2017–18 Queen Of The South F.C. Season
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The 2017–18 season is Queen of the South's fifth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fifth 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 The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...
, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


Summary

Queens finished sixth in the Scottish Championship for the second consecutive season. Queens reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup, losing to
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after a penalty shoot-out 4-3, with no goals scored after
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. The Doonhamers were knocked out after the first round of the League Cup after the completion of fixtures in Group G that included
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, East Kilbride, Hamilton Academical and
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. Queens reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 2-1 at Palmerston to
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Results and fixtures


Pre season


Scottish Championship


Scottish Challenge Cup


Scottish League Cup


Scottish Cup


Player statistics


Captains

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Squad

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Disciplinary record


Top scorers

:''Last updated 28 April 2018''


Clean sheets

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Team statistics


League table


Division summary


Management statistics

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Transfers


Players in

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Callum Fordyce Callum Fordyce (born 23 June 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, and is a player-assistant manager for Airdrieonians. Fordyce started his career as a youth player with Hibernian and Livingston, before signi ...
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James McFadden James Henry McFadden (born 14 April 1983) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who played as a forward. McFadden started his playing career with Motherwell, where he came to prominence in the 2002–03 season by scoring ...
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Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
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Joe Thomson Joseph McGeachy Thomson (6 May 1948 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Scottish Law Commission. Early life Thomson was born in Campbeltown and at ...
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Myles Beerman Myles Beerman (born 13 March 1999) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a defender for Maltese Premier League club Sliema Wanderers. Club career Beerman began his football career at Floriana in Malta before moving to England in 2014 to sign ...
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Kyle Cameron Kyle Milne Cameron (born 15 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for League Two club Notts County. He has played in the English Football League for York City and Newport County. Early life Bor ...
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Dom Thomas Dominic Thomas (born 14 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Queen's Park. Thomas, who started his professional career with Motherwell, has also played for Kilmarnock and has been on loan over two spel ...
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Players out

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Jamie Hamill Jamie Hamill (born 29 July 1986 in Irvine) is a Scottish football player and coach who is the player/manager of Stranraer. Hamill is predominantly a right-back, although he has also played as a midfielder. Hamill has previously played for Kilmarn ...
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Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...
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Andy Dowie Andrew John Dowie (born 25 March 1983 in Bellshill) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Caledonian Braves. Dowie is predominantly a centre-back and played for Rangers, Brechin City, Partick Thistle, Stranraer, Ross County, Dun ...
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Steven Rigg Steven James Rigg (born 30 June 1992) is an English footballer who last played as a striker for Workington. Rigg has previously played for Keswick, Penrith, Barrow , Queen of the South and Carlisle United in two spells with the club. Career ...
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Owen Moxon Owen James Moxon (born 17 January 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Carlisle United. Moxon has previously played for Queen of the South, Gretna 2008 and Annan Athletic. Career Born in Carlisle, Cumbria, Moxon be ...
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Sunshine George Cross Caroline Springs George Cross Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Fraser Rise, a north-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and plays in State League Division 1, the fourth tier of football in Victoria. George ...
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Aidan Smith Aidan Smith (born 11 May 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Annan Athletic as a striker. Smith has previously played for Queen of the South and Peterhead. Career Born in Dumfries, Smith started his career at hometown club Queen of ...
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James McFadden James Henry McFadden (born 14 April 1983) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who played as a forward. McFadden started his playing career with Motherwell, where he came to prominence in the 2002–03 season by scoring ...
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Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...
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Dalbeattie Star Dalbeattie Star Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway. It currently competes in the . The club had previously played in the South of Scotland Football League. Home matches are played a ...
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See also

* List of Queen of the South F.C. seasons


Notes


References

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