Dont forget this weekends game against St Mirren is on Sunday with a 4.10pm kick off. For those who cant make it the game is live on BBC Alba

Manager, Gary Naysmith had this to say ahead of the game :

After watching the Morton game back, I don't think there was a lot in the game. A moment of brilliance for their second goal and two really good saves from their goalkeeper was the difference on the day. While frustrated at the final result, I don't think that there was to much wrong with how we played. Sometimes It's fine margins that decide a game and I think that was the case on Saturday. 

With this week's game on Sunday, things have been a bit different to our normal training schedule however we have still prepared properly for the game against St Mirren.  They too have made a good start to the season, especially at home, so it should be a really good competitive game in Paisley and One that we are all looking forward to.

Some of the players who haven't started for the 1st team in recent weeks played in the Under 20 game during the week. It was a good chance for Andy, Connor, Owen, Jack and Shaun to get some game time under their belts whilst Ross Fergusson and James McFadden also played the full 90 minutes as we continues to build up their match fitness.  We will again be without Dan Carmichael for this one but otherwise will be at full strength.

We have had various discussions with different parties over the last couple of months regarding the appointment of a new SLO . 

We have now decided on what we think is he best way forward and that is setting up a "committee" with a mixture of supporter/club members.

We are delighted that Simon Clingan , Ross Corbett, Nathan Maxwell and Iain Wright from the Devorgilla Doonhamers will come on board and work closely with Phil Stewart and Sam McNeish our Safety Officers as well as board members and club employees/volunteers.

We would also like to thank everyone who showed an interest in the role and we hope the appointments will help to foster good relationships between the club and supporters and will also help get the atmosphere back at Palmerston again.

Quite the game at Palmerston tonight as Queens and Morton clashed again in Development League West. The two finished 1st and 2nd in the League last season and were both unbeaten coming into the game, albeit Queens Park, who have played more games, sit top.

Queens named a strong side including 5 overage players as Gary Naymsith looked to give some match action to some of the first team squad members who haven't been starting lately, In particular it was an opportunity for James McFadden to get 90 minutes in his legs as he looks to build up match sharpness. However, it was the visitors who came out of the traps like greyhounds and took their chances in a wide open first half. They were already in front inside the first 30 seconds when Scott Tiffoney drilled home but Queens pegged them back when Shaun Rooney flicked in Bell's low free kick from inside the six yard box in 11 minutes. It was only a temporary respite though as Morton rammed in three more goals over the next 15 minutes to take a 4-1 lead. Ben Armour, Reece Lyon and Jack Purdoe grabbing the goals. The 4th in particular was a terrific goal with Purdoe sent clear by a wonderful Tiffoney pass. It could have been worse as Queens twice cleared corners off the line within a minute but just after the half hour Andy Stirling's deep cross found McFadden at the back post and he twisted outside a defender before firing home from a wide angle across the goalkeeper.

The second half appeared likely not to hold as much drama as the first half as there were no further goals until the 75th minute when Ross Fergusson pulled another goal back after going through on the Morton goal. Thereafter it became 'The Faddy Show'. On 77 minutes Queens were awarded a somewhat controversial penalty which saw Morton's right back, Mitchell Duffy, sent off for disputing the award. McFadden stepped up to equalise from the penalty spot and within a minute completed his hat trick with a close range header after Rooney headed the ball back across goal. Morton were demoralised by that and several chances were missed to add further to the score before McFadden grabbed his 4th on a breakaway late on. Final score QoS 6 - 4 Morton.

Click here for the match photo gallery.

Team:
Jack Leighfield, Bailey White, Ewan Gourlay, Owen Bell, Adam Uphill, Dan Harvey, Andy Stirling, Connor Murray, Ross Fergusson, James McFadden, Shaun Rooney

As part of Derek Lyle's testimonial year a Golf Competition was held last Sunday at the Dumfies and Galloway course.  The prize winners were as follows:

1) Slipstream : Andy Dickson, Kenny Irving, Paul Robinson, Nick Tran.

2) Farries Kirk McVean "B" : David Mitchell, David Mather, Fraser McGarva, Steven Newbigging.

2) I Like Big Putts & I Cannot Lie : Neil Cochrane, David McCubbin, Scott Richardson, Paul Alison.

3) Farries Kirk McVean "A" : Robert Mitchell, Craig Paterson, Finlay Paterson, Murray Paterson.

Click this link for some photos from the event.

Queens get an immediate opportunity for a small amount of revenge on Morton following Saturday's first team defeat when the two sides clash in Development League West at Palmerston on Tuesday evening. Kick off is at 7:30pm and admission is free. There may be some fringe first team players involved this week so why not get along and support the team if you can?

Today's 50/50 winner is Dennis Thompson from Dumfries, his winning ticket 102893, earning Dennis £350.

Its a rare home game, at the moment, on Saturday and manager Gary Naysmith spoke ahead of the match

After three successive away games it's nice to be at home.

Thankfully so many games on the road hasn’t affected our form and I have been pleased with the results we’ve got on our travels. The most recent game at Livingston saw us get a single point but if I am being honest, I felt that was just about right. We couldn’t get ourselves into the game for the first two-thirds and Livingston were the better team but we stuck at it, tweaked things a wee bit and got back into it.

After wins against Dumbarton, Falkirk and Brechin, that represents a fairly solid start to the season and already the Championship is proving to be very tightly contested with just four points separating the top five in the table.

I have been particularly pleased with our goals return – we’re finding the net regularly and, just as satisfying, we are sharing the goals around.

This weekend we welcome Morton, they will come full of confidence after last weekend’s dramatic win against Dunfermline. To come back from two goals down and snatch a victory deep into stoppage time will have given all their players a big lift and we’ll need to be on our toes from the first whistle today if we want to get another positive result. 

The run of away fixtures has not only been challenging for the players, but have also provided difficulties for our supporters so we really appreciate your backing and hope that many more will turn out to get right behind the boys against Morton and help keep us in the mix at the top end of the table.

With no fresh injury concerns the squad will be along the same lines as last week with Alan Martin returning to the squad following illness