# 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. Partick Thistle also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Partick Thistle finished sixth in the First Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Challenge Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| 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

    Last updated 5 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Position | Name | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | 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

    Last updated 14 May 2012
| Name | Award | Month |
| Aaron Sinclair | Young Player of the Month | October |
| Jackie McNamara | First Division Manager of the Month | December |
| Paul Cairney | Player of the Month | April |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |