2012–13 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2012–13 season
Chairman David Beattie
Manager Jackie McNamara
(Until 30 January 2013)
Alan Archibald
(From 30 January 2013)
Stadium Firhill Stadium
First Division First place
Challenge Cup Final, lost to Queen of the South
League Cup Second round, lost to Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup Fourth Round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Doolan (13)
Steven Lawless (13)
All:
Kris Doolan (15)
Chris Erskine (15)
Highest home attendance 8,875 vs. Greenock Morton, First Division, 10 April 2013
Lowest home attendance 1,807 vs. Raith Rovers, Challenge Cup, 19 February 2013
Average home league attendance League: 3,705[1]
Home colours
Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was Partick Thistle's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[2] Partick Thistle also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Partick Thistle finished first in the Scottish First Division,[3] and were promoted to the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the final of the Challenge Cup,[5] losing 6–5 on penalties to Queen of the South,[6] the second round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Thistle are crowned champions. James Craigen holds the trophy.

Management

Partick began the season under the management of Jackie McNamara. On 29 January 2013, the club gave permission to Dundee United to speak to McNamara about becoming their new manager.[9] The following day McNamara and his assistant Simon Donnelly resigned,[10] to become the new management team at United.[11][12] Later the same day the club announced that Alan Archibald and Scott Paterson would take over as the club's interim management team.[13] On 22 March, the duo were given the job on a permanent basis[14] signing a one year rolling contract.[15]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Archibald Scotland 22 Club captain
MF Paton Scotland 8 Club captain
MF Murray Scotland 2 Club captain
FW Craig Scotland 5 Club captain
MF Erskine Scotland 6 Club captain

Last updated: 4 May 2013
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

[21][22]Last updated 4 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Belgium Glenn Daniels 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Scott Fox 36 0 29+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland Ryan Scully 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Graeme Smith 7 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Alan Archibald 22 0 17+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
DF England Conrad Balatoni 35 6 28+1 6 3+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Andy Dowie 5 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Liam Lindsay 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 3 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Aaron Muirhead 39 4 29+1 4 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Stephen O’Donnell 37 2 26+2 2 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Paul Paton 30 0 24+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Aaron Sinclair 40 2 28+5 1 2+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Stuart Bannigan 41 4 32+1 3 5+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Jonathan Black 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jamie Campbell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Chris Erskine 43 15 31+3 10 4+1 4 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland Ross Forbes 30 4 22+4 3 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
MF Scotland Bradley Halsman 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Steven Lawless 44 14 30+5 13 4+1 0 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland Jordan Leyden 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Northern Ireland Caolan McAleer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Hugh Murray 16 0 12+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland David Rowson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Paul Slane 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Sean Welsh 32 2 22+3 2 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland David Wilson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Steven Craig 30 14 18+7 12 3+0 2 0+0 0 1+1 0
FW England James Craigen 24 2 10+9 2 2+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Kris Doolan 41 15 18+15 13 0+4 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
FW England Christie Elliot 28 3 4+17 2 3+2 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland Mark McGuigan 16 0 1+11 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 0+1 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 4 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Belgium GKGlenn Daniels 0000000000
Scotland GK Scott Fox 1000000010
Scotland GK Ryan Scully 0000000000
Scotland GKGraeme Smith 0000000000
Scotland DF Alan Archibald 1000000010
England DF Conrad Balatoni 1000001020
Scotland DF Andy Dowie 0000000000
Scotland DFLiam Lindsay 0000000000
Scotland DF Jordan McMillan 2000000020
Scotland DFAaron Muirhead 3101000133
Scotland DF Stephen O’Donnell 0000000000
Scotland DF Paul Paton 7110000081
Scotland DF Aaron Sinclair 2010000030
Scotland MF Stuart Bannigan 7010100090
Scotland MF Jonathan Black 0000000000
Scotland MF Jamie Campbell 0000000000
Scotland MF Chris Erskine 3000000030
Scotland MF Ross Forbes 2100000021
Scotland MF Bradley Halsman 0000000000
Scotland MF Steven Lawless 2000100030
Scotland MFJordan Leyden 0000000000
Northern Ireland MF Caolan McAleer 0000000000
Scotland MF Hugh Murray 5210010063
Scotland MF David Rowson 0000000000
Scotland MF Paul Slane 0000001010
Scotland MFSean Welsh 2110000031
Scotland MFDavid Wilson 0000000000
Scotland FW Steven Craig 2000000121
England FWJames Craigen 0010000010
Scotland FW Kris Doolan 0000000000
England FW Christie Elliot 0020000020
Scotland FW Mark McGuigan 0000000000

Awards

Last updated 3 May 2013
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Jackie McNamara[23] First Division Manager of the Month August
Scotland Steven Lawless[23] Young Player of the Month August
Scotland Stuart Bannigan[24] Young Player of the Month January
Scotland Alan Archibald[25] First Division Manager of the Month February
Scotland Alan Archibald[26] First Division Manager of the Month March
Scotland Kris Doolan[27] Player of the Month March
Scotland Scott Fox, Stephen O’Donnell, Aaron Sinclair, Stuart Bannigan & Chris Erskine[note 1] PFA Scotland First Division Team of the Year[28][29] Season

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C) (P) 36 23 9 4 76 28+48 78 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47+26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48+4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56+2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45+7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48−3 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 83−25 43
8 Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 65−14 36
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 14 7 15 62 59+3 034‡ Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 89−48 22 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish League One

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: Scottish Football League
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.
 ‡Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAHAAHAHAHHHAAAHHAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHA
Result W W W W W W D L W D W L W W L D D L W W D W W W W W W W W D W W D W D D
Position 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1[nb 1] 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 4 May 2013.
Source: [30]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Murray, HughHugh Murray Scotland St Mirren Free[31]
Scotland Muirhead, AaronAaron Muirhead Scotland Annan Athletic Undisclosed[32][33]
Scotland Lawless, StevenSteven Lawless Scotland Motherwell Free[34]
Scotland Sean Welsh Scotland Hibernian Free[35]
England James Craigen Scotland Edinburgh University Free[36]
Scotland Steven Craig Scotland Ross County Loan[37]
Scotland Ross Forbes Scotland Motherwell Free[38]
Scotland Paul Slane Scotland Celtic Loan[39]
Scotland Graeme Smith Azerbaijan Gabala Free[40]
Scotland Steven Craig Scotland Ross County Free[41]
Belgium Glenn Daniels Scotland Celtic Loan[42]
Scotland Dominic Green Scotland Motherwell Loan[43]
Scotland Jordan McMillan Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[44]
Scotland Andy Dowie Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[45]

Players out

Player To Fee
Northern Ireland Stewart, ThomasThomas Stewart Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers[46] Free[47]
Scotland Burns, KieranKieran Burns Scotland Irvine Meadow XI[48] Free[47]
Scotland Griffin, GavinGavin Griffin Scotland Airdrie United[49] Free[47]
Scotland William Kinniburgh Scotland Irvine Meadow XI[48] Free[50]
Scotland Mark Burbidge Free Agent Free[51]
Scotland Chris Ketterer Free Agent Free[51]
Scotland Jordan McGrotty Free Agent Free[51]
Scotland Colin Stevenson Scotland Irvine Meadow XI[48] Free[51]
Scotland Paul Cairney Scotland Hibernian[52] Free[51]
Scotland Scott Robertson Scotland Arbroath[53] Free[51]
Scotland Jonathan Lindsay England Stalybridge Celtic[54] Free[55]
Scotland Shaun Fraser Free Agent Free[55]
Northern Ireland Caolan McAleer Scotland Arthurlie Loan[56]
Scotland Mark McGuigan Scotland Albion Rovers Loan[57]
England James Craigen Scotland Forfar Athletic Loan[58]
England Christie Elliot Scotland Albion Rovers Loan[59]
Scotland Bradley Halsman Scotland Albion Rovers Loan[59]
Scotland David Rowson Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[60]
Scotland Graeme Smith Scotland Ayr United[61] Free[62]
Scotland Jamie Campbell Scotland Stranraer Loan[63]
Scotland Ryan Scully Scotland Albion Rovers Loan[42]
Scotland Dale Keenan Scotland East Fife Loan[64]
Scotland David Rowson Scotland Stenhousemuir[65] Free[66]

Notes

  1. ↑ Jordan McMillan was also included but for his time as a Dunfermline Athletic player.
  1. ↑ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[67]

References

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  2. ↑ "Scottish Football League 2005/06". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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  33. ↑ "Latest news". Annan Athletic F.C. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  34. ↑ "And Another". Partick Thistle F.C. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
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  38. ↑ "Thistle Sign Midfielder". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
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  41. ↑ "Partick Thistle sign Steven Craig after Ross County exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  42. 1 2 "Ryan Scully Joins Rovers On Loan". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  43. ↑ "Watt joins Rovers on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  44. ↑ "Partick Thistle sign former Dunfermline captain Jordan McMillan". sport.stv.tv. STV. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  45. ↑ "Dunfermline duo axed by administration-hit club land deals at Partick Thistle". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  46. ↑ "Tommy Stewart signs". shamrockrovers.ie. Shamrock Rovers. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  47. 1 2 3 "Jackie McNamara End of Season Interview Part One". Partick Thistle F.C. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  48. 1 2 3 "Meadow Signings Tuesday, 19 June 2012". SJFA (Scottish Football Association). 19 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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  55. 1 2 "Two Players Leave Firhill". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  56. ↑ "New Deal For Caolan McAleer". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  57. ↑ "McGuigan Heads Out on Loan". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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  61. ↑ "Graeme Smith signs for Ayr until end of season". The Scotsman (Johnston Publishing). 14 February 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  62. ↑ "Graeme Smith - Thanks.". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  63. ↑ "Jamie Campbell Heads Out on Loan". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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