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

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.

Summary

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

2 July 2011 Friendly Blyth Spartans 2–0 Partick Thistle Croft Park
Vipond 53'
Cave 83'		 PTFC Report Attendance: 590
Referee: Stockbridge

Scottish First Division

10 September 2011 First Division Ross County 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain 13' (pen.)
Gardyne 47'
Miller Red card 72'		 BBC Sport Cairney 73' (pen.)
Erskine 89'		 Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Allan
29 October 2011 First Division Dundee 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Douglas Red card 25' PTFC Report Cairney 26' (pen.) Attendance: 4,263
Referee: McLean
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 Red card 68'		 Attendance: 1,535
Referee: Clancy
10 March 2012 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Millar 52' (pen.)
Duffie Red card 56'		 SFL Report Cairney 45' Attendance: 3,257
Referee: Collum
7 April 2012 First Division Ayr United 1 – 3 Partick Thistle Somerset Park, Ayr
Dodd 79' Red card 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 Red card 90' BBC Sport Cairney 35', 81', 90' (pen.) Attendance: 3,682
Referee: Clancy

Scottish Cup

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

Scottish Challenge Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Archibald Scotland 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

Last updated 5 May 2012[6]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Scott Fox 37031+003+001+002+00
GK Scotland SCO Ryan Scully 505+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Alan Archibald 36033+003+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Lindsay 200+100+000+001+00
DF England ENG Conrad Balatoni 28121+311+001+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Gavin Griffin 200+200+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Darren Cole 606+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Aaron Sinclair 36130+013+001+002+00
DF Scotland SCO William Kinniburgh 704+100+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Paul Paton 39033+003+001+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Stephen O’Donnell 33228+322+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Paul Cairney 401435+0103+031+011+00
MF Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 41723+1263+011+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Iain Flannigan 902+301+001+001+10
MF Scotland SCO Kyle Hutton 12012+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Ryan MacBeth 000+000+000+000+00
MF Northern Ireland NIR Caolan McAleer 100+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Bannigan 1819+511+100+101+00
MF Scotland SCO David Rowson 35429+132+001+002+01
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Campbell 400+200+000+100+10
MF Scotland SCO Scott Robertson 26018+302+100+101+00
MF Scotland SCO Sean Welsh 12210+220+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Bradley Halsman 101+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Kris Doolan 401328+6132+101+001+10
FW Northern Ireland NIR Thomas Stewart 2728+1313+001+002+01
FW Scotland SCO Kieran Burns 501+400+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Shaun Fraser 000+000+000+000+00
FW England ENG Christie Elliott 32618+1151+210+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Craig Dargo 703+100+300+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Kal Naismith 804+400+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Mark McGuigan 724+320+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKCraig Hinchliffe 0000000000
ScotlandGKScott Fox 0000000000
ScotlandGKRyan Scully 0000000000
ScotlandDFAlan Archibald 4100000041
EnglandDFConrad Balatoni 5000010051
ScotlandDFGavin Griffin 0000000000
ScotlandDFDarren Cole 1000000010
ScotlandDFWilliam Kinniburgh 0000100010
ScotlandDFJonathan Lindsay 0000000000
ScotlandDFPaul Paton 5100010052
ScotlandDFAaron Sinclair 5010001070
ScotlandDFStephen O’Donnell 2000000020
ScotlandMFPaul Cairney 6000101080
ScotlandMFChris Erskine 1000000010
ScotlandMFIain Flannigan 0000001010
ScotlandMFKyle Hutton 2000000020
ScotlandMFStuart Bannigan 2000000020
ScotlandMFRyan MacBeth 0000000000
Northern IrelandMFCaolan McAleer 0000000000
ScotlandMFDavid Rowson 1000001020
ScotlandMFJamie Campbell 0000000000
ScotlandMFScott Robertson 7010000080
ScotlandMFSean Welsh 3000000030
ScotlandMFBradley Halsman 0000000000
ScotlandFWKris Doolan 0000000000
ScotlandFWMartin Grehan 0000000000
Northern IrelandFWThomas Stewart 0000000000
ScotlandFWSimon Donnelly 0000000000
ScotlandFWKieran Burns 0000000000
ScotlandFWShaun Fraser 0000000000
EnglandFWChristie Elliott 1000000010
ScotlandFWCraig Dargo 0000000000
ScotlandFWKal Naismith 1000000010
ScotlandFWMark McGuigan 1000000010

Awards

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

League table

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

References

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