2023–24 Partick Thistle F.C. season
Partick Thistle 2023–24 football season
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The 2023–24 season was Partick Thistle's third season back in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted from League One at the end of the 2020–21 season. Thistle also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup, Scottish Cup and Glasgow Cup.
| 2023–24 season | |||
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| Chairman | Alistair Creevy | ||
| Manager | Kris Doolan | ||
| Stadium | Firhill Stadium | ||
| Scottish Championship | 3rd | ||
| Premiership play-offs | Semi-finals | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
| League Cup | Second round | ||
| Challenge Cup | Third round | ||
| Glasgow Cup | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Brian Graham (20) All: Brian Graham (26) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6,531, vs. Airdrieonians, Play-offs, 10 May 2024 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,231, vs. The Spartans, League Cup, 29 July 2023 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,517 | ||
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Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
| 4 July 2023 | Kelty Hearts | 1–2 | Partick Thistle | Kelty |
| 19:45 | Johnston  61' |
Graham 32' Trialist 82' |
Stadium: New Central Park |
Scottish Championship
| 5 August 2023 1 | Partick Thistle | 2–2 | Raith Rovers | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | McMillan 5' Fitzpatrick 45' |
Report | Easton 83' Mitchell 89' |
Attendance: 3,468 Referee: Calum Scott |
| 12 August 2023 2 | Airdrieonians | 2–1 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium |
| 15:00 | McGill 63' Gallagher 71' |
Report | Lyon 31' |
Attendance: 2,691 Referee: Craig Napier |
| 26 August 2023 3 | Partick Thistle | 3–1 | Queen's Park | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | McInroy 26', 57' Graham 30' |
Report | Paton 32' |
Attendance: 3,365 Referee: Grant Irvine |
| 2 September 2023 4 | Greenock Morton | 1–4 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium |
| 15:00 | Muirhead 15' |
Report | Lawless 39' Graham 70', 72'Milne  77'Adeloye 84' |
Attendance: 2,726 Referee: Graham Grainger |
| 15 September 2023 5 | Ayr United | 0–4 | Partick Thistle | Somerset Park |
| 19:45 | Report | Graham 2' Lawless 58', 67'Adeloye 81' |
Attendance: 2,078 Referee: William Collum |
| 23 September 2023 6 | Partick Thistle | 0–3 | Arbroath | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Hylton 12', 80' O'Brien 39' |
Attendance: 3,159 Referee: Graham Grainger |
| 30 September 2023 7 | Partick Thistle | 3–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Robinson 21' Graham 49'McInroy 60' |
Report | Attendance: 3,703 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 7 October 2023 8 | Inverness CT | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | Caledonian Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Dan McFarlane |
| 21 October 2023 9 | Partick Thistle | 0–5 | Dundee United | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Muirhead 80' |
Report | Sibbald 12' Holt 61', 83', 88' (pen.)McMann 63' |
Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 27 October 2023 10 | Queen's Park | 2–2 | Partick Thistle | Hampden Park |
| 19:45 | Paton 52' (pen.) Turner 56' |
Report | Lawless 45+2' (pen.) Adeloye 58' |
Attendance: 2,894 Referee: Chris Graham |
| 31 October 2023 11 | Partick Thistle | 2–2 | Ayr United | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Graham 17' Milne 47' |
Report | Murphy 19', 75' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,428 Referee: Ross Hardie |
| 3 November 2023 12 | Arbroath | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | Gayfield Park |
| 15:00 | Hylton 87' |
Report | Fitzpatrick 23', 61' Graham 74' |
Attendance: 1,753 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 11 November 2023 13 | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | Greenock Morton | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | McInroy 3' Graham 74'Alston 77' |
Report | Gillespie 32' (pen.) |
Attendance: 3,732 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 2 December 2023 14 | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | Airdrieonians | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Diack 7' Fordyce  37' (o.g.) |
Report | Watson 54' |
Attendance: 3,179 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 8 December 2023 15 | Raith Rovers | 4–3 | Partick Thistle | Stark's Park |
| 19:45 | O'Reilly 13' Easton 46'Smith 79'Stanton 82' |
Report | O'Reilly 51' (o.g.) Graham 32'Alston 69' |
Attendance: 3,447 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 16 December 2023 16 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–2 | Partick Thistle | East End Park |
| 15:00 | Todd 82' |
Report | Milne 12' Graham 45' |
Attendance: 4,777 Referee: Chris Graham |
| 23 December 2023 17 | Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | McMillan 15' |
Report | Anderson 1' |
Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Graham Grainger |
| 29 December 2023 18 | Dundee United | 3–0 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park |
| 19:45 | Watt 7', 86', 89' |
Report | Attendance: 8,110 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
| 2 January 2024 19 | Partick Thistle | 3–2 | Queen's Park | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Milne 27' Fitzpatrick 48'Neilson 85' |
Report | Paton 31', 90' |
Attendance: 3,212 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 6 January 2024 20 | Partick Thistle | 4–0 | Arbroath | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Graham 12' Fitzpatrick 51'Adeloye 80', 82' |
Report | Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Calum Scott |
| 13 January 2024 21 | Greenock Morton | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | Cappielow |
| 15:00 | McMillan 31' (o.g.) |
Report | Diack 75' |
Attendance: 3,568 Referee: Craig Napier |
| 27 January 2024 22 | Airdrieonians | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium |
| 15:00 | Watson 37' |
Report | Adeloye 41' |
Attendance: 2,422 Referee: Lloyd Wilson |
| 17 February 2024 23 | Inverness CT | 3–3 | Partick Thistle | Caledonian Stadium |
| 15:00 | Kerr 27' Savage 54'Shaw 79'Anderson 90+2' |
Report | Fitzpatrick 64' Graham 77', 86' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,215 Referee: Grant Irvine |
| 23 February 2024 24 | Partick Thistle | 1–3 | Dunfermline Athletic | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Graham 30' |
Report | Fagan-Walcott 37' Todd 55'Benjamin 65' |
Attendance: 3,350 Referee: David Munro |
| 27 February 2024 25 | Ayr United | 4–3 | Partick Thistle | Somerset Park |
| 19:45 | McAllister 15' Willoughby 43', 45+2'McHugh 84' |
Report | Graham 33' Adeloye 78'Sanders 83' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 2,227 Referee: Graham Grainger |
| 2 March 2024 26 | Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Dundee United | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Graham 3' |
Report | Moult 67' |
Attendance: 4,448 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
| 9 March 2024 27 | Queen's Park | 2–2 | Partick Thistle | Hampden Park |
| 15:00 | Sheridan 38' Paton 52' |
Report | Adeloye 64' Graham 70' (pen.) |
Attendance: 3,001 Referee: Iain Snedden |
| 12 March 2024 28 | Partick Thistle | 0–1 | Raith Rovers | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Report | Murray 34' |
Attendance: 2,319 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 16 March 2024 29 | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | Greenock Morton | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Graham 28' Robinson 52' |
Report | Muirhead 90+4' |
Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Dan McFarlane |
| 23 March 2024 30 | Arbroath | 0–1 | Partick Thistle | Gayfield Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Fitzpatrick 15' |
Attendance: 1,048 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 30 March 2024 31 | Partick Thistle | 1–0 | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Robinson 41' |
Report | Kerr 66' |
Attendance: 3,371 Referee: John Beaton |
| 6 April 2024 32 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | East End Park |
| 15:00 | Kane 79' (pen.) |
Report | Graham 24' |
Attendance: 5,572 Referee: Calum Scott |
| 13 April 2024 33 | Raith Rovers | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | Stark's Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 3,928 Referee: David Munro |
| 20 April 2024 34 | Partick Thistle | 4–0 | Airdrieonians | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Fitzpatrick 52' Graham 61', 68'Diack 85' |
Report | Attendance: 3,972 Referee: Iain Snedden |
| 27 April 2024 35 | Partick Thistle | 0–0 | Ayr United | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 4,243 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
| 3 May 2024 36 | Dundee United | 4–1 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park |
| 19:45 | Sibbald 42' Fotheringham 59'Watt 69'Moult 83' (pen.) |
Report | Stanway 13' |
Attendance: 11,802 Referee: Steven McLean |
Premiership play-offs
| 7 May 2024 Quarter-finals 1st leg | Airdrieonians | 2–2 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium |
| 19:45 | Todorov 5' McGill 50' |
Report | McBeth 29' Robinson 45' |
Attendance: 3,163 Referee: Grant Irvine |
| 10 May 2024 Quarter-finals 2nd leg | Partick Thistle | 2–1 (4–3 agg.) | Airdrieonians | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Graham 18', 47' |
Report | Lyall 55' |
Attendance: 6,531 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 14 May 2024 Semi-finals 1st leg | Partick Thistle | 1–2 | Raith Rovers | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Alston 72' |
Report | Brown 22' Vaughan 40' |
Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Chris Graham |
| 17 May 2024 Semi-finals 2nd leg | Raith Rovers | 1–2 (3–3 agg.) (4–3 p) | Partick Thistle | Stark's Park |
| 19:45 | Matthews 30' |
Report | Alston 16', 45+1' |
Attendance: 6,070 Referee: Steven McLean |
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
| 15 July 2023 Group stage | Peterhead | 1–1 (9–10 p) | Partick Thistle | Balmoor Stadium |
| 15:00 | Ritchie 32' |
Report | Milne 3' |
Attendance: 834 Referee: Dan McFarlane |
| 18 July 2023 Group stage | Dundee United | 1–2 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park |
| 19:45 | Sibbald 18' |
Report | Graham 32' Milne 58' |
Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Matthew MacDermid |
| 23 July 2023 Group stage | Partick Thistle | 2–2 (6–7 p) | Falkirk | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Graham 68' Lyon 90+3' |
Report | MacIver 14' Spencer 67'Agyeman 71' |
Attendance: 2,607 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 29 July 2023 Group stage | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | The Spartans | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Lyon 52' Graham 88' (pen.) |
Report | Henderson 81' Craigen 88' |
Attendance: 2,231 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
Knockout phase
| 19 August 2023 Second round | Heart of Midlothian | 4–0 | Partick Thistle | Tynecastle Park |
| 15:00 | Graham 11' (o.g.) Offiah 45'Shankland 48'Tagawa 74' |
Report | Attendance: 12,841 Referee: John Beaton |
Scottish Challenge Cup
| 9 September 2023 Third round | Partick Thistle | 2–3 | Queen of the South | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Lawless 11' (pen.) Stanway 48' |
Report | McGuffie 7' Reilly 24'Ambrose 87' |
Attendance: 2,307 Referee: Euan Anderson |
Scottish Cup
| 25 November 2023 Third round | Partick Thistle | 3–0 | Queen's Park | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Alston 36' Fitzpatrick 41', 50' |
Report | Attendance: 2,520 Referee: Iain Snedden |
| 20 January 2024 Fourth round | Ross County | 0–3 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Graham 37' Robinson 45+1'Bannigan 54' |
Attendance: 2,116 Referee: David Dickinson |
| 10 February 2024 Fifth round | Partick Thistle | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Livingston | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | McInroy 27' Fitzpatrick 61' |
Report | Nouble 66', 82' Yengi 120' |
Attendance: 3,843 Referee: Nick Walsh |
Glasgow Cup
| 28 November 2023 Group stage | Rangers B | 6–0 | Partick Thistle | Rangers Training Centre |
| 15:00 | Gentles Stevens McKinnon Paul Nsio |
Report |
| 10 April 2024 Group stage | Partick Thistle | 1–4 | Queen's Park | Petershill Park |
| Horn 63' |
Report | McCormick 14', 19' Williamson Fiddes 73' |
| 24 April 2024 Group stage | Celtic B | 6–3 | Partick Thistle | Lennoxtown Training Centre |
| 19:45 | Davidson 2', 7' Dobbie 11', 15'Quinn 48', 73' |
Report | 9' 22' 33' |
Squad statistics
Player statistics
- As of 17 May 2024 (UTC)[1]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship + Playoffs | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Glasgow Cup | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK |  SCO |
Jamie Sneddon | 27 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO |
Jack McMillan | 37 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO |
Harry Milne | 47 | 5 | 37+2 | 3 | 5+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF |  ENG |
Wasiri Williams | 20 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO |
Aaron Muirhead | 47 | 0 | 38+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO |
Lewis Neilson | 43 | 1 | 37+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO |
Kerr McInroy | 39 | 5 | 34+1 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO |
Stuart Bannigan | 40 | 1 | 23+8 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO |
Brian Graham | 46 | 26 | 37+0 | 22 | 5+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO |
Steven Lawless | 41 | 5 | 32+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF |  MWI |
Kieran Ngwenya | 21 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO |
Scott Robinson | 31 | 5 | 17+12 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO |
Luke McBeth | 21 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF |  IRL |
Daniel O'Reilly | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO |
Aidan Fitzpatrick | 47 | 11 | 37+1 | 8 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | SCO |
Blair Alston | 32 | 6 | 8+20 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | SCO |
Ross Stewart | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO |
Ben Stanway | 36 | 1 | 20+7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO |
Zander MacKenzie | 24 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO |
David Mitchell | 19 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SCO |
Ricco Diack | 19 | 3 | 2+14 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO |
Ché Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | SCO |
Ceiran Loney | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ENG |
Tomi Adeloye | 27 | 7 | 2+19 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | SCO |
Anton Dowds | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG |
Nathan McGinley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO |
Ben Williamson | 13 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK |  USA |
Mason McCready | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG |
Wes McDonald | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO |
James Lyon | 9 | 3 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO |
Ji Stevenson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SCO |
Sallu Turay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO |
Jamie Taggart | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Club statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Dundee United (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 75 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 69 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 52 | |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 45 |
League Cup table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | FAL | DUN | SPA | PET | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | 2–2p | — | 2–1 | — | |
| 2 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | The Spartans | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | — | ||
| 5 | Peterhead | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | 1–1p | — | — | 1–2 | — |
Glasgow Cup table
Transfers
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