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.
| 2014–15 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Alan Archibald | ||
| Stadium | Firhill Stadium | ||
| Premiership | Eighth place | ||
| League Cup | Second round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Kris Doolan (9) All: Kris Doolan (10) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,776 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 11 February 2015 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,879 vs. St Mirren, League Cup, 23 September 2014 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,586 | ||
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Summary edit
Season edit
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 edit
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre Season edit
| 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 edit
| 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  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 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 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 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 edit
| 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 44' |
Attendance: 16,805 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Scottish Cup edit
| 23 September 2014 Fourth Round | Partick Thistle | 2 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Stevenson 19', 54' |
Report | Imrie 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 edit
- 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 |  SCO
|
Scott Fox | 24 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO
|
Stephen O'Donnell | 38 | 5 | 34+0 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF |  ENG
|
Danny Seaborne | 22 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO
|
Sean Welsh | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO
|
Callum Booth | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG
|
Conrad Balatoni | 35 | 3 | 32+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG
|
James Craigen | 31 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO
|
Stuart Bannigan | 41 | 3 | 34+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO
|
Kris Doolan | 40 | 10 | 18+17 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SCO
|
Ryan Stevenson | 36 | 7 | 28+4 | 5 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO
|
Steven Lawless | 38 | 3 | 28+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO
|
Paul Gallacher | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF |  BEL
|
Frédéric Frans | 22 | 2 | 20+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG
|
Christie Elliott | 31 | 2 | 18+8 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG
|
Kallum Higginbotham | 35 | 2 | 24+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO
|
Jordan McMillan | 13 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF |  GHA
|
Abdul Osman | 39 | 1 | 34+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG
|
Ben Richards-Everton | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG
|
Gary Fraser | 26 | 3 | 13+10 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO
|
David Wilson | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO
|
Jack Hendry | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO
|
Liam Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO
|
Declan McDaid | 16 | 3 | 5+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW |  MSR
|
Lyle Taylor | 16 | 4 | 10+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO
|
Dale Keenan | 6 | 3 | 4+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO
|
Neil McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF |  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 | SCO
|
Aaron Muirhead | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF |  IRL
|
Jake Carroll | 13 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG
|
Nathan Eccleston | 11 | 2 | 0+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
Team statistics edit
League table edit
| 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
- ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six
Division summary edit
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
References edit
- ^ "Falkirk 0-2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Partick Thistle 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Scottish Premiership 2014/15". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.