2015–16 Queen of the South F.C. season
# 2015–16 Queen of the South F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Queen of the South's third consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens will also be competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Queen of the South finished seventh in the Scottish Championship.

The club reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

The club began the 2015–16 season under the management of James Fowler and he remained in charge until 18 April 2016, when he left the club by mutual consent, two days after a 2–2 draw at already relegated Alloa Athletic. Queens objective was to finish in fourth and reach the play-offs for the third consecutive season. Gavin Skelton, who had been Fowler's assistant, was appointed caretaker manager alongside ex-club captain Jim Thomson, for the final two league matches of the season.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

## Player statistics

### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | DF | Chris Higgins | | 37 | Club Captain |
| 4 | DF | Andy Dowie | | 4 | Vice Captain |

Last updated: 2 May 2016 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    Last updated 14 May 2016

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Robbie Thomson | 35 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Lewis Kidd | 32 | 1 | 21+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Richard Murray | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Andy Dowie | 33 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Darren Brownlie | 32 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Chris Higgins | 38 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Alex Harris | 27 | 4 | 20+6 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Mark Millar | 32 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Derek Lyle | 37 | 17 | 29+3 | 13 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Ryan Conroy | 32 | 2 | 20+8 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Iain Russell | 35 | 11 | 22+9 | 11 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Shaun Rutherford | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RSA | Kyle Jacobs | 30 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Callum Tapping | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Kyle Hutton | 33 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jake Pickard | 24 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| *18 | FW | EIR | Paul Heffernan | 7 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Andy Murdoch | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Owen Moxon | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ENG | James Atkinson | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Dale Hilson | 17 | 5 | 11+3 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Scott Hooper | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Jordan Marshall | 34 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Aidan Smith | 20 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Dickinson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | James Fowler | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Steven Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Gary Oliver | 29 | 6 | 15+13 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Gavin Skelton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Liam Coogans | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SCO | Dean Brotherston | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Jack Brannan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 May 2016 (UTC)

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | GK | Robbie Thomson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Lewis Kidd | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | | DF | Andy Dowie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Darren Brownlie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Chris Higgins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Mark Millar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | | FW | Derek Lyle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | | FW | Iain Russell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Kyle Jacobs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Callum Tapping | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Kyle Hutton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Jake Pickard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Andy Murdoch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Dale Hilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Scott Hooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Jordan Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 73 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 3 |

### Top Scorers

    Last updated on 2 May 2016

| Position | Name | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Derek Lyle | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | Iain Russell | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Gary Oliver | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Dale Hilson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Alex Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Ryan Conroy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Lewis Kidd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Aidan Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Chris Higgins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Andy Murdoch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Darren Brownlie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Mark Millar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Paul Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Pos | Name | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Robbie Thomson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | GK | James Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Totals | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |

Last updated: 2 May 2016 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

## Team statistics

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 | |
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 42 | |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 42 | |
| 8 | Dumbarton | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 37 | |
| 9 | Livingston (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 2 May 2016

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Fowler | 25 July 2015 | 16 April 2016 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 033.33 |
| Gavin Skelton | 22 April 2016 | 1 May 2016 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 050.00 |
