2013–14 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2013–14 season
Chairman David Beattie
Manager Alan Archibald[1]
Stadium Firhill Stadium
Premiership Tenth place
League Cup Third round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Doolan (11)
All:
Kris Doolan (11)
Highest home attendance 7,978 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 27 October 2013
Lowest home attendance 1,544 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 27 August 2013
Average home league attendance 4,779
Home colours
Away colours

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

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

[14][15][16]Last updated 4 May 2014
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Scott Fox 24 0 20+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland Stephen O’Donnell 30 1 23+4 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 39 2 35+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Scotland Sean Welsh 13 0 10+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
5 DF Scotland Aaron Muirhead 21 4 18+2 3 1+0 1 0+0 0
6 DF England Conrad Balatoni 32 2 29+0 1 2+0 1 1+0 0
7 FW England James Craigen 32 0 24+5 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland Stuart Bannigan 34 0 32+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland Kris Doolan 38 11 22+13 11 1+1 0 1+0 0
10 MF Scotland Ross Forbes 20 1 1+15 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Ghana Prince Buaben 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland Steven Lawless 31 5 17+10 4 1+2 1 0+1 0
12 GK Scotland Paul Gallacher 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF Mexico Gabriel 19 0 14+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
14 FW England Christie Elliot 32 3 9+19 1 2+1 2 1+0 0
15 MF Scotland Hugh Murray 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland Lee Mair 14 1 14+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 14 1 14+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland John Baird 17 0 2+11 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
17 MF England George Moncur 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland Mark McGuigan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England Isaac Osbourne 14 0 11+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland Mark Kerr 4 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
21 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Henoc Mukendi 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 FW England Lyle Taylor 18 5 15+3 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland Gary Fraser 17 1 16+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England Kallum Higginbotham 37 7 31+3 7 2+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF Scotland Liam Lindsay 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Scotland Chris Erskine 13 2 13+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Scotland 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
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1Scotland GK Scott Fox 00000000
2Scotland DF Stephen O’Donnell 61000061
3Scotland DF Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 51000051
4Scotland MFSean Welsh 20000020
5Scotland DFAaron Muirhead 30000030
6England DF Conrad Balatoni 41000041
7England FWJames Craigen 30000030
8Scotland MF Stuart Bannigan 82000082
9Scotland FW Kris Doolan 30000030
10Scotland MF Ross Forbes 10000010
10Ghana MF Prince Buaben 30000030
11Scotland MF Steven Lawless 00000000
12Scotland GKPaul Gallacher 20000020
13Mexico DFGabriel 30000030
14England FW Christie Elliot 30100040
15Scotland MF Hugh Murray 00000000
15Scotland DF Lee Mair 20000011
16Scotland DF Jordan McMillan 40000040
17Scotland FWJohn Baird 20100030
17England MFGeorge Moncur 00000000
18Scotland FW Mark McGuigan 00000000
19England MFIsaac Osbourne 30000030
20Scotland MFMark Kerr 00100010
21Democratic Republic of the Congo FWHenoc Mukendi 00000000
21England FWLyle Taylor 20000020
22Scotland MFGary Fraser 10000010
23England FW Kallum Higginbotham 80000080
26Scotland DFLiam Lindsay 00000000
28Scotland MF Chris Erskine 30000030
31Scotland MFDavid Wilson 00000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25+77 99 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60+4 70 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38+15 68 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50+15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 440 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42+6 53 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 6218 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 5819 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 6621 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 6519 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 5120 35 Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 6520 0231 Relegation to 2014–15 Scottish Championship

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration
2 St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualify to second qualifying round of Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAAHHAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result D W D L W L D D L W L L L L D L D L L W D D L D D L W D W L L D L W D D
Position 7 3 5 7 4 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 11 10 9 9

Last updated: 4 May 2014.
Source: [17]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 4 May 2014
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Archibald, AlanAlan Archibald[18] 2 August 2013 3 May 2014 40 9 14 17 22.50

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Paul Gallacher Scotland Ross County Free[19]
Scotland John Baird Scotland Dundee Free[20]
Scotland Mark Kerr Scotland Dundee Free[21]
Scotland Declan McDaid Scotland Greenock Morton Free[22]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Henoc Mukendi England Liverpool Loan[23]
Scotland Gary Fraser England Bolton Wanderers[24] Loan[25]
Scotland Ross Meechan Scotland St Mirren[nb 2] Free[27]
Scotland James Martin Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[28]
Scotland Darren Brownlie Scotland Ayr United Free[29]
Mexico Gabriel Spain Rayo Vallecano B Free[30]
England Isaac Osbourne Scotland Aberdeen Free[31]
Spain Simón Colina Spain Barcelona Juvenil B Free[32]
England Kallum Higginbotham England Huddersfield Town Free[33][34]
New Zealand Scott Basalaj New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Free[35]
England Lyle Taylor England Sheffield United Loan[36]
Scotland Gary Fraser England Bolton Wanderers Free[37]
Scotland Lee Mair Scotland St Mirren Free[38]
Scotland Chris Erskine Scotland Dundee United Loan[39]
Ghana Prince Buaben England Carlisle United Loan[40]
England George Moncur England West Ham United Loan[40]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Chris Erskine Scotland Dundee United Free[41]
Scotland Paul Paton Scotland Dundee United Free[41]
Scotland Steven Craig England Wycombe Wanderers[42] Free[43]
Scotland Bradley Halsman Free[43]
Scotland Andy Dowie Scotland Queen Of The South[44] Free[43]
Scotland Jamie Campbell Free[45]
Scotland David Brown Free[45]
Scotland Malcolm McLean Scotland Lanark United[46] Free[47]
Scotland Jordan Moffat Free[45]
Scotland Aaron Sekhon Free[45]
Scotland James Wightman Free[45]
Scotland Ryan Scully Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Loan[48]
Scotland Mark McGuigan Scotland Albion Rovers Loan[49]
Scotland Hugh Murray Scotland Dumbarton Loan[50]
Scotland Gerry O’Donnell Scotland Maryhill Loan[51]
Scotland Gerry O’Donnell Free[52]
Scotland Hugh Murray Free[53]
Scotland Mark McGuigan Scotland Albion Rovers[54] Free[55]
Scotland John Baird Free[56]
Scotland Ross Forbes Scotland Dunfermline Athletic[57] Free[58]
Scotland Mark Kerr Scotland Queen of the South[59] Free[60]
Scotland Liam Lindsay Scotland Alloa Athletic Loan[61]
Scotland James Martin Belgium K.V. Turnhout Loan[62]
Scotland Chris Duggan Scotland Forfar Athletic Loan[63]

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[64]
21 May 2013 Scotland Ross Forbes 1 years 2014[64]
24 May 2013 Scotland Stephen O'Donnell 2 years 2015[65]
3 June 2013 Scotland Aaron Muirhead 2 years 2015[66][67]
4 June 2013 Scotland Stuart Bannigan 2 years 2015[68][69]
17 June 2013 Scotland Jordan McMillan 2 years 2015[70][71]
18 July 2013 England Conrad Balatoni[nb 3] 1 year 2015[73]
14 August 2013 Scotland Sean Welsh[nb 4] 1 year 2015[75]
7 January 2014 New Zealand Scott Basalaj 5 Months 2014[76]

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.[26]
  3. Balatoni signed a one year extension to his current one year contract.[72]
  4. Welsh signed a one year extension to his current one year contract.[74]

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