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2011–12 Partick Thistle F.C. season

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The 2011–12 season was Partick Thistle's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[1] Partick Thistle also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

ChairmanDavid Beattie
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumFirhill Stadium
Scottish First DivisionSixth place
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Partick Thistle
2011–12 season
ChairmanDavid Beattie
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumFirhill Stadium
Scottish First DivisionSixth place
Challenge CupSecond round, lost to Hamilton Academical
League CupFirst round, lost to Berwick Rangers
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Queen of the South
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Doolan (13)
All:
Paul Cairney (14)
Highest home attendance3,380 vs. Greenock Morton, 30 September 2011
Lowest home attendance1,439 vs. Ayr United, 21 February 2012
Average home league attendance2,345
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Summary

Partick Thistle finished sixth in the First Division.[2] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the first round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Preseason

2 July 2011 Friendly Blyth Spartans 2–0 Partick Thistle Croft Park
Vipond 53'
Cave 83'		 PTFC Report Attendance: 590
Referee: Stockbridge
9 July 2011 Friendly Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Fleetwood Town Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Stewart 52' PTFC Report Mangan 6'
13 July 2011 Friendly Motherwell 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Fir Park, Motherwell
Craigan 2' (pen.) Motherwell Report Attendance: 2,122
Referee: Muir
16 July 2011 Friendly Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Celtic XI Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Cairney 14'
Stewart 56'		 PTFC Report Spence 20' Attendance: 5,231
19 July 2011 Friendly Dumbarton 4 – 1 Partick Thistle Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Sutherland 27'
Agnew 68'
Scully 82'
Brennan 90'		 PTFC Report Burns 61' (pen.) Referee: Conroy

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2011-12 Scottish First Division
6 August 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Lockwood 90' (pen.) Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Conroy
13 August 2011 First Division Falkirk 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 8'
Higginbotham 50'		 BBC Sport Doolan 36' Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Allan
20 August 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Elliott 66' BBC Sport Mensing 76' Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Brines
27 August 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Queen of the South Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Doolan 20'
Elliott 85'		 BBC Sport Campbell 61' Attendance: 2,045
Referee: McKendrick
10 September 2011 First Division Ross County 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain 13' (pen.)
Gardyne 47'
Miller Red card 72'		 BBC Sport Cairney 73' (pen.)
Erskine 89'		 Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Allan
17 September 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Rowson 49'
Cairney 65'
Erskine 73'
Doolan 90' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Attendance: 2,639
Referee: O'Reilly
24 September 2011 First Division Livingston 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
Deuchar 29'
Kyle Jacobs 90'		 BBC Sport Elliott 51' Attendance: 2,251
Referee: Salmond
30 September 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 5 – 0 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
O’Donnell 3'
Doolan 29'
Elliott 76'
Erskine 82'
Stewart 89'		 BBC Sport Graham Red card 74' Attendance: 3,380
Referee: Charleston
15 October 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Ellis 31'
Baird 56'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 1,769
Referee: Muir
22 October 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 2 Falkirk Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Rowson 48'
Erskine 90'		 BBC Sport El Alagui 35'
Higginbotham 85'		 Attendance: 2,851
Referee: Collum
29 October 2011 First Division Dundee 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Douglas Red card 25' PTFC Report Cairney 26' (pen.) Attendance: 4,263
Referee: McLean
5 November 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Ross County Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Vigurs 26' Attendance: 2,472
Referee: Norris
12 November 2011 First Division Queen of the South 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Palmerston Park, Dumfries
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Murray
26 November 2011 First Division Ayr United P – P Partick Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr
30 November 2011 First Division Ayr United 0 – 0 Partick Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr
SFL Report Attendance: 1,122
Referee: Colvin
3 December 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Ross County Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Balatoni 26'
Deuchar red-colored football 33' (o.g.)		 SFL Report Deuchar 56' Attendance: 2,026
Referee: Muir
10 December 2011 First Division Greenock Morton 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Cappielow Park, Greenock
McGeouch 53' SFL Report Rowson 39'
Doolan 88'		 Attendance: 1,849
Referee: McKendrick
17 December 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
SFL Report Baird 66' Attendance: 1,918
Referee: Tumilty
26 December 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Queen of the South Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Doolan 48' SFL Report Attendance: 2,261
Referee: Madden
2 January 2012 First Division Ross County P – P Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
13 January 2012 First Division Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Spence 87' BBC Sport Archibald Red card 90' Attendance: 2,401
Referee: Tumilty
21 January 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 0 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,425
Referee: McKendrick
28 January 2012 First Division Partick Thistle P – P Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
11 February 2012 First Division Livingston 3 – 1 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
McNulty 37'
Watson 45'
Jacobs 52'		 SFL Report Cairney 88' Attendance: 1,824
Referee: Conroy
18 February 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 0 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
SFL Report Attendance: 2,305
Referee: Crawford
21 February 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 4 – 2 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Doolan 55', 64'
Cairney 81', 90'		 SFL Report Parker 4'
McGowan 88'		 Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Murray
25 February 2012 First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Graham 63'
Baird 72'		 BBC Sport Doolan 28'
Paton Red card 68'		 Attendance: 1,535
Referee: Clancy
3 March 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Doolan 18'
Erskine 65'		 PTFC Report Attendance: 2,111
Referee: Finnie
6 March 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin 30'
Vigurs 36'
Gardyne 50'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Brines
10 March 2012 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Millar 52' (pen.)
Duffie Red card 56'		 SFL Report Cairney 45' Attendance: 3,257
Referee: Collum
17 March 2012 First Division Queen of the South 0 – 5 Partick Thistle Palmerston Park, Dumfries
SFL Report Doolan 17', 64'
O'Donnell 42'
Erskine 69'
Elliott 85'		 Attendance: 1,689
Referee: Salmond
24 March 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Ross County Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport McMenamin 44' Attendance: 2,480
Referee: Beaton
31 March 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 3 Livingston Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Cairney 7'
Sinclair 54'		 BBC Sport Boulding 20', 47'
Russell 50'		 Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Charleston
7 April 2012 First Division Ayr United 1 – 3 Partick Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr
Dodd 79' Red card 85' BBC Sport Erskine 27'
Doolan 33'
McGuigan 90'		 Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Madden
10 April 2012 First Division Greenock Morton 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Cappielow Park, Greenock
MacDonald 8' SFL Report Attendance: 1,637
Referee: McLean
14 April 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Welsh 64' BBC Sport Paton red-colored football 74' (o.g.) Attendance: 1,832
Referee: Murray
21 April 2012 First Division Dundee 0 – 3 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
McGregor Red card 90' BBC Sport Cairney 35', 81', 90' (pen.) Attendance: 3,682
Referee: Clancy
28 April 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
McGuigan 24' SFL Report Alston 71' Attendance: 2,586
Referee: O'Reilly
5 May 2012 First Division Hamilton Academical 2 – 2 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Redmond 26'
McShane 30'
McLaughlin Red card 77'		 BBC Sport Bannigan 36'
Welsh 42'		 Attendance: 1,978
Referee: McKendrick

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup
19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Culter 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Crombie Park, Peterculter
Stopp 19' BBC Sport Cairney 6' Attendance: 1,113
Referee: Roache
26 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Culter Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Elliott 1'
Cairney 26', 29'
Erskine 47'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Roache
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Queen of the South Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Carmichael 89' Attendance: 2,454
Referee: Roache

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup round 1 Partick Thistle 1 – 3 Berwick Rangers Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Cairney 28'
Paton Red card 47'
Balatoni Red card 79'		 BBC Sport Gray 33'
Noble 73'
P. Currie 79' (pen.) McDonald Yellow card 81' Red card		 Attendance: 1,255
Referee: McLean

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup
23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Stenhousemuir Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Rowson 20'
Stewart 82'		 BBC Sport Kean 86' Attendance: 1,292
Referee: Finnie
9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Chambers 86' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 1,362
Referee: Thomson

Player statistics

Captains

More information No., P ...
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Archibald Scotland 36 Club captain
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Last updated: 5 May 2012
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

Last updated 5 May 2012[6]
More information No., Pos ...
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Scott Fox 37031+003+001+002+00
GK Scotland SCO Ryan Scully 505+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Alan Archibald 36033+003+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Lindsay 200+100+000+001+00
DF England ENG Conrad Balatoni 28121+311+001+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Gavin Griffin 200+200+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Darren Cole 606+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Aaron Sinclair 36130+013+001+002+00
DF Scotland SCO William Kinniburgh 704+100+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Paul Paton 39033+003+001+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Stephen O’Donnell 33228+322+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Paul Cairney 401435+0103+031+011+00
MF Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 41723+1263+011+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Iain Flannigan 902+301+001+001+10
MF Scotland SCO Kyle Hutton 12012+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Ryan MacBeth 000+000+000+000+00
MF Northern Ireland NIR Caolan McAleer 100+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Bannigan 1819+511+100+101+00
MF Scotland SCO David Rowson 35429+132+001+002+01
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Campbell 400+200+000+100+10
MF Scotland SCO Scott Robertson 26018+302+100+101+00
MF Scotland SCO Sean Welsh 12210+220+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Bradley Halsman 101+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Kris Doolan 401328+6132+101+001+10
FW Northern Ireland NIR Thomas Stewart 2728+1313+001+002+01
FW Scotland SCO Kieran Burns 501+400+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Shaun Fraser 000+000+000+000+00
FW England ENG Christie Elliott 32618+1151+210+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Craig Dargo 703+100+300+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Kal Naismith 804+400+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Mark McGuigan 724+320+000+000+00
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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKCraig Hinchliffe 0000000000
ScotlandGKScott Fox 0000000000
ScotlandGKRyan Scully 0000000000
ScotlandDFAlan Archibald 4100000041
EnglandDFConrad Balatoni 5000010051
ScotlandDFGavin Griffin 0000000000
ScotlandDFDarren Cole 1000000010
ScotlandDFWilliam Kinniburgh 0000100010
ScotlandDFJonathan Lindsay 0000000000
ScotlandDFPaul Paton 5100010052
ScotlandDFAaron Sinclair 5010001070
ScotlandDFStephen O’Donnell 2000000020
ScotlandMFPaul Cairney 6000101080
ScotlandMFChris Erskine 1000000010
ScotlandMFIain Flannigan 0000001010
ScotlandMFKyle Hutton 2000000020
ScotlandMFStuart Bannigan 2000000020
ScotlandMFRyan MacBeth 0000000000
Northern IrelandMFCaolan McAleer 0000000000
ScotlandMFDavid Rowson 1000001020
ScotlandMFJamie Campbell 0000000000
ScotlandMFScott Robertson 7010000080
ScotlandMFSean Welsh 3000000030
ScotlandMFBradley Halsman 0000000000
ScotlandFWKris Doolan 0000000000
ScotlandFWMartin Grehan 0000000000
Northern IrelandFWThomas Stewart 0000000000
ScotlandFWSimon Donnelly 0000000000
ScotlandFWKieran Burns 0000000000
ScotlandFWShaun Fraser 0000000000
EnglandFWChristie Elliott 1000000010
ScotlandFWCraig Dargo 0000000000
ScotlandFWKal Naismith 1000000010
ScotlandFWMark McGuigan 1000000010

Awards

Last updated 14 May 2012
More information Nation, Name ...
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Aaron Sinclair[7] Young Player of the Month October
Scotland Jackie McNamara[8] First Division Manager of the Month December
Scotland Paul Cairney[9] Player of the Month April
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League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 −1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 49 −3 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 55 −15 42
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Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

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