Preview Queen of the South
Wednesday, 28th Jan 2009In the league Queen of the South have only won three times in their visits to Dunfermline and two of these were over 76 years ago in the old Division Two.
For their 12th home league game of the campaign this Saturday, the Pars are hosts to Queen of the South at East End Park. Queens won on their last visit to Dunfermline but that was in the Alba Challenge Cup back in August. Prior to that it is was eighteen years since Queen of the South last won at East End Park and that too was in cup competition. Then on 28th August 1990 the Dumfries side knocked the Pars out of the Scottish League Cup by two goals to one. The Pars goal that night scored by current Morton Manager Davie Irons.
| Pars v Queen of the South: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 28 |
| At Palmerston Park | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 55 |
| Division One (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 25 |
| Division Two (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 31 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 22 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 59 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 111 | 83 |
In the league Queen of the South have only won three times in their visits to Dunfermline and two of these were over 76 years ago in the old Division Two. The last league defeat at the hands of the Dumfries team was in season 1955-56. Since then Dunfermline have won ten and drawn five.
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Milestones v Queen of the South (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
09/08/08 |
First Division | |
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Last League Defeat |
24/09/55 |
0-1 |
Div One (old) |
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Best League Victory |
30/12/72 |
6-1 |
Div One (old) |
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Worst League Defeat |
08/03/30 |
0-2 |
Div Two (old) |
It`s fourteen league games since a Queen of the South victory and the Pars have won nine of the last twelve league meetings.
Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 13/12/08 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 09/08/08 | H | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 26/04/08 | H | 4-0 | W | First Division |
| 15/03/08 | A | 1-1 | D | First Division |
| 22/12/07 | H | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 06/10/07 | A | 1-0 | W | First Division |
| 21/03/89 | A | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 12/11/88 | A | 0-0 | D | First Division |
| 10/09/88 | H | 4-2 | W | First Division |
| 25/04/87 | H | 1-0 | W | First Division |
| 24/0187 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 15/11/86 | H | 2-2 | D | First Division |
After a strong start the Dumfries side have slid down the table principally because they have not won a match since 25th October. Their miserable run of 12 matches since then has seen them picked up just three points from draws against St Johnstone, Morton and Partick Thistle last week.
| Dunfermline | Queen of the South |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 9 |
| League form: Last Six Games | |
| WDWLWD | LLLDLD |
| League Points | |
| 32 | 24 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +8 | -3 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P11, W4, D3, L4 | P11, W2, D3, L6 |
The Pars were hoping the win over Livingston at the end of December had sorted their poor home run but then the performance against Airdrie United was only good enough to earn a draw.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Queen of the South Away | |||||
| Airdrie United | D | 1-1 | Ross County | L | 0-1 | |
| Livingston | W | 1-0 | Morton | D | 2-2 | |
| Clyde | D | 4-4 | Livingston | L | 0-2 | |
| Morton | L | 0-1 | St Johnstone | D | 0-0 | |
| Dundee | L | 0-1 | Dundee | L |
0-2 | |
| St Johnstone | L | 1-2 | Partick Thistle | L | 0-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Airdrie United): Paul Gallacher, Calum Woods (Scott Thomson HT), Greg Shields, Scott Wilson (c), Scott Muirhead, Steven Bell, Nick Phinn, Alex Burke, Rory Loy, Andy Kirk (Paul Willis HT), Graham Bayne (Jamie Mole 80).
SUBS NOT USED: Greg Ross, Greg Paterson.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Ross County): Lee Robinson; Ryan McCann, Bob Harris, Craig Barr, Martyn Lancaster, Neil Scally, Barry Wilson (Weatherston 84), Steven Tosh, Paul Burns; Sean O`Connor, Stephen Dobbie.
SUBS NOT USED: Bryn Halliwell, Jamie McQuilken, Neil McFarlane, Stewart Kean.
Steven Toss is suspended for this game. Gary Arbuckle is out with a broken leg but Jim Thomson is abvailable to return after an injury to his big toe.
Referee will be Chris Boyle; a man who will be forever remembered by Pars fans for sending off Sol Bamba at Livingston last season. This season he has only officiated a Dunfermline match once - the 3-1 win at home over Ross County. That day he sent off Richie Hart with 20 minutes to go.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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