 In combination with Stuart Lovell and Jim Thomson the Annan native managed to secure one of the tightest defences in the league over the last three months of last season.In pre-season 2006, Aitken sustained a knee ligament injury in a friendly match 3–0 victory away against Coleraine on 22 July that meant a lengthy spell on the treatment table.Andy Aitken was a mainstay of the Queens side that made it to final of the 2008 Scottish Cup Final, where they faced Rangers.