Tomorrow, we head north to face Peterhead knowing that a victory would secure our place in the promotion play-offs. The hosts two-nil home defeat to Inverness on Tuesday leaves them seven points behind us with nine to play for.

However, it isn’t going to be easy as the Blue Toon are 2-1 up on wins this season. After a 4-0 home win at Palmerston in August we suffered a first ever defeat against them when they won 3-0 at the Balmoor Stadium in front of the TV cameras in October. Then in February, the Aberdeenshire side secured another three points when Kieran Shanks penalty and a header from Jason Brown earned them a 2-0 when the two sides last meet.

Ahead of the game, manager Peter Murphy said “We are in a good position and know that we can secure our place in the play-offs with a win but Peterhead have shown they are a good side. We are disappointed in the way we have played against them the last couple of times but we have been on a good run, are unbeaten in six and the boys are full of confidence. It’s a long journey but we know if we can put in a good performance, we cement our place in the top four which has always been our aim. So, we just have to keep doing what we're doing we've got three big games coming up against the teams in and around us, and we'll look forward to them.”

Supporters Information

For those making the trip, tickets can be purchased via

https://www.peterheadfc.co.uk/online-tickets/  

Stand Adult £17

Stand Concession £10

Ground Adult £15

Ground Concession £8

Queens fans should purchase “Away Support” tickets for the ground and “East Stand Away, in blocks D, E or F for stand tickets.

There is a bar at the Stadium that will be open to both sets of supporter’s pre-match. The club also have a coffee shop where you can purchase hot and cold drinks and snacks. Please note that the Pie Hut within the stadium is CASH only.

For those travelling by car, there is free parking at the ground.

Kick-off: 3 pm

Our Community Trust team recently invited school kids across the region to design our first team’s third kit for next season. We were overwhelmed with the number of entries with over 2000 being submitted.

The judges whittled that down and the top ten were displayed on the official website for our supporters and the general public to vote.

We are delighted to announce that with over a quarter of the votes (28%), the winner was Rex from Dalbeattie Primary. Rex is pictured along with our community lead, Kieran, Dougie the Doonhamer and his winning design.

A huge thank you to all the kids that entered, well done to the ten finalists and a massive congratulations to Rex.

The kit will now be produced by Macron and will be available to buy from the club shop or our online store in due course.

We were in CAS under 19 league action this evening with an away game at Edinburgh City. It was a very young team that took to the field with six of the under 17s side starting.

It was an excellent first half performance from the whole team and Caiden Baty opened the scoring after twenty minutes before Lewis White doubled the advantage fifteen minutes later to give Queens a two goal cushion at the break.

Half Time: Edinburgh City 0 Queens 2

The boys were very unlucky not to be further ahead at the interval but struggled to cope as Edinburgh made a fast start to the second half and were the better team from the restart until around seventy minutes, a period where they controlled the game and pulled one back.

The boys got a second wind and had a good ten minute spell where they missed a couple of great opportunities to score a third and after two great saves from their goalkeeper they regained control and as a group we looked really tired allowing them to score three goals in the final ten minutes to win the game. 

Full Time: Edinburgh City 4 Queens 2

Coach Eddie Warwick said “Overall we are pleased with most of the performance tonight. To be 2-1 ahead at the 80 minute mark with over half the team playing two years above their age group the players should be very proud of their performance individually and collectively. We understand we weren’t on the right side of the result tonight but we will learn and take huge positives from it moving forward.”

Following the announcement of Steve Wight’s continued sleeve sponsorship, we are delighted that the People’s Project have confirmed they are to extend their back of the shirt sponsorship for three years.

The continued support of local businesses is much appreciated by the club.

Meanwhile, our front of shirt sponsor is still up from grabs. For those hoping to have their brand at the heart of football in Dumfries and Galloway you can enter our 30th annual shirt draw.

For just £450 per entry, this is one of the most affordable ways to secure premium football sponsorship exposure while directly backing your local club. Whether you’re a small independent business or an established regional brand, this is a standout marketing opportunity with genuine community impact.

Enter now via our website https://store.qosfc.com/shirt-draw-2026-27

A huge thank you and good luck to those who have already secured their place in the draw that will take place on the 25th of April.

The under 19s also had a CAS league game today when they took on Elgin City and like the younger group picked up a good victory when they beat Elgin City by five goals to one.

Caiden Baty got them off to a good start with an 11th minute opener before a double from Billy Gray in the space of three minutes had them three goals in front after twenty minutes. Josh Kelly added a fourth fifteen minutes later before Elgin reduced the deficit to make it four-one at the break.

With twenty minutes of the game remaining, Kayden Reilly scored to round off the scoring.

Coach, Eddie Warwick said “We were very low on numbers today, for different reasons, we travelled with just eleven players but individually to a man the boys were great so we are delighted with the character and effort shown. We were superb in the final third and our goals were full of quality.”

The boys next game is away to Edinburgh City on Tuesday night.

Queens under 17s produced a very convincing performance this morning when they faced Morton at Palmerston. The two sides played just three weeks ago when the Greenock side won 4-1 but they boys avenged that today when they ran out 5-2  winners.

The young side started the game brightly and could have been 2-0 up through Lewis White but the Morton goalkeeper pulled off a couple of great saves. Then against the run of play, the visitors took the lead with a well worked goal. However, It was third time lucky for White when he outfought the defender and rattled a shot towards goal from a very tight angle to level the game.

Queens then raced into a two goal lead through the ever dangerous William Salfenmoser, with two well worked goals from defence to attack.

But Morton reduced the deficit on the stroke of half time to make it 3-2 at the interval.

Half Time: Queens 3 Morton 2

The second half was more even with both teams playing to their strengths in keeping the ball. Queens restored their two goal advantage when White snatched the ball 45-yards out and closed in on goal to finish calmly into the corner.

Morton enjoyed a good spell in the game but Queens limited their chances and the scoring was rounded off when Shaun Dinnin floated a free-kick into the box and Salfenmoser headed over the goalkeeper for his hatrick.

Full Time: Queens 5 Morton 2

Coach Ross Newlands said “Overall it was a very good team performance, we were clinical when we needed to be and defended well throughout. The boys can be very proud of their efforts as we have a number of players carrying knocks and niggles. We now have a free week which will allow us time to rest and recover.”

Following the tendon injury picked up by Ross Stewart last weekend at Kelty Hearts, we have this afternoon secured Jamie Sneddon on an emergency loan from Premiership club Falkirk.

The 28-year-old goalkeeper joined the Bairns in 2024 from Partick Thistle.

Manager, Peter Murphy said "After finding out the extent of Ross Stewart's injury which will keep him out for the foreseeable future we are delighted to bring Jamie in on an emergency loan and would like to place on record our thanks to Falkirk for getting it done."

Welcome to the club Jamie.