2011–12 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Partick Thistle's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[1] Partick Thistle also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Partick Thistle
2011–12 season
ChairmanDavid Beattie
ManagerJackie McNamara
StadiumFirhill Stadium
Scottish First DivisionSixth place
Challenge CupSecond round, lost to Hamilton Academical
League CupFirst round, lost to Berwick Rangers
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Queen of the South
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Doolan (13)

All:
Paul Cairney (14)
Highest home attendance3,380 vs. Greenock Morton, 30 September 2011
Lowest home attendance1,439 vs. Ayr United, 21 February 2012
Average home league attendance2,345

Summary

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Partick Thistle finished sixth in the First Division.[2] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the first round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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2 July 2011 Friendly Blyth Spartans 2–0 Partick Thistle Croft Park
Vipond   53'
Cave   83'
PTFC Report Attendance: 590
Referee: Stockbridge
16 July 2011 Friendly Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Celtic XI Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Cairney   14'
Stewart   56'
PTFC Report Spence   20' Attendance: 5,231

Scottish First Division

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6 August 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Lockwood   90' (pen.) Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Conroy
13 August 2011 First Division Falkirk 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui   8'
Higginbotham   50'
BBC Sport Doolan   36' Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Allan
10 September 2011 First Division Ross County 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain   13' (pen.)
Gardyne   47'
Miller   72'
BBC Sport Cairney   73' (pen.)
Erskine   89'
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Allan
17 September 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Rowson   49'
Cairney   65'
Erskine   73'
Doolan   90' (pen.)
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,639
Referee: O'Reilly
30 September 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 5 – 0 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
O’Donnell   3'
Doolan   29'
Elliott   76'
Erskine   82'
Stewart   89'
BBC Sport Graham   74' Attendance: 3,380
Referee: Charleston
15 October 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Partick Thistle Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Ellis   31'
Baird   56'
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,769
Referee: Muir
22 October 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 2 Falkirk Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Rowson   48'
Erskine   90'
BBC Sport El Alagui   35'
Higginbotham   85'
Attendance: 2,851
Referee: Collum
29 October 2011 First Division Dundee 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Douglas   25' PTFC Report Cairney   26' (pen.) Attendance: 4,263
Referee: McLean
3 December 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Ross County Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Balatoni   26'
Deuchar   33' (o.g.)
SFL Report Deuchar   56' Attendance: 2,026
Referee: Muir
11 February 2012 First Division Livingston 3 – 1 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
McNulty   37'
Watson   45'
Jacobs   52'
SFL Report Cairney   88' Attendance: 1,824
Referee: Conroy
21 February 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 4 – 2 Ayr United Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Doolan   55', 64'
Cairney   81', 90'
SFL Report Parker   4'
McGowan   88'
Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Murray
25 February 2012 First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Graham   63'
Baird   72'
BBC Sport Doolan   28'
Paton   68'
Attendance: 1,535
Referee: Clancy
10 March 2012 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Millar   52' (pen.)
Duffie   56'
SFL Report Cairney   45' Attendance: 3,257
Referee: Collum
31 March 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 3 Livingston Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Cairney   7'
Sinclair   54'
BBC Sport Boulding   20', 47'
Russell   50'
Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Charleston
7 April 2012 First Division Ayr United 1 – 3 Partick Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr
Dodd   79'   85' BBC Sport Erskine   27'
Doolan   33'
McGuigan   90'
Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Madden
21 April 2012 First Division Dundee 0 – 3 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
McGregor   90' BBC Sport Cairney   35', 81', 90' (pen.) Attendance: 3,682
Referee: Clancy
28 April 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
McGuigan   24' SFL Report Alston   71' Attendance: 2,586
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Cup

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19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Culter 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Crombie Park, Peterculter
Stopp   19' BBC Sport Cairney   6' Attendance: 1,113
Referee: Roache
26 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Partick Thistle 4 – 0 Culter Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Elliott   1'
Cairney   26', 29'
Erskine   47'
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Roache

Scottish League Cup

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30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup round 1 Partick Thistle 1 – 3 Berwick Rangers Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Cairney   28'
Paton   47'
Balatoni   79'
BBC Sport Gray   33'
Noble   73'
P. Currie   79' (pen.) McDonald   81'  
Attendance: 1,255
Referee: McLean

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Archibald   36 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
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

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Last updated 5 May 2012[6]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Scott Fox 37 0 31+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK   SCO Ryan Scully 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Alan Archibald 36 0 33+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jonathan Lindsay 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Conrad Balatoni 28 1 21+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Gavin Griffin 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Darren Cole 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Aaron Sinclair 36 1 30+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO William Kinniburgh 7 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Paul Paton 39 0 33+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Stephen O’Donnell 33 2 28+3 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Cairney 40 14 35+0 10 3+0 3 1+0 1 1+0 0
MF   SCO Chris Erskine 41 7 23+12 6 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Iain Flannigan 9 0 2+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Kyle Hutton 12 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ryan MacBeth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   NIR Caolan McAleer 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Stuart Bannigan 18 1 9+5 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO David Rowson 35 4 29+1 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
MF   SCO Jamie Campbell 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Scott Robertson 26 0 18+3 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Sean Welsh 12 2 10+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Bradley Halsman 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Kris Doolan 40 13 28+6 13 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW   NIR Thomas Stewart 27 2 8+13 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Kieran Burns 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Shaun Fraser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Christie Elliott 32 6 18+11 5 1+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Craig Dargo 7 0 3+1 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Kal Naismith 8 0 4+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Mark McGuigan 7 2 4+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
                   
  GK Craig Hinchliffe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Scott Fox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Ryan Scully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Alan Archibald 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
  DF Conrad Balatoni 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1
  DF Gavin Griffin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Darren Cole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF William Kinniburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Jonathan Lindsay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Paul Paton 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2
  DF Aaron Sinclair 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  DF Stephen O’Donnell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Paul Cairney 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
  MF Chris Erskine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Iain Flannigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  MF Kyle Hutton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Stuart Bannigan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Ryan MacBeth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Caolan McAleer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF David Rowson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  MF Jamie Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Scott Robertson 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  MF Sean Welsh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Bradley Halsman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kris Doolan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Martin Grehan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Thomas Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Simon Donnelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kieran Burns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Shaun Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Christie Elliott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Craig Dargo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kal Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Mark McGuigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Awards

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Last updated 14 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
  Aaron Sinclair[7] Young Player of the Month October
  Jackie McNamara[8] First Division Manager of the Month December
  Paul Cairney[9] Player of the Month April

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 −1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 49 −3 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 55 −15 42
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

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References

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