Queen's Park 6-0 Arbroath: Heavy loss leaves visitors seven points adrift

Ruari Paton (left) scored two of Queen's Park's goals

Queen's Park demolished Scottish Championship bottom side Arbroath to go 10 points clear of automatic relegation.

Cillian Sheridan scored the second goal and assisted both of Ruari Paton's strikes inside the opening 23 minutes.

Arbroath's misery was compounded by second-half finishes by Dom Thomas, Liam McLeish and Stuart McKinstry.

Jim McIntyre's side are now seven points adrift at the bottom of the table.

Queen's Park, in seventh, are a point above Dunfermline Athletic and within seven points of the promotion play-off places.