2015–16 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle

2015–16 season

Chairman

David Beattie

Manager

Alan Archibald

Stadium

Firhill Stadium

Top goalscorer

Kris Doolan (8)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season is Partick Thistle's third season in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.^[1]^[2] Partick Thistle will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

1 August 2015 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Colvin

9 August 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	0–2	Celtic	Firhill Stadium
		BBC Report	Rogić 28' Commons 63'	Attendance: 7,088 Referee: Beaton

12 August 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium
19:45		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Finnie

15 August 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2–2	Kilmarnock	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 9', 78' Lindsay 65'	BBC Report	McKenzie 38' Boyd 85'	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Muir

22 August 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Sow 29' Nicholson 69' Juanma 71'	BBC Report		Attendance: 16,657 Referee: Beaton

29 August 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	0–2	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Rooney 49' McLean 58'	Attendance: 4,940 Referee: Finnie

12 September 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	0–1	Dundee	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Stewart 77'	Attendance: 2,946 Referee: Collum

19 September 2015 Premiership	Ross County	1–0	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 18'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,531 Referee: Aitken

26 September 2015 Premiership	Motherwell	2–1	Partick Thistle	Fir Park
15:00	Frans 22' (Own goal) McDonald 69'	BBC Report	Amoo 78'	Attendance: 3,963 Referee: McLean

3 October 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	3–0	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Amoo 15' Dumbuya 55' Bannigan 65'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,675 Referee: Thomson

17 October 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–2	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	MacLean 48'	BBC Report	Miller 28' Lawless 34'	Attendance: 3414 Referee: Beaton

24 October 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Pogba 60'	BBC Report	Imrie 78'	Attendance: 3122 Referee: Anderson

31 October 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	0–4	Heart of Midlothian	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Scully 85'	BBC Report	Juanma 38', 64' (pen.) Sow 51', 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,776 Referee: McLean

7 November 2015 Premiership	Dundee	1–1	Partick Thistle	Dens Park
15:00	Hemmings 85'	BBC Report	Lindsay 5'	Attendance: 5,067 Referee: Collum

21 November 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 42' Stevenson 90'	BBC Report	Storey 6'	Attendance: 2,864 Referee: Robertson

28 November 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–5	Partick Thistle	Rugby Park
15:00	Magennis 23' Connolly 72'	BBC Report	Doolan 7', 15' Fraser 52' Muirhead 62', 75'	Attendance: 3,860 Referee: Thomson

5 December 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	P – P	Motherwell	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Aitken
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

12 December 2015 Premiership	Dundee United	0–1	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00		BBC Report	Doolan 51'	Attendance: 6,256 Referee: McLean

19 December 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	1–0	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Andrew Davies 52' (Own goal)	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,762 Referee: Dallas

26 December 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	P – P	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Beaton
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

30 December 2015 Premiership	Aberdeen	0–0	Partick Thistle	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 12,583 Referee: Clancy

2 January 2016 Premiership	Celtic	1–0	Partick Thistle	Celtic Park
	Bitton 68' Griffiths 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Finnie

16 January 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2–4	Dundee	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Amoo 23' Lindsay 77' Doolan 90'	BBC Report	Hemmings 7' (Penalty) Harkins 10', 37' Stewart 15'	Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Anderson

23 January 2016 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,556 Referee: Aitken

30 January 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	P – P	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium
		BBC Report		Referee: Dallas
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

2 February 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	1–0	Motherwell	Firhill Stadium
	Lawless 90+1'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,487 Referee: Cook

13 February 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	P - P	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium

23 February 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2 - 0	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium
	Doolan 72' Amoo 87'	Report	Anderson 75' Wotherspoon 90'	Attendance: 2,320 Referee: John Beaton

27 February 2016 Premiership	Motherwell	3 - 1	Partick Thistle	Fir Park
	Moult 37' (pen.) 52' Johnson 69'	Report	Nisbet 36' Booth 76'	Attendance: 4,302 Referee: Stephen Finnie

2 March 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	1 - 2	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
	Kane 67' Craig 90'	Report	Booth 6' Lawless 13' Welsh 42'	Attendance: 2,569 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

5 March 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1 - 0	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Stadium
	Djoum 25'	Report	Edwards 53'	Attendance: 16,558 Referee: Bobby Madden

8 March 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	1 - 2	Aberdeen	Firhill Stadium
	Booth 31' Osman 37' Lawless 60'	Report	Reynolds 41' Considine 74' Church 76'	Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Alan Muir

12 March 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	1 - 2	Celtic	Firhill Stadium
	Amoo 25' Miller 29' Welsh 85' (pen.)	Report	Griffiths 45' McGregor 54' Brown 78' Sviatchenko 84' Bitton 90'	Attendance: 7,238 Referee: Stephen Finnie

19 March 2016 Premiership	Hamilton Accedemical	v	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

25 August 2015 League Cup Round 2	Partick Thistle	0–1	Falkirk	Firhill Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Grant 32'	Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Thomson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup

8 January 2015 Fourth round	St Mirren	1–2	Partick Thistle	St Mirren Park
19:30	Watson 88'	BBC Report	Seaborne 62' Amoo 73'	Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Thomson

6 February 2016 Fifth round	Dundee United	1–0	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park
15:00	Fraser 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Collum

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Partick Thistle have used twenty-five different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 6 February 2016^[3]^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Tomas Cerny	21	0	18+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF		Gary Miller	12	1	8+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Danny Seaborne	20	1	16+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
4	MF		Sean Welsh	23	0	19+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF		Callum Booth	25	0	22+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
6	MF		Abdul Osman	22	0	18+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF		David Amoo	24	4	14+7	3	1+0	0	1+1	1
8	MF		Stuart Bannigan	23	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW		Kris Doolan	23	7	15+5	7	1+0	0	2+0	0
10	MF		Ryan Stevenson	11	1	6+4	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Steven Lawless	24	2	20+1	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
12	GK		Ryan Scully	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF		Frederic Frans	14	0	9+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW		Christie Elliott	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW		Mustapha Dumbuya	14	1	14+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF		Liam Lindsay	20	1	18+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
18	MF		David Wilson	9	0	2+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	DF		Jack Hendry	4	0	1+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Ryan Edwards	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Declan McDaid	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Gary Fraser	9	1	3+4	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
23	FW		Robbie Muirhead	8	2	3+5	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Kevin Nisbet	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
35	GK		Paul Gallacher	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
99	FW		Mathias Pogba	16	1	6+8	1	0+1	0	0+1	0

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
2		DF	Gary Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Danny Seaborne	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		MF	Sean Welsh	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5		DF	Callum Booth	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		MF	Abdul Osman	9	1	0	0	1	0	10	1
7		MF	David Amoo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Stuart Bannigan	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
11		MF	Steven Lawless	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12		GK	Ryan Scully	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
13		DF	Frederic Frans	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
15		DF	Mustapha Dumbuya	2	0	0	0	0	0	'2	0
17		DF	Liam Lindsay	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	3
18		MF	David Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Robbie Muirhead	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
99		FW	Mathias Pogba	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
			TOTALS	54	5	0	0	2	0	56	5

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Dundee	36	11	14	11	52	52	0	47
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	12	10	14	49	48	+1	46
9	Partick Thistle	36	12	8	16	36	45	−9	44
10	Hamilton Academical	36	11	9	16	40	60	−20	42
11	Kilmarnock (Q)	36	9	8	19	38	59	−21	35	Qualification to Premiership play-off finals

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
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]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W
Position	7	11	10	8	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	7	7	9	9	8	8

Last updated: 6 February 2016.
Source: ^[6]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
Archibald, AlanAlan Archibald^[7]	000000002015-08-01-00001 August 2015	Present	7001260000000000000♠26	7000800000000000000♠8	7000700000000000000♠7	7001110000000000000♠11	7001307700000000000♠30.77

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

In

Player	From	Fee
Gary Miller	St Johnstone	Free^[8]
Tomáš Černý	Hibernian	Free^[9]
David Amoo	Carlisle United	Free^[10]
Callum Booth	Hibernian	Free^[11]
Mathias Pogba	Crawley Town	Free^[12]
Robbie Muirhead	Dundee United	Loan^[13]
Mustapha Dumbuya	Free Agent	Free^[14]
Ryan Edwards	Free Agent	Free^[15]^[16]
Aidan Nesbitt	Celtic	Loan^[17]
Antonio German	Kerala Blasters	Free^[17]

Out

Player	To	Fee
Kallum Higginbotham	Kilmarnock	Free^[18]
Scott Fox	Ross County	Free^[19]
Stephen O'Donnell	Luton Town	Free^[20]
James Craigen	Raith Rovers	Free^[21]
Ben Richards-Everton	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[22]
Dale Keenan	Stranraer	Free^[23]
Conrad Balatoni	Kilmarnock^[24]	Free^[25]
Ryan Finnie		Free^[25]
Chris Dillon		Free^[25]
Jack Hendry	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed Fee^[26]
Ryan Stevenson	Ayr United	Loan^[27]
Ryan Stevenson	Ayr United	Free^[28]
Chris Duggan	Queen's Park	Loan^[17]

Notes

↑ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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↑ "Jags back in the SPL". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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↑ "Alan Archibald Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Partick Thistle sign Gary Miller after defender's St Johnstone exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Partick Thistle land goalkeeper Tomas Cerny". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "David Amoo signs on after Carlisle United exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Callum Booth and Christie Elliott secure contracts". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Partick Thistle sign Mathias Pogba, older brother of Juventus star Paul". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
↑ "Partick Thistle sign Dundee United forward on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
↑ "Mustapha Dumbuya signs for Partick Thistle on one-year dea". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
↑ "Partick Thistle sign up midfielder Ryan Edwards". http://www.bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Ryan Edwards signs for Thistle". http://ptfc.co.uk/. Partick Thistle. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 3 "Partick Thistle add forwards Aidan Nesbitt and Antonio German". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
↑ "Kallum Higginbotham switches from Partick Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Scott Fox moves from Partick Thistle". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Luton Town sign Partick Thistle defender". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "James Craigen arrives after Partick Thistle exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Dunfermline Athletic sign former Partick Thistle defender Ben Richards-Everton". dunfermlinepress.com. Dunfermline Press. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Stranraer sign Premiership pair Paul Cairney and Dale Keenan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "NEW SIGNING: Conrad Balatoni". kilmarnockfc.co.uk. Kilmarnock F.C. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
1 2 3 "Scottish Premiership ins and outs". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Partick Thistle youngster Jack Hendry joins English League One side Wigan on a four-year deal". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
↑ "Ryan Stevenson rejoins Ayr United on 28-day loan from Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
↑ "Stevo Ayr to stay". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. Ayr United. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

Partick Thistle Football Club

Players Managers Current season

Information	History Honours Notable matches Europe

Home stadium	Meadowside (1891–1908) Firhill Stadium (1909−present)

Seasons	2007−08 2008−09 2009−10 2010−11 2011−12 2012−13 2013−14 2014−15 2015–16

2015–16 in Scottish football

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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