2016–17 Partick Thistle F.C. season

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

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.

Scottish Premiership

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

Group stage

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

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

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

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

Appearances

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

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

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

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

See also

Notes

References

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