Queen of the South F.C. Queen of the South F.C. Queen of the South Football Club are a Scottish professional football club formed in March 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed "The Doonhamers" but are usually referred to as "Queens" or "QoS". Their home ground since their formation has been Palmerston Park. The club's national honours include winning the Division B Championship in season 1950–51, the Second Division Championship in season 2001–02 and in season 2012–13, and also the Scottish Challenge Cup in seasons 2002–03 and 2012–13. Queens
History of Queen of the South F.C. top flight football in Scotland & England. Queens hit the Scottish Football League top spot for the first time in 1938–39 and finished the season in sixth place. In 1939–40, after 5 games with Queens in ninth place, the league was abandoned, after war was declared in Europe. Scottish football was then restructured into a regionalised two league set up with an East and a West league. Queens played in the West League. The new League started on 21 October 1939. At the end of 1939–40 Queen of the South finished as runners up to Rangers in the West league.