2020–21 Partick Thistle F.C. season
2020–21 season | |||
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Chairman | Jacqui Low | ||
Manager | Ian McCall | ||
Stadium | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow | ||
Scottish League One | 1st (promoted) | ||
Scottish Cup | Third round | ||
League Cup | Group stage | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Brian Graham (12) All: Brian Graham (12) | ||
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The 2020–21 season was Partick Thistle's first season in the third tier of Scottish football in Scottish League One, having been relegated from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season. On 15 April 2020, the SPFL voted to end the lower leagues in Scottish football due to the coronavirus pandemic and as a result Partick were relegated to League One after two years in the Championship, which the club decided not to take legal action against.[1] Partick Thistle also competed in the League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
On 2 October 2020, the SPFL confirmed that the Scottish Challenge Cup had been cancelled for the upcoming season.[2] Partick Thistle began their season on 7 October in the League Cup group stage with the League One season beginning on 17 October.
On 11 January 2021, all football below the Scottish Championship was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
On 29 January 2021, the suspension was extended until at least 14 February.[4] In March 2021, the Scottish Government gave permission for the league to resume.
On 16 March, clubs from League 1 and 2 voted to implement for a reduced 22-game season with a league split after 18 games.[5]
On 29 April, Thistle were declared champions of League One and secured promotion to the Scottish Championship following their 5-0 victory over promotion rivals Falkirk.[6]
Competitions
Scottish League One
17 October 2020 1 | Clyde | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Broadwood Stadium |
15:00 | Love 70' | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: David Dickinson |
24 October 2020 2 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 1 | Airdrieonians | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Graham 40' Spittal 60' |
Report | Carrick 36' | Referee: Graham Beaton |
31 October 2020 3 | Cove Rangers | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Balmoral Stadium |
15:00 | McAllister 90+4' | Report |
7 November 2020 4 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 2 | Falkirk | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Cardle 66' Graham 68' |
Report | Morrison 13' Telfer 88' |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Grant Irvine |
21 November 2020 5 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 0 | East Fife | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Graham 17 pen.', 78' | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Duncan Williams |
28 November 2020 6 | Montrose | 0 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Links Park |
15:00 | Report | Murray 6' | Referee: Kevin Graham |
5 December 2020 7 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 0 | Dumbarton | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: David Lowe |
12 December 2020 8 | Forfar Athletic | 0 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Station Park |
15:00 | Report | Gordon 52' Docherty 78' |
Referee: Gavin Ross |
19 December 2020 9 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | Peterhead | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Brown 30' | Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Graham |
26 December 2020 10 | Falkirk | 0 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Rudden 64' | Referee: Duncan Williams |
20 March 2021 11 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Cove Rangers | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Cardle 70' | Report | Megginson 82' | Attendance: 0 Referee: Steven Reid |
27 March 2021 12 | Airdrieonians | 2 – 4 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium |
15:00 | McKay 2' Roy 72' Crighton 78' |
Report | Tiffoney 35', 62' Graham 47' Murray 49' |
Referee: Craig Napier |
30 March 2021 13 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 2 | Forfar Athletic | Firhill Stadium |
19:45 | Murray 16' Graham 66' |
Report | Fenwick 2', 44' | Attendance: 0 Referee: David Lowe |
6 April 2021 14 | East Fife | 2 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Bayview Stadium |
19:00 | Wallace 14 pen.' Smith 17' |
Report | Graham 72' Tiffoney 90+4' |
Attendance: 0 Referee: David Dickinson |
10 April 2021 15 | Peterhead | 0 – 3 | Partick Thistle | Balmoor Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Cardle 39' Tiffoney 52' Graham 60' |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Graham |
13 April 2021 16 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 0 | Clyde | Firhill Stadium |
19:00 | Rudden 65', 90' | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Lloyd Wilson |
15 April 2021 17 | Partick Thistle | 5 – 0 | Montrose | Firhill Stadium |
19:00 | Rudden 20', 38' Bannigan 52' Tiffoney 55' Gordon 77' |
Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Muir |
20 April 2021 18 | Dumbarton | 0 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
19:45 | Report | Rudden 80' MacIver 89' |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Barry Cook |
24 April 2021 19 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | Airdrieonians | Firhill Stadium |
15:00 | Graham 31' | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Grant Irvine |
27 April 2021 20 | Cove Rangers | 2 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Balmoral Stadium |
19:00 | McAllister 21 pen.' Strachan 75' |
Report | Rudden 7' Tiffoney 77' |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Napier |
29 April 2021 21 | Partick Thistle | 5 – 0 | Falkirk | Glasgow |
19:00 | Rudden 30' Graham 32', 41', 59' Cardle 72' |
Report | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Dickinson |
4 May 2021 22 | Montrose | 3 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Links Park |
19:00 | Rennie 19' McLean 36' Ballantyne 87' |
Report | MacIver 25' Cardle 62' |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Stuart |
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
7 October 2020 Group | St Mirren | 4–1 | Partick Thistle | St Mirren Park |
19:45 | Tait 45+1' Obika 74' Breen 81 o.g.' Connolly 82' |
[7] | Attendance: 0 Referee: Colin Steven |
10 October 2020 Group | Partick Thistle | 2–0 | Queen's Park | Firhill Stadium |
19:45 | Cardle 66', 81' | [8] | Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Graham |
13 October 2020 Group | Queen of the South | 0–0 (2–3 p) | Partick Thistle | Dumfries |
19:45 | [9][10] | Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Stuart | ||
Penalties | ||||
14 November 2020 Group | Partick Thistle | 0–0 (4–2 p) | Greenock Morton | Glasgow |
15:00 | [11] | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Referee: Steven Kirkland | ||
Penalties | ||||
Scottish Cup
23 March 2021 Second round | Partick Thistle | 3–0 | Cowdenbeath | Firhill Stadium |
19:45 | Gordon 7' Rudden 52' Murray 66' |
Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Grainger |
3 April 2021 Third round | Dundee United | 2–1 | Partick Thistle | Tannadice Park |
15:00 | Shankland 78' Clark 90+!' |
Report | Tiffoney 25' | Attendance: 0 Referee: Steven McLean |
Squad statistics
Player statistics
- As of 4 May 2021 (UTC)[12]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League One | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | SCO | Jamie Sneddon | 13 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | SCO | Ryan Williamson | 18 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | SCO | James Penrice | 24 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
4 | MF | SCO | Thomas O'Ware | 16 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | SCO | Darren Brownlie | 27 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
6 | MF | SCO | Steven Bell | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ENG | Joe Cardle | 26 | 7 | 14+6 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | SCO | Stuart Bannigan | 24 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham | 24 | 12 | 18+1 | 12 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
10 | FW | SCO | Zak Rudden | 17 | 8 | 7+6 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
11 | FW | SCO | Blair Lyons | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
12 | GK | SCO | Kieran Wright | 15 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
14 | MF | NIR | Shea Gordon | 27 | 3 | 11+10 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
15 | MF | SCO | Chris Erskine | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
16 | DF | SCO | Ciaran McKenna | 16 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
17 | MF | SCO | Connor Murray | 26 | 4 | 16+4 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
18 | MF | SCO | Charlie Reilly | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | MF | SCO | Scott Tiffoney | 13 | 7 | 9+2 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
20 | FW | SCO | Gospel Ocholi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
21 | MF | SEN | Mouhamed Niang | 21 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
22 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 24 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
23 | MF | SCO | Ross Docherty | 23 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
24 | MF | SCO | Billy Owens | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
25 | GK | USA | Mason McCready | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
26 | MF | SCO | James Lyon | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
27 | GK | SCO | Luke Scullion | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
28 | DF | SCO | Andy Rodden | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
30 | DF | SCO | Bradley Renfrew | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
31 | FW | SCO | Ross MacIver | 8 | 2 | 3+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
88 | MF | SCO | Andy Geggan | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2020–21 season | |||||||||||
6 | MF | SCO | Blair Spittal | 7 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
15 | DF | SCO | Rhys Breen | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | FW | SCO | Salim Kouider-Aissa | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | DF | SCO | Adam Devine | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
29 | MF | SCO | Dean Watson | 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 | Partick Thistle (C, P) | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 40 | Promotion to the Championship |
2 | Airdrieonians | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
3 | Cove Rangers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 36 | |
4 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | |
5 | Falkirk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[13]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Division summary
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
League Cup table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STM | QOS | PAR | GMO | QPK | |
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1 | St Mirren | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 4–1 | p1–1 | — | |
2 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | 2–2p | — | 0–0p | — | — | ||
3 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | — | — | — | p0–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | — | 2–2p | — | — | 1–0 | ||
5 | Queen's Park | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | — | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[16]
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