The Barflies have today donated £6000 to the club.

The supporters group have made an annual contribution to the club for a number of years now, something that is appreciated by the club.

CEO, Dan Armstrong said “Its a fantastic donation from the Barflies. Their support for the club is amazing and we cant thank them enough. Clubs like Queens rely on the generosity of supporters and we are extremely grateful for the continued backing."

Everyone at the club would like to send our congratulations to Jack Hannah and his partner on the arrival of their baby daughter.

Wishing the family all the very best!

As we reported earlier in the week, one of our young supporters, Kieran was attacked by a group of individuals outside Firhill following our cup tie against Partick Thistle. We are delighted that he is on the mend and that he was able to follow us again yesterday to Stranraer.

After the match, manager Peter Murphy and Kieran's favourite player Ross Stewart caught up with him to present him a signed top to replace the one that he was wearing at the time of the incident.

The Gaffer said "We were all shocked at what happened to Kieran when he was sticking up for another supporter younger than himself. We saw him on Tuesday night when he was bloodied and bruised, so we are delighted to see him looking much better. Its a small gesture from the club but hopefully its something he is pleased with and he will remember as he continues to support the team."

All the best Kieran and keep supporting the team.

We rounded off our Premier Sports league cup fixtures with a trip to Stranraer. With qualification impossible and several games in a short space of time, Manager Peter Murphy took the opportunity to rest a few players. Jack Hannah didn’t travel due to the birth of his daughter, while Taylor Charters, Matty Douglas and Benji Luissint all reverted to the bench. Giving starting opportunities for Niall Rogerson, Ben Johnstone, Euan Ross and a debut for Callum Penman who joined on loan from St Mirren.

It was an even opening to the game but Queens edge it in terms of possession. Liam Smith did well to keep the ball on the wing before cutting inside, but with no way through, he played the ball back out to Mikey Hewitt on the touchline who delivered it back into the box looking for Kurtis Guthrie only for the hosts to clear.

A minute later, Kai Kennedy hit a shot from 19-yards that wasn’t far away.

Stranraer were up for it and as the lively Ryan Edgar made his way into the six-yard area, Johnstone cleared after a bit of a scramble. A short time later the striker was unlucky not to win a free-kick when he held the line and looked to be pulled back when he homed in.

Smith was on form and as he skipped through Daniel McManus and Aaron Quigg, he crossed into the box for Hewitt but his effort was high. Queens were finding it hard to breakdown a solid backline but Smith managed to get the ball into the area where Ross had a shot deflected for a corner. As Smith played it in, Guthrie knocked it on for Rogerson who got his head on it but Josh Lane collected.

Midway through the half Ross’ header was just wide and with half an hour gone, Smith was through on his own and lifted the ball over the keeper but it was just too high and came back off the crossbar.

As the ball was played back up the park, Evan Dunne hit a powerful shot that Ross Stewart pushed out for a corner. As the ball was cleared Smith burst away but was halted at the half way line by a good challenge from Jordan Stuart.

Queens were creating opportunities and as Kennedy delivered into the six-yard box, Finn Ecrepont cleared ahead of Smith. Ten minutes before the break, Penman had a right foot shot from distance but it landed in the arms of the keeper.

The hosts had chances of their own and McManus headed over the bar before Guthrie was off target with his header as he got on the end of Kennedy’s corner.

Smith had been a threat throughout the first half and Quigg picked up a booking just before the interval for a poor challenge on the winger.

HALF TIME: Stranraer 0 Queens 0

It was the Blues who had the first chance after the restart when Rogerson was forced to clear from Dunne. But as Queens hit back, a free-kick was knocked down by Rogerson into the path of Guthrie, the big striker got to it but he was stretching and it was an easy collect for Lane. Kennedy tested the keeper five minutes later with a right foot curler from 20-yards, it was a good strike but Lane did well to get down to his left to punch clear. He then had an easy save when Kennedy hit a free-kick straight at him.

On the hour mark, Ross had nowhere to go inside the box so knocked it back out to Johnstone only for the home side to clear and as the ball was played up field, Queens were caught out of position and as Ecrepont crossed, Quigg was on hand to bundle the ball over the line to give Stranraer a lead.

The hosts had another chance minutes later when Mark Russell crossed into the box and Edgar headed over. Luissint who had replaced the injured Jack Stott was well off target with a right foot shot before Kennedy set up Charters with a terrific pass but the ball was cleared for a corner.

As Queens looked for a leveler, Reece Lyon headed over from close range. It was to be his final chance on goal as he found himself in goal at the other end. Having started the game at center back and moved to center forward, he took over between the sticks when Stewart raced out his area and clattered Sallu Turay, picking a red card after a second booking. As Queens had already used all their subs, they were unable to bring on young Mark Thomson and Lyon was the outfield player who took over the orange jersey.

In the closing stages Harry McLinden had a header saved by Lane before things boiled over in the middle of the park and three players were booked as a scuffle threatened to breakout.

The defeat rounded off our cup campaign and the focus now turns to our league opener away at Cove Rangers on Saturday.

FULL TIME: Stranraer 1 Queens 0

Teams:

Stranraer: Lane, Stuart (Sharp 80), Ecrepont, Reid, Rough, Quigg (McKnight 68), Russell, Dunne, McManus, Hunter & Edgar (Turay 67). Subs not used: Henderson, Docherty, Ellis & Hilferty.

Queens: Stewart, Hewitt (Charters 65), Lyon, Smith, Kennedy (Douglas 76), Penman, Johnstone, Rogerson, Stott (Luissint 65), Ross (McLinden 83) & Guthrie (Burke 76). Subs not used: Thomson, Hall & Chapman.

Ref: Duncan Williams

Crowd: 815

Click here to view the match photo gallery from the defeat at Stranraer in the Premier Sports Cup.

We round off our Premier Sport League Cup group matches tomorrow with a trip along the A75 to face Stranraer. Neither side can qualify for the knockout stages of the competition but it will still be a competitive game.

The two sides faced each other in the league cup seven years ago in what proved to be a high scoring game at Palmerston. Chris McGowan and Luke Donald had The Blues two goals up in the first ten minutes but three goals in as many minutes just before half time from Gary Harkins, Stephen Dobbie and Lyndon Dykes gave Queens a 3-2 lead at the interval. Andy Stirling added a fourth before Kyle Turner pulled one back for the visitors and Dobbs rounded off the scoring in our 5-3 victory.

 

Looking ahead to the match tomorrow, Manager Peter Murphy said, “With three tough games in a short space of time, some of the boys are tired so we will maybe look to rest one or two, but because we don't have the biggest squad we can't rest everybody, but we will rest where we can.

We can no longer qualify but it will still be an important fixture as we build up towards the start of the league, which even before these cup games was our main goal.”

 

Supporters Information

Admission to Stair Park is ‘pay at the gate’ only and visiting supporters can enter the ground from the away turnstile opposite the main stand. This turnstile is cash only.

The following pricing applies:

• Adult – £15
• Concession (over 65) – £10
• Youth (5 to 16) – £5
• Under 5 – FREE

 

Kick off: 3pm

We are pleased to confirm that the adult replica tops are now in stock.

Pre-orders have been sent out already and should be delivered shortly. For those who opted to collect in person, these can be picked up during normal office / shop opening hours, which are 0900 – 1600 every week day.

Due to a manufacturing issue were are still waiting for delivery of children’s sizes. We will confirm in due course when they arrive.

Queens U19s side hosted Lowland League outfit Gretna 2008 at Palmerston as they rounded off their pre-season warm-up matches ahead of the league campaign next week.

They lined up against a strong visiting team and took the lead on the half hour mark when good work from Billy Gray and Kylan Hunter forced a good save from former Queens keeper Jim Atkinson only for Josh Kelly to be on hand to tap home the rebound from inside the six-yard box.

It was a good showing from the youngsters but Ian Anderson scored a minute before the interval to pull Gretna level.

HALF TIME: Queens U19s 1 Gretna 2008 1

The match remained close throughout the second half but Liam Short scored in added on time to secure a 2-1 victory for the visitors.

FULL TIME: Queens U19s 1 Gretna 2008 2
 

Coach Eddie Warwick said “Overall it was a very good performance and workout for both teams as they completed their pre- season programmes and it sets us up nicely for the league campaign.”

 

QOS U19s Team: Isaac Bowie, Trent Chapman, Callum Hill, Bobby Skinner, Reilly Dillon, Dan Fyall, Kylan Hunter, Caiden Baty, Josh Kelly, Billy Gray, and Rhilay Walls. Subs: Shaun Petry, Taylor Davidson, Loui Currie, Charlie Loughran, Dougie Smith, Trialist, Trialist & Trialist.

 

The youngsters have their first fixture in the new look league this coming Tuesday (29th July) when they travel to Poltonhall Recreational Ground to face Bonnyrigg Rose. Kick off 7.30 pm

The Barflies have today donated £6000 to the club.

The supporters group have made an annual contribution to the club for a number of years now, something that is appreciated by the club.

CEO, Dan Armstrong said “Its a fantastic donation from the Barflies. Their support for the club is amazing and we cant thank them enough. Clubs like Queens rely on the generosity of supporters and we are extremely grateful for the continued backing."

Everyone at the club would like to send our congratulations to Jack Hannah and his partner on the arrival of their baby daughter.

Wishing the family all the very best!

As we reported earlier in the week, one of our young supporters, Kieran was attacked by a group of individuals outside Firhill following our cup tie against Partick Thistle. We are delighted that he is on the mend and that he was able to follow us again yesterday to Stranraer.

After the match, manager Peter Murphy and Kieran's favourite player Ross Stewart caught up with him to present him a signed top to replace the one that he was wearing at the time of the incident.

The Gaffer said "We were all shocked at what happened to Kieran when he was sticking up for another supporter younger than himself. We saw him on Tuesday night when he was bloodied and bruised, so we are delighted to see him looking much better. Its a small gesture from the club but hopefully its something he is pleased with and he will remember as he continues to support the team."

All the best Kieran and keep supporting the team.

We rounded off our Premier Sports league cup fixtures with a trip to Stranraer. With qualification impossible and several games in a short space of time, Manager Peter Murphy took the opportunity to rest a few players. Jack Hannah didn’t travel due to the birth of his daughter, while Taylor Charters, Matty Douglas and Benji Luissint all reverted to the bench. Giving starting opportunities for Niall Rogerson, Ben Johnstone, Euan Ross and a debut for Callum Penman who joined on loan from St Mirren.

It was an even opening to the game but Queens edge it in terms of possession. Liam Smith did well to keep the ball on the wing before cutting inside, but with no way through, he played the ball back out to Mikey Hewitt on the touchline who delivered it back into the box looking for Kurtis Guthrie only for the hosts to clear.

A minute later, Kai Kennedy hit a shot from 19-yards that wasn’t far away.

Stranraer were up for it and as the lively Ryan Edgar made his way into the six-yard area, Johnstone cleared after a bit of a scramble. A short time later the striker was unlucky not to win a free-kick when he held the line and looked to be pulled back when he homed in.

Smith was on form and as he skipped through Daniel McManus and Aaron Quigg, he crossed into the box for Hewitt but his effort was high. Queens were finding it hard to breakdown a solid backline but Smith managed to get the ball into the area where Ross had a shot deflected for a corner. As Smith played it in, Guthrie knocked it on for Rogerson who got his head on it but Josh Lane collected.

Midway through the half Ross’ header was just wide and with half an hour gone, Smith was through on his own and lifted the ball over the keeper but it was just too high and came back off the crossbar.

As the ball was played back up the park, Evan Dunne hit a powerful shot that Ross Stewart pushed out for a corner. As the ball was cleared Smith burst away but was halted at the half way line by a good challenge from Jordan Stuart.

Queens were creating opportunities and as Kennedy delivered into the six-yard box, Finn Ecrepont cleared ahead of Smith. Ten minutes before the break, Penman had a right foot shot from distance but it landed in the arms of the keeper.

The hosts had chances of their own and McManus headed over the bar before Guthrie was off target with his header as he got on the end of Kennedy’s corner.

Smith had been a threat throughout the first half and Quigg picked up a booking just before the interval for a poor challenge on the winger.

HALF TIME: Stranraer 0 Queens 0

It was the Blues who had the first chance after the restart when Rogerson was forced to clear from Dunne. But as Queens hit back, a free-kick was knocked down by Rogerson into the path of Guthrie, the big striker got to it but he was stretching and it was an easy collect for Lane. Kennedy tested the keeper five minutes later with a right foot curler from 20-yards, it was a good strike but Lane did well to get down to his left to punch clear. He then had an easy save when Kennedy hit a free-kick straight at him.

On the hour mark, Ross had nowhere to go inside the box so knocked it back out to Johnstone only for the home side to clear and as the ball was played up field, Queens were caught out of position and as Ecrepont crossed, Quigg was on hand to bundle the ball over the line to give Stranraer a lead.

The hosts had another chance minutes later when Mark Russell crossed into the box and Edgar headed over. Luissint who had replaced the injured Jack Stott was well off target with a right foot shot before Kennedy set up Charters with a terrific pass but the ball was cleared for a corner.

As Queens looked for a leveler, Reece Lyon headed over from close range. It was to be his final chance on goal as he found himself in goal at the other end. Having started the game at center back and moved to center forward, he took over between the sticks when Stewart raced out his area and clattered Sallu Turay, picking a red card after a second booking. As Queens had already used all their subs, they were unable to bring on young Mark Thomson and Lyon was the outfield player who took over the orange jersey.

In the closing stages Harry McLinden had a header saved by Lane before things boiled over in the middle of the park and three players were booked as a scuffle threatened to breakout.

The defeat rounded off our cup campaign and the focus now turns to our league opener away at Cove Rangers on Saturday.

FULL TIME: Stranraer 1 Queens 0

Teams:

Stranraer: Lane, Stuart (Sharp 80), Ecrepont, Reid, Rough, Quigg (McKnight 68), Russell, Dunne, McManus, Hunter & Edgar (Turay 67). Subs not used: Henderson, Docherty, Ellis & Hilferty.

Queens: Stewart, Hewitt (Charters 65), Lyon, Smith, Kennedy (Douglas 76), Penman, Johnstone, Rogerson, Stott (Luissint 65), Ross (McLinden 83) & Guthrie (Burke 76). Subs not used: Thomson, Hall & Chapman.

Ref: Duncan Williams

Crowd: 815

Click here to view the match photo gallery from the defeat at Stranraer in the Premier Sports Cup.

We round off our Premier Sport League Cup group matches tomorrow with a trip along the A75 to face Stranraer. Neither side can qualify for the knockout stages of the competition but it will still be a competitive game.

The two sides faced each other in the league cup seven years ago in what proved to be a high scoring game at Palmerston. Chris McGowan and Luke Donald had The Blues two goals up in the first ten minutes but three goals in as many minutes just before half time from Gary Harkins, Stephen Dobbie and Lyndon Dykes gave Queens a 3-2 lead at the interval. Andy Stirling added a fourth before Kyle Turner pulled one back for the visitors and Dobbs rounded off the scoring in our 5-3 victory.

 

Looking ahead to the match tomorrow, Manager Peter Murphy said, “With three tough games in a short space of time, some of the boys are tired so we will maybe look to rest one or two, but because we don't have the biggest squad we can't rest everybody, but we will rest where we can.

We can no longer qualify but it will still be an important fixture as we build up towards the start of the league, which even before these cup games was our main goal.”

 

Supporters Information

Admission to Stair Park is ‘pay at the gate’ only and visiting supporters can enter the ground from the away turnstile opposite the main stand. This turnstile is cash only.

The following pricing applies:

• Adult – £15
• Concession (over 65) – £10
• Youth (5 to 16) – £5
• Under 5 – FREE

 

Kick off: 3pm

We are pleased to confirm that the adult replica tops are now in stock.

Pre-orders have been sent out already and should be delivered shortly. For those who opted to collect in person, these can be picked up during normal office / shop opening hours, which are 0900 – 1600 every week day.

Due to a manufacturing issue were are still waiting for delivery of children’s sizes. We will confirm in due course when they arrive.

Queens U19s side hosted Lowland League outfit Gretna 2008 at Palmerston as they rounded off their pre-season warm-up matches ahead of the league campaign next week.

They lined up against a strong visiting team and took the lead on the half hour mark when good work from Billy Gray and Kylan Hunter forced a good save from former Queens keeper Jim Atkinson only for Josh Kelly to be on hand to tap home the rebound from inside the six-yard box.

It was a good showing from the youngsters but Ian Anderson scored a minute before the interval to pull Gretna level.

HALF TIME: Queens U19s 1 Gretna 2008 1

The match remained close throughout the second half but Liam Short scored in added on time to secure a 2-1 victory for the visitors.

FULL TIME: Queens U19s 1 Gretna 2008 2
 

Coach Eddie Warwick said “Overall it was a very good performance and workout for both teams as they completed their pre- season programmes and it sets us up nicely for the league campaign.”

 

QOS U19s Team: Isaac Bowie, Trent Chapman, Callum Hill, Bobby Skinner, Reilly Dillon, Dan Fyall, Kylan Hunter, Caiden Baty, Josh Kelly, Billy Gray, and Rhilay Walls. Subs: Shaun Petry, Taylor Davidson, Loui Currie, Charlie Loughran, Dougie Smith, Trialist, Trialist & Trialist.

 

The youngsters have their first fixture in the new look league this coming Tuesday (29th July) when they travel to Poltonhall Recreational Ground to face Bonnyrigg Rose. Kick off 7.30 pm