2014–15 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2014–15 season
ManagerAlan Archibald
StadiumFirhill Stadium
PremiershipEighth place
League CupSecond round
Scottish CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kris Doolan (9)
All: Kris Doolan (10)
Highest home attendance5,776 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 11 February 2015
Lowest home attendance1,879 vs. St Mirren, League Cup, 23 September 2014
Average home league attendance3,586

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

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Season

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre Season

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12 July 2014 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 – 0 Partick Thistle Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 Mackail-Smith 43'
Greer 45'
Fenelon 51'
Harris 73'
Report
19 July 2014 Dumbarton 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
19:00 Prunty 56' Report Stevenson 68'
27 July 2014 Glentoran 1 – 3 Partick Thistle The Oval, Belfast
16:00 Stewart 43 pen.' Report Doolan 34'
Fraser 70'
Higginbotham 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

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13 August 2014 1 Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Ross County Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Bannigan 40'
Frempah 55 o.g.'
Fraser 73'
O'Donnell 90+2'
Report Attendance: 3,261
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 August 2014 2 Dundee 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Wighton 54' Report Fraser 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 85' Report Andreu 87'
Scotland 90+2'
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 August 2014 4 Aberdeen 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Low 47'
McGinn 66'
Report Attendance: 11,003
Referee: Brian Colvin
13 September 2014 5 Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Inverness CT Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Lawless 19'
Osman 23'
Higginbotham 72'
Report Attendance: 2,917
Referee: Stephen Finnie
19 September 2014 6 Partick Thistle 1 – 2 St Mirren Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Doolan 22' Report Ball 60'
McLean 90+5 pen.'
Attendance: 3,821
Referee: Willie Collum
27 September 2014 7 Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Partick Thistle Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Obadeyi 25', 57'
Pascali 51'
Report Attendance: 3,980
Referee: Andrew Dallas
4 October 2014 8 Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Motherwell Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Bannigan 16'
Doolan 63'
O’Donnell 82'
Report Ainsworth 72' Attendance: 3,405
Referee: Bobby Madden
18 October 2014 9 Dundee United 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Ciftci 84 pen.' Report Seaborne 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 22'
Redmond 23'
Andreu 90+4'
Report McMillan 32'
Craigen 68'
Elliott 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 75' Attendance: 4,636
Referee: John Beaton
23 November 2014 13 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Aberdeen Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Report Rooney 34 pen.' Attendance: 4,145
Referee: Willie Collum
3 December 2014 14 Celtic 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Van Dijk 60' Report Attendance: 40,633
Referee: Brian Colvin
6 December 2014 15 Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Seaborne 19' Report Obadeyi 11' Attendance: 3,054
Referee: Steven McLean
13 December 2014 16 Inverness CT 0 – 4 Partick Thistle Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 Report Stevenson 12', 40'
Fraser 49'
Balatoni 56'
Attendance: 2,723
Referee: John Beaton
20 December 2014 17 Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Craigen 58' Report Balatoni 90 o.g.' Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 December 2014 18 Motherwell 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Sutton 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 24'
Doolan 32'
Report Mackay-Steven 10'
Ciftci 73'
Attendance: 3,761
Referee: John Beaton
17 January 2015 20 St Johnstone 2 – 0 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Mackay 4'
Anderson 49'
Report Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Greg Aitken
21 January 2015 21 Partick Thistle 5 – 0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Doolan 29', 44', 60', 62'
Eccleston 89'
Report Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 January 2015 22 Kilmarnock 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Magennis 33'
Pascali 79'
Report Stevenson 2'
Frans 84'
Attendance: 4,130
Referee: Willie Collum
30 January 2015 23 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 St Mirren Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Report Dayton 6' Attendance: 3,864
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 February 2015 24 Partick Thistle 0 – 3 Celtic Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Report Mackay-Steven 1'
Armstrong 30'
Johanen 66'
Attendance: 5,776
Referee: Crawford Allan
14 February 2015 25 Dundee 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 McGowan 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 68' Report Curran 11'
De Vita 65'
Fraser 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 34'
McGowan 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 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 3'
Balatoni 9'
Bannigan 65'
Report Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Willie Column
21 March 2015 30 Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Inverness CT Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Lawless 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 45 pen.'
Johansen 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 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 21' Report Frans 26'
O'Donnell 54'
Attendance: 3,315
Referee: Don Robertson
2 May 2015 35 Partick Thistle 3 – 0 St Mirren Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Stevenson 68'
Doolan 82'
Lawless 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 85' Report O'Donnell 72' Attendance: 2,342
Referee: Stephen Finnie
16 May 2015 37 Partick Thistle 1 – 4 Kilmarnock Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Balatoni 67' Report Hamill 25'
Obadeyi 37', 63'
Magennis 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

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26 August 2014 Second Round Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Cappielow, Greenock
19:45 Report Doolan 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 100' Report Attendance: 1,879
Referee: Calum Murray
29 October 2014 Quarter-Final Celtic 6 – 0 Partick Thistle Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Guidetti 31', 52', 56 pen.'
Izaguirre 48'
Griffiths 62', 68'
Report Bannigan Red card 44' Attendance: 16,805
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Cup

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23 September 2014 Fourth Round Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Stevenson 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 67' Report Watkins 16'
Tansey 27'
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: Willie Collum

Player statistics

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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

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Dundee[a] 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:
  1. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHA
ResultWDLLWLLWLDDWLLDWDLDLWDLLLLWLWWDLWWWDLD
Position45898997889899999999999999999999888888
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

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  1. ^ "Falkirk 0-2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Partick Thistle 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Scottish Premiership 2014/15". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.