2017–18 Partick Thistle F.C. season
2017–18 season | |
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Chairman | David Beattie |
Manager | Alan Archibald |
Stadium | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
Scottish Premiership | 11th (Relegated) |
League Cup | Quarter-final |
Scottish Cup | Fifth round |
Top goalscorer | League: Kris Doolan & Conor Sammon (7) All: Kris Doolan (11) |
Highest home attendance | 8,264 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 15 September 2017 |
Lowest home attendance | 2,185 vs. Stranraer, League Cup, 29 July 2017 |
Average home league attendance | 4,441 |
The 2017–18 season was Partick Thistle's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.
Season Summary
[edit ]Thistle competed in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup where they finished second in Group H behind Livingston by 1 point and qualified for the Second Round. In the second round they surpassed St Johnstone and in the Quarter Finals took Rangers to extra time after Kris Doolan scored an injury time equaliser to make it 1–1, however lost 3–1 after extra time.[2] Partick Thistle also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they lost in an away tie to Celtic in the fifth round.[3] They ended the season being relegated from the Premiership via the play-offs, dropping to the Scottish Championship.[4]
Competitions
[edit ]Scottish Premiership
[edit ]Tierney Yellow card 86' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 8,041
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Storey Yellow card 86' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,470
Referee: Barry Cook
Devine Yellow card 88' Report Berra Yellow card 35'
Walker Yellow card 75'
Callachan 80' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Don Robertson
Frizzell 63'
Taylor Yellow card 81' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,662
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Turnbull Yellow card 45'
Edwards 75'Yellow card 81'
Keown Yellow card 90'
Storey 90+2' Report Leitch-Smith 8'soccer ball with red X22'
Deacon Yellow card 59'
O'Dea Yellow card 83' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Euan Anderson
Turnbull Yellow card 65' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,236
Referee: Steven McLean
Attendance: 2,870
Referee: John Beaton
Candeias 39'
Windass 47' Report Doolan Yellow card 60'
Devine Yellow card 82' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,502
Referee: Willie Collum
Brandon Yellow card 71' Report Barton Yellow card 8'
Doolan 85'
Devine Yellow card 86' Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,999
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Attendance: 4,997
Referee: Craig Thomson
Tierney 67' BBC Sport
Celtic Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,187
Referee: Alan Muir
Attendance: 14,830
Referee: Euan Anderson
Sammon 86' Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 2,870
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Celtic Report Sinclair 55' (pen.)
Griffiths 70' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 6,920
Referee: John Beaton
Sammon 64'
Edwards 90+4' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,848
Referee: Gavin Duncan
Tavernier 58' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,332
Referee: Alan Muir
Attendance: 4,267
Referee: William Collum
Attendance: 3,931
Referee: Greg Aitken
Naismith 21'
Souttar 44' BBC Report Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 17,179
Referee: Anderson
Schalk 35', 56', 72'
Draper 41' BBC Report Keown Yellow card 65' Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 3,944
Referee: William Collum
Mulumbu Yellow card 48' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,662
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Campbell Yellow card 67' Attendance: 3,320
Referee: Bobby Madden
Premiership Play-off Final
[edit ]Byrne Yellow card 42'
Thompson Yellow card 45+1'
Pittman 74' BBC Report Doolan 10'
Devine Yellow card 51' Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 5,469
Referee: Craig Thomson
Barton Yellow card 31' BBC Report Thompson Yellow card 32'
Jacobs 46'
Lithgow Yellow card 90' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,122
Referee: John Beaton
Scottish League Cup
[edit ]Group stage
[edit ]Mackin Yellow card 87' Report Erskine 14'
Devine Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Knockout round
[edit ]Scottish Challenge Cup
[edit ]M.Lamont 52'
Nisbet 60'
Fitzpatrick 67'
Penrice Yellow card 90' Report Lyons 75' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Referee: Stewart Luke
Scottish Cup
[edit ]Fergusson 55' BBC Report Sammon 42', 81'
McGinn Yellow card 68' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 2,338
Referee: Collum
Sammon 84' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 24,191
Referee: Steven McLean
Squad statistics
[edit ]Appearances
[edit ]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | Czech Republic CZE | Tomáš Černý | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | Sierra Leone SLE | Mustapha Dumbuya | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | Scotland SCO | Callum Booth | 20 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | England ENG | Baily Cargill | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | Republic of Ireland IRL | Niall Keown | 33 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | Ghana GHA | Abdul Osman | 18 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
7 | MF | Scotland SCO | Blair Spittal | 42 | 6 | 25+10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
8 | MF | Scotland SCO | Stuart Bannigan | 12 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | Scotland SCO | Kris Doolan | 42 | 11 | 20+15 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 3 | ||
10 | MF | Scotland SCO | Chris Erskine | 36 | 7 | 20+9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
11 | MF | Scotland SCO | Steven Lawless | 36 | 4 | 23+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
12 | GK | Scotland SCO | Ryan Scully | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
13 | MF | Northern Ireland NIR | Adam Barton | 43 | 0 | 29+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
14 | DF | England ENG | Christie Elliott | 24 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
15 | DF | Northern Ireland NIR | Danny Devine | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
16 | DF | Scotland SCO | Paul McGinn | 31 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
18 | FW | Republic of Ireland IRL | Conor Sammon | 36 | 10 | 22+11 | 7 | 1+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | Australia AUS | Ryan Edwards | 46 | 5 | 31+7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | ||
23 | GK | Scotland SCO | Jamie Sneddon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | MF | Scotland SCO | Andrew McCarthy | 20 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
31 | MF | Scotland SCO | Callum Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | MF | Scotland SCO | Martin Woods | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
39 | FW | England ENG | Miles Storey | 35 | 2 | 24+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Players who left the club during the season: | |||||||||||||
4 | DF | England ENG | Jordan Turnbull | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
17 | DF | Czech Republic CZE | Milan Nitrianský | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | FW | Scotland SCO | Kevin Nisbet | 12 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | ||
21 | DF | Scotland SCO | James Penrice | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
22 | MF | Scotland SCO | Gary Fraser | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | FW | Scotland SCO | Neil McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
- Scottish Premiership matches includes play-off games against Livingston.
Goal Scorers
[edit ]Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | Scotland | 9 | Kris Doolan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
2 | FW | Republic of Ireland | 18 | Conor Sammon | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
3 | MF | Scotland | 7 | Blair Spittal | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
4 | MF | Scotland | 10 | Chris Erskine | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
5 | MF | Australia | 19 | Ryan Edwards | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
MF | Scotland | 11 | Steven Lawless | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
7 | DF | Republic of Ireland | 5 | Niall Keown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
FW | England | 39 | Miles Storey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | DF | England | 14 | Christie Elliott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
TOTALS | 32 | 4 | 13 | 49 |
Disciplinary record
[edit ]Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | ||||
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GK | Czech Republic | 1 | Tomáš Černý | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
DF | Sierra Leone | 2 | Mustapha Dumbuya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | England | 3 | Callum Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | England | 4 | Jordan Turnbull | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
DF | England | 4 | Baily Cargill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Republic of Ireland | 5 | Niall Keown | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
MF | Ghana | 6 | Abdul Osman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
MF | Scotland | 8 | Stuart Bannigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FW | Scotland | 9 | Kris Doolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Scotland | 10 | Chris Erskine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
MF | Scotland | 11 | Steven Lawless | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
MF | Northern Ireland | 13 | Adam Barton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
DF | England | 14 | Christie Elliott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
DF | Northern Ireland | 15 | Danny Devine | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
DF | Scotland | 16 | Paul McGinn | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
FW | Republic of Ireland | 18 | Conor Sammon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Australia | 19 | Ryan Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FW | Scotland | 20 | Kevin Nisbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | Scotland | 21 | James Penrice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Scotland | 22 | Gary Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MF | Scotland | 24 | Andrew McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
MF | Scotland | 37 | Martin Woods | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
FW | England | 39 | Miles Storey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
TOTALS | 78 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 4 |
Team statistics
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 | |
11 | Partick Thistle (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 33 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
12 | Ross County (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 29 | Relegation to the Championship |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).[5]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
League Cup Table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | PAR | STM | AIR | STR |
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1 | Livingston (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | p1–1 | — | 2–0 | — |
2 | Partick Thistle (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | — | — | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | |
3 | St Mirren | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | 0–1 | — | — | 5–0 | — | |
4 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | — | 1–2 | — | — | 3–1 | |
5 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | 2–4 | — | 1–4 | — | — |
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Transfers
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Loans in[edit ]
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Loans out[edit ]
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See also
[edit ]Notes
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "New SPFL branding is unveiled". skysports.com. SKY Sports. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Partick Thistle 1-3 Rangers". BBC Sport. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Celtic 3-2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Partick Thistle 0-1 Livingston". BBC Sport. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Blair Spittal: Winger joins Partick Thistle after Dundee United exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Niall Keown: Partick Thistle sign defender from Reading on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Milan Nitriansky: Partick Thistle sign Czech defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Signing news: Storey and Sammon arrive at Firhill". Partick Thistle FC. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Partick Thistle: Paul McGinn joins Premiership outfit after Chesterfield exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Thistle announce signing of Woods". SPFL. 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Partick Thistle: Sean Welsh and David Amoo among four Firhill departures". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "David Amoo: Cambridge United sign former Partick Thistle winger". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b Lindsay, Clive (5 August 2017). "Scottish League One ins and outs - Summer 2017". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Lindsay, Clive (5 August 2017). "Scottish League Two ins and out - summer 2017". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Bairns complete double derby day signing!". Falkirk FC. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Liam Lindsay: Barnsley sign Partick Thistle defender for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Dumbarton bring in Wilson". SPFL. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign George Oakley and Mark Ridgers". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Ade Azeez: Cambridge United sign Partick Thistle forward". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Bairns complete double derby day signing!". Falkirk FC. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Milan Nitriansky leaves the club". PTFC. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Partick Thistle: centre-back Jordan Turnbull joins on loan from Coventry City". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Baily Cargill: Partick Thistle seal loan deal for Bournemouth defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Completed Transfers - Deadline Day August 2017". Scottish FA. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "McLaughlin joins on loan". stirlingalbionfc.co.uk. Stirling Albion. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "James Penrice joins Livingston on loan". Partick Thistle FC. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "SIGNING NEWS: STRIKER ARRIVES FROM PARTICK THISTLE". Dumbarton FC. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Gary Fraser: Morton sign Partick Thistle midfielder on emergency loan". BBC Sport. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.