Its the first long trip of the season to visit Inverness this weekend and back to the usual Saturday 3pm kick off after last weeks TV game.

Manager, Gary Naysmith, reflects on that defeat and looks ahead to the journey to the Highlands :

Having looked back at our game against St Mirren, I'm still bitterly disappointed, especially in the manner that we lost the game. There wasn't much between the sides and it was purely down to our defending that Saints won the game. I don't want to get into the situation where we keep saying we were the "unlucky losers", against Dundee United and Morton you could say that but last week we shot ourselves in the foot, we've identified the problems so we now need to fix them.

This week we head to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Although they haven't made the start to the campaign that they would have hoped for, they will be targeting this as the game that could kick start their season. However, we are looking at it as one where we can get ourselves back on track and we need to get back to what we were doing earlier in the season.
 
We are still without Dan Carmichael and Ross Ferguson for this one, but everyone else is available for selection.

Unfortunately, there will be no live updates for this game. Inverness provide updates on twitter - @ICTFC

The Club are now inviting registration for participation on the October Soccer Camp at the Arena.

The Soccer Camp will have the option of five or three days. 

The Soccer Camps are inclusive to all! Whether your just starting out or training to be part of the first team! Participants will be suitably grouped together under the guidance of highly qualified QOS coaches to progress individual abilities. 

Develop skills, meet new friends, get outside but most importantly have fun in a safe environment.

• Train like a QOS Player
• Play in tournament-style games

Technique focussed sessions will challenge boys and girls to maximise their potential with innovative sessions replicating that of the first team & QOS Youth Academy.

PLUS - Queen of the South FC Coaches will be looking to identify potential Royal Blues heroes of the future to recommend to the Development Football Centre and join the abundance of youth players who have already been talent-spotted from Queen of the South FC Soccer Camps.

The Soccer Camps are great value for money:

• 5 DAY CAMP - £80. Participants will receive a Certificate &£35 Macron Voucher. (10am-3pm, 16th to 20th October)
• 3 DAY CAMP - £35. Participants will receive a Certificate & QOS Medal. (10am-3pm, 17/18/19 October)

The October soccer camp will kick off at the QOS Arena on 16th October. 

To book a place, download the BOOKING FORM and return, along with payment, to the Club Office

We are delighted to confirm that on loan centre half Jason Kerr, who scored his 3rd QoS goal at Paisley on Sunday, has again been selected for the Scotland u21 squad for the upcoming away fixtures against England and Latvia.

Jason will join up with the national squad on Sunday following our trip to Inverness and will therefore miss our Irn Bru Cup tie at Montrose the following week.

We wish Jason and his team mates the best of luck in both fixtures.

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.