2012–13 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2012–13 season
ChairmanDavid Beattie
ManagerJackie McNamara
(Until 30 January 2013)
Alan Archibald
(From 30 January 2013)
StadiumFirhill Stadium
First DivisionFirst place
Challenge CupFinal, lost to Queen of the South
League CupSecond round, lost to Hamilton Academical
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Doolan (13)
Steven Lawless (13)
All:
Kris Doolan (15)
Chris Erskine (15)
Highest home attendance8,875 vs. Greenock Morton, First Division, 10 April 2013
Lowest home attendance1,807 vs. Raith Rovers, Challenge Cup, 19 February 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,705[1]

The 2012–13 season was Partick Thistle's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[2] Partick Thistle also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Partick Thistle finished first in the Scottish First Division,[3] and were promoted to the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the final of the Challenge Cup,[5] losing 6–5 on penalties to Queen of the South,[6] the second round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Thistle are crowned champions. James Craigen holds the trophy.

Management

Thistle began the season under the management of Jackie McNamara. On 29 January 2013, the club gave permission to Dundee United to speak to McNamara about becoming their new manager.[9] The following day McNamara and his assistant Simon Donnelly resigned,[10] to become the new management team at United.[11][12] Later the same day the club announced that Alan Archibald and Scott Paterson would take over as the club's interim management team.[13] On 22 March, the duo were given the job on a permanent basis[14] signing a one-year rolling contract.[15]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

10 July 2012[16] Friendly Alloa Athletic 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Recreation Park
Munn 52' Partick Report Lawless 26'
Sinclair 50'
17 July 2012[17] Friendly Ayr United 1 – 4 Partick Thistle Somerset Park
19:45 Kasubandi 34' Partick Report Welsh 8'
Lawless 76', 84'
Elliott 81'
21 July 2012[18] ARR Craib Cup Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Celtic XI Firhill Stadium
12:00 Welsh 32'
Lawless 49'		 Celtic Report
22 July 2012[18] ARR Craib Cup Final Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Everton XI Firhill Stadium
14:45 Welsh 2, 48(pen)' Bannigan 54' McAleny 52'

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish First Division
11 August 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless 4'
Doolan 7', 57'		 SFL Report Taylor 53' Attendance: 3,487
Referee: Salmond
18 August 2012 Scottish First Division Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 SFL Report Lawless 24' Attendance: 3,540
Referee: Brines
25 August 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan 16'
Erskine 63'
Bannigan 70'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,944
Referee: Finnie
1 September 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
15:00 Welsh 41'
Craig 56,86'
Lawless 65'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,603
Referee: McLean
15 September 2012 Scottish First Division Livingston 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Morton 59' SFL Report Lawless 38', 48' Attendance: 1,745
Referee: Thomson
22 September 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead 25' (Penalty)
Linton 70' (Own goal)		 SFL Report Stevenson 49' Attendance: 2,510
Referee: Collum
29 September 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Spence 66' BBC Report
Partick Report		 Doolan 90' Attendance: 1,957
Referee: Clancy
6 October 2012 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 3 – 1 Partick Thistle Cappielow
15:00 Rutkiewicz 14'
McLaughlin 39'
O'Brien 86'		 SFL Report Craig 20'
Murray Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 3,445
Referee: Roache
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 7 – 0 Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Erskine 4', 45'
Muirhead 11' (Penalty)
Lawless 30'
Welsh 42'
Doolan 57'
Forbes 80'		 SFL Report Sally Red card 76' Attendance: 2,545
Referee: Norris
27 October 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Attendance: 3,818
Referee: Madden
10 November 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 5 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless 5', 75'
Balatoni 34'
O'Donnell 39'
Forbes 56'		 BBC Report Muirhead 24' (Own goal) Attendance: 5,268
Referee: Murray
16 November 2012 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park
19:45 Smith 41' (Own goal) BBC Report
SFL Report		 Paton Red card 75' Attendance: 2,450
Referee: Finnie
24 November 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Sinclair 54'
Bannigan 63'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,508
Referee: McKendrick
8 December 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 BBC Report
15 December 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Bannigan 21'
Lawless 32'
Craig 87'		 SFL Report Spence 13'
Graham 81'		 Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Clancy
26 December 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Craig 28'
Forbes Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card		 SFL Report Hardie 64'
Taggart 84'		 Attendance: 4,955
Referee: Madden
29 December 2012 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Boyle 41' SFL Report Erskine 79' Attendance: 1,617
Referee: Muir
2 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle P – P Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
5 January 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Andreu 29'
McNulty 90+2'		 SFL Report Doolan 25'
Craig 32'
Welsh Red card 89'		 Attendance: 1,762
Referee: Salmond
12 January 2013 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Balatoni 21' (Own goal)
Prunty 63'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,530
Referee: Roache
19 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 4 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Balatoni 4', 62'
Erskine 20', 64'		 SFL Report Taylor 18' Attendance: 3,280
Referee: Beaton
26 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Craig 25'
Balatoni 44'		 SFL Report Hemmings 9' Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Allan
2 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
9 February 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 February 2013 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald 57', 81' (Penalty) SFL Report Erskine 9'
Craig 46'
Murray Yellow card 84' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 5,647
Referee: Norris
19 February 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
19:45 Muirhead 55' (Penalty) SFL Report Attendance: 2,046
Referee: McKendrick
23 February 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Erskine 76' SFL Report Attendance: 3,021
Referee: Tumilty
26 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath A – A Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 Moore 4', 64' SFL Report Lawless 23' Attendance: 719
Referee: Charleston
Note: Abandoned due to fog[19]
2 March 2013 Scottish First Division Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 4 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 SFL Report Craig 4', 22', 33'
Forbes 15'		 Attendance: 2,822
Referee: Madden
9 March 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless 9', 74'
Doolan 81'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Brines
12 March 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch
16 March 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 0 – 2 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park
15:00 SFL Report Balatoni 44'
Elliott 84'		 Attendance: 1,852
Referee: Finnie
19 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to snow
23 March 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 6 – 1 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead 19' (Penalty)
Craig 22'
Craigen 36'
Lawless 43'
Erskine 57'
Doolan 69'		 SFL Report Watson 45' Attendance: 2,897
Referee: Salmond
27 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 O'Brien Red card 70' SFL Report O'Donnell 24'
Doolan 30', 79'		 Attendance: 716
Referee: Charleston
30 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 Moore 31' SFL Report Doolan 12', 62' Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Muir
2 April 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 SFL Report Muirhead Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Murray
10 April 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
19:45 Craigen 41' SFL Report Attendance: 8,875
Referee: Colvin
Note: Kick of delayed to 20:00 due to large crowd still waiting to get in[20]
13 April 2013 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Watt 35' SFL Report Balatoni 89'
Elliott 90+1'		 Attendance: 1,648
Referee: Robertson
16 April 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 0 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
19:45 SFL Report Attendance: 4,963
Referee: Clancy
20 April 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 0 – 2 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Dowie 50'
Doolan 78'		 Attendance: 4,804
Referee: Finnie
27 April 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium
15:00 McMillan 27'
Erskine 84'
Lawless 90+5'		 SFL Report Wallace 65'
Geggan 72'
Thomson 80'		 Attendance: 5,663
Referee: Collum
4 May 2013 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SFL Report
Partick Report		 Attendance: 1,528
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup
28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Clyde 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Recreation Park
15:00 SFL Report Doolan 73' Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Muir
14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Queens Park 4 – 5 Partick Thistle Hampden Park
19:30 Shankland 18'
Longworth 53'
Quinn 78'
Little 85'		 SFL Report Sinclair 34'
Elliott 40'
Erskine 65', 90'
Bannigan 90'		 Attendance: 1,605
Referee: Allan
9 September 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup QF Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
16:05 Erskine 50', 58'
Craig 53'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,807
Referee: Charleston
14 October 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup SF Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Central Park
16:05 SFL Report Craig 74' Attendance: 1,159
Referee: McKendrick
7 April 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup Final Queen of the South 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(6 – 5 p)		 Partick Thistle Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
16:05 Clark 101' SFL Report Muirhead Red card 119'
Doolan 120'		 Attendance: 9,452
Referee: Allan
Penalties
Young soccer ball with check mark
Carmichael soccer ball with red X
Fitzpatrick soccer ball with check mark
Robinson soccer ball with check mark
Reilly soccer ball with check mark
Mitchell soccer ball with check mark
Higgins soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X O'Donnell
soccer ball with check mark Erskine
soccer ball with check mark Welsh
soccer ball with check mark Sinclair
soccer ball with check mark Forbes
soccer ball with check mark Doolan
soccer ball with red X Balatoni

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish League Cup
4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Forfar Athletic 0 – 2 Partick Thistle Station Park
15:00 SFL Report Erskine 18'
Lawless 37'
Murray Red card 44'		 Attendance: 693
Referee: Northcroft
28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Partick Thistle New Douglas Park
19:45 Crawford 107' SFL Report Attendance: 1,268
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Cup
3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cove Rangers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Forbes 13'
Craig Red card 27'
Redford 38' (o.g.)		 BBC Report Milne 86' Attendance: 1,957
Referee: Tumilty
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead Red card 27' BBC Report Barrowman 35'
Barrowman Red card 90'		 Attendance: 3,197
Referee: McLean

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Archibald Scotland 22 Club captain
MF Paton Scotland 8 Club captain
MF Murray Scotland 2 Club captain
FW Craig Scotland 5 Club captain
MF Erskine Scotland 6 Club captain

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

[21][22]Last updated 4 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Belgium BEL Glenn Daniels 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Scott Fox 36 0 29+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Ryan Scully 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith 7 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alan Archibald 22 0 17+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
DF England ENG Conrad Balatoni 35 6 28+1 6 3+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 5 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Liam Lindsay 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jordan McMillan 3 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 39 4 29+1 4 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen O’Donnell 37 2 26+2 2 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Paton 30 0 24+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Aaron Sinclair 40 2 28+5 1 2+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Bannigan 41 4 32+1 3 5+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jonathan Black 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Campbell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 43 15 31+3 10 4+1 4 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Forbes 30 4 22+4 3 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Bradley Halsman 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steven Lawless 44 14 30+5 13 4+1 0 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Leyden 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Caolan McAleer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Hugh Murray 16 0 12+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Rowson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Slane 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Sean Welsh 32 2 22+3 2 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Wilson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Craig 30 14 18+7 12 3+0 2 0+0 0 1+1 0
FW England ENG James Craigen 24 2 10+9 2 2+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kris Doolan 41 15 18+15 13 0+4 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
FW England ENG Christie Elliott 28 3 4+17 2 3+2 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Mark McGuigan 16 0 1+11 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 0+1 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 4 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Belgium GK Glenn Daniels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Scott Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Ryan Scully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Alan Archibald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England DF Conrad Balatoni 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Scotland DF Andy Dowie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Liam Lindsay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Jordan McMillan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Aaron Muirhead 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3
Scotland DF Stephen O’Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Paul Paton 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Scotland DF Aaron Sinclair 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Stuart Bannigan 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Scotland MF Jonathan Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jamie Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Chris Erskine 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Ross Forbes 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland MF Bradley Halsman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Steven Lawless 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Jordan Leyden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland MF Caolan McAleer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Hugh Murray 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 3
Scotland MF David Rowson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Paul Slane 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Scotland MF Sean Welsh 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF David Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Steven Craig 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
England FW James Craigen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Kris Doolan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England FW Christie Elliott 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Mark McGuigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Last updated 3 May 2013
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Jackie McNamara[23] First Division Manager of the Month August
Scotland Steven Lawless[23] Young Player of the Month August
Scotland Stuart Bannigan[24] Young Player of the Month January
Scotland Alan Archibald[25] First Division Manager of the Month February
Scotland Alan Archibald[26] First Division Manager of the Month March
Scotland Kris Doolan[27] Player of the Month March
Scotland Scott Fox, Stephen O’Donnell, Aaron Sinclair, Stuart Bannigan & Chris Erskine[note 1] PFA Scotland First Division Team of the Year[28][29] Season

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C, P) 36 23 9 4 76 28 +48 78 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47 +26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 +4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 +2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45 +7 51
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Division summary

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  1. ^ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[31]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [30]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2012

Notes

  1. ^ Jordan McMillan was also included but for his time as a Dunfermline Athletic player.

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