2012–13 Partick Thistle F.C. season

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.

Partick Thistle
2012–13 season
ChairmanDavid Beattie
ManagerJackie McNamara
(Until 30 January 2013)
Alan Archibald
(From 30 January 2013)
StadiumFirhill Stadium
First DivisionFirst place
Challenge CupFinal, lost to Queen of the South
League CupSecond round, lost to Hamilton Academical
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Doolan (13)
Steven Lawless (13)

All:
Kris Doolan (15)
Chris Erskine (15)
Highest home attendance8,875 vs. Greenock Morton, First Division, 10 April 2013
Lowest home attendance1,807 vs. Raith Rovers, Challenge Cup, 19 February 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,705[1]

Summary edit

Season edit

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 edit

Thistle 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 and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

10 July 2012[16] Friendly Alloa Athletic 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Recreation Park
Munn   52' Partick Report Lawless   26'
Sinclair   50'

Scottish First Division edit

11 August 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless   4'
Doolan   7', 57'
SFL Report Taylor   53' Attendance: 3,487
Referee: Salmond
25 August 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan   16'
Erskine   63'
Bannigan   70'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,944
Referee: Finnie
15 September 2012 Scottish First Division Livingston 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Morton   59' SFL Report Lawless   38', 48' Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Thomson
22 September 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead   25' (Penalty)
Linton   70' (Own goal)
SFL Report Stevenson   49' Attendance: 2,510
Referee: Collum
6 October 2012 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 3 – 1 Partick Thistle Cappielow
15:00 Rutkiewicz   14'
McLaughlin   39'
O'Brien   86'
SFL Report Craig   20'
Murray   55'  
Attendance: 3,445
Referee: Roache
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 7 – 0 Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Erskine   4', 45'
Muirhead   11' (Penalty)
Lawless   30'
Welsh   42'
Doolan   57'
Forbes   80'
SFL Report Sally   76' Attendance: 2,545
Referee: Norris
15 December 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Bannigan   21'
Lawless   32'
Craig   87'
SFL Report Spence   13'
Graham   81'
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Clancy
26 December 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Craig   28'
Forbes   70'  
SFL Report Hardie   64'
Taggart   84'
Attendance: 4,955
Referee: Madden
2 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle P – P Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
5 January 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Andreu   29'
McNulty   90+2'
SFL Report Doolan   25'
Craig   32'
Welsh   89'
Attendance: 1,762
Referee: Salmond
19 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 4 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Balatoni   4', 62'
Erskine   20', 64'
SFL Report Taylor   18' Attendance: 3,280
Referee: Beaton
26 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Craig   25'
Balatoni   44'
SFL Report Hemmings   9' Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Allan
2 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
9 February 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 February 2013 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald   57', 81' (Penalty) SFL Report Erskine   9'
Craig   46'
Murray   84'  
Attendance: 5,647
Referee: Norris
26 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath A – A Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 Moore   4', 64' SFL Report Lawless   23' Attendance: 719
Referee: Charleston
Note: Abandoned due to fog[19]
9 March 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless   9', 74'
Doolan   81'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Brines
12 March 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch
23 March 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 6 – 1 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead   19' (Penalty)
Craig   22'
Craigen   36'
Lawless   43'
Erskine   57'
Doolan   69'
SFL Report Watson   45' Attendance: 2,897
Referee: Salmond
27 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 O'Brien   70' SFL Report O'Donnell   24'
Doolan   30', 79'
Attendance: 716
Referee: Charleston
30 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 Moore   31' SFL Report Doolan   12', 62' Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Muir
10 April 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
19:45 Craigen   41' SFL Report Attendance: 8,875
Referee: Colvin
Note: Kick of delayed to 20:00 due to large crowd still waiting to get in[20]
20 April 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 0 – 2 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Dowie   50'
Doolan   78'
Attendance: 4,804
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Queens Park 4 – 5 Partick Thistle Hampden Park
19:30 Shankland   18'
Longworth   53'
Quinn   78'
Little   85'
SFL Report Sinclair   34'
Elliott   40'
Erskine   65', 90'
Bannigan   90'
Attendance: 1,605
Referee: Allan
9 September 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup QF Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
16:05 Erskine   50', 58'
Craig   53'
SFL Report Attendance: 1,807
Referee: Charleston

Scottish League Cup edit

Scottish Cup edit

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cove Rangers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Forbes   13'
Craig   27'
Redford   38' (o.g.)
BBC Report Milne   86' Attendance: 1,957
Referee: Tumilty

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

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

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

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 4 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Glenn Daniels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Scott Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  GK Ryan Scully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Alan Archibald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Conrad Balatoni 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  DF Andy Dowie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Liam Lindsay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Jordan McMillan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Aaron Muirhead 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3
  DF Stephen O’Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Paul Paton 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
  DF Aaron Sinclair 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Stuart Bannigan 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
  MF Jonathan Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Jamie Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Chris Erskine 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Ross Forbes 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  MF Bradley Halsman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Steven Lawless 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Jordan Leyden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Caolan McAleer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Hugh Murray 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 3
  MF David Rowson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Paul Slane 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  MF Sean Welsh 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
  MF David Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Steven Craig 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
  FW James Craigen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Kris Doolan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Christie Elliott 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Mark McGuigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards edit

Last updated 3 May 2013
Nation Name Award Month
  Jackie McNamara[23] First Division Manager of the Month August
  Steven Lawless[23] Young Player of the Month August
  Stuart Bannigan[24] Young Player of the Month January
  Alan Archibald[25] First Division Manager of the Month February
  Alan Archibald[26] First Division Manager of the Month March
  Kris Doolan[27] Player of the Month March
  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 edit

League table edit

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 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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Division summary edit

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GroundHAHHAHAAHAHAHHHAAAHHAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHA
ResultWWWWWWDLWDWLWWLDDLWWDWWWWWWWWDWWDWDD
Position3311111212111112332222222221111[a]11111
  1. ^ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[31]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [30]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Jordan McMillan was also included but for his time as a Dunfermline Athletic player.

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