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2023–24 Partick Thistle F.C. season

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Partick Thistle
2023–24 season
ChairmanAlistair Creevy
ManagerKris Doolan
StadiumFirhill Stadium
Scottish Championship3rd
Scottish CupFifth round
League CupSecond round
Challenge CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (20)
All: Brian Graham (26)
Highest home attendance6,531, vs. Airdrieonians, Championship, 10 May 2024
Lowest home attendance2,231, vs. The Spartans, League Cup, 29 July 2023
Average home league attendance3,517

The 2023–24 season was Partick Thistle's third season back in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted from League One at the end of the 2020–21 season. Thistle also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup, Scottish Cup and Glasgow Cup.

Summary

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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4 July 2023 Kelty Hearts 1–2 Partick Thistle Kelty
19:45 Johnston 61' Graham 32'
Trialist 82'
Stadium: New Central Park

Scottish Championship

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5 August 2023 1 Partick Thistle 2–2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 McMillan 5'
Fitzpatrick 45'
Report Easton 83'
Mitchell 89'
Attendance: 3,468
Referee: Calum Scott
12 August 2023 2 Airdrieonians 2–1 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McGill 63'
Gallagher 71'
Report Lyon 31' Attendance: 2,691
Referee: Craig Napier
26 August 2023 3 Partick Thistle 3–1 Queen's Park Firhill Stadium
15:00 McInroy 26', 57'
Graham 30'
Report Paton 32' Attendance: 3,365
Referee: Grant Irvine
2 September 2023 4 Greenock Morton 1–4 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Muirhead 15' Report Lawless 39'
Graham 70', 72'
Milne Red card 77'
Adeloye 84'
Attendance: 2,726
Referee: Graham Grainger
15 September 2023 5 Ayr United 0–4 Partick Thistle Somerset Park
19:45 Report Graham 2'
Lawless 58', 67'
Adeloye 81'
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: William Collum
23 September 2023 6 Partick Thistle 0–3 Arbroath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Hylton 12', 80'
O'Brien 39'
Attendance: 3,159
Referee: Graham Grainger
30 September 2023 7 Partick Thistle 3–0 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium
15:00 Robinson 21'
Graham 49'
McInroy 60'
Report Attendance: 3,703
Referee: Colin Steven
7 October 2023 8 Inverness CT 0–0 Partick Thistle Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 2,364
Referee: Dan McFarlane
21 October 2023 9 Partick Thistle 0–5 Dundee United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead Red card 80' Report Sibbald 12'
Holt 61', 83', 88 pen.'
McMann 63'
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Steven Kirkland
27 October 2023 10 Queen's Park 2–2 Partick Thistle Hampden Park
19:45 Paton 52 pen.'
Turner 56'
Report Lawless 45+2 pen.'
Adeloye 58'
Attendance: 2,894
Referee: Chris Graham
31 October 2023 11 Partick Thistle 2–2 Ayr United Firhill Stadium
19:45 Graham 17'
Milne 47'
Report Murphy 19', 75 pen.' Attendance: 2,428
Referee: Ross Hardie
3 November 2023 12 Arbroath 1–3 Partick Thistle Gayfield Park
15:00 Hylton 87' Report Fitzpatrick 23', 61'
Graham 74'
Attendance: 1,753
Referee: Gavin Duncan
11 November 2023 13 Partick Thistle 2–1 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
15:00 McInroy 3'
Graham Red card 74'
Alston 77'
Report Gillespie 32 pen.' Attendance: 3,732
Referee: Alan Muir
2 December 2023 14 Partick Thistle 2–1 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Diack 7'
Fordyce 37 o.g.'
Report Watson 54' Attendance: 3,179
Referee: Steven McLean
8 December 2023 15 Raith Rovers 4–3 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 O'Reilly 13'
Easton 46'
Smith 79'
Stanton 82'
Report O'Reilly 51 o.g.'
Graham 32'
Alston 69'
Attendance: 3,447
Referee: Alan Muir
16 December 2023 16 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Todd 82' Report Milne 12'
Graham 45'
Attendance: 4,777
Referee: Chris Graham
23 December 2023 17 Partick Thistle 1–1 Inverness CT Firhill Stadium
15:00 McMillan 15' Report Anderson 1' Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Graham Grainger
29 December 2023 18 Dundee United 3–0 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Watt 7', 86', 89' Report Attendance: 8,110
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
2 January 2024 19 Partick Thistle 3–2 Queen's Park Firhill Stadium
15:00 Milne 27'
Fitzpatrick 48'
Neilson 85'
Report Paton 31', 90' Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Steven Kirkland
6 January 2024 20 Partick Thistle 4–0 Arbroath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham 12'
Fitzpatrick 51'
Adeloye 80', 82'
Report Attendance: 3,481
Referee: Calum Scott
13 January 2024 21 Greenock Morton 1–1 Partick Thistle Cappielow
15:00 McMillan 31 o.g.' Report Diack 75' Attendance: 3,568
Referee: Craig Napier
27 January 2024 22 Airdrieonians 1–1 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Watson 37' Report Adeloye 41' Attendance: 2,422
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
17 February 2024 23 Inverness CT 3–3 Partick Thistle Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Kerr 27'
Savage 54'
Shaw 79'
Anderson Red card 90+2'
Report Fitzpatrick 64'
Graham 77', 86 pen.'
Attendance: 2,215
Referee: Grant Irvine
23 February 2024 24 Partick Thistle 1–3 Dunfermline Athletic Firhill Stadium
19:45 Graham 30' Report Fagan-Walcott 37'
Todd 55'
Benjamin 65'
Attendance: 3,350
Referee: David Munro
27 February 2024 25 Ayr United 4–3 Partick Thistle Somerset Park
19:45 McAllister 15'
Willoughby 43', 45+2'
McHugh 84'
Report Graham 33'
Adeloye 78'
Sanders 83 o.g.'
Attendance: 2,227
Referee: Graham Grainger
2 March 2024 26 Partick Thistle 1–1 Dundee United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham 3' Report Moult 67' Attendance: 4,448
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
9 March 2024 27 Queen's Park 2–2 Partick Thistle Hampden Park
15:00 Sheridan 38'
Paton 52'
Report Adeloye 64'
Graham 70 pen.'
Attendance: 3,001
Referee: Iain Snedden
12 March 2024 28 Partick Thistle 0–1 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
19:45 Report Murray 34' Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Euan Anderson
16 March 2024 29 Partick Thistle 2–1 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham 28'
Robinson 52'
Report Muirhead 90+4' Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Dan McFarlane
23 March 2024 30 Arbroath 0–1 Partick Thistle Gayfield Park
15:00 Report Fitzpatrick 15' Attendance: 1,048
Referee: Steven Kirkland
30 March 2024 31 Partick Thistle 1–0 Inverness CT Firhill Stadium
15:00 Robinson 41' Report Kerr Red card 66' Attendance: 3,371
Referee: John Beaton
6 April 2024 32 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Partick Thistle East End Park
15:00 Kane 79 pen.' Report Graham 24' Attendance: 5,572
Referee: Calum Scott
13 April 2024 33 Raith Rovers 0–0 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,928
Referee: David Munro
20 April 2024 34 Partick Thistle 4–0 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Fitzpatrick 52'
Graham 61', 68'
Diack 85'
Report Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Iain Snedden
27 April 2024 35 Partick Thistle 0–0 Ayr United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,243
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
3 May 2024 36 Dundee United 4–1 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Sibbald 42'
Fotheringham 59'
Watt 69'
Moult 83 pen.'
Report Stanway 13' Attendance: 11,802
Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership play-off

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7 May 2024 Quarter-final 1st leg Airdrieonians 2–2 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
19:45 Todorov 5'
McGill 50'
Report McBeth 29'
Robinson 45'
Attendance: 3,163
Referee: Grant Irvine
10 May 2024 Quarter-final 2nd leg Partick Thistle 2–1
(4–3 agg.)
Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
19:45 Graham 18', 47' Report Lyall 55' Attendance: 6,531
Referee: Colin Steven
14 May 2024 Semi-final 1st leg Partick Thistle 1–2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
19:45 Alston 72' Report Brown 22'
Vaughan 40'
Attendance: 5,497
Referee: Chris Graham
17 May 2024 Semi-final 2nd leg Raith Rovers 1–2
(3–3 agg.)
(4–3 p)
Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 Matthews 30' Report Alston 16', 45+1' Attendance: 6,070

Scottish League Cup

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Group stage

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15 July 2023 Group stage Peterhead 1–1
(9–10 p)
Partick Thistle Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Ritchie 32' Report Milne 3' Attendance: 834
Referee: Dan McFarlane
18 July 2023 Group stage Dundee United 1–2 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
19:45 Sibbald 18' Report Graham 32'
Milne 58'
Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
23 July 2023 Group stage Partick Thistle 2–2
(6–7 p)
Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham 68'
Lyon 90+3'
Report MacIver 14'
Spencer Red card 67'
Agyeman 71'
Attendance: 2,607
Referee: Steven Kirkland
29 July 2023 Group stage Partick Thistle 2–1 The Spartans Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lyon 52'
Graham 88 pen.'
Report Henderson 81'
Craigen Red card 88'
Attendance: 2,231
Referee: Gavin Duncan

Knockout phase

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19 August 2023 Second round Heart of Midlothian 4–0 Partick Thistle Tynecastle Park
15:00 Graham 11 o.g.'
Offiah 45'
Shankland 48'
Tagawa 74'
Report Attendance: 12,841
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Challenge Cup

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9 September 2023 Third round Partick Thistle 2–3 Queen of the South Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless 11 pen.'
Stanway 48'
Report McGuffie 7'
Reilly 24'
Ambrose 87'
Attendance: 2,307
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup

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25 November 2023 Third round Partick Thistle 3–0 Queen's Park Firhill Stadium
15:00 Alston 36'
Fitzpatrick 41', 50'
Report Attendance: 2,520
Referee: Iain Snedden
20 January 2024 Fourth round Ross County 0–3 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00 Report Graham 37'
Robinson 45+1'
Bannigan 54'
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: David Dickinson
10 February 2024 Fifth round Partick Thistle 2–3 (a.e.t.) Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 McInroy 27'
Fitzpatrick 61'
Report Nouble 66', 82'
Yengi 120'
Attendance: 3,843
Referee: Nick Walsh

Glasgow Cup

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28 November 2023 Group stage Rangers B 6–0 Partick Thistle Rangers Training Centre
15:00 Gentles
Stevens
McKinnon
Paul Nsio
Report
10 April 2024 Group stage Partick Thistle 1–4 Queen's Park Petershill Park
Horn 63' Report McCormick 14', 19'
Williamson
Fiddes 73'
24 April 2024 Group stage Celtic B 6–3 Partick Thistle Lennoxtown Training Centre
19:45 Davidson 2', 7'
Dobbie 11', 15'
Quinn 48', 73'
Report 9'
22'
33'

Squad statistics

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Player statistics

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As of 17 May 2024 (UTC)[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship + Playoffs League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Glasgow Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Sneddon 27 0 21+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Jack McMillan 37 2 31+1 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Harry Milne 47 5 37+2 3 5+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF England ENG Wasiri Williams 20 0 9+2 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 47 0 38+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Neilson 43 1 37+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Kerr McInroy 39 5 34+1 4 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Bannigan 40 1 23+8 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 46 26 37+0 22 5+0 3 0+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Steven Lawless 41 5 32+0 4 5+0 0 1+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF Malawi MWI Kieran Ngwenya 21 0 8+11 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Scott Robinson 31 5 17+12 4 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Luke McBeth 21 1 17+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Daniel O'Reilly 8 0 2+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Aidan Fitzpatrick 47 11 37+1 8 5+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 2
23 MF Scotland SCO Blair Alston 32 6 8+20 5 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 1
25 GK Scotland SCO Ross Stewart 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Ben Stanway 36 1 20+7 0 3+2 0 1+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Zander MacKenzie 24 0 3+15 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
31 GK Scotland SCO David Mitchell 19 0 16+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW Scotland SCO Ricco Diack 19 3 2+14 3 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
36 MF Scotland SCO Ché Campbell 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW Scotland SCO Ceiran Loney 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
99 FW England ENG Tomi Adeloye 27 7 2+19 7 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season
10 FW Scotland SCO Anton Dowds 4 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF England ENG Nathan McGinley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Ben Williamson 13 0 3+5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 GK United States USA Mason McCready 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW England ENG Wes McDonald 6 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
27 MF Scotland SCO James Lyon 9 3 1+2 1 1+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Ji Stevenson 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW Scotland SCO Sallu Turay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Taggart 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Club statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee United (C, P) 36 22 9 5 73 23 +50 75 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Raith Rovers 36 20 9 7 58 42 +16 69 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Partick Thistle 36 14 13 9 63 54 +9 55 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Airdrieonians 36 15 7 14 44 44 0 52
5 Greenock Morton 36 12 9 15 43 46 −3 45
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

League Cup table

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Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR FAL DUN SPA PET
1 Partick Thistle 4 2 1 1 0 7 5 +2 9 Qualification for the second round 2–2p 2–1
2 Falkirk 4 2 1 0 1 8 5 +3 8 0–1 4–1
3 Dundee United 4 2 0 0 2 5 3 +2 6 1–2 3–0
4 The Spartans 4 2 0 0 2 5 5 0 6 1–2 1–0
5 Peterhead 4 0 0 1 3 3 10 −7 1 1–1p 1–2
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]

Glasgow Cup table

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Transfers

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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  5. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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  25. ^ "Tomi Adeloye joins on loan from Swindon Town". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  26. ^ "Kerr McInroy joins on loan from Kilmarnock". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  27. ^ "Lewis Neilson signs on loan for the season". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  28. ^ "Doolan adds Kieran Ngwenya on loan". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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  32. ^ "Anton Dowds heads to Ayr on loan". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  33. ^ "Mason McCready joins Gretna on loan". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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