2014–15 season | |||
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Chairman | Billy Hewitson | ||
Manager |
Jim McIntyre James Fowler |
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Stadium | Palmerston Park | ||
Scottish Championship | 4th | ||
Challenge Cup | First Round; Lost to Livingston | ||
League Cup | Second Round; Lost to Livingston | ||
Scottish Cup | Sixth Round; Lost to Falkirk | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Derek Lyle (15) All: Derek Lyle (21) |
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Highest home attendance | 6,185 vs. Rangers, 12 December 2014 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,597 vs. Raith Rovers, 22 November 2014 | ||
Average home league attendance | 2,778 | ||
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The 2014–15 season was Queen of the South's second consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football and their second season in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Queens also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Queen of the South finished fourth in the Scottish Championship. Their league position qualified the club for the quarter final stage of the Scottish Premiership play-offs where they were defeated 3-2 on aggregate by Rangers over two legs.
The club reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the sixth round of the Scottish Cup.
The club began the 2014-15 season under the management of Jim McIntyre. On 9 September 2014, McIntyre and first team coach Billy Dodds left to become the new manager and assistant of Scottish Premiership side Ross County. On 30 September 2014 James Fowler was announced as the club's new player-manager. On 30 March 2015 Fowler agreed a contract extension until 31 May 2016.