2014–15 Partick Thistle F.C. season

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.

Partick Thistle
2014–15 season
ManagerAlan Archibald
StadiumFirhill Stadium
PremiershipEighth Place
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFifth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kris Doolan (9)
All: Kris Doolan (10)
Highest home attendance5,776 vs. Celtic , Premiership, 11 February 2015
Lowest home attendance1,879 vs. St Mirren, League Cup, 23 September 2014
Average home league attendance3,586

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 Albion4 – 0Partick ThistlePinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 Mackail-Smith  43'
Greer  45'
Fenelon  51'
Harris  73'		 Report
19 July 2014 Dumbarton1 – 1Partick ThistleDumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
19:00 Prunty  56' Report Stevenson  68'
27 July 2014 Glentoran1 – 3Partick ThistleThe Oval, Belfast
16:00 Stewart  43 pen.' Report Doolan  34'
Fraser  70'
Higginbotham  87 pen.'
2 August 2014 Fleetwood Town0 – 0Partick ThistleHighbury Stadium, Fleetwood
15:00 Report
6 August 2014 Partick Thistle3 – 1Sunderland U21sFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:30 Report

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Premiership
13 August 2014 1Partick Thistle4 – 0Ross CountyFirhill 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 2Dundee1 – 1Partick ThistleDens Park, Dundee
15:00 Wighton  54' Report Fraser  4'
Fox  61'		 Attendance: 6,453
Referee: Craig Charleston
23 August 2014 3Partick Thistle1 – 2Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Higginbotham  85' Report Andreu  87'
Scotland  90+2'		 Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 August 2014 4Aberdeen2 – 0Partick ThistlePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Low  47'
McGinn  66'		 Report Attendance: 11,003
Referee: Brian Colvin
13 September 2014 5Partick Thistle3 – 1Inverness CTFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Lawless  19'
Osman  23'
Higginbotham  72'		 Report Attendance: 2,917
Referee: Stephen Finnie
19 September 2014 6Partick Thistle1 – 2St MirrenFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Doolan  22' Report Ball  60'
McLean  90+5 pen.'		 Attendance: 3,821
Referee: Willie Collum
27 September 2014 7Kilmarnock3 – 0Partick ThistleRugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Obadeyi  25', 57'
Pascali  51'		 Report Attendance: 3,980
Referee: Andrew Dallas
4 October 2014 8Partick Thistle3 – 1MotherwellFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Bannigan  16'
Doolan  63'
O’Donnell  82'		 Report Ainsworth  72' Attendance: 3,405
Referee: Bobby Madden
18 October 2014 9Dundee United1 – 0Partick ThistleTannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Ciftci  84 pen.' Report Seaborne  83' Attendance: 6,756
Referee: Steven McLean
25 October 2014 10Partick Thistle0 – 0St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,090
Referee: Calum Murray
1 November 2014 11Hamilton Academical3 – 3Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon  22'
Redmond  23'
Andreu  90+4'		 Report McMillan  32'
Craigen  68'
Elliot  72'		 Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Brian Colvin
8 November 2014 12St Mirren0 – 1Partick ThistleSt Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 Report Elliot  75' Attendance: 4,636
Referee: John Beaton
23 November 2014 13Partick Thistle0 – 1AberdeenFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Report Rooney  34 pen.' Attendance: 4,145
Referee: Willie Collum
3 December 2014 14Celtic1 – 0Partick ThistleCeltic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Van Dijk  60' Report Attendance: 40,633
Referee: Brian Colvin
6 December 2014 15Partick Thistle1 – 1KilmarnockFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Seaborne  19' Report Obadeyi  11' Attendance: 3,054
Referee: Steven McLean
13 December 2014 16Inverness CT0 – 4Partick ThistleCaledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 Report Stevenson  12', 40'
Fraser  49'
Balatoni  56'		 Attendance: 2,723
Referee: John Beaton
20 December 2014 17Partick Thistle1 – 1DundeeFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Craigen  58' Report Balatoni  90 o.g.' Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 December 2014 18Motherwell1 – 0Partick ThistleFir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Sutton  14 pen.' Report Attendance: 5,236
Referee: Brian Colvin
4 January 2015 19Partick Thistle2 – 2Dundee UnitedFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Stevenson  24'
Doolan  32'		 Report Mackay-Steven  10'
Ciftci  73'		 Attendance: 3,761
Referee: John Beaton
17 January 2015 20St Johnstone2 – 0Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Mackay  4'
Anderson  49'		 Report Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Greg Aitken
21 January 2015 21Partick Thistle5 – 0Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Doolan  29', 44', 60', 62'
Eccleston  89'		 Report Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 January 2015 22Kilmarnock2 – 2Partick ThistleRugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Magennis  33'
Pascali  79'		 Report Stevenson  2'
Frans  84'		 Attendance: 4,130
Referee: Willie Collum
30 January 2015 23Partick Thistle0 – 1St MirrenFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Report Dayton  6' Attendance: 3,864
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 February 2015 24Partick Thistle0 – 3CelticFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Report Mackay-Steven  1'
Armstrong  30'
Johanen  66'		 Attendance: 5,776
Referee: Crawford Allan
14 February 2015 25Dundee1 – 0Partick ThistleDens Park, Dundee
15:00 McGowan  90+1' Report Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 February 2015 26Partick Thistle1 – 3Ross CountyFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Taylor  68' Report Curran  11'
De Vita  65'
Fraser  71'		 Attendance: 2,951
Referee: Stephen Finnie
28 February 2015 27Dundee United0 – 2Partick ThistleTannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Report O'Donnell  34'
McGowan  41 o.g.'		 Attendance: 6,517
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 March 2015 28Ross County1 – 0Partick ThistleVictoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Craig Curran  33' Report Higginbotham  59' Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Alan Muir
14 March 2015 29Partick Thistle3 – 0St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Doolan  3'
Balatoni  9'
Bannigan  65'		 Report Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Willie Column
21 March 2015 30Partick Thistle1 – 0Inverness CTFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Lawless  84' Report Attendance: 2,603
Referee: Steven McLean
4 April 2015 31Aberdeen0 – 0Partick ThistlePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Report Attendance: 12,727
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 April 2015 32Celtic2 – 0Partick ThistleCeltic Park, Glasgow
15:00 Commons  45 pen.'
Johansen  63'		 Report Craigen  44' Attendance: 43,784
Referee: Willie Collum
11 April 2015 33Partick Thistle2 – 0MotherwellFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Taylor  54', 61' Report Carswell  89' Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Bobby Madden
25 April 2015 34Ross County1 – 2Partick ThistleVictoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Gardyne  21' Report Frans  26'
O'Donnell  54'		 Attendance: 3,315
Referee: Don Robertson
2 May 2015 35Partick Thistle3 – 0St MirrenFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Stevenson  68'
Doolan  82'
Lawless  90+1'		 Report Attendance: 3,865
Referee: Craig Thomson
9 May 2015 36Hamilton Academical1 – 1Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Docherty  85' Report O'Donnell  72' Attendance: 2,342
Referee: Stephen Finnie
16 May 2015 37Partick Thistle1 – 4KilmarnockFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Balatoni  67' Report Hamill  25'
Obadeyi  37', 63'
Magennis  71'		 Attendance: 3,865
Referee: Craig Thomson
23 May 2015 38Motherwell0 – 0Partick ThistleFir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,711
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
26 August 2014 Second RoundGreenock Morton0 – 1Partick ThistleCappielow, Greenock
19:45 Report Doolan  45+1' Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Steven McLean
23 September 2014 Third RoundPartick Thistle1 – 0 (a.e.t.)St MirrenFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Eccleston  100' Report Attendance: 1,879
Referee: Calum Murray
29 October 2014 Quarter-FinalCeltic6 – 0Partick ThistleCeltic 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
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup
23 September 2014 Fourth RoundPartick Thistle2 – 0Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Stevenson  19', 54' Report Imrie  89' Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 September 2014 Fifth RoundPartick Thistle1 – 2Inverness CTFirhill 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 TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scott Fox 24022+000+002+00
2 DF Stephen O'Donnell 38534+052+002+00
3 DF Danny Seaborne 22118+012+002+00
4 MF Sean Welsh 301+200+000+00
5 DF Callum Booth 14014+000+000+00
6 DF Conrad Balatoni 35332+030+003+00
7 MF James Craigen 31219+720+203+00
8 MF Stuart Bannigan 41334+232+002+10
9 FW Kris Doolan 401018+1790+202+11
10 FW Ryan Stevenson 36728+452+020+20
11 MF Steven Lawless 38328+531+103+00
12 GK Paul Gallacher 21016+202+001+00
13 DF Frédéric Frans 22220+022+000+00
14 MF Christie Elliot 31218+822+001+20
15 MF Kallum Higginbotham 35224+622+002+10
16 DF Jordan McMillan 13111+010+002+00
18 MF Abdul Osman 39134+012+003+00
21 DF Ben Richards-Everton 201+100+000+00
22 MF Gary Fraser 26313+1032+001+00
23 MF David Wilson 601+500+000+00
24 DF Jack Hendry 101+000+000+00
26 DF Liam Lindsay 101+000+000+00
28 MF Declan McDaid 1635+1130+000+00
29 FW Lyle Taylor 16410+530+110+00
30 DF Dale Keenan 634+130+001+00
33 FW Neil McLaughlin 100+100+000+00
36 MF Chris Duggan 000+000+000+00
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
5 DF Aaron Muirhead 603+200+001+00
17 DF Jake Carroll 1318+211+001+10
19 FW Nathan Eccleston 1120+910+001+11

Team Statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Dundee[lower-alpha 1] 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:
  1. Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Division summary
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GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHA
ResultWDLLWLLWLDDWLLDWDLDLWDLLLLWLWWDLWWWDLD
Position45898997889899999999999999999999888888
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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References
  1. "Falkirk 0-2 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. "Partick Thistle 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. "Scottish Premiership 2014/15". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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