We have the first of back-to-back home games tomorrow as we welcome Peterhead to Palmerston.

So far this season, there have been seven goals in the two games between the sides. In August, the last time we faced each other in Dumfries; Kurtis Guthrie, Benji Luissint, Kai Kennedy and Taylor Charters all scored in our four-nil win. While in October, tomorrow’s visitors picked up their first ever victory over us with a three-nil win.

We currently have a seven-point cushion over Peterhead who sit fifth in the table, one place behind us but they do have two games in hand.

Ahead of the match, Manager Peter Murphy said “The last couple of games have been frustrating as we have created chances but haven’t taken them and we haven’t been able to keep clean-sheets at the other end either and we’ve ended up dropping points. In those two games, we have noticed mistakes creeping in so we need make sure that we cut them out. It’s a cliché but goals change games, so we need to be scoring first and make it more difficult for other teams. We need to take our chances, tighten up at the back and be a little bit better all over the park.”

Supporters Information

HOME supports will be located within The Thompson Solicitors stand, along with the West section of the BDS and the Oakbank Terracing. While for thatch, section 7 in the East side of the BDS has been allocated to AWAY fans.

To gain entry to the BDS stand – ALL supporters should use turnstiles 1 & 2. Entry to the Oakbank Terrace will be via turnstiles 16 & 17 only. While fans should use turnstiles 4 & 22 for entry to the Thompson Solicitors stand. Please note that there will be no general entry to the BDS Stand via the terracing so please make sure you enter the ground via the correct turnstiles.

Disabled facilities are located in the BDS stand, access for these are via Gate H on the south side. Anyone wishing to make use of the area should email [email protected] in advance.

Turnstiles will be open for spectator entry at approximately 1345.

Entry is by ticket. Tickets are now on sale for both home and away fans online via our ticket partner TicketCo, using the link below:

www.qosfc.com/buytickets

Season Tickets are valid for this game and barcodes will be scanned at the turnstile.

On the day ticket prices are:

Adults: £20
Concessions (OAP): £12

16–21-year-olds/Students: £10

Accessible Tickets: £8 (includes a free carer)

Accessible Concession: £6 (includes a free carer)
U16s: £5

Accessible U16s: £3

Tickets will be available online until kick off or at the ground on the day of the game from the ticket office located within the QOS Arena which will open approximately 1230. There will be no ticket office at the BDS stand for this match. There are no cash turnstiles available within the stadium.

The only way to buy tickets in advance will be online.

Tickets purchased are non-transferable or refundable.

Supporters should note that the Scottish Curling Championships are taking place at the Ice Bowl and therefore the surrounding area around BDS stand end of the stadium is likely to be busy.

Car parking will be available to all spectators within the Queen of the South Arena car park on a first come first served basis.

Supporters’ buses/minibuses should drop off their passengers in Terregles St/King Street and thereafter park on College Mains Road just off the roundabout with the A76 on the town bypass (adjacent to Curry’s/PC World, as the other side at Aldi is the access road to the ambulance depot and is extremely busy). Pick up should be the same location as drop off.

Supporters’ buses including minibuses will not be allowed to park in the Arena car park.

Those travelling to the game should check Traffic Scotland website at http://trafficscotland.org/index.aspx for confirmation of any road closures or delays.

The catering outlets within the supporter’s areas of the ground will be open for use. There will be shared catering for both sets of supporters within the BDS Stand. Fans should note that these kiosks are cash only. If you are looking for catering before entering the ground, The Snaq café within the Arena will be open and will have a range of food/snacks on offer and will accept card. The lounge bar under the Main stand will also be open to both sets of supporters’ pre-match.

For safety reasons, QOS have adopted a robust and thorough search policy for spectators entering the ground to ensure that ground rules and regulations are strictly adhered to, especially in relation to pyrotechnic devices and controlled containers. We would like to remind supporters that letting off smoke devices/ pyrotechnics is a criminal offence, and anyone found doing so will be referred to Police Scotland. Not only is it against the law, it is also extremely dangerous and a health hazard to other spectators. All bags will be searched and spectators presenting themselves for entry may also be subject to search. Spectators who refuse to be searched by stewards will be denied entry to the ground.

Palmerston Park is a non-smoking venue; this includes e cigarettes and other such devices. Stewards are empowered to eject spectators who disobey these rules. No persons will be admitted to the ground who are deemed to be under the influence of alcohol.

Parents are advised to bring cartons of juice for the kids as no bottles or cans will be permitted through the gates.

The club shop located in the Arena will be open until kick off where you can purchase club merchandise and half-time draw tickets. Along with the latest edition of the official club quarterly magazine.

The magazine and half-time draw tickets will also be available from vendors.

Tomorrow’s match kicks off at 3 pm.

We picked up another win in the Under 19s league this evening as Seb Mason and Jordan Allan grabbed the goals in our 3-1 victory over Airdrie at Palmerston.

Mason opened the scoring after 12 minutes to give us a one goal lead at the break.  

Half Time: Queens 1 Airdrie 0

With just over an hour played, Allan doubled the advantage and fifteen minutes later Mason scored his second and Queens third of the night.

The visitors pulled one back with ten minutes remaining to round off the scoring.

Full Time: Queens 3 Airdrie 1

The under 19s are back in action tonight when they take on Airdrie in a league match at Palmerston.

Entry is pay at the gate, £3 per adult with under 16s free.

Kick off 7.30pm

Links Park, Montrose was the destination for our latest game in league one. Mikey Hewitt and Benji Luissint hadn?t recovered from the injuries they picked up against Alloa and were replaced in the starting line-up by Zander Mackenzie and Jack Stott. After losing to the Wasps manager Peter Murphy was looking for a bounce back from his side but it got off to the worst possible start. With just three minutes played Queens had given away a corner and as the ball was floated in Matty Douglas was bullied off the ball by Andrew Steeves who rose to head the ball past Ross Stewart into the net. The ...
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We are back on the road tomorrow as we head north to face Montrose at Links Park.

Both teams had been on a good run but go into the game on the back of defeats. After we lost at home to Alloa last weekend, tomorrow’s opponents went down 3-1 at Cove Rangers on Tuesday night and now sit sixth in the table, ten points behind us with a game in hand.

It’s honors even so far this season with both sides claiming home wins. In September on our last visit tomorrow’s hosts claimed the three points with a 2-1 win, Brennan Dickenson scoring late to pull one back for us that afternoon. While at Palmerston in December after a goal-less first half, Mikey Hewitt scored the only goal of the game minutes after the restart to give us a one-nil victory.

Ahead of the game, Manager Peter Murphy said “We've got to make sure that there's a bounce back from us, we need to go to Montrose and show that we are a better team than we have been in the last two games. We know they’re a difficult side to play, especially at their own place, the pitch is fairly new but they’ve had a number of games called off recently, with all the wood bark that they have on it, so it's a little bit different to what we are used to. We have been creating plenty of chances in our games but we need to be more clinical and punish teams when we’re on top.”

Supporters Information

Tickets for the match are now on sale at https://montrosefc.co.uk/tickets/

Prices are:

Adults: £18
Concessions: £10 (Over 65 & Under 18)

U12s: £5 (only available when purchased with an adult or concession ticket)

There will be no ticket office for away fans at the ground, therefore Queens supporters must buy tickets online prior to the game.

There will be catering stalls inside the ground but fans should note that these are cash only kiosks.

Kick-off: 3pm

The Under 19s returned to league action this evening with a trip to the astro pitches at McDiarmid Park, Perth to face St Johnstone.

It was a slow start by the boys and the home side took then lead after quarter of an hour. Eleven minutes before the break Queens equalised when Billy Gray scored after fine play from Josh Kelly.

Half Time: St Johnstone 1 Queens 1

As the second half got underway Saints immediately regained the lead. But again Queens hit back and levelled again with 52 minutes on the clock when Kelly headed home a well taken free kick by captain Taylor Davidson.

Gray scored a quick fire double to complete  his hat-trick on the hour mark to give Queens a four-two lead.  

Five minutes later Ayden Ashraf did well and set up Kelly who scored his second of the night, Queens fifth. But the night belonged to Gray who added another to take his tally to four and to stretch the lead. 

The hosts pulled one back with five minutes remaining to reduce the deficit and round off the scoring.

Full Time: St Johnstone 3 Queens 6

Coach Eddie Warwick said “We are delighted with the result. We didn’t make a good start but the boys responded well particularly in the second half after a change in system and they deserve full credit for their performance.”

Looking to keep up the pressure at the top of the table, Queens welcomed fellow promotion chasers Alloa Athletic to Palmerston. With several players carrying knocks, manager Peter Murphy made two changes to the side, Jack Hannah who missed the game at Cove after his head injury against Inverness returned to the back-line in place of Niall Rogerson and there was a start from Brennan Dickenson who took the place of Jack Stott. It didn?t get off to the best start for the hosts as within ten seconds of kick-off Benji Luissint went down and required treatment as he clashed with Hannah in an attemp ...
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We return home tomorrow as we continue our push for success in league one. It’s 3rd against 4th as we host fellow promotion hopefuls, Alloa Athletic. 

The previous two games between the sides this season have gone in our favour.  Back in October under the Palmerston floodlights and in front of the BBC Alba cameras Mikey Hewitt secured three points with the only goal of the game in the 93rd minute.  While in December at the Indodrill Stadium, Kurtis Guthrie gave us a 12th minute lead before Liam Smith made sure of the points fourteen minutes from time as we came away with a 2-0 victory.  

We currently sit five points ahead of tomorrow’s visitors albeit they have a game in hand. 

Ahead of the match, Manager Peter Murphy said “The way things turned out at Cove last week a draw was probably a fair result, although I do think if we had been more clinical in the early part of the game then things might have been different.  But it is another point on the board away from home, and it keeps the unbeaten run going.  This weekend we are back at Palmerston, we always feel confident at our own place but Alloa will be full of confidence too, they sit just behind us in the table and will want to pick up as many points as well.  The players are playing for each other and the club and we are on a good run of form; it’s about keeping up the momentum especially at this stage of the season.”  

Supporters Information

HOME supports will be located within The Thompson Solicitors stand, along with the West section of the BDS and the Oakbank Terracing. While for this match, section 7 in the East side of the BDS has been allocated to AWAY fans. 

To gain entry to the BDS stand – ALL supporters should use turnstiles 1 & 2. Entry to the Oakbank Terrace will be via turnstiles 16 & 17 only. While fans should use turnstiles 4 & 22 for entry to the Thompson Solicitors stand. Please note that there will be no general entry to the BDS Stand via the terracing so please make sure you enter the ground via the correct turnstiles. 

Disabled facilities are located in the BDS stand, access for these are via Gate H on the south side. Anyone wishing to make use of the area should email [email protected] in advance.

Turnstiles will be open for spectator entry at approximately 1345.

Entry is by ticket. Tickets are now on sale for both home and away fans online via our ticket partner TicketCo, using the link below:

www.qosfc.com/buytickets

Season Tickets are valid for this game and barcodes will be scanned at the turnstile.

On the day ticket prices are:

Adults: £20
Concessions (OAP): £12
16–21-year-olds/Students: £10 
Accessible Tickets: £8 (includes a free carer)
Accessible Concession: £6 (includes a free carer)
U16s: £5 
Accessible U16s: £3

Tickets will be available online until kick off or at the ground on the day of the game from the ticket office located within the QOS Arena which will open approximately 1230. There will be no ticket office at the BDS stand for this match. 

The only way to buy tickets in advance will be online.

Tickets purchased are non-transferable or refundable.

Car parking will be available to all spectators within the Queen of the South Arena car park on a first come first served basis. 

Supporters’ buses/minibuses should drop off their passengers in Terregles St/King Street and thereafter park on College Mains Road just off the roundabout with the A76 on the town bypass (adjacent to Curry’s/PC World, as the other side at Aldi is the access road to the ambulance depot and is extremely busy). Pick up should be the same location as drop off. 

Supporters’ buses including minibuses will not be allowed to park in the Arena car park.

Those travelling to the game should check Traffic Scotland website at http://trafficscotland.org/index.aspx for confirmation of any road closures or delays.

The catering outlets within the supporter’s areas of the ground will be open for use. There will be shared catering for both sets of supporters within the BDS Stand. Fans should note that these kiosks are cash only.  If you are looking for catering before entering the ground, The Snaq café within the Arena will be open and will have a range of food/snacks on offer and will accept card. The lounge bar under the Main stand will also be open to both sets of supporters’ pre-match. 

For safety reasons, QOS have adopted a robust and thorough search policy for spectators entering the ground to ensure that ground rules and regulations are strictly adhered to, especially in relation to pyrotechnic devices and controlled containers. We would like to remind supporters that letting off smoke devices/ pyrotechnics is a criminal offence, and anyone found doing so will be referred to Police Scotland. Not only is it against the law, it is also extremely dangerous and a health hazard to other spectators. All bags will be searched and spectators presenting themselves for entry may also be subject to search. Spectators who refuse to be searched by stewards will be denied entry to the ground. 

Palmerston Park is a non-smoking venue; this includes e cigarettes and other such devices. Stewards are empowered to eject spectators who disobey these rules. No persons will be admitted to the ground who are deemed to be under the influence of alcohol.

Parents are advised to bring cartons of juice for the kids as no bottles or cans will be permitted through the gates.

The club shop located in the Arena will be open until kick off where you can purchase club merchandise and half-time draw tickets. Along with the latest edition of the official club quarterly magazine.  

The magazine and half-time draw tickets will also be available from vendors.

Tomorrow’s match kicks off at 3 pm.