2015–16 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Partick Thistle's third season in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[1][2] Partick Thistle will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Partick Thistle
2015–16 season
ManagerAlan Archibald
StadiumFirhill Stadium
PremiershipNinth Place
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFifth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kris Doolan (14)
All: Kris Doolan (14)
Highest home attendance7,238 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 12 March 2016
Lowest home attendance2,221 vs. Falkirk, League Cup, 25 August 2015
Average home league attendance3,797

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 PremiershipHamilton Academical0 – 0Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 2,872
Referee: Colvin
9 August 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle0 – 2CelticFirhill Stadium
BBC Report Rogić  28'
Commons  63'		 Attendance: 7,088
Referee: Beaton
12 August 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 0Partick ThistleCaledonian Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Finnie
15 August 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle2 – 2KilmarnockFirhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan  9', 78'
Lindsay  65'		 BBC Report McKenzie  38'
Boyd  85'		 Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Muir
22 August 2015 PremiershipHeart of Midlothian3 – 0Partick ThistleTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Sow  29'
Nicholson  69'
Juanma  71'		 BBC Report Attendance: 16,657
Referee: Beaton
29 August 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle0 – 2AberdeenFirhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Rooney  49'
McLean  58'		 Attendance: 4,940
Referee: Finnie
12 September 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle0 – 1DundeeFirhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Stewart  77' Attendance: 2,946
Referee: Collum
19 September 2015 PremiershipRoss County1 – 0Partick ThistleVictoria Park
15:00 Boyce  18' BBC Report Attendance: 3,531
Referee: Aitken
26 September 2015 PremiershipMotherwell2 – 1Partick ThistleFir Park
15:00 Frans  22 o.g.'
McDonald  69'		 BBC Report Amoo  78' Attendance: 3,963
Referee: McLean
3 October 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle3 – 0Dundee UnitedFirhill Stadium
15:00 Amoo  15'
Dumbuya  55'
Bannigan  65'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,675
Referee: Thomson
17 October 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone1 – 2Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  48' BBC Report Miller  28'
Lawless  34'		 Attendance: 3414
Referee: Beaton
24 October 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 1Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium
15:00 Pogba  60' BBC Report Imrie  78' Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Anderson
31 October 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle0 – 4Heart of MidlothianFirhill Stadium
15:00 Scully  85' BBC Report Juanma  38', 64' (pen.)
Sow  51', 86' (pen.)		 Attendance: 4,776
Referee: McLean
7 November 2015 PremiershipDundee1 – 1Partick ThistleDens Park
15:00 Hemmings  85' BBC Report Lindsay  5' Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Collum
21 November 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle2 – 1Inverness Caledonian ThistleFirhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan  42'
Stevenson  90'		 BBC Report Storey  6' Attendance: 2,864
Referee: Robertson
28 November 2015 PremiershipKilmarnock2 – 5Partick ThistleRugby Park
15:00 Magennis  23'
Connolly  72'		 BBC Report Doolan  7', 15'
Fraser  52'
Muirhead  62', 75'		 Attendance: 3,860
Referee: Thomson
12 December 2015 PremiershipDundee United0 – 1Partick ThistleTannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report Doolan  51' Attendance: 6,256
Referee: McLean
19 December 2015 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 0Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
15:00 Davies  52 o.g.' BBC Report Attendance: 2,762
Referee: Dallas
30 December 2015 PremiershipAberdeen0 – 0Partick ThistlePittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 12,583
Referee: Clancy
2 January 2016 PremiershipCeltic1 – 0Partick ThistleCeltic Park
Bitton  68' 
Griffiths  90'		 BBC Report Attendance: 46,067
Referee: Finnie
16 January 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle2 – 4DundeeFirhill Stadium
15:00 Amoo  23'
Lindsay  77' 
Doolan  90'		 BBC Report Hemmings  7' (pen.)
Harkins  10', 37'
Stewart  15'		 Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Anderson
23 January 2016 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 0Partick ThistleCaledonian Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Aitken
2 February 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 0MotherwellFirhill Stadium
Lawless  90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 2,487
Referee: Cook
23 February 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle2 – 0St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium
Doolan  72'
Amoo  87'		 Report Anderson  75'
Wotherspoon  90'		 Attendance: 2,320
Referee: John Beaton
27 February 2016 PremiershipMotherwell3 – 1Partick ThistleFir Park
Moult  37' (pen.)  52'
Johnson  69'		 Report Nisbet  36'
Booth  76'		 Attendance: 4,302
Referee: Stephen Finnie
2 March 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone1 – 2Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park
Kane  67'
Craig  90'		 Report Booth  6'
Lawless  13'
Welsh  42'		 Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)
5 March 2016 PremiershipHeart of Midlothian1 – 0Partick ThistleTynecastle Stadium
Djoum  25' Report Edwards  53' Attendance: 16,558
Referee: Bobby Madden
8 March 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 2AberdeenFirhill Stadium
Booth  31'
Osman  37'
Lawless  60'		 Report Reynolds  41'
Considine  74'
Church  76'		 Attendance: 3,915
Referee: Alan Muir
12 March 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 2CelticFirhill Stadium
Amoo  25'
Miller  29'
Welsh  85' (pen.)		 Report Griffiths  45'
McGregor  54'
Brown  78'
Sviatchenko  84'
Bitton  90'		 Attendance: 7,238
Referee: Stephen Finnie
19 March 2016 PremiershipHamilton Academical1 – 2Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park
Docherty  10' Report Pogba  50'
Edwards  84'		 Attendance: 3,055
Referee: Willie Collum
2 April 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle0 – 0KilmarnockFirhill Stadium
Report Attendance: 4,359
Referee: Don Robertson
5 April 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 0Dundee UnitedFirhill Stadium
Doolan  71' Report Attendance: 4,533
Referee: Andrew Dallas
9 April 2016 PremiershipRoss County1 – 0Partick ThistleVictoria Park, Dingwall
Schalk  14' Report Attendance: 3,603
Referee: Nick Walsh
23 April 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 2DundeeFirhill Stadium
Doolan  70' Report Hemmings  34', 81' Attendance: 2,769
Referee: Nick Walsh
23 April 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle1 – 4Inverness CTFirhill Stadium
Doolan  83' Report Tremarco  14'
Storey  46'
Meekings  76'
Roberts  85'		 Attendance: 2,609
Referee: Euan Anderson
7 May 2016 PremiershipKilmarnock0 – 2Partick ThistleRugby Park, Kilmarnock
Report Lawless  32'
Doolan  66'		 Attendance: 5,729
Referee: Andrew Dallas
7 May 2016 PremiershipDundee United3 – 3Partick ThistleTannadice Park, Dundee
Frans  67 o.g.'
Ofere  86'
Johnson  90+1'		 Report Frans  6'
Doolan  34'
Edwards  76'		 Attendance: 4,689
Referee: Craig Thomson
14 May 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle2 – 2Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium
Doolan  3'
Amoo  19'		 Report Brophy  10 pen.', 20' Attendance: 2,971
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
25 August 2015 League Cup Round 2Partick Thistle0 – 1FalkirkFirhill Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Grant  32' Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Thomson

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
8 January 2015 Fourth roundSt Mirren1 – 2Partick ThistleSt Mirren Park
19:30 Watson  88' BBC Report Seaborne  62'
Amoo  73'		 Attendance: 4,572
Referee: Thomson
6 February 2016 Fifth roundDundee United1 – 0Partick ThistleTannadice Park
15:00 Fraser  85' BBC Report Attendance: 5,803
Referee: Collum

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Partick Thistle have used twenty-five different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances
As of 14 May 2016[3][4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Tomas Cerny 31028+001+002+00
2 DF Gary Miller 24120+111+002+00
3 DF Danny Seaborne 35131+101+002+01
4 MF Sean Welsh 36032+200+002+00
5 DF Callum Booth 37034+001+002+00
6 MF Abdul Osman 36032+101+002+00
7 MF David Amoo 40427+1031+001+11
8 MF Stuart Bannigan 28126+010+002+00
9 FW Kris Doolan 391424+12141+002+00
10 MF Ryan Stevenson 1116+411+000+00
11 MF Steven Lawless 40536+151+002+00
12 GK Ryan Scully 1009+100+000+00
13 DF Frederic Frans 22117+410+001+00
14 FW Christie Elliott 1205+700+000+00
15 DF Mustapha Dumbuya 21119+210+000+00
17 DF Liam Lindsay 27125+010+002+00
18 MF David Wilson 1204+700+100+00
19 DF Jack Hendry 401+201+000+00
19 MF Ryan Edwards 17210+720+000+00
20 MF Declan McDaid 501+300+100+00
22 MF Gary Fraser 1417+511+000+10
23 FW Robbie Muirhead 824+420+000+00
27 FW Kevin Nisbet 900+800+000+10
35 GK Paul Gallacher 101+000+000+00
99 FW Mathias Pogba 30213+1520+100+10

Disciplinary record
As of 14 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
2DFGary Miller 50000050
3DFDanny Seaborne 80000080
4MFSean Welsh 60000060
5DFCallum Booth 50000050
6MFAbdul Osman 1110010121
7MFDavid Amoo 10000010
8MFStuart Bannigan 1000000100
11MFSteven Lawless 30000030
12GKRyan Scully 01000001
13DFFrederic Frans 41000041
15DFMustapha Dumbuya 300000'20
17DFLiam Lindsay 72000073
18MFDavid Wilson 10000010
19MFRyan Edwards 10000010
23FWRobbie Muirhead 20000020
29MFJames Penrice 10000010
99FWMathias Pogba 20001030
TOTALS 54 5 0 0 2 0 56 5

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 −21 43
11 Kilmarnock (O) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[5]
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAAHAHHAAAHHAHHAHHAAH
ResultDLDDLLLLLWWDLDWWWWDLLDWWLWLLLWDWLLLWDD
Position711108101112121211111111111098779988897888787889999
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics
Last updated on 14 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Alan Archibald[7] 1 August 2015 Present 38 12 10 16 031.58

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

See also

Notes
  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References
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