2014–15 Partick Thistle F.C. season
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| 2014–15 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Alan Archibald | ||
| Stadium | Firhill Stadium | ||
| Premiership | Eighth place | ||
| League Cup | Second round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Kris Doolan (9) All: Kris Doolan (10) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,776 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 11 February 2015 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,879 vs. St Mirren, League Cup, 23 September 2014 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,586 | ||
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The 2014–15 season was Partick Thistle's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and their second season back in the top-flight of Scottish football, having been promoted from the First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[1] Thistle also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
Season
Partick Thistle finished in eighth place in the Scottish Premiership with 46 points, they also reached quarter-final of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre Season
| 12 July 2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain |
| 19:00 | Mackail-Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Greer File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Fenelon File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' |
Report |
| 19 July 2014 | Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton |
| 19:00 | Prunty File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' | Report | Stevenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' |
| 27 July 2014 | Glentoran | 1 – 3 | Partick Thistle | The Oval, Belfast |
| 16:00 | Stewart File:Soccerball shade.svg 43 pen.' | Report | Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Fraser File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Higginbotham File:Soccerball shade.svg 87 pen.' |
| 2 August 2014 | Fleetwood Town | 0 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood |
| 15:00 | Report |
| 6 August 2014 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 1 | Sunderland | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 19:30 | Report |
Scottish Premiership
| 13 August 2014 1 | Partick Thistle | 4 – 0 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 19:45 | Bannigan File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Frempah File:Soccerball shade.svg 55 o.g.' Fraser File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' |
Report | Attendance: 3,261 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 16 August 2014 2 | Dundee | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Dens Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | Wighton File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' | Report | Fraser File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Fox Red card 61' |
Attendance: 6,453 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 23 August 2014 3 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Higginbotham File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' | Report | Andreu File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Scotland File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' |
Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 30 August 2014 4 | Aberdeen | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen |
| 15:00 | Low File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' McGinn File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' |
Report | Attendance: 11,003 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 13 September 2014 5 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 1 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Lawless File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Osman File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Higginbotham File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' |
Report | Attendance: 2,917 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 19 September 2014 6 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | St Mirren | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' | Report | Ball File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5 pen.' |
Attendance: 3,821 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 27 September 2014 7 | Kilmarnock | 3 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
| 15:00 | Obadeyi File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 57' Pascali File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' |
Report | Attendance: 3,980 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 4 October 2014 8 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 1 | Motherwell | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Bannigan File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' O’Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' |
Report | Ainsworth File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' | Attendance: 3,405 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 18 October 2014 9 | Dundee United | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | Ciftci File:Soccerball shade.svg 84 pen.' | Report | Seaborne File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' | Attendance: 6,756 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 25 October 2014 10 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 0 | St Johnstone | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 3,090 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 1 November 2014 11 | Hamilton Academical | 3 – 3 | Partick Thistle | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
| 15:00 | MacKinnon File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Redmond File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Andreu File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' |
Report | McMillan File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Craigen File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Elliott File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' |
Attendance: 2,855 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 8 November 2014 12 | St Mirren | 0 – 1 | Partick Thistle | St Mirren Park, Paisley |
| 15:00 | Report | Elliott File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' | Attendance: 4,636 Referee: John Beaton |
| 23 November 2014 13 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | Aberdeen | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Report | Rooney File:Soccerball shade.svg 34 pen.' | Attendance: 4,145 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 3 December 2014 14 | Celtic | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
| 19:45 | Van Dijk File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' | Report | Attendance: 40,633 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 6 December 2014 15 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Seaborne File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' | Report | Obadeyi File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' | Attendance: 3,054 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 13 December 2014 16 | Inverness CT | 0 – 4 | Partick Thistle | Caledonian Stadium, Inverness |
| 15:00 | Report | Stevenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 40' Fraser File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Balatoni File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' |
Attendance: 2,723 Referee: John Beaton |
| 20 December 2014 17 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Dundee | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Craigen File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' | Report | Balatoni File:Soccerball shade.svg 90 o.g.' | Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 27 December 2014 18 | Motherwell | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Fir Park, Motherwell |
| 15:00 | Sutton File:Soccerball shade.svg 14 pen.' | Report | Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 4 January 2015 19 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 2 | Dundee United | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Stevenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' |
Report | Mackay-Steven File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Ciftci File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' |
Attendance: 3,761 Referee: John Beaton |
| 17 January 2015 20 | St Johnstone | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | Mackay File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Anderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' |
Report | Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 21 January 2015 21 | Partick Thistle | 5 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 19:45 | Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 44', 60', 62' Eccleston File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' |
Report | Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 24 January 2015 22 | Kilmarnock | 2 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
| 15:00 | Magennis File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Pascali File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' |
Report | Stevenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Frans File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' |
Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 30 January 2015 23 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | St Mirren | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 19:45 | Report | Dayton File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' | Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 11 February 2015 24 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 3 | Celtic | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 19:45 | Report | Mackay-Steven File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Johanen File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' |
Attendance: 5,776 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 14 February 2015 25 | Dundee | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Dens Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | McGowan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' | Report | Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 21 February 2015 26 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 3 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' | Report | Curran File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' De Vita File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Fraser File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' |
Attendance: 2,951 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 28 February 2015 27 | Dundee United | 0 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | Report | O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' McGowan File:Soccerball shade.svg 41 o.g.' |
Attendance: 6,517 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 7 March 2015 28 | Ross County | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Craig Curran File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' | Report | Higginbotham Red card 59' | Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 14 March 2015 29 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 0 | St Johnstone | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Balatoni File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Bannigan File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
Report | Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Willie Column |
| 21 March 2015 30 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Lawless File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' | Report | Attendance: 2,603 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 4 April 2015 31 | Aberdeen | 0 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 12,727 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 8 April 2015 32 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Commons File:Soccerball shade.svg 45 pen.' Johansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' |
Report | Craigen Red card 44' | Attendance: 43,784 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 11 April 2015 33 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 0 | Motherwell | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 54', 61' | Report | Carswell Red card 89' | Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 25 April 2015 34 | Ross County | 1 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Gardyne File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' | Report | Frans File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' |
Attendance: 3,315 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 2 May 2015 35 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 0 | St Mirren | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Stevenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Lawless File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' |
Report | Attendance: 3,865 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 9 May 2015 36 | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
| 15:00 | Docherty File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' | Report | O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' | Attendance: 2,342 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 16 May 2015 37 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 4 | Kilmarnock | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Balatoni File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' | Report | Hamill File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Obadeyi File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 63' Magennis File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' |
Attendance: 3,865 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 23 May 2015 38 | Motherwell | 0 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Fir Park, Motherwell |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Steven McLean |
Scottish League Cup
| 26 August 2014 Second Round | Greenock Morton | 0 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Cappielow, Greenock |
| 19:45 | Report | Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' | Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 23 September 2014 Third Round | Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | St Mirren | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 19:45 | Eccleston File:Soccerball shade.svg 100' | Report | Attendance: 1,879 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 29 October 2014 Quarter-Final | Celtic | 6 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
| 19:45 | Guidetti File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 52', 56 pen.' Izaguirre File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 62', 68' |
Report | Bannigan Red card 44' | Attendance: 16,805 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Scottish Cup
| 23 September 2014 Fourth Round | Partick Thistle | 2 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Stevenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 54' | Report | Imrie Red card 89' | Attendance: 2,467 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 23 September 2014 Fifth Round | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' | Report | Watkins File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Tansey File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' |
Attendance: 2,915 Referee: Willie Collum |
Player statistics
- As of 23 May 2015 (UTC)[2]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Scotland SCO | Scott Fox | 24 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Scotland SCO | Stephen O'Donnell | 38 | 5 | 34+0 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | England ENG | Danny Seaborne | 22 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Scotland SCO | Sean Welsh | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Scotland SCO | Callum Booth | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | England ENG | Conrad Balatoni | 35 | 3 | 32+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | England ENG | James Craigen | 31 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Scotland SCO | Stuart Bannigan | 41 | 3 | 34+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Scotland SCO | Kris Doolan | 40 | 10 | 18+17 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Scotland SCO | Ryan Stevenson | 36 | 7 | 28+4 | 5 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Scotland SCO | Steven Lawless | 38 | 3 | 28+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Scotland SCO | Paul Gallacher | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Belgium BEL | Frédéric Frans | 22 | 2 | 20+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | England ENG | Christie Elliott | 31 | 2 | 18+8 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | England ENG | Kallum Higginbotham | 35 | 2 | 24+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Scotland SCO | Jordan McMillan | 13 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ghana GHA | Abdul Osman | 39 | 1 | 34+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | England ENG | Ben Richards-Everton | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | England ENG | Gary Fraser | 26 | 3 | 13+10 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Scotland SCO | David Wilson | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Scotland SCO | Jack Hendry | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Scotland SCO | Liam Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Scotland SCO | Declan McDaid | 16 | 3 | 5+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Montserrat MSR | Lyle Taylor | 16 | 4 | 10+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Scotland SCO | Dale Keenan | 6 | 3 | 4+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Scotland SCO | Neil McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Australia AUS | Chris Duggan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season | |||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Scotland SCO | Aaron Muirhead | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Republic of Ireland IRL | Jake Carroll | 13 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | England ENG | Nathan Eccleston | 11 | 2 | 0+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
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Team statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Dundee[lower-alpha 1] | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 45 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 53 |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 46 |
| 9 | Ross County | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 44 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 41 |
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
- ↑ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six
Division summary
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
References
- ↑ "Falkirk 0-2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ↑ "Partick Thistle 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "Scottish Premiership 2014/15". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.