2020–21 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Partick Thistle's first season in the third tier of Scottish football in Scottish League One, having been relegated from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season. On 15 April 2020, the SPFL voted to end the lower leagues in Scottish football due to the coronavirus pandemic and as a result Partick were relegated to League One after two years in the Championship, which the club decided not to take legal action against.[1] Partick Thistle also competed in the League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

Partick Thistle
2020–21 season
ChairmanJacqui Low
ManagerIan McCall
StadiumFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
Scottish League One1st (promoted)
Scottish CupThird round
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (12)
All: Brian Graham (12)

Summary

On 2 October 2020, the SPFL confirmed that the Scottish Challenge Cup had been cancelled for the upcoming season.[2] Partick Thistle began their season on 7 October in the League Cup group stage with the League One season beginning on 17 October.

On 11 January 2021, all football below the Scottish Championship was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

On 29 January 2021, the suspension was extended until at least 14 February.[4] In March 2021, the Scottish Government gave permission for the league to resume.

On 16 March, clubs from League 1 and 2 voted to implement for a reduced 22-game season with a league split after 18 games.[5]

On 29 April, Thistle were declared champions of League One and secured promotion to the Scottish Championship following their 5-0 victory over promotion rivals Falkirk.[6]

Competitions

Scottish League One

17 October 2020 1 Clyde 1 0 Partick Thistle Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Love 70' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: David Dickinson
24 October 2020 2 Partick Thistle 2 1 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham 40'
Spittal 60'
Report Carrick 36' Referee: Graham Beaton
31 October 2020 3 Cove Rangers 1 0 Partick Thistle Balmoral Stadium
15:00 McAllister 90+4' Report
7 November 2020 4 Partick Thistle 2 2 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Cardle 66'
Graham 68'
Report Morrison 13'
Telfer 88'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Grant Irvine
21 November 2020 5 Partick Thistle 2 0 East Fife Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham 17 pen.', 78' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Duncan Williams
28 November 2020 6 Montrose 0 1 Partick Thistle Links Park
15:00 Report Murray 6' Referee: Kevin Graham
5 December 2020 7 Partick Thistle 0 0 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: David Lowe
12 December 2020 8 Forfar Athletic 0 2 Partick Thistle Station Park
15:00 Report Gordon 52'
Docherty 78'
Referee: Gavin Ross
19 December 2020 9 Partick Thistle 0 1 Peterhead Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Brown 30' Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Graham
26 December 2020 10 Falkirk 0 0 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Report Rudden Red card 64' Referee: Duncan Williams
20 March 2021 11 Partick Thistle 1 1 Cove Rangers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Cardle 70' Report Megginson 82' Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven Reid
27 March 2021 12 Airdrieonians 2 4 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McKay 2'
Roy 72'
Crighton Red card 78'
Report Tiffoney 35', 62'
Graham 47'
Murray 49'
Referee: Craig Napier
30 March 2021 13 Partick Thistle 2 2 Forfar Athletic Firhill Stadium
19:45 Murray 16'
Graham 66'
Report Fenwick 2', 44' Attendance: 0
Referee: David Lowe
6 April 2021 14 East Fife 2 2 Partick Thistle Bayview Stadium
19:00 Wallace 14 pen.'
Smith 17'
Report Graham 72'
Tiffoney 90+4'
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Dickinson
10 April 2021 15 Peterhead 0 3 Partick Thistle Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Report Cardle 39'
Tiffoney 52'
Graham 60'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Graham
13 April 2021 16 Partick Thistle 2 0 Clyde Firhill Stadium
19:00 Rudden 65', 90' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
15 April 2021 17 Partick Thistle 5 0 Montrose Firhill Stadium
19:00 Rudden 20', 38'
Bannigan 52'
Tiffoney 55'
Gordon 77'
Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Muir
20 April 2021 18 Dumbarton 0 2 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Report Rudden 80'
MacIver 89'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Barry Cook
24 April 2021 19 Partick Thistle 1 0 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Graham 31' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Grant Irvine
27 April 2021 20 Cove Rangers 2 2 Partick Thistle Balmoral Stadium
19:00 McAllister 21 pen.'
Strachan 75'
Report Rudden 7'
Tiffoney 77'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Napier
29 April 2021 21 Partick Thistle 5 – 0 Falkirk Glasgow
19:00 Rudden 30'
Graham 32', 41', 59'
Cardle 72'
Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Dickinson
4 May 2021 22 Montrose 3 2 Partick Thistle Links Park
19:00 Rennie 19'
McLean 36'
Ballantyne 87'
Report MacIver 25'
Cardle 62'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Stuart

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

7 October 2020 Group St Mirren 4–1 Partick Thistle St Mirren Park
19:45 Tait 45+1'
Obika 74'
Breen 81 o.g.'
Connolly 82'
[7] Attendance: 0
Referee: Colin Steven
10 October 2020 Group Partick Thistle 2–0 Queen's Park Firhill Stadium
19:45 Cardle 66', 81' [8] Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Graham
13 October 2020 Group Queen of the South 0–0
(2–3 p)
Partick Thistle Dumfries
19:45 [9][10] Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Stuart
Penalties
14 November 2020 Group Partick Thistle 0–0
(4–2 p)
Greenock Morton Glasgow
15:00 [11] Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Referee: Steven Kirkland
Penalties

Scottish Cup

23 March 2021 Second round Partick Thistle 3–0 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
19:45 Gordon 7'
Rudden 52'
Murray 66'
Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Grainger
3 April 2021 Third round Dundee United 2–1 Partick Thistle Tannadice Park
15:00 Shankland 78'
Clark 90+!'
Report Tiffoney 25' Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

Player statistics

As of 4 May 2021 (UTC)[12]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague OneLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Sneddon 13010+003+000+00
2 DF Scotland SCO Ryan Williamson 18012+202+101+00
3 DF Scotland SCO James Penrice 24014+404+001+10
4 MF Scotland SCO Thomas O'Ware 16112+014+000+00
5 DF Scotland SCO Darren Brownlie 27020+104+002+00
6 MF Scotland SCO Steven Bell 1008+200+000+00
7 MF England ENG Joe Cardle 26714+653+122+00
8 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Bannigan 24119+014+001+00
9 FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 241218+1123+001+10
10 FW Scotland SCO Zak Rudden 1787+671+101+11
11 FW Scotland SCO Blair Lyons 1201+900+200+00
12 GK Scotland SCO Kieran Wright 15012+001+002+00
14 MF Northern Ireland NIR Shea Gordon 27311+1024+002+01
15 MF Scotland SCO Chris Erskine 200+200+000+00
16 DF Scotland SCO Ciaran McKenna 1609+202+101+10
17 MF Scotland SCO Connor Murray 26416+433+100+21
18 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Reilly 301+100+100+00
19 MF Scotland SCO Scott Tiffoney 1379+260+002+01
20 FW Scotland SCO Gospel Ocholi 000+000+000+00
21 MF Senegal SEN Mouhamed Niang 21012+500+301+00
22 DF Scotland SCO Richard Foster 24020+003+001+00
23 MF Scotland SCO Ross Docherty 23119+013+001+00
24 MF Scotland SCO Billy Owens 100+100+000+00
25 GK United States USA Mason McCready 000+000+000+00
26 MF Scotland SCO James Lyon 300+200+000+10
27 GK Scotland SCO Luke Scullion 000+000+000+00
28 DF Scotland SCO Andy Rodden 000+000+000+00
30 DF Scotland SCO Bradley Renfrew 000+000+000+00
31 FW Scotland SCO Ross MacIver 823+420+001+00
88 MF Scotland SCO Andy Geggan 500+500+000+00
Players who left the club during the 2020–21 season
6 MF Scotland SCO Blair Spittal 713+112+100+00
15 DF Scotland SCO Rhys Breen 603+102+000+00
19 FW Scotland SCO Salim Kouider-Aissa 101+000+000+00
19 DF Scotland SCO Adam Devine 000+000+000+00
29 MF Scotland SCO Dean Watson 000+000+000+00

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C, P) 22 11 7 4 40 18 +22 40 Promotion to the Championship
2 Airdrieonians 22 12 2 8 35 24 +11 38 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Cove Rangers 22 10 6 6 28 18 +10 36
4 Montrose 22 9 6 7 33 33 0 33
5 Falkirk 22 9 5 8 29 26 +3 32
Source: SPFL
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).[13]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultLWLDWWDWLDDWDDWWWWWDWL
Position7566443235534533211111
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2021. Source: [14]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STM QOS PAR GMO QPK
1 St Mirren 4 2 2 0 0 8 4 +4 10 Qualification for the Second round 4–1 p1–1
2 Queen of the South 4 1 1 2 0 7 5 +2 7 2–2p 0–0p
3 Partick Thistle 4 1 2 0 1 3 4 1 7 p0–0 2–0
4 Greenock Morton 4 1 0 3 0 4 3 +1 6 2–2p 1–0
5 Queen's Park 4 0 0 0 4 1 7 6 0 0–1 1–3
Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[16]

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