We were well on top in the first period against the physical Fifers but we created next to nothing and despite a other than two crosses by Kettlewell which were narrowly headed wide by Paul Ronald, Queen's didn't create much, until Tony Quinn's flick on from Paton's corner was blocked on the line by Tam Courts near the end of the half.
Former East Stirlingshire forward Kevin Gordon passed up Fife's best opportunity but it was all Queen's in the first half at New Bayview. The second half started with Dave Baikie's men on top and Gordon got the winner on 57 minutes after some defensive errors by the centre back pairing Richard Sinclair and Stephen Reilly.
We were on top from then on but failed to create any chances even with ref McDonald adding on SEVEN minutes of injury time we did have two very good penalty claims turned down however. Firstly Courts handled Weatherston's cross in the six yard box and when the same player pushed Reilly inexplicably with two hands in the back.
QUEEN'S PARK: Mark Cairns, Paul Paton, Steven Canning, Stephen Reilly, Richard Sinclair, Alan Trouten, Stuart Kettlewell, Tony Quinn (Robert Dunn), Paul Ronald, David Weatherston, Mark Ferry
SUBS NOT USED: David Crawford, Damiano Agostini, Tommy Murray, Richard Bowers
BOOKED: Richard Sinclair, Paul Ronald
REFEREE: Scott MacDonald
ATTENDANCE: 637
MAN OF THE MATCH: Paul Ronald