Another excellent result was achieved by the Reserve side today when they drew 3-3 away at Reserve League leaders Hamilton Academical. Indeed the result might have been better as we led both 2-0 and 3-2 in the game before being pegged back. Queens took the lead after 24 minutes when Gary Oliver broke down the left and placed his shot beyond the Accies keeper. The lead was doubled when Tommy Goss shot home from just inside the penalty area. However, Accies pulled a goal back on the stroke of half time through Liam Scullion and equalised two minutes after the interval through young striker Andrew Winter. Queens re-took the lead on the hour mark as Goss bundled in his second of the game from close range following a corner but Winter again equalised as he scored from 6 yards 10 minutes later. There was no further scoring and the teams settled for a share of the points.

Reserve team manager Wullie Gibson said, "I thought we played well and deserved to win, scoring three very good goals but I am disappointed with the cheap goals we lost. I was delighted to see Tommy Goss get two goals and he seems to have taken the step up in level from Abbey Vale in his stride. I was also very pleased with young Dom McMahon and Liam Douglas who were asked to play out of position but were excellent. The first team players involved got 45 minutes each to get game time without losing out on taking part in training tomorrow."

QoS Team:
1 J Leighfield, 2 L Douglas, 3 A Vezza, 4 A Osman, 5 M Ledger, 6 C Potts, 7 D McMahon, 8 B Luissint, 9 T Goss, 10 G Oliver, 11 R Irving
Subs: 12 C Semple, 14 L Kidd, 15 M Paton, 16 J Hamilton, 17 M Williamson, 20 C Burns

Subs Used: Semple for Ledger, Kidd for Osman, Paton for Irving & Hamilton for Oliver (all at half time), Williamson for Potts (65 mins)

The reserve side are due to play Hamilton Accies seconds this afternoon in one of two Reserve League matches scheduled. The game at the Fountain of Youth Stadium has a 2pm kick off.

  Despite Storm Dennis?s best efforts to postpone the game, the surface passed a 1.30PM pitch inspection and the game went ahead. Alan Johnson made just one change to last weeks side that picked up a draw at Cappielow as Connor Murray came back into the side after injury. Abdul Osman was named among the subs, as Oliver dropped to the bench at the expense of the returning number seven. It was a 4-3-1-2 formation for the hosts, with Darren Lyon sitting deep and Murray playing in-behind Stephen Dobbie and Deimantas Petravicius. Click here for the match photo gallery.   Queens opted to kick ...
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It’s another away game for us this weekend as we travel to Arbroath in the Championship. 

Our league campaign began at Gayfield back in August when we opened with a point in a goal-less draw.  Since then we faced each other at Palmerston in December when we picked up a 2-0 win with goals from Dan Pybus and an own goal.

Last weekend we broke a run of defeats with a hard fought draw away to Morton, Manager Allan Johnston hopes to build on that tomorrow “It was very difficult conditions last week at Cappielow so both teams did well to make it an entertaining game.  Having been ahead twice in the match we should’ve been taking maximum points but it brought to an end the disappointing defeats which we needed to do.

There were some good performances throughout the team considering the conditions and from players who hadn’t played for a while or were carry knocks; the boys put their bodies on the line to grind out a point which is pleasing.

We have a lot of games coming up in a short space of time so we had a lot of players playing in the reserves this week as we want to get everyone up to speed.  I was there to watch and was happy with some of the performances; we need players putting pressure on those playing and to create competition for places. 

Gayfield is always a difficult place to go, especially with a wind blowing.  Arbroath have shown this season that they are more than capable of competing in the Championship and in their last game beat Dundee United at Tannadice, so we know it will be tough and we have to make sure we start well.  We are coming up to a crucial part of the season, we are scoring goals but we need to defend a lot better than we have been,  There has been a turnaround in players so hopefully they are starting to get to know each other now”. 

For supporters travelling to Gayfield, ticket prices are:

Adults - £18

Concession - £10

Adult & Child - £20

Kick off 3pm.

We are aware of some issues recently regarding the filming of content inside grounds on match days which is then uploaded onto individuals social media accounts. We would like to remind supporters that this is a breach of the ground rules set by the SPFL and SFA.  A copy of the regulations are widely on displayed around Palmerston Park at the turnstiles and food kiosks; points 18 & 19 are specific to this subject. 

Failure to adhere to these ground rules will lead to ejection from the stadium with no refund given. 

In addition supporters should note that broadcast companies pay for the rights to show match footage, therefore anyone outwith rights holders need clearance for the authorities and are usually billed a substantial fee on a per minute basis to do so.

We are one of several clubs across Scotland who are running the 4-4-2 reading challenge in conjunction with the SPFL Trust.  The challenge which is aimed at encourage children to get along to their local library to read as many books as possible has proved to be a popular project locally.  In return for borrowing and reading books kids receive stamps which can then be exchanged for free or discounted tickets to a Queen of the South FC first team match. 

Kids need to read four books to complete a card which they can take to the club ticket office and exchange for a free child ticket and a discounted adult ticket for their achievement.

Over 25 schools from across the region are signed up for the challenge. All the participating schools have reward cards for the children to start collecting.   But if your school isn’t taking part, kids can still be part of the challenge, all they need to do is pick up a collectors card from any public library.

Our annual attempt to help Queen of the South supporters to enjoy a more healthier lifestyle while trying to shed some excess pounds starts on Friday, 14th February.  Valentines Day, so a great day to start falling in love with a new you!

The SPFL sponsored 'Football Fans in Training' group (FFIT) is a programme of education and exercise and is completely FREE. 

In our first ever group session, 17 out of 20 males successfully completed the course along with 16 out of 17 females. The success of the programme was obvious with the final numbers which saw the group collectively lose over 21 stones in weight and 133 inches off their waists.

Spaces are limited but if you are interested in joining then contact Dan Armstrong who will be running the programme on 01387 254 853 for more details.