2012–13 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2012–13 season
Chairman David Beattie
Manager Jackie McNamara
(Until 30 January 2013)
Alan Archibald
(From 30 January 2013)
Stadium Firhill Stadium
First Division First place
Challenge Cup Final, lost to Queen of the South
League Cup Second round, lost to Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup Fourth Round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Doolan (13)
Steven Lawless (13)
All:
Kris Doolan (15)
Chris Erskine (15)
Highest home attendance 8,875 vs. Greenock Morton, First Division, 10 April 2013
Lowest home attendance 1,807 vs. Raith Rovers, Challenge Cup, 19 February 2013
Average home league attendance League: 3,705[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012–13 season was Partick Thistle's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[2] Partick Thistle also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Partick Thistle finished first in the Scottish First Division,[3] and were promoted to the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the final of the Challenge Cup,[5] losing 6–5 on penalties to Queen of the South,[6] the second round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Thistle are crowned champions. James Craigen holds the trophy.

Management

Thistle began the season under the management of Jackie McNamara. On 29 January 2013, the club gave permission to Dundee United to speak to McNamara about becoming their new manager.[9] The following day McNamara and his assistant Simon Donnelly resigned,[10] to become the new management team at United.[11][12] Later the same day the club announced that Alan Archibald and Scott Paterson would take over as the club's interim management team.[13] On 22 March, the duo were given the job on a permanent basis[14] signing a one-year rolling contract.[15]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Archibald Scotland 22 Club captain
MF Paton Scotland 8 Club captain
MF Murray Scotland 2 Club captain
FW Craig Scotland 5 Club captain
MF Erskine Scotland 6 Club captain

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

[21][22]Last updated 4 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Belgium Glenn Daniels 101+000+000+000+00
GK Scotland Scott Fox 36029+004+002+001+00
GK Scotland Ryan Scully 200+101+000+000+00
GK Scotland Graeme Smith 706+000+000+001+00
DF Scotland Alan Archibald 22017+002+002+000+10
DF England Conrad Balatoni 35628+163+100+002+00
DF Scotland Andy Dowie 515+010+000+000+00
DF Scotland Liam Lindsay 101+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 312+110+000+000+00
DF Scotland Aaron Muirhead 39429+145+002+002+00
DF Scotland Stephen O’Donnell 37226+225+002+002+00
DF Scotland Paul Paton 30024+004+001+001+00
DF Scotland Aaron Sinclair 40228+512+112+002+00
MF Scotland Stuart Bannigan 41432+135+012+001+00
MF Scotland Jonathan Black 100+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland Jamie Campbell 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland Chris Erskine 431531+3104+142+012+00
MF Scotland Ross Forbes 30422+431+100+002+01
MF Scotland Bradley Halsman 100+000+000+100+00
MF Scotland Steven Lawless 441430+5134+102+012+00
MF Scotland Jordan Leyden 100+100+000+000+00
MF Northern Ireland Caolan McAleer 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland Hugh Murray 16012+002+001+001+00
MF Scotland David Rowson 100+000+000+000+10
MF Scotland Paul Slane 400+200+100+000+10
MF Scotland Sean Welsh 32222+325+002+000+00
MF Scotland David Wilson 100+100+000+000+00
FW Scotland Steven Craig 301418+7123+020+001+10
FW England James Craigen 24210+922+100+200+00
FW Scotland Kris Doolan 411518+15130+422+002+00
FW England Christie Elliot 2834+1723+210+100+10
FW Scotland Mark McGuigan 1601+1101+000+200+10

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 4 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
BelgiumGKGlenn Daniels 0000000000
ScotlandGKScott Fox 1000000010
ScotlandGKRyan Scully 0000000000
ScotlandGKGraeme Smith 0000000000
ScotlandDFAlan Archibald 1000000010
EnglandDFConrad Balatoni 1000001020
ScotlandDFAndy Dowie 0000000000
ScotlandDFLiam Lindsay 0000000000
ScotlandDFJordan McMillan 2000000020
ScotlandDFAaron Muirhead 3101000133
ScotlandDFStephen O’Donnell 0000000000
ScotlandDFPaul Paton 7110000081
ScotlandDFAaron Sinclair 2010000030
ScotlandMFStuart Bannigan 7010100090
ScotlandMFJonathan Black 0000000000
ScotlandMFJamie Campbell 0000000000
ScotlandMFChris Erskine 3000000030
ScotlandMFRoss Forbes 2100000021
ScotlandMFBradley Halsman 0000000000
ScotlandMFSteven Lawless 2000100030
ScotlandMFJordan Leyden 0000000000
Northern IrelandMFCaolan McAleer 0000000000
ScotlandMFHugh Murray 5210010063
ScotlandMFDavid Rowson 0000000000
ScotlandMFPaul Slane 0000001010
ScotlandMFSean Welsh 2110000031
ScotlandMFDavid Wilson 0000000000
ScotlandFWSteven Craig 2000000121
EnglandFWJames Craigen 0010000010
ScotlandFWKris Doolan 0000000000
EnglandFWChristie Elliot 0020000020
ScotlandFWMark McGuigan 0000000000

Awards

Last updated 3 May 2013
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Jackie McNamara[23] First Division Manager of the Month August
Scotland Steven Lawless[23] Young Player of the Month August
Scotland Stuart Bannigan[24] Young Player of the Month January
Scotland Alan Archibald[25] First Division Manager of the Month February
Scotland Alan Archibald[26] First Division Manager of the Month March
Scotland Kris Doolan[27] Player of the Month March
Scotland Scott Fox, Stephen O’Donnell, Aaron Sinclair, Stuart Bannigan & Chris Erskine[note 1] PFA Scotland First Division Team of the Year[28][29] Season

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C, P) 36 23 9 4 76 28 +48 78 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47 +26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 +4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 +2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45 +7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 −3 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 83 −25 43
8 Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 65 −14 36
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 14 7 15 62 59 +3 34[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 89 −48 22 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish League One
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.[30]

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAHAAHAHAHHHAAAHHAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHA
ResultWWWWWWDLWDWLWWLDDLWWDWWWWWWWWDWWDWDD
Position3311111212111112332222222221111[nb 1]11111
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [31]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Notes

  1. ↑ Jordan McMillan was also included but for his time as a Dunfermline Athletic player.
  1. ↑ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[68]

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