Queen Of The South F.C.
Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish Second Division, in the third tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS (as listed on the club badge). Their home ground since their formation has been Palmerston Park.
The club has won national honours, winning the Division B Championship in 1950–51, the 2001–02 Second Division Championship and the 2002–03 Scottish Challenge Cup. Queens led Scotland's top division up until New Year in season 1953–54 and Queens highest finish in Scotland's top division was 4th in season 1933–34. They reached their first major cup final in 2008 when they reached the final of the Scottish Cup, where they were runners-up.
Their current manager is Allan Johnston.
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