2025–26 Queen of the South F.C. season

Queen of the South
2025–26 season
ChairmanBilly Hewitson
ManagerPeter Murphy
StadiumPalmerston Park
Scottish League One2nd On Going
League CupGroup stages
Top goalscorerLeague: Kurtis Guthrie (2)
Kai Kennedy (2)
All: Kurtis Guthrie (4)
Highest home attendance1,246 vs. Hamilton Academical, 9 August 2025
Lowest home attendance949 vs. Peterhead, 16 August 2025
Average home league attendance1,098

The 2025–26 season is Queen of the South's fourth consecutive season back in the third tier of Scottish football, in Scottish League One. Queens are also competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre season

22 June 2025 Friendly Glenafton Athletic 1-3 Queen of the South New Cumnock
19:30 Moffat 8' McLinden 14'
Lyon 19'
Luissint 33' (pen.)		 Stadium: Loch Park
28 June 2025 Friendly Queen of the South 2-0 Workington Dumfries
14:00 Johnstone 61'
Hunter 80'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
1 July 2025 Friendly Queen of the South 2-0 Greenock Morton Dumfries
19:30 Z. McKay 52'
Kennedy 64'		 Davies soccer ball with red X 68' Stadium: Palmerston Park
4 July 2025 Friendly Dumbarton 3-3 Queen of the South Dumbarton
14:00 Wallace 48' (pen.)
Blair 60'
Roy 64'		 Darboe 50', 51'
Lyon 90'		 Stadium: Marbill Coaches Stadium

Scottish League One

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League One
2 August 2025 Match 1 Cove Rangers 0-2 Queen of the South Aberdeen
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Guthrie 19'
Kennedy 81'		 Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
Attendance: 402
Referee: Kennedy
Man of the Match: Luissint
9 August 2025 Match 2 Queen of the South 1-4 Hamilton Academical Dumfries
15:00 Lyon 46' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 C. Smith 28', 53'
A. Trialist 39'
Bradley 61'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,246
Referee: Soutar
Man of the Match: Stewart
16 August 2025 Match 3 Queen of the South 4-0 Peterhead Dumfries
15:00 Guthrie 34'
Luissint 47'
Kennedy 51'
Charters 72'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Shanks soccer ball with red X 76' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 949
Referee: Murdoch
Man of the Match: Kennedy
23 August 2025 Match 4 Stenhousemuir v Queen of the South Larbert
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Ochilview Park
30 August 2025 Match 5 Queen of the South v Kelty Hearts Dumfries
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Palmerston Park

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup
15 July 2025 Round 1;Group B-1 Queen of the South 4-0 Edinburgh City Dumfries
19:45 Guthrie 16'
Lyon 46', 51'
Hewitt 78'		 SPFL Report Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 781
Referee: Ashwood
Man of the Match: Lyon
19 July 2025 Round 1; Group B-2 Queen of the South 0-1 Ross County Dumfries
15:00 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Henderson 73' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Stuart
Man of the Match: Kennedy
22 July 2025 Round 1; Group B-3 Partick Thistle 2-0 Queen of the South Glasgow
19:45 Fitzpatrick 32'
Letsosa 34'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,235
Referee: Calder
Man of the Match: L. Smith
26 July 2025 Round 1; Group B-4 Stranraer 1-0 Queen of the South Stranraer
15:00 Quigg 59' QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stewart Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 88' Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 815
Referee: Williams
Man of the Match: Lyon

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Challenge Cup
12 August 2025 League Ph: Match 1 East Kilbride 3-1 Queen of the South East Kilbride
19:45 Dobbie 19', 57'
Leitch 80'		 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Guthrie 8' Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hogarth
Man of the Match: L. Smith
26 August 2025 League Ph: Match 2 Queen of the South v Clyde Dumfries
19:45 QOSFC Report
SPFL Report		 Stadium: Palmerston Park

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
5 DF Matty Douglas England 7 Club Captain
4 MF Reece Lyon Scotland 1 Vice Captain

Last updated: 16 August 2025
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

As of 16 August 2025[1][2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish League One Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Ross Stewart 8 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Michael Hewitt 8 1 1+2 0 1+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
3 MF England ENG Taylor Charters 8 1 3+0 1 0+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Reece Lyon 7 3 3+0 1 0+0 0 4+0 2 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG Matty Douglas 8 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
6 DF England ENG Jack Hannah 5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Liam Smith 8 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Guadeloupe GLP Benjamin Luissint 8 1 3+0 1 0+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Jordan Allan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Kai Kennedy 8 2 3+0 2 0+1 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Brennan Dickenson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Callum Penman 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Ben Johnstone 8 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Niall Rogerson 4 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Jack Stott 8 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Euan Ross 6 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
22 FW Isle of Man Isle of Man Freddie O'Donoghue 3 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW England ENG Harry McLinden 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
26 GK Scotland SCO Mark Thomson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW The Gambia GAM Kemo Darboe 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW England ENG Kurtis Guthrie 7 4 3+0 2 1+0 1 3+0 1 0+0 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Cole Burke 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 16 August 2025 (UTC)
Number Nation Position Name Scottish League One Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Ross Stewart 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1
3 England MF Taylor Charters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 England DF Matty Douglas 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
7 Scotland MF Liam Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 Guadeloupe MF Benjamin Luissint 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
10 Scotland MF Kai Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 Scotland MF Ben Johnstone 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
18 England MF Jack Stott 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
21 Scotland MF Euan Ross 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 England FW Kurtis Guthrie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 6 0 3 0 8 1 0 0 17 1

Top scorers

Last updated 16 August 2025
Position Nation Name Scottish League One League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 England Kurtis Guthrie 2 1 1 0 4
2 Scotland Reece Lyon 1 2 0 0 3
3 Scotland Kai Kennedy 2 0 0 0 2
4 Scotland Michael Hewitt 0 1 0 0 1
= Guadeloupe Benjamin Luissint 1 0 0 0 1
= England Taylor Charters 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets

R Pos Nat Name Scottish League One League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 GK Scotland Ross Stewart 2 1 0 0 3
Total 2 1 0 0 3

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics

Scottish League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hamilton Academical 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Promotion to the Championship
2 Queen of the South 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Alloa Athletic 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
4 Stenhousemuir 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
5 Kelty Hearts 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAH
ResultWLW
Position352
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR ROS STR QOS EDI
1 Partick Thistle 4 4 0 0 0 11 2 +9 12 Qualification for the second round — — 2–0 2–0 —
2 Ross County 4 2 0 1 1 11 4 +7 7 1–3 — — — 8–0
3 Stranraer 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 −1 6 — p1–1 — 1–0 —
4 Queen of the South 4 1 0 0 3 4 4 0 3 — 0–1 — — 4–0
5 Edinburgh City 4 0 1 0 3 1 16 −15 2 1–4 — p0–0 — —
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Management statistics

Last updated 16 August 2025
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Peter Murphy 15 July 2025 31 May 2026 8 3 0 5 037.50

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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