2014–15 Partick Thistle F.C. season
2014–15 season | |||
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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 | ||
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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 ![]() Greer ![]() Fenelon ![]() Harris ![]() |
Report |
19 July 2014 | Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton |
19:00 | Prunty ![]() |
Report | Stevenson ![]() |
27 July 2014 | Glentoran | 1 – 3 | Partick Thistle | The Oval, Belfast |
16:00 | Stewart ![]() |
Report | Doolan ![]() Fraser ![]() Higginbotham ![]() |
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 ![]() Frempah ![]() Fraser ![]() O'Donnell ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 3,261 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
16 August 2014 2 | Dundee | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Dens Park, Dundee |
15:00 | Wighton ![]() |
Report | Fraser ![]() Fox ![]() |
Attendance: 6,453 Referee: Craig Charleston |
23 August 2014 3 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Higginbotham ![]() |
Report | Andreu ![]() Scotland ![]() |
Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
30 August 2014 4 | Aberdeen | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen |
15:00 | Low ![]() McGinn ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 11,003 Referee: Brian Colvin |
13 September 2014 5 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 1 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Lawless ![]() Osman ![]() Higginbotham ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 2,917 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
19 September 2014 6 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | St Mirren | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Doolan ![]() |
Report | Ball ![]() McLean ![]() |
Attendance: 3,821 Referee: Willie Collum |
27 September 2014 7 | Kilmarnock | 3 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
15:00 | Obadeyi ![]() Pascali ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 3,980 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
4 October 2014 8 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 1 | Motherwell | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Bannigan ![]() Doolan ![]() O’Donnell ![]() |
Report | Ainsworth ![]() |
Attendance: 3,405 Referee: Bobby Madden |
18 October 2014 9 | Dundee United | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park, Dundee |
15:00 | Ciftci ![]() |
Report | Seaborne ![]() |
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 ![]() Redmond ![]() Andreu ![]() |
Report | McMillan ![]() Craigen ![]() Elliott ![]() |
Attendance: 2,855 Referee: Brian Colvin |
8 November 2014 12 | St Mirren | 0 – 1 | Partick Thistle | St Mirren Park, Paisley |
15:00 | Report | Elliott ![]() |
Attendance: 4,636 Referee: John Beaton |
23 November 2014 13 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | Aberdeen | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Report | Rooney ![]() |
Attendance: 4,145 Referee: Willie Collum |
3 December 2014 14 | Celtic | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
19:45 | Van Dijk ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 40,633 Referee: Brian Colvin |
6 December 2014 15 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Seaborne ![]() |
Report | Obadeyi ![]() |
Attendance: 3,054 Referee: Steven McLean |
13 December 2014 16 | Inverness CT | 0 – 4 | Partick Thistle | Caledonian Stadium, Inverness |
15:00 | Report | Stevenson ![]() Fraser ![]() Balatoni ![]() |
Attendance: 2,723 Referee: John Beaton |
20 December 2014 17 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Dundee | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Craigen ![]() |
Report | Balatoni ![]() |
Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Craig Thomson |
27 December 2014 18 | Motherwell | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Fir Park, Motherwell |
15:00 | Sutton ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Brian Colvin |
4 January 2015 19 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 2 | Dundee United | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Stevenson ![]() Doolan ![]() |
Report | Mackay-Steven ![]() Ciftci ![]() |
Attendance: 3,761 Referee: John Beaton |
17 January 2015 20 | St Johnstone | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | Mackay ![]() Anderson ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Greg Aitken |
21 January 2015 21 | Partick Thistle | 5 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
19:45 | Doolan ![]() Eccleston ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Craig Thomson |
24 January 2015 22 | Kilmarnock | 2 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
15:00 | Magennis ![]() Pascali ![]() |
Report | Stevenson ![]() Frans ![]() |
Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Willie Collum |
30 January 2015 23 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | St Mirren | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
19:45 | Report | Dayton ![]() |
Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
11 February 2015 24 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 3 | Celtic | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
19:45 | Report | Mackay-Steven ![]() Armstrong ![]() Johanen ![]() |
Attendance: 5,776 Referee: Crawford Allan |
14 February 2015 25 | Dundee | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Dens Park, Dundee |
15:00 | McGowan ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Craig Thomson |
21 February 2015 26 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 3 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Taylor ![]() |
Report | Curran ![]() De Vita ![]() Fraser ![]() |
Attendance: 2,951 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
28 February 2015 27 | Dundee United | 0 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park, Dundee |
15:00 | Report | O'Donnell ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 6,517 Referee: Greg Aitken |
7 March 2015 28 | Ross County | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
15:00 | Craig Curran ![]() |
Report | Higginbotham ![]() |
Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Alan Muir |
14 March 2015 29 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 0 | St Johnstone | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Doolan ![]() Balatoni ![]() Bannigan ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Willie Column |
21 March 2015 30 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Lawless ![]() |
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 ![]() Johansen ![]() |
Report | Craigen ![]() |
Attendance: 43,784 Referee: Willie Collum |
11 April 2015 33 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 0 | Motherwell | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Taylor ![]() |
Report | Carswell ![]() |
Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Bobby Madden |
25 April 2015 34 | Ross County | 1 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
15:00 | Gardyne ![]() |
Report | Frans ![]() O'Donnell ![]() |
Attendance: 3,315 Referee: Don Robertson |
2 May 2015 35 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 0 | St Mirren | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Stevenson ![]() Doolan ![]() Lawless ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 3,865 Referee: Craig Thomson |
9 May 2015 36 | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
15:00 | Docherty ![]() |
Report | O'Donnell ![]() |
Attendance: 2,342 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
16 May 2015 37 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 4 | Kilmarnock | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Balatoni ![]() |
Report | Hamill ![]() Obadeyi ![]() Magennis ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 1,879 Referee: Calum Murray |
29 October 2014 Quarter-Final | Celtic | 6 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
19:45 | Guidetti ![]() Izaguirre ![]() Griffiths ![]() |
Report | Bannigan ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Imrie ![]() |
Attendance: 2,467 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
23 September 2014 Fifth Round | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Taylor ![]() |
Report | Watkins ![]() Tansey ![]() |
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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Scott Fox | 24 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Stephen O'Donnell | 38 | 5 | 34+0 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Danny Seaborne | 22 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
Sean Welsh | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Callum Booth | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Conrad Balatoni | 35 | 3 | 32+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
James Craigen | 31 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Stuart Bannigan | 41 | 3 | 34+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Kris Doolan | 40 | 10 | 18+17 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
Ryan Stevenson | 36 | 7 | 28+4 | 5 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Steven Lawless | 38 | 3 | 28+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
12 | GK | ![]() |
Paul Gallacher | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
13 | DF | ![]() |
Frédéric Frans | 22 | 2 | 20+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() |
Christie Elliott | 31 | 2 | 18+8 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() |
Kallum Higginbotham | 35 | 2 | 24+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
16 | DF | ![]() |
Jordan McMillan | 13 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
Abdul Osman | 39 | 1 | 34+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
21 | DF | ![]() |
Ben Richards-Everton | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Gary Fraser | 26 | 3 | 13+10 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
23 | MF | ![]() |
David Wilson | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() |
Jack Hendry | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
26 | DF | ![]() |
Liam Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
28 | MF | ![]() |
Declan McDaid | 16 | 3 | 5+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
29 | FW | ![]() |
Lyle Taylor | 16 | 4 | 10+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
30 | DF | ![]() |
Dale Keenan | 6 | 3 | 4+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
33 | FW | ![]() |
Neil McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
36 | MF | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Aaron Muirhead | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() |
Jake Carroll | 13 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
Nathan Eccleston | 11 | 2 | 0+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
Team Statistics[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | 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:
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[]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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.
Categories:
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