Club records

'Record victory:' 11-1 v. Stranraer, Scottish Cup, 16 January 1932
'Record defeat:' 2-10 v. Dundee, Scottish First Division, 1 December 1962
'Record attendance:' 26,552 v. Hearts, Scottish Cup, 23 February 1952
'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
'Most Capped Player:' William Houliston (3)
'Record appearances:' Allan Ball - 731 (819 in total including Challenge, Testimonials and Friendly matches) between 1963 and 1982
'Record scorer:' Jim Patterson - 251 goals, including 11 hat-tricks, in 462 appearances between 1949 and 1963
'Record league scorer in a season:' Jimmy Gray - 37 goals in season 1927/28
'Record scorer (all competitions) in a Season:' Jimmy Rutherford - 41 goals in season 1931/32
'Record transfer fee received:' Andy Thomson - £250,000 to Southend United, 1994

Honours

'Scottish League Division Two'
Champions - 1950/51, 2001/02;
'Western Football League'
Champions - 1922/23
'League Challenge Cup'
Winners - 2002/03
'Scottish Qualifying Cup'
Winners - 1923/24

Current squad

:''For recent transfers, see List of Scottish football transfers 2007-08.''

Managers

★ Committee Members (1919-1921)

★ 'Joe Dodds' (P/C) (1922-1923)

★ Board of Directors (1924-1927)

★ 'Alex Wright' (1928-1931)

★ Board of Directors (1932-1934)

★ 'George McLachlan' (1935-1937)

★ 'Willie Ferguson' (1937-1938)

★ 'Jimmy McKinnell, Sr.' (1938-1946)

★ 'Jimmy McKinnell, Jr.' (1946-1961)

★ 'George Farm' (1961-1964)

★ Board of Directors (1963-1965)

★ 'Bobby Shearer' (P/C) (1965-1966)

★ 'Jackie Husband' (1967-1968)

★ Board of Directors (1968-1970)

★ 'Harold Davis' (1970-1971)

★ 'Jim Easton' (P/C) (1971-1973)

★ 'Willie McLean' (1973-1975)

★ 'Mike Jackson' (1975-1978)

★ 'Willie Hunter' (1978-1979)

★ 'Billy Little' (1979-1980)

★ 'George Herd' (1980-1981)

★ 'Harry Hood' (1981-1982)

★ 'Drew Busby' (P/M) (1982-1984}

★ 'Nobby Clark' (1984-1986)

★ 'Mike Jackson' (1986-1987)

★ 'David Wilson' (1987-1989)

★ 'Billy McLaren' (1989-1990)

★ ' Frank McGarvey' (P/M) (1990-1991)

★ 'Ally McLeod' (1991-1992)

★ 'Derek Frye' (P/C) (1992-1993)

★ 'Billy McLaren'¹ (1993-1996)

★ 'Rowan Alexander' & 'Mark Shanks' (1996-1999)

★ 'George Rowe' & 'Ken Eadie' (1999-2000)

★ 'John Connolly' (2000-2004)

★ 'Ian Scott' (2004-2005)

★ 'Ian McCall' (2005-2007)

★ 'Gordon Chisholm' (2007-present)

★ P/C = Player-coach P/M = Player-manager
¹ Second Spell

Non-playing staff

Boardroom

★ 'Chairman:' David Rae

★ 'Vice Chairman:' Craig Paterson

★ 'Club Secretary:' Eric Moffat

★ 'Commercial Manager:' Ian Heuchan

★ 'Honorary Director:' Alan Ball

★ 'Non-Executive Director:' Keith Houliston

★ 'Non-Executive Director:' Thomas Harkness

★ 'Non-Executive Director:' William Hewitson

★ 'Non-Executive Director:' Colin Rutherford

Management

★ 'Manager:' Gordon Chisholm

★ 'Assistant Manager:' Kenny Brannigan

★ 'First Team Coach:' Stevie Morrison

★ 'Goalkeeping Coach:' David Byers

★ 'Club Doctor:' Guy Beaumont

★ 'Physiotherapist:' John Kerr

★ 'Groundsman:' Kevin McCormick

External links

★ Official site