History of Queen of the South F.C. History of Queen of the South F.C. Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club formed in March 1919 and located in Dumfries. The "Doonhamers" joined the Scottish Football League at the start of the 1923-24 season. Queen of the South are officially nicknamed "The Doonhamers", but usually referred to as "Queens" or "QoS" (as listed on the club badge). Their home ground since 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
Dumfries the edge of the town centre. Until 1995 Dumfries was also home to the council for the local district of Nithsdale. Dumfries also lends its name to the lieutenancy area of Dumfries, which is similar in boundaries to the former Dumfriesshire county. Dumfries lies in the UK Parliament constituency of Dumfries and Galloway which is represented by Alister Jack of the Scottish Conservative Party. For Scottish Parliament elections, Dumfries is in the South Scotland electoral region and split between two constituencies. The western wards of Abbey and North West Dumfries are in the constituency of Galloway and West Dumfries, while