2021–22 Queen's Park F.C. season

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Queen's Park
2021–22 season
Chief ExecutiveLeeann Dempster
ManagerLaurie Ellis
StadiumFirhill Stadium
Scottish League One3rd
Scottish CupThird round
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Louis Longridge &
Bob McHugh (5)
All: Grant Gillespie
Louis Longridge
Bob McHugh
Simon Murray
(5 each)
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The 2021–22 season is Queen's Park's first season in Scottish League One following their promotion from League Two at the end of the 2020–21 season[1] and their second full season as a professional football club following the repeal of their amateur status.[2] Queen's Park are also competing in the Scottish Cup, League Cup, and Challenge Cup.

Summary[]

On 10 May 2021, following their promotion from League Two, the club announced that manager Ray McKinnon would be stepping down from his position ahead of the new season.[3]

On 21 May, Queen's assistant coach Laurie Ellis was promoted to the position of first-team manager.[4]

On 3 June, the club announced a groundshare agreement with Partick Thistle to play their home matches at Firhill Stadium while redevelopment work continues at Lesser Hampden.[5]

On 7 June, Queens Park made history by paying their first ever transfer fee to bring former midfielder Liam Brown back to the club from Edinburgh City.[6]

On 15 July, Dempster revealed that Queen's Park would return to home ground Lesser Hampden as early as the end of 2021. [7]

On 30 November, the club announced the appointment of Marijn Beuker as Director of Football Operations.[8]

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season[]

26 June 2021 University of Stirling 2–2 Queen's Park Gannochy Sports Centre, Stirling
14:00
29 June 2021 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Queen's Park New Douglas Park, Hamilton
14:00
3 July 2021 Raith Rovers 2–2 Queen's Park Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
14:00 Connolly Goal 27'
Poplatnik Goal 71'		 Report Longridge Goal 49'
Baynham Goal 54'

Scottish League One[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League One
31 July 2021 1 East Fife 1–1 Queen's Park Bayview Stadium
15:00 Watt Goal 8' Report Fox Goal 47' Attendance: 320
Referee: Chris Fordyce
7 August 2021 2 Queen's Park 2–0 Cove Rangers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Murray Goal 53'
McHugh Goal 54'		 Report Fyvie Red card 45+1' Attendance: 401
Referee: Calum Scott
14 August 2021 3 Queen's Park 3–0 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Murray Goal 24'
Longridge Goal 49'
Brown Goal 88'		 Report Attendance: 613
Referee: Craig Napier
21 August 2021 4 Alloa Athletic 1–1 Queen's Park Recreation Park
15:00 Howie Red card 34'
Boyd Goal 78'		 Report Murray Goal 56' Attendance: 610
Referee: Chris Fordyce
28 August 2021 5 Falkirk 0–1 Queen's Park Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Report Murray Goal 36' Attendance: 4,043
Referee: Colin Steven
11 September 2021 6 Queen's Park 0–0 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 446
Referee: Calum Scott
18 September 2021 7 Clyde 2–2 Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Goodwillie Goal 36', 90' Report Longridge Goal 55'
Gillespie Goal 58 pen.'		 Attendance: 651
Referee: Duncan Williams
25 September 2021 8 Queen's Park 3–2 Peterhead Firhill Stadium
15:00 Robson Goal 5'
Connell Goal 76'
Thomson Goal 80'		 Report Ritchie Goal 51'
Lyle Goal 54'		 Attendance: 546
Referee: Chris Fordyce
3 October 2021 9 Queen's Park 1–1 Montrose Firhill Stadium
15:00 Smith Goal 54' Report Milne Goal 68' Attendance: 596
Referee: Scott Lambie
16 October 2021 10 Dumbarton 0–3 Queen's Park Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Gillespie Goal 49 pen.'
McHugh Goal 74'
Longstaff Goal 79'		 Attendance: 652
Referee: Barry Cook
23 October 2021 11 Queen's Park 3–4 Alloa Athletic Firhill Stadium
15:00 McHugh Goal 34', 49'
Connell Goal 88'		 Report Cawley Goal 1'
Howie Goal 54'
Henderson Goal 90', 90+2'		 Attendance: 681
Referee: Chris Fordyce
30 October 2021 12 Cove Rangers 3–3 Queen's Park Balmoral Stadium
15:00 McAllister Goal 5'
Megginson Goal 69'
Morrison Goal 77 o.g.'		 Report McHugh Goal 40'
Longridge Goal 45'
Murray Red card 66'
Doyle Goal 83'		 Attendance: 531
Referee: Graham Grainger
6 November 2021 13 Queen's Park 1–1 East Fife Firhill Stadium
15:00 Kilday Goal 86' Report Millar Goal 90+5' Attendance: 597
Referee: Stewart Luke
13 November 2021 14 Queen's Park 0–0 Clyde Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 839
Referee: Euan Anderson
20 November 2021 15 Peterhead 2–1 Queen's Park Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Brown Goal 55 pen.'
McLean Goal 76'		 Report Connell Goal 10' Attendance: 527
Referee: Scott Lambie
4 December 2021 16 Queen's Park 6–0 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Longridge Goal 4'
Brown Goal 35', 65'
Connell Goal 68'
Fox Goal 77'
Longstaff Goal 84'		 Report Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Euan Anderson
11 December 2021 17 Airdrieonians P–P Queen's Park Excelsior Stadium
15:00
18 December 2021 18 Montrose 1–1 Queen's Park Links Park
15:00 Webster Goal 49 pen.' Report Longridge Goal 26' Attendance: 594
Referee: Dan McFarlane
26 December 2021 19 Queen's Park P–P Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
15:00
2 January 2022 20 Clyde v Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium
15:00

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup § Group F

Group stage[]

Results

10 July 2021 1 Queen of the South 0–1 Queen's Park Dumfries
15:00 Report Biggar Goal 54' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: John Beaton
14 July 2021 2 Queen's Park 0–1 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 Report Lawless Goal 15' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 July 2021 3 Queen's Park 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Airdrieonians Glasgow
15:00 Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Graham Grainger
20 July 2021 4 Annan Athletic 1–2 Queen's Park Annan
19:45 McHugh Goal 22' (o.g.) Report Swinglehurst Goal 13' (o.g.)
Murray Goal 81'		 Stadium: Galabank Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Steven Reid


Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT QPK QOS AIR ANN
1 Motherwell 4 3 0 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Qualification for the second round — — 3–2 — 2–0
2 Queen's Park 4 2 0 1 1 3 2 +1 7 0–1 — — 0–0p —
3 Queen of the South 4 2 0 0 2 9 6 +3 6 – 0–1 — 4–1 —
4 Airdrieonians 4 1 1 1 1 4 5 −1 6 2–0 — — — 1–1p
5 Annan Athletic 4 0 1 0 3 3 8 −5 2 — 1–2 1–3 — —
Source: [9]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[10]

Scottish Challenge Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Challenge Cup
10 August 2021 First round Queen's Park 1–1
(5–4 p)		 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Glasgow
20:15 Gillespie Goal 75 pen.' Report Hoskins Goal 61' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
3 September 2021 Second round Airdrieonians 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Queen's Park Airdrie
19:45 Smith Goal 49' Report Gillespie Goal 86 pen.' Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 460
Referee: Grant Irvine
8 October 2021 Third round Kilmarnock 3–1 Queen's Park Kilmarnock
19:45 Shaw Goal 14'
Murray Goal 53'
Hendry Goal 69'		 Report Gillespie Goal 50 pen.' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 2,149
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup
27 November 2021 Third round Queen's Park 0–1 Kilmarnock Glasgow
15:00 Doyle Red card 88' Report Murray Goal 45+1' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,153
Referee: Grant Irvine

Player statistics[]

As of 18 December 2021 (UTC)[11]
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Willie Muir 16 0 12+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Jake Davidson 11 0 4+2 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Thomas Robson 24 1 17+0 1 3+0 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Lee Kilday 13 1 10+1 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Peter Grant 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Stuart Morrison 14 0 9+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 19 5 14+1 5 0+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Darren Lyon 6 0 0+2 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Bob McHugh 19 5 9+4 5 1+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Liam Brown 24 3 16+0 3 4+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Jai Quitongo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK England ENG Calum Ferrie 9 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Moore 17 0 6+3 0 4+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Max Gillies 7 0 2+1 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Callum Yeats 4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
17 GK Scotland SCO Jacques Heraghty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Calum Biggar 9 1 2+0 0 4+0 1 1+1 0 0+1 0
19 DF England ENG Charlie Fox 16 2 11+2 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Australia AUS Will Baynham 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 24 5 14+2 2 4+0 0 2+1 3 1+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Jack Thomson 18 0 13+2 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Simon Murray 18 5 11+1 4 3+1 1 0+2 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Michael Doyle 23 1 16+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Alex Bannon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW Scotland SCO Gregor Nicol 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28→27 MF Scotland SCO Connor Smith 13 1 6+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
28 FW England ENG Luis Longstaff 13 2 2+9 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
48 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Luca Connell 11 4 6+4 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Youth
28→– MF Scotland SCO Chris Mahon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Zach Mauchin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Montrose 19 9 8 2 33 16 +17 35 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Airdrieonians 17 9 2 6 28 22 +6 29
4 Queen's Park 17 6 9 2 32 18 +14 27
5 Clyde 18 6 5 7 23 33 −10 23
6 Peterhead 19 6 4 9 28 31 −3 22
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: [12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[13]

Division summary[]

Transfers[]

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2021 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2021-22

See also[]

References[]

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