2011–12 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2011–12 season
Chairman David Beattie
Manager Jackie McNamara
Stadium Firhill Stadium
Scottish First Division Sixth place
Challenge Cup Second round, lost to Hamilton Academical
League Cup First round, lost to Berwick Rangers
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Queen of the South
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Doolan (13)
All:
Paul Cairney (14)
Highest home attendance 3,380 vs. Greenock Morton, 30 September 2011
Lowest home attendance 1,439 vs. Ayr United, 21 February 2012
Average home league attendance 2,345

The 2011–12 season was Partick Thistle's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[1] Partick Thistle also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Partick Thistle finished sixth in the First Division.[2] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the first round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Archibald Scotland 36 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012[6]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Scott Fox 37 0 31+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland Ryan Scully 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Alan Archibald 36 0 33+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Jonathan Lindsay 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF England Conrad Balatoni 28 1 21+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Gavin Griffin 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Darren Cole 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Aaron Sinclair 36 1 30+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland William Kinniburgh 7 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Paul Paton 39 0 33+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Stephen O’Donnell 33 2 28+3 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Paul Cairney 40 14 35+0 10 3+0 3 1+0 1 1+0 0
MF Scotland Chris Erskine 41 7 23+12 6 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Iain Flannigan 9 0 2+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 12 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Ryan MacBeth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Northern Ireland Caolan McAleer 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Stuart Bannigan 18 1 9+5 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland David Rowson 35 4 29+1 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
MF Scotland Jamie Campbell 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Scott Robertson 26 0 18+3 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Sean Welsh 12 2 10+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Bradley Halsman 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Kris Doolan 40 13 28+6 13 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW Northern Ireland Thomas Stewart 27 2 8+13 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland Kieran Burns 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Shaun Fraser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England Christie Elliot 32 6 18+11 5 1+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Craig Dargo 7 0 3+1 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Kal Naismith 8 0 4+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Mark McGuigan 7 2 4+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
ScotlandGK Craig Hinchcliffe 0000000000
Scotland GK Scott Fox 0000000000
Scotland GK Ryan Scully 0000000000
Scotland DF Alan Archibald 4100000041
England DF Conrad Balatoni 5000010051
Scotland DF Gavin Griffin 0000000000
Scotland DF Darren Cole 1000000010
Scotland DF William Kinniburgh 0000100010
Scotland DF Jonathan Lindsay 0000000000
Scotland DF Paul Paton 5100010052
Scotland DF Aaron Sinclair 5010001070
Scotland DF Stephen O’Donnell 2000000020
Scotland MF Paul Cairney 6000101080
Scotland MF Chris Erskine 1000000010
Scotland MF Iain Flannigan 0000001010
Scotland MF Kyle Hutton 2000000020
Scotland MF Stuart Bannigan 2000000020
Scotland MF Ryan MacBeth 0000000000
Northern Ireland MF Caolan McAleer 0000000000
Scotland MF David Rowson 1000001020
Scotland MF Jamie Campbell 0000000000
Scotland MF Scott Robertson 7010000080
Scotland MF Sean Welsh 3000000030
Scotland MF Bradley Halsman 0000000000
Scotland FW Kris Doolan 0000000000
Scotland FW Martin Grehan 0000000000
Northern Ireland FW Thomas Stewart 0000000000
Scotland FW Simon Donnelly 0000000000
Scotland FW Kieran Burns 0000000000
Scotland FW Shaun Fraser 0000000000
England FW Christie Elliot 1000000010
Scotland FW Craig Dargo 0000000000
Scotland FW Kal Naismith 1000000010
Scotland FW Mark McGuigan 1000000010

Awards

Last updated 14 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Aaron Sinclair[7] Young Player of the Month October
Scotland Jackie McNamara[8] First Division Manager of the Month December
Scotland Paul Cairney[9] Player of the Month April

League Statistics

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32+40 79 Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2 Dundee 36 15 10 11 53 43+10 55
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48+5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 561 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54+2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39+11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 493 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 5515 42
9 Ayr United (R) 36 9 11 16 44 6723 38 Qualification for Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 6426 32 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Jonathan Lindsay Scotland St Johnstone Free[10]
Scotland Aaron Sinclair Scotland Montrose Undisclosed[11]
England Conrad Balatoni Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan[12]
Scotland Scott Robertson Iceland Fram Reykjavík Free[13]
England Christie Elliot England Whitley Bay Free[14]
Scotland Stephen O’Donnell Scotland Celtic Free[15]
Scotland Kyle Hutton Scotland Rangers Loan[16]
Scotland Jordan Moffat Scotland Celtic Free[17]
Scotland Dale Keenan Scotland Celtic Free[17]
Scotland Bradley Halsman Scotland Motherwell Free[17]
Scotland Gavin Griffin Scotland Motherwell Free[17]
Scotland Craig Dargo Scotland St Mirren Free[18]
Scotland James Wightman Scotland Celtic Free[19]
Scotland Aaron Sekhon Scotland Falkirk Free[19]
Scotland Darren Cole Scotland Rangers Loan[20]
Scotland Kal Naismith Scotland Rangers Loan[21]
Scotland Sean Welsh Scotland Hibernian Loan[22]
England Balatoni, ConradConrad Balatoni Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[23]
Northern Ireland McAleer, CaolanCaolan McAleer Northern Ireland Linfield Free[24]
Scotland McGuigan, MarkMark McGuigan Scotland Abertay University Free[25]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Boyle, PatrickPatrick Boyle Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[26]
Scotland Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson Scotland Ayr United Free[27]
Scotland Shepherd, GraemeGraeme Shepherd Free Agent Free[28]
Scotland McGeough, RossRoss McGeough Scotland Petershill[29] Free[28]
England Halliwell, BrynBryn Halliwell Scotland Sauchie Free[30]
Scotland Fraser, ShaunShaun Fraser Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[31]
Scotland Burns, KieranKieran Burns Scotland Clydebank Loan[32]
Scotland Lochead, KyleKyle Lochead Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Free[33]
Scotland Grehan, MartinMartin Grehan Scotland Stranraer Free[34]
Scotland Hodge, BryanBryan Hodge Scotland Brechin City Free[35]
Scotland Flannigan, IainIain Flannigan Scotland Greenock Morton[36] Free[37]
Scotland Lindsay, JonathanJonathan Lindsay Scotland Brechin City Loan[38]
Scotland Dargo, CraigCraig Dargo Scotland Dumbarton Free[39]
Scotland MacBeth, RyanRyan MacBeth Free Agent Free[40]

References

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  23. "Familiar Face Returns". Partick Thistle F.C. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
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  27. "New Players". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. Ayr United F.C. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  28. 1 2 "Latest contract update". www.ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  29. "Signings". Scottish Football Association. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  30. "Halliwell joins Sauchie". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  31. "Shaun Fraser Heads Out On Loan". www.ptfc.co.uk (Partick Thistle F.C.). 19 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  32. "Striker heads out on loan". ptfc.co.uk (Partick Thistle F.C.). 16 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  33. "Former Thistle youth player joins experienced Rob Roy side". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  34. "Duo Sign On". stranraerfc.org (Stranraer F.C.). 1 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  35. "Hodge Signs Short-Term Deal". brechincity.com (Brechin City F.C.). 13 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  36. "Flannigan signs". Greenock Morton F.C. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  37. "Iain Flanningan Leaves Firhill". Partick Thistle F.C. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  38. "Player Heads Out on Loan". Partick Thistle F.C. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  39. "Experienced Striker". Dumbarton F.C. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  40. "Ryan Macbeth Moves On". Partick Thistle F.C. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

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