2014–15 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
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
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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.

Summary

Season

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre Season

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

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

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

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

As of 23 May 2015 (UTC)^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	4	5	8	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: ^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

^ "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.

[table_note_DND0.21145527214345-3] Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

[1] "Falkirk 0-2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[stats-2] "Partick Thistle 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[4] "Scottish Premiership 2014/15". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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