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Partick Thistle
2013–14 season
ChairmanDavid Beattie
ManagerAlan Archibald[1]
StadiumFirhill Stadium
PremiershipTenth place
League CupThird round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Doolan (11)

All:
Kris Doolan (11)
Highest home attendance7,978 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 27 October 2013
Lowest home attendance1,544 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 27 August 2013
Average home league attendance4,779

The 2013–14 season is Partick Thistle's first season back in the top flight of Scottish football after a nine-year absence[2] and the first in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[3] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[4][5] Partick Thistle also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

6 July 2013[6] Friendly Gateshead 2 – 1 Partick Thistle New Ferens Park
15:00 Briggs 2'
Marwood 40'
Partick Report Baird 81' Attendance: 602
9 July 2013[7] Friendly Annan Athletic 1 – 5 Partick Thistle Galabank
19:30 Flynn 44' Partick Report
Annan Report
Elliot 3'
McMillan 5'
Doolan 25'
Trialist 61', 66'
Attendance: 353
Referee: Newlands

Scottish Premiership

10 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Ross County 1 – 3 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Carey 71' BBC Report Doolan 18'
Lawless 53', 59'
Attendance: 3,331
Referee: Muir
24 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Fir Park
15:00 Sutton 21' BBC Report Attendance: 5,527
Referee: Norris
14 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 0 – 3 Aberdeen Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Zola 13'
Pawlett 20'
Magennis 70'
Attendance: 6,193
Referee: John Beaton
21 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead 11 pen' Report Boyd 48' Attendance: 4,310
Referee: Bobby Madden
27 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Celtic Firhill Stadium
12:45 Doolan 67' Report Samaras 34'
Baldé 75'
Attendance: 7,978
Referee: Willie Collum
4 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 4 – 0 Partick Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 McGinn 25', 87'
Zola 40'
Hector 64'
Report Attendance: 10,057
Referee: Brian Colvin
9 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 0 – 3 St Mirren Firhill Stadium
15:00 O'Donnell Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card BBC Report Thompson 15', 94'
Newton 72'
Attendance: 4,946
Referee: Beaton
7 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Easter Road
15:00 Collins 90' BBC Report Doolan 49' Attendance: 10,431
Referee: Beaton
14 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle A – A St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
SKY Report
Partick Report
Referee: Clancy
Note: Abandoned at HT due to waterlogged pitch
21 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Rugby Park
Johnston 42'
Boyd 73'
Report Doolan 49' Attendance: 3,865
Referee: Thomson
1 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 1 – 0 Partick Thistle Celtic Park
15:00 Ledley 39' BBC Report Attendance: 52,670
Referee: Clancy
11 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 3 – 3 Ross County Firhill Stadium
15:00 Taylor 28', 39'
Lawless 47'
BBC Report Kiss 23', 76'
Gordon 50'
Kettlewell Red card 86'
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Madden
22 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Aberdeen Firhill Stadium
15:00 Balatoni 59'
Taylor 64', 72'
BBC Report Rooney 66' Attendance: 4,554
Referee: Muir
26 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 1 – 5 Celtic Firhill Stadium
19:45 Elliot 85' BBC Report Stokes 4', 90+2'
Henderson 49'
Johansen 53'
Commons 90+3'
Attendance: 7,549
Referee: McLean
3 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Easter Road
15:00 Nelson Yellow card 80' Yellow-red card
Stanton 88'
BBC Report Doolan 8' Attendance: 10,740
Referee: Muir
10 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 2 – 3 Ross County Firhill
15:00 Slew 22' Arquin 48' de Leeuw 77' BBC Report Taylor 51' Moncur 73' Attendance: 4,390
Referee: Madden

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

[14][15][16]Last updated 4 May 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Scott Fox 24 0 20+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Stephen O’Donnell 30 1 23+4 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 39 2 35+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Sean Welsh 13 0 10+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 21 4 18+2 3 1+0 1 0+0 0
6 DF England ENG Conrad Balatoni 32 2 29+0 1 2+0 1 1+0 0
7 FW England ENG James Craigen 32 0 24+5 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Bannigan 34 0 32+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Kris Doolan 38 11 22+13 11 1+1 0 1+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Ross Forbes 20 1 1+15 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Ghana GHA Prince Buaben 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Steven Lawless 31 5 17+10 4 1+2 1 0+1 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Paul Gallacher 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF Mexico MEX Gabriel 19 0 14+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
14 FW England ENG Christie Elliot 32 3 9+19 1 2+1 2 1+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Hugh Murray 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Lee Mair 14 1 14+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Jordan McMillan 14 1 14+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO John Baird 17 0 2+11 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
17 MF England ENG George Moncur 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Mark McGuigan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Isaac Osbourne 14 0 11+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 4 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
21 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Henoc Mukendi 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 FW England ENG Lyle Taylor 18 5 15+3 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Gary Fraser 17 1 16+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England ENG Kallum Higginbotham 37 7 31+3 7 2+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Liam Lindsay 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 13 2 13+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Scotland SCO David Wilson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 4 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Scott Fox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Scotland DF Stephen O’Donnell 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
3 Scotland DF Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
4 Scotland MF Sean Welsh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Scotland DF Aaron Muirhead 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 England DF Conrad Balatoni 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
7 England FW James Craigen 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Scotland MF Stuart Bannigan 8 2 0 0 0 0 8 2
9 Scotland FW Kris Doolan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Scotland MF Ross Forbes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Ghana MF Prince Buaben 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Scotland MF Steven Lawless 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Scotland GK Paul Gallacher 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Mexico DF Gabriel 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 England FW Christie Elliot 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
15 Scotland MF Hugh Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Scotland DF Lee Mair 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 Scotland DF Jordan McMillan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
17 Scotland FW John Baird 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
17 England MF George Moncur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Scotland FW Mark McGuigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 England MF Isaac Osbourne 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20 Scotland MF Mark Kerr 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Henoc Mukendi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 England FW Lyle Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Scotland MF Gary Fraser 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 England FW Kallum Higginbotham 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
26 Scotland DF Liam Lindsay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Scotland MF Chris Erskine 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
31 Scotland MF David Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

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Division summary

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Management statistics

Last updated on 4 May 2014
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Alan Archibald[17] 2 August 2013 3 May 2014 40 9 14 17 022.50

Transfers

Contract extensions

The following players extended their contracts with the club over the course of the season.

Date Player Length Expiry
21 May 2013 Scotland Kris Doolan 2 years 2015[63]
21 May 2013 Scotland Ross Forbes 1 years 2014[63]
24 May 2013 Scotland Stephen O'Donnell 2 years 2015[64]
3 June 2013 Scotland Aaron Muirhead 2 years 2015[65][66]
4 June 2013 Scotland Stuart Bannigan 2 years 2015[67][68]
17 June 2013 Scotland Jordan McMillan 2 years 2015[69][70]
18 July 2013 England Conrad Balatoni[nb 3] 1 year 2015[72]
14 August 2013 Scotland Sean Welsh[nb 4] 1 year 2015[74]
7 January 2014 New Zealand Scott Basalaj 5 Months 2014[75]

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ^ Meechan last played for St Mirren but was released by them in May 2012.[25]
  3. ^ Balatoni signed a one year extension to his current one year contract.[71]
  4. ^ Welsh signed a one year extension to his current one year contract.[73]

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