2018–19 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Partick Thistle's first season back in the Scottish Championship, following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2017–18 season.[1] Thistle also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Partick Thistle

2018–19 season
Manager	Alan Archibald (until 6 October) Gary Caldwell (from 15 October)
Stadium	Firhill Stadium
Championship	Sixth Place
League Cup	Second Round
Challenge Cup	Second Round
Scottish Cup	Quarter-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Blair Spittal (7) All: Blair Spittal (8)
Highest home attendance	6,517 vs. Dundee United, Premiership, 28 February 2015
Lowest home attendance	1,879 vs. St Mirren, League Cup, 23 September 2014
Average home league attendance	3,042
Home colours Away colours

Summary

Management

Partick Thistle began the season under the management of Alan Archibald who been in charge since February 2013. On the 6th October, following a poor start to the season, Archibald left his position as manager and was replaced by Gary Caldwell who was appointed on 15th October.[2][3]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre Season

8 July 2018	Hearts	3–1	Partick Thistle	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
14:00	Garuccio  2' Lee  47', 76'	Report	O'Ware  38'

Scottish Championship

4 August 2018 1	Ayr United	2–0	Partick Thistle	Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00	Shankland  7 pen.', 18'	Report		Attendance: 3,249 Referee: Craig Thomson

11 August 2018 2	Partick Thistle	2–1	Falkirk	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Penrice  24' Erskine  28'	Report	Greenwood  90+1'	Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Kevin Clancy

17 August 2018 3	Dundee United	3–1	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Watson  6', 78' Curran  86'	Report	Erskine  90+2'	Attendance: 5,219 Referee: David Munro

1 September 2018 4	Partick Thistle	1–0	Greenock Morton	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Erskine  50'	Report		Attendance: 3,431 Referee: Barry Cook

15 September 2018 5	Inverness CT	3–2	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	White  11' Rooney  23' Welsh  32 pen.'	Report	Spittal  82' Doolan  90+3'	Attendance: 2,424 Referee: Greg Aitken

22 September 2018 6	Partick Thistle	3–2	Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Doolan  32' Spittal  38', 41'	Report	Dobbie  4' Todd  34'	Attendance: 2,710 Referee: John Beaton

28 September 2018 7	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Partick Thistle	East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45	Connolly  69'	Report		Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Kevin Clancy

6 October 2018 8	Partick Thistle	0–2	Ross County	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00		Report	Mullin  14' McKay  56 pen.' Draper  90+1'	Attendance: 2,784 Referee: Nick Walsh

13 October 2018 9	Partick Thistle	1–2	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Quitongo  77'	Report	Aird  45' Šafranko  48'	Attendance: 3,087 Referee: Willie Collum

20 October 2018 10	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Partick Thistle	Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00	Zanatta  50'	Report		Attendance: 1,392 Referee: Alan Muir

27 October 2018 11	Partick Thistle	0–1	Ayr United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00		Report	Rose  77'	Attendance: 3,491 Referee: Bobby Madden

3 November 2018 12	Greenock Morton	5–1	Partick Thistle	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	Oliver  23' McHugh  43', 66' Iredale  54' Tidser  71'	Report	Ntambwe  16'	Attendance: 2,197 Referee: Steven McLean

10 November 2018 13	Partick Thistle	0–1	Inverness CT	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00		Report	Walsh  71'	Attendance: 2,509 Referee: Bobby Madden

17 November 2018 14	Falkirk	1–1	Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Slater  57'	Report	McKee  59'	Attendance: 4,589 Referee: Craig Thomson

1 December 2018 15	Queen of the South	1–0	Partick Thistle	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Dobbie  82'	Report		Attendance: 1,508 Referee: Steven McLean

8 December 2018 16	Partick Thistle	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Spittal  12' Storey  56'	Report		Attendance: 2,566 Referee: Kevin Clancy

15 December 2018 17	Partick Thistle	2–2	Alloa Athletic	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Doolan  18 pen.' Spittal  37'	Report	Cawley  24' Zanatta  59'	Attendance: 1,990 Referee: Alan Newlands

22 December 2018 18	Ross County	2–0	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	McKay  26 pen.' Stewart  79'	Report		Attendance: 3,467 Referee: Colin Steven

29 December 2018 19	Partick Thistle	1–2	Greenock Morton	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Slater  60'	Report	Tiffoney  9' Telfer  80'	Attendance: 3,074 Referee: Euan Anderson

5 January 2019 20	Dundee United	1–1	Partick Thistle	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Fyvie  62 pen.'	Report	Doolan  9'	Attendance: 5,282 Referee: Bobby Madden

12 January 2019 21	Partick Thistle	1–1	Falkirk	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Spittal  61' Harkins  74'	Report	Rudden  76'	Attendance: 4,438 Referee: Andrew Dallas

26 January 2019 22	Partick Thistle	2–1	Queen of the South	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Cardle  18' Storey  54'	Report	Dobbie  80 pen.'	Attendance: 2,662 Referee: Colin Steven

2 February 2019 23	Inverness CT	1–2	Partick Thistle	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	McCauley  77'	Report	Anderson  21' Fitzpatrick  77'	Attendance: 2,171 Referee: David Lowe

16 February 2019 24	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Partick Thistle	Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00		Report	Spittal  4' McDonald  79'	Attendance: 1,757 Referee: Gavin Ross

23 February 2019 25	Partick Thistle	2–4	Ross County	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Elliot  24' Fitzpatrick  41'	Report	Stewart  47', 74' Lindsay  64' McKay  79 pen.'	Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Gavin Duncan

26 February 2019 26	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Partick Thistle	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00	Anderson  47', 86' Devine  74'	Report		Attendance: 4,904 Referee: Greg Aitken

9 March 2019 27	Partick Thistle	2–1	Dundee United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	McDonald  4' Fitzpatrick  90'	Report	Clark  76'	Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Alan Newlands

16 March 2019 28	Falkirk	1–1	Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	McShane  45'	Report	McDonald  10'	Attendance: 4,896 Referee: Mike Roncone

22 March 2019 29	Partick Thistle	1–2	Inverness CT	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45	Bannigan  68'	Report	Doran  65' Walsh  81'	Attendance: 2,149 Referee: John Beaton

30 March 2019 30	Greenock Morton	0–3	Partick Thistle	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00		Report	Doolan  17', 43' Anderson  36'	Attendance: 2,329 Referee: John Beaton

6 April 2019 31	Partick Thistle	2–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Blair  31 o.g.' McDonald  77'	Report	Beadling  10' Anderson  24'	Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Kevin Clancy

13 April 2019 32	Ross County	0–0	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00		Report		Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Gavin Duncan

20 April 2019 33	Partick Thistle	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Cardle  47' McDonald  86'	Report	Aitchison  13'	Attendance: 3,578 Referee: David Munro

23 April 2019 34	Ayr United	0–1	Partick Thistle	Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45		Report	Gordon  17'	Attendance: 2,429 Referee: Alan Newlands

27 April 2019 35	Partick Thistle	1–2	Ayr United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Gordon  9'	Report	Smith  30' Muirhead  56'	Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Nick Walsh

4 May 2019 36	Queen of the South	0–3	Partick Thistle	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00		Report	Mansell  14' McDonald  44' Bannigan  73 pen.'	Attendance: 3,916 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Results

14 July 2018 Group Stage	Stenhousemuir	0–2	Partick Thistle	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00		Report	Gordon  2', 6'	Attendance: 675 Referee: Gavin Duncan

17 July 2018 Group Stage	Partick Thistle	2–1	Greenock Morton	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45	Storer  17' Penrice  29'	Report	Tumilty  74'	Attendance: 2,088 Referee: Kevin Clancy

21 July 2018 Group Stage	Albion Rovers	0–2	Partick Thistle	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00		Report	Storey  59' Fitzpatrick  83'	Attendance: 963 Referee: David Lowe

28 July 2018 Group Stage	Partick Thistle	0–2	Ayr United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00		Report	Moffat  6' Shankland  66'	Attendance: 2,871 Referee: Nick Walsh

Group E Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AYR	PAR	GMO	STE	ALB
1	Ayr United (Q)	4	4	0	0	0	12	1	+11	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	—	3–1	5–0	—
2	Partick Thistle (Q)	4	3	0	0	1	6	3	+3	9			0–2	—	2–1	—	—
3	Greenock Morton	4	2	0	0	2	9	5	+4	6			—	—	—	2–0	5–0
4	Stenhousemuir	4	1	0	0	3	4	9	−5	3			—	0–2	—	—	4–0
5	Albion Rovers	4	0	0	0	4	0	13	−13	0			0–2	0–2	—	—	—

Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2018 First Round	Stranraer	0–5	Partick Thistle	Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45		Report	O'Ware  10' Fitzpatrick  34', 90+2' Mbuyi-Mutombo  36' Melbourne  89'	Attendance: 480 Referee: Alan Newlands

8 September 2018 Second Round	East Fife	2–1	Partick Thistle	Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00	Agnew  51' Currie  74'	Report	Mbuyi-Mutombo  22'	Attendance: 932 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

19 January 2019 Fourth Round	Partick Thistle	4–1	Stranraer	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Fitzpatrick  17' Cardle  50' Saunders  74' Spittal  81'	Report	Crossan  52'	Attendance: 2,254 Referee: Alan Newlands

19 January 2019 Fifth Round	East Fife	0–1	Partick Thistle	Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00		Report	Anderson  61'	Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Don Robertson

4 March 2019 Quarter–Final	Partick Thistle	1–1	Hearts	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Elliot  72'	Report	Berra  12'	Attendance: 5,171 Referee: Bobby Madden

12 March 2019 Quarter–Final Replay	Hearts	2–1	Partick Thistle	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
15:00	Ikpeazu  24' Clare  35 pen.'	Report	McDonald  17'	Attendance: 10,351 Referee: Bobby Madden

Player statistics

As of 4 May 2019 (UTC)[6]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Chris Elliot	44	2	33+0	1	5+0	0	4+0	1	2+0	0
3	DF		James Penrice	47	2	36+0	1	5+0	1	4+0	0	2+0	0
4	MF		Thomas O'Ware	8	4	3+0	3	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
5	DF		Steven Anderson	16	3	13+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
6	DF		Sean McGinty	36	0	28+0	0	5+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
7	MF		Blair Spittal	47	8	33+3	7	5+0	0	3+1	1	0+2	0
8	MF		Stuart Bannigan	31	2	26+2	2	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Kris Doolan	39	6	24+6	6	5+0	0	0+2	0	2+0	0
10	FW		Scott McDonald	13	7	10+2	6	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
11	MF		Gary Harkins	16	0	8+5	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Shea Gordon	14	4	9+0	2	5+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	GK		Conor Hazard	15	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Andrew McCarthy	11	0	1+6	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Craig Slater	41	2	27+3	2	4+1	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
19	FW		Miles Storey	37	3	23+7	2	2+2	1	1+2	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Callum Wilson	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Aidan Fitzpatrick	30	7	8+13	3	0+3	1	3+1	1	2+0	2
23	GK		Jamie Sneddon	16	0	13+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
29	FW		Souleymane Coulibaly	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	FW		Lewis Mansell	11	1	3+5	1	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF		Jack McMillan	16	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF		Joe Cardle	14	3	5+6	2	0+0	0	1+2	1	0+0	0
43	DF		Steven Saunders	17	0	9+3	0	0+0	0	4+1	0	0+0	0
99	FW		Ally Roy	5	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season
1	GK		Cammy Bell	16	0	12+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Niall Keown	16	0	13+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF		Chris Erskine	24	3	9+9	3	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
11	MF		Jack Storer	11	0	2+2	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
12	GK		Aaron Lennox	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF		Max Melbourne	5	1	2+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
18	FW		Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo	12	3	4+5	0	1+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	2
30	DF		Daniel Jefferies	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW		Jai Quitongo	13	1	4+9	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	DF		Tam Scobbie	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
39	MF		Brice Ntambwe	6	1	4+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Club statistics

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Ayr United	36	15	9	12	50	38	+12	54	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton	36	11	13	12	36	45	−9	46
6	Partick Thistle	36	12	7	17	43	52	−9	43
7	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	8	17	33	40	−7	41
8	Alloa Athletic	36	10	9	17	39	53	−14	39

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[7]

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W
Position	10	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	6	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: [8]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

• List of Partick Thistle F.C. seasons

References

1. "Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Livingston (agg 1–3)". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. "Partick Thistle: Alan Archibald sacked as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
3. "Gary Caldwell: Partick Thistle appoint former Wigan manager as new boss". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. "Summary - League Cup Group E". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
5. "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
6. "Partick Thistle 2018/2019 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
7. "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
8. "Scottish Championship 2018/19". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2020.