2023–24 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was Partick Thistle's third season back in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted from League One at the end of the 2020–21 season. Thistle also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup, Scottish Cup and Glasgow Cup.

Partick Thistle
2023–24 season
ChairmanAlistair Creevy
ManagerKris Doolan
StadiumFirhill Stadium
Premiership play-offSemi-final
League CupSecond round
Challenge CupThird round
Scottish CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (20)
All: Brian Graham (26)
Highest home attendance6,531, vs. Airdrieonians, Championship, 10 May 2024
Lowest home attendance2,231, vs. The Spartans, League Cup, 29 July 2023
Average home league attendance3,517

Summary

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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4 July 2023 Kelty Hearts 1–2 Partick Thistle Kelty
19:45 Johnston   61' Graham   32'
Trialist   82'
Stadium: New Central Park

Scottish Championship

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5 August 2023 1 Partick Thistle 2–2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 McMillan   5'
Fitzpatrick   45'
Report Easton   83'
Mitchell   89'
Attendance: 3,468
Referee: Calum Scott
12 August 2023 2 Airdrieonians 2–1 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McGill   63'
Gallagher   71'
Report Lyon   31' Attendance: 2,691
Referee: Craig Napier
26 August 2023 3 Partick Thistle 3–1 Queen's Park Firhill Stadium
15:00 McInroy   26', 57'
Graham   30'
Report Paton   32' Attendance: 3,365
Referee: Grant Irvine
2 September 2023 4 Greenock Morton 1–4 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Muirhead   15' Report Lawless   39'
Graham   70', 72'
Milne   77'
Adeloye   84'
Attendance: 2,726
Referee: Graham Grainger
15 September 2023 5 Ayr United 0–4 Partick Thistle Somerset Park
19:45 Report Graham   2'
Lawless   58', 67'
Adeloye   81'
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: William Collum
23 September 2023 6 Partick Thistle 0–3 Arbroath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Hylton   12', 80'
O'Brien   39'
Attendance: 3,159
Referee: Graham Grainger
30 September 2023 7 Partick Thistle 3–0 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium
15:00 Robinson   21'
Graham   49'
McInroy   60'
Report Attendance: 3,703
Referee: Colin Steven
7 October 2023 8 Inverness CT 0–0 Partick Thistle Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 2,364
Referee: Dan McFarlane
21 October 2023 9 Partick Thistle 0–5 Dundee United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead   80' Report Sibbald   12'
Holt   61', 83', 88 pen.'
McMann   63'
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Steven Kirkland
27 October 2023 10 Queen's Park 2–2 Partick Thistle Hampden Park
19:45 Paton   52 pen.'
Turner   56'
Report Lawless   45+2 pen.'
Adeloye   58'
Attendance: 2,894
Referee: Chris Graham
31 October 2023 11 Partick Thistle 2–2 Ayr United Firhill Stadium
19:45 Graham   17'
Milne   47'
Report Murphy   19', 75 pen.' Attendance: 2,428
Referee: Ross Hardie
3 November 2023 12 Arbroath 1–3 Partick Thistle Gayfield Park
15:00 Hylton   87' Report Fitzpatrick   23', 61'
Graham   74'
Attendance: 1,753
Referee: Gavin Duncan
11 November 2023 13 Partick Thistle 2–1 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
15:00 McInroy   3'
Graham   74'
Alston   77'
Report Gillespie   32 pen.' Attendance: 3,732
Referee: Alan Muir
2 December 2023 14 Partick Thistle 2–1 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Diack   7'
Fordyce   37 o.g.'
Report Watson   54' Attendance: 3,179
Referee: Steven McLean
8 December 2023 15 Raith Rovers 4–3 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 O'Reilly   13'
Easton   46'
Smith   79'
Stanton   82'
Report O'Reilly   51 o.g.'
Graham   32'
Alston   69'
Attendance: 3,447
Referee: Alan Muir
16 December 2023 16 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Todd   82' Report Milne   12'
Graham   45'
Attendance: 4,777
Referee: Chris Graham
23 December 2023 17 Partick Thistle 1–1 Inverness CT Firhill Stadium
15:00 McMillan   15' Report Anderson   1' Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Graham Grainger
29 December 2023 18 Dundee United 3–0 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Watt   7', 86', 89' Report Attendance: 8,110
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
2 January 2024 19 Partick Thistle 3–2 Queen's Park Firhill Stadium
15:00 Milne   27'
Fitzpatrick   48'
Neilson   85'
Report Paton   31', 90' Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Steven Kirkland
6 January 2024 20 Partick Thistle 4–0 Arbroath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham   12'
Fitzpatrick   51'
Adeloye   80', 82'
Report Attendance: 3,481
Referee: Calum Scott
13 January 2024 21 Greenock Morton 1–1 Partick Thistle Cappielow
15:00 McMillan   31 o.g.' Report Diack   75' Attendance: 3,568
Referee: Craig Napier
27 January 2024 22 Airdrieonians 1–1 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Watson   37' Report Adeloye   41' Attendance: 2,422
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
17 February 2024 23 Inverness CT 3–3 Partick Thistle Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Kerr   27'
Savage   54'
Shaw   79'
Anderson   90+2'
Report Fitzpatrick   64'
Graham   77', 86 pen.'
Attendance: 2,215
Referee: Grant Irvine
23 February 2024 24 Partick Thistle 1–3 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium
19:45 Graham   30' Report Fagan-Walcott   37'
Todd   55'
Benjamin   65'
Attendance: 3,350
Referee: David Munro
27 February 2024 25 Ayr United 4–3 Partick Thistle Somerset Park
19:45 McAllister   15'
Willoughby   43', 45+2'
McHugh   84'
Report Graham   33'
Adeloye   78'
Sanders   83 o.g.'
Attendance: 2,227
Referee: Graham Grainger
2 March 2024 26 Partick Thistle 1–1 Dundee United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham   3' Report Moult   67' Attendance: 4,448
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
9 March 2024 27 Queen's Park 2–2 Partick Thistle Hampden Park
15:00 Sheridan   38'
Paton   52'
Report Adeloye   64'
Graham   70 pen.'
Attendance: 3,001
Referee: Iain Snedden
12 March 2024 28 Partick Thistle 0–1 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
19:45 Report Murray   34' Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Euan Anderson
16 March 2024 29 Partick Thistle 2–1 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham   28'
Robinson   52'
Report Muirhead   90+4' Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Dan McFarlane
23 March 2024 30 Arbroath 0–1 Partick Thistle Gayfield Park
15:00 Report Fitzpatrick   15' Attendance: 1,048
Referee: Steven Kirkland
30 March 2024 31 Partick Thistle 1–0 Inverness CT Firhill Stadium
15:00 Robinson   41' Report Kerr   66' Attendance: 3,371
Referee: John Beaton
6 April 2024 32 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Kane   79 pen.' Report Graham   24' Attendance: 5,572
Referee: Calum Scott
13 April 2024 33 Raith Rovers 0–0 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,928
Referee: David Munro
20 April 2024 34 Partick Thistle 4–0 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Fitzpatrick   52'
Graham   61', 68'
Diack   85'
Report Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Iain Snedden
27 April 2024 35 Partick Thistle 0–0 Ayr United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,243
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
3 May 2024 36 Dundee United 4–1 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Sibbald   42'
Fotheringham   59'
Watt   69'
Moult   83 pen.'
Report Stanway   13' Attendance: 11,802
Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership play-off

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7 May 2024 Quarter-final 1st leg Airdrieonians 2–2 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
19:45 Todorov   5'
McGill   50'
Report McBeth   29'
Robinson   45'
Attendance: 3,163
Referee: Grant Irvine
10 May 2024 Quarter-final 2nd leg Partick Thistle 2–1
(4–3 agg.)
Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
19:45 Graham   18', 47' Report Lyall   55' Attendance: 6,531
Referee: Colin Steven
14 May 2024 Semi-final 1st leg Partick Thistle 1–2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
19:45 Alston   72' Report Brown   22'
Vaughan   40'
Attendance: 5,497
Referee: Chris Graham
17 May 2024 Semi-final 2nd leg Raith Rovers 1–2
(3–3 agg.)
(4–3 p)
Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 Matthews   30' Report Alston   16', 45+1' Attendance: 6,070

Scottish League Cup

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Group stage

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15 July 2023 Group stage Peterhead 1–1
(9–10 p)
Partick Thistle Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Ritchie   32' Report Milne   3' Attendance: 834
Referee: Dan McFarlane
18 July 2023 Group stage Dundee United 1–2 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Sibbald   18' Report Graham   32'
Milne   58'
Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
23 July 2023 Group stage Partick Thistle 2–2
(6–7 p)
Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham   68'
Lyon   90+3'
Report MacIver   14'
Spencer   67'
Agyeman   71'
Attendance: 2,607
Referee: Steven Kirkland
29 July 2023 Group stage Partick Thistle 2–1 The Spartans Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lyon   52'
Graham   88 pen.'
Report Henderson   81'
Craigen   88'
Attendance: 2,231
Referee: Gavin Duncan

Knockout phase

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19 August 2023 Second round Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Partick Thistle Tynecastle Park
15:00 Graham   11 o.g.'
Offiah   45'
Shankland   48'
Tagawa   74'
Report Attendance: 12,841
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Challenge Cup

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9 September 2023 Third round Partick Thistle 2–3 Queen of the South Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless   11 pen.'
Stanway   48'
Report McGuffie   7'
Reilly   24'
Ambrose   87'
Attendance: 2,307
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup

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25 November 2023 Third round Partick Thistle 3–0 Queen's Park Firhill Stadium
15:00 Alston   36'
Fitzpatrick   41', 50'
Report Attendance: 2,520
Referee: Iain Snedden
20 January 2024 Fourth round Ross County 0–3 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Report Graham   37'
Robinson   45+1'
Bannigan   54'
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: David Dickinson
10 February 2024 Fifth round Partick Thistle 2–3 (a.e.t.) Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 McInroy   27'
Fitzpatrick   61'
Report Nouble   66', 82'
Yengi   120'
Attendance: 3,843
Referee: Nick Walsh

Glasgow Cup

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28 November 2023 Group stage Rangers B 6–0 Partick Thistle Rangers Training Centre
15:00 Gentles    
Stevens  
McKinnon  
Paul Nsio  
Report
10 April 2024 Group stage Partick Thistle 1–4 Queen's Park Petershill Park
Horn   63' Report McCormick   14', 19'
Williamson  
Fiddes   73'
24 April 2024 Group stage Celtic B 6–3 Partick Thistle Lennoxtown Training Centre
19:45 Davidson   2', 7'
Dobbie   11', 15'
Quinn   48', 73'
Report   9'
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Squad statistics

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Player statistics

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As of 17 May 2024[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship + Playoffs League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Glasgow Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Jamie Sneddon 27 0 21+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF   SCO Jack McMillan 37 2 31+1 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF   SCO Harry Milne 47 5 37+2 3 5+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   ENG Wasiri Williams 20 0 9+2 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 0
5 DF   SCO Aaron Muirhead 47 0 38+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   SCO Lewis Neilson 43 1 37+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   SCO Kerr McInroy 39 5 34+1 4 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
8 MF   SCO Stuart Bannigan 40 1 23+8 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW   SCO Brian Graham 46 26 37+0 22 5+0 3 0+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
11 MF   SCO Steven Lawless 41 5 32+0 4 5+0 0 1+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF   MWI Kieran Ngwenya 21 0 8+11 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 FW   SCO Scott Robinson 31 5 17+12 4 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
19 MF   SCO Luke McBeth 21 1 17+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   IRL Daniel O'Reilly 8 0 2+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   SCO Aidan Fitzpatrick 47 11 37+1 8 5+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 2
23 MF   SCO Blair Alston 32 6 8+20 5 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 1
25 GK   SCO Ross Stewart 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   SCO Ben Stanway 36 1 20+7 0 3+2 0 1+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
29 MF   SCO Zander MacKenzie 24 0 3+15 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
31 GK   SCO David Mitchell 19 0 16+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW   SCO Ricco Diack 19 3 2+14 3 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
36 MF   SCO Ché Campbell 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW   SCO Ceiran Loney 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
99 FW   ENG Tomi Adeloye 27 7 2+19 7 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season
10 FW   SCO Anton Dowds 4 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF   ENG Nathan McGinley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   SCO Ben Williamson 13 0 3+5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 GK   USA Mason McCready 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW   ENG Wes McDonald 6 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
27 MF   SCO James Lyon 9 3 1+2 1 1+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
30 MF   SCO Ji Stevenson 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW   SCO Sallu Turay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF   SCO Jamie Taggart 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Club statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee United (C, P) 36 22 9 5 73 23 +50 75 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Raith Rovers 36 20 9 7 58 42 +16 69 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Partick Thistle 36 14 13 9 63 54 +9 55 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Airdrieonians 36 15 7 14 44 44 0 52
5 Greenock Morton 36 12 9 15 43 46 −3 45
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

League Cup table

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Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR FAL DUN SPA PET
1 Partick Thistle 4 2 1 1 0 7 5 +2 9 Qualification for the second round 2–2p 2–1
2 Falkirk 4 2 1 0 1 8 5 +3 8 0–1 4–1
3 Dundee United 4 2 0 0 2 5 3 +2 6 1–2 3–0
4 The Spartans 4 2 0 0 2 5 5 0 6 1–2 1–0
5 Peterhead 4 0 0 1 3 3 10 −7 1 1–1p 1–2
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]

Glasgow Cup table

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Transfers

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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