2016–17 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Partick Thistle's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their fourth season Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Thistle also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Partick Thistle
2016–17 season
ManagerAlan Archibald
StadiumFirhill Stadium
PremiershipSixth Place
League CupSecond round
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Kris Doolan (14)
All: Kris Doolan (15)
Highest home attendance7,951 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 26 November 2016
Lowest home attendance2,250 vs. Queen's Park, League Cup, 30 July 2016
Average home league attendance3,946

Scottish Premiership edit

6 August 2016 1 Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Inverness C.T. Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Gordon   5'
Amoo   24'  60'
Erskine   36'
BBC Report Polworth   69' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,943
Referee: Nick Walsh
20 August 2016 3 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McGinn   28'  66'
Storey   58'
BBC Report Osman   27'
Devine   83'
Welsh   86'   87'
Erskine   90+1'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,049
27 August 2016 4 Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Lindsay   55'
Osman   76'
Edwards   84'
BBC Report Paterson   16'
Watt   90'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,919
Referee: Willie Collum
10 September 2016 5 Partick Thistle 0 – 2 St Johnstone Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) BBC Report Anderson   21'
MacLean   64'
Swanson   70'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,885
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 September 2016 6 Kilmarnock 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Kilmarnock
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Boyd   17'
Hendrie   26'
Coulibaly   65'
Hawkshaw   68'
BBC Report Lawless   32'
Gordon   54'
Lindsay   82'
Osman   85'   89'
Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,169
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 September 2016 7 Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Erskine   31'
Lindsay   63'
BBC Report McDonald   83'
Cadden   86'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Craig Thomson
1 October 2016 8 Rangers 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Kranjčar   33'
Halliday   40'
Senderos   45'
BBC Report Erskine   44'
Gordon   57'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,680
Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 October 2016 9 Partick Thistle 2 – 2 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Edwards   22'
Lindsay   43'
Gordon   54'
BBC Report Donati   14'
Sarris   40'
Docherty   58'
Brophy   83'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,843
Referee: Greg Aitken
22 October 2016 10 Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Welsh   24' (pen.)
Azeez   58'
BBC Report Davies   12'
Curran   50'
Dow   90+3'
Burke   90+5'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,777
Referee: Don Robertson
26 October 2016 11 Dundee 0 – 2 Partick Thistle Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1) McGowan   78' BBC Report Azeez   29'  79'
Doolan   62'
Wilson   90+1'
Elliott   90+3'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,783
Referee: Steven McLean
29 October 2016 12 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1) MacLean   18'
Cummins   59'
BBC Report Doolan   17'
Barton   77'
Lindsay   90'
Osman   90+1'  90+2'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,096
Referee: Barry Cook
4 November 2016 13 Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Aberdeen Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Barton   51'
Devine   56'
Welsh   81'
BBC Report O'Connor   39'
Stockley   53'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,974
Referee: Bobby Madden
19 November 2016 14 Motherwell 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Moult   14'
McDonald   38'
Tait   90+2'
BBC Report Devine   15'
Welsh   45+1'
Osman   86'
Booth   90+2'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,759
Referee: Andrew Dallas
26 November 2016 15 Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Rangers Glasgow
12:15 GMT (UTC) Elliott   40'
Doolan   76'
BBC Report Garner   45'
Dodoo   81', 90+4'  81'
O'Halloran   90'
Wallace   90+2'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,951
Referee: Nick Walsh
3 December 2016 16 Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC) D'Acol   15'
Gillespie   40'
MacKinnon   50'
Crawford   84'
Seaborne   87'
BBC Report Welsh   61'
Lindsay   90'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,210
Referee: Don Robertson
9 December 2016 17 Partick Thistle 1 – 4 Celtic Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Gordon   36'
Lindsay   61'
Azeez   80'
BBC Report Armstrong   39', 49'
Griffiths   50'
McGregor   82'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,609
Referee: Craig Thomson
17 December 2016 18 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Johnsen   17' BBC Report Devine   25'
Welsh   47'
Osman   64'
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,418
Referee: Don Robertson
20 December 2016 2 Celtic 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Sinclair   16'
Šimunović   42'
Izaguirre   68'
BBC Report Booth   16'
Welsh   65'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 55,733
Referee: Euan Anderson
23 December 2016 19 Ross County 1 – 3 Partick Thistle Dingwall
19:45 GMT (UTC) Boyce   83'
Routis   90+3'
BBC Report Lindsay   50'
Doolan   62'
Erskine   78'
Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 2,935
Referee: John Beaton
28 December 2016 20 Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Dundee Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Booth   16'  75'
Doolan   44'
Elliott   65'
Devine   77'
Osman   83'
Welsh   90+5'
BBC Report O'Dea   76'
Haber   81'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,758
Referee: Alan Muir
31 December 2016 21 Partick Thistle 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Glasgow
14:00 GMT (UTC) Booth   43' BBC Report Adams   45' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,584
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 January 2017 22 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Inverness
15:00 GMT (UTC) Warren   66'
Anier   73'
BBC Report Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,823
Referee: Stephen Finnie
1 February 2017 23 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 St Johnstone Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Edwards   70'
Elliott   90+2'
BBC Report MacLean   40'
Swanson   60'
Anderson   69'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: Crawford Allan
4 February 2017 24 Aberdeen 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC) Jack   40'
Considine   54'
Stockley   72'
Christie   90+2'
BBC Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,094
Referee: Greg Aitken
18 February 2017 25 Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Doolan   68', 79'
Lawless   81'
BBC Report Devlin   61'
Watson   64'
Skondras   76'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,057
Referee: Willie Collum
25 February 2017 26 Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Doolan   5'
Elliott   54'
Lindsay   73'
Lawless   86'
Azeez   88'
Report Nicholson   47'
Gonçalves   49'  
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,143
Referee: Nick Walsh
1 March 2017 27 Dundee 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Dundee
19:45 GMT (UTC) Report Julen Etxabeguren   30' (o.g.)
Barton   70'
Erskine   71'
Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,328
Referee: John Beaton
11 March 2017 28 Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Doolan   56'
Amoo   83'
Report Vigurs   21'
McCart   45+3'
Warren   90+2'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,082
Referee: Willie Collum
18 March 2017 29 Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC) Hendrie   36'
Sammon   87'
Report Erskine   73' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,519
Referee: John Beaton
1 April 2017 30 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Ross County Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Doolan   64', 79'  65'
Edwards   68'
Lawless   74'
Report Curran   58'
Fraser
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Willie Collum
5 April 2017 31 Celtic 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Sinclair   50'
Bitton   90+2'
Report Booth   51'
Azeez   64'  65'
Keown   89'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,047
Referee: Greg Aitken
8 April 2017 32 Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Doolan   11' Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: John Beaton
15 April 2017 33 Rangers 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Miller   39'
Toral   54'
Report Erskine   83'
Nisbet   90+2'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,748
Referee: Nick Walsh
29 April 2017 34 Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Gonçalves   69' (pen.)
Struna   88'
Walker   89'
Report Doolan   50'
Devine   60'   68'
Černý   68'
Lawless   72'
McCarthy   83'
Edwards   84'
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 15,930
Referee: Andrew Dallas
7 May 2017 35 Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Rangers Glasgow
12:15 BST (UTC+1) Doolan   14'
Booth   70'
Report McKay   83'
Garner   90+4'  90+5'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 6,799
Referee: Crawford Allan
13 May 2017 36 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Swanson   33' (pen.)  83'
MacLean   60'
Craig   67'
Report Devine   17'
Edwards   24'
Elliott   82'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,630
Referee: Stephen Finnie
18 May 2017 37 Partick Thistle 0 – 5 Celtic Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Report Griffiths   18' (pen.)
Rogic   26'
Roberts   41', 84'
McGregor   82'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 7,847
Referee: Andrew Dallas
21 May 2017 38 Partick Thistle 0 – 6 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Edwards   34'
Lamont   70'
Report Christie   7', 45'
Wright   11', 17', 51'
Hayes   26'
Considine   44'
Pawlett   56'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,924
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish League Cup edit

Group stage edit

Results

15 July 2016 1 Airdrieonians 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Airdrie
19:30 BST (UTC+1) Report Doolan   55'
Edwards   80'
Devine   90+3'
Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,632
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 July 2016 2 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Queen of the South Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Erskine   82'
Lawless   90'
Report Lindsay   48' (o.g.)
Tapping   58'
Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,358
Referee: Alan Muir
26 July 2016 3 Stenhousemuir 1 – 4 Partick Thistle Stenhousemuir
19:30 BST (UTC+1) L.McCroary   73' Report Pogba   20'
Welsh   22' (pen.)
Amoo   85'
Azeez   86'
Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: Don Robertson
30 July 2016 4 Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Queen's Park Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Erskine   6'
Lindsay   78'
Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Group E Table edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR QOS AIR QPA STE
1 Partick Thistle (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 9 2 +7 12 Qualification for the Second Round 2–1 2–0
2 Queen of the South (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 6 2 +4 9 2–0 1–0
3 Airdrieonians 4 1 1 0 2 5 7 −2 5 0–1 2–1
4 Queen's Park 4 1 0 1 2 5 7 −2 4 0–2 p3–3
5 Stenhousemuir 4 0 0 0 4 2 9 −7 0 1–4 0–2
Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Knockout stage edit

9 August 2016 Last 16 Dundee United 3 – 1 Partick Thistle Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1) C Smith   10', 27', 30' (pen.)
Flood   62'
Donaldson   64'
Report Gordon   30'
Osman   54'
Welsh   65' (pen.)
Devine   66'
Booth   73'
Edwards   87'
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 5,036
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Cup edit

21 January 2017 Fourth round Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Formartine United Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Erskine   10', 31'
Lawless   30'
Osman   64'
BBC Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,782
Referee: Craig Charleston
11 February 2017 Fifth round St Johnstone 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC) MacLean   40'
Swanson   75'
BBC Report Barton   7'
Welsh   65'
Devine   72'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,884
Referee: Steven McLean
5 March 2017 Quarter-final Aberdeen 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC) Shinnie   43' Report Erskine   37'
Edwards   45+1'
Devine   70'  
Osman   82'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,333
Referee: Craig Thomson

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of match played 21 May 2017
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   CZE Tomáš Černý 31 0 27 0 3 0 1 0
2 DF   SLE Mustapha Dumbuya 9 0 8 0 0+1 0 0 0
3 DF   SCO Callum Booth 38 1 31 1 2 0 5 0
4 MF   SCO Sean Welsh 28 5 18+3 3 2 0 5 2
5 DF   SCO Liam Lindsay 42 7 36 6 2 0 4 1
6 MF   GHA Abdul Osman 35 2 30+1 1 3 1 1 0
7 FW   ENG David Amoo 31 2 14+11 1 2 0 3+1 1
9 FW   SCO Kris Doolan 45 10 29+8 9 2+1 0 4+1 1
10 MF   SCO Chris Erskine 42 9 25+11 5 2 2 4 2
11 MF   SCO Steven Lawless 38 3 24+6 1 2+1 1 5 1
12 GK   SCO Ryan Scully 8 0 6+1 0 0 0 1 0
13 MF   NIR Adam Barton 34 2 30+1 1 3 1 0 0
14 FW   ENG Christie Elliott 33 0 26+5 0 2 0 0 0
15 DF   NIR Danny Devine 36 0 28+2 0 3 0 3 0
16 FW   ENG Ade Azeez 46 2 19+19 1 1+2 0 1+4 1
17 DF   IRL Niall Keown 16 0 14 0 2 0 0 0
19 MF   AUS Ryan Edwards 45 1 33+5 1 2 0 2+3 0
20 MF   SCO Declan McDaid 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 0
21 DF   SCO David Syme 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 FW   SCO Neil McLaughlin 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW   SCO Kevin Nisbet 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
30 MF   SCO Andrew McCarthy 6 0 3+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
32 FW   SCO Mark Lamont 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK   SCO Mark Ridgers 8 0 4+1 0 0 0 3 0
38 DF   SCO Ross Fleming 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
18 FW   SCO David Wilson 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 3 0
Players who left Partick Thistle during the season:
23 DF   SCO Ziggy Gordon 19 0 12+2 0 0 0 5 0
99 FW   GUI Mathias Pogba 6 1 0+2 0 0 0 1+3 1

Goal scorers edit

As of match played 21 May 2017
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 FW   9 Kris Doolan 14 0 1 15
2 MF   10 Chris Erskine 5 2 2 9
3 DF   5 Liam Lindsay 6 0 1 7
4 MF   4 Sean Welsh 3 0 2 5
5 MF   11 Steven Lawless 2 1 1 4
6 FW   16 Ade Azeez 2 0 1 3
7 MF   6 Abdul Osman 1 1 0 2
MF   13 Adam Barton 1 1 0 2
FW   7 David Amoo 1 0 1 2
10 MF   19 Ryan Edwards 1 0 0 1
DF   3 Callum Booth 1 0 0 1
FW   99 Mathias Pogba 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 38 4 10 52

Disciplinary record edit

As of match played 21 May 2017
Nation Position Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
               
  GK 1 Tomáš Černý 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF 3 Callum Booth 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  MF 4 Sean Welsh 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 1
  DF 5 Liam Lindsay 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF 6 Abdul Osman 8 1 1 0 1 0 10 1
  FW 7 David Amoo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW 9 Kris Doolan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF 10 Chris Erskine 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
  MF 11 Steven Lawless 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF 13 Adam Barton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW 14 Christie Elliott 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
  DF 15 Danny Devine 8 1 3 1 2 0 13 2
  FW 16 Ade Azeez 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  DF 17 Niall Keown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 18 David Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF 19 Ryan Edwards 6 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
  DF 23 Ziggy Gordon 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
  FW 27 Kevin Nisbet 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF 30 Andrew McCarthy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 32 Mark Lamont 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 67 4 7 1 7 0 81 5

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 10 12 16 38 54  −16 42 6 5 9 21 32  −11 4 7 7 17 22  −5

Source: See Results

Transfers edit

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "Partick Thistle: Danny Devine and David Syme sign Firhill deals". BBC Sport. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Ade Azeez: Partick Thistle sign forward from AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Ziggy Gordon signs for Partick Thistle after Hamilton Accies exit". BBC Sport. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Partick Thistle Bring in Crawford". SPFL. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Partick Thistle buy Adam Barton from Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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  8. ^ a b "Partick Thistle sign Mark Ridgers as Thorsten Stuckmann exits Firhill". BBC Sport. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Partick Thistle: Danny Seaborne and Stuart Bannigan among six departures". BBC Sport. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Duggan agrees East Fife move". SPFL. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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  12. ^ a b "Partick Thistle: Gary Miller and Paul Gallacher exit Firhill". BBC Sport. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Paul Gallacher joins Hearts on player-coach contract". Sky Sports. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Gary Miller: Plymouth Argyle sign Partick Thistle right-back". BBC Sport. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Seaborne signs for Hamilton Accies". SPFL. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  16. ^ https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nieuws/lees/2016-08-31/mathias-pogba-broer-van-paul-tekent-bij-sparta-rotterdam (Dutch)
  17. ^ "Crawford signs for Stenhousemuir". Scottish Professional Football League. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Ziggy Gordon leaves the club". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Przedstawiamy nowego – Ziggy Gordon". jagiellonia.pl (in Polish). Jagiellonia Białystok. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
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