# 2017–18 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Partick Thistle's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.

## Season Summary

Thistle competed in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup where they finished second in Group H behind Livingston by 1 point and qualified for the Second Round. In the second round they surpassed St Johnstone and in the Quarter Finals took Rangers to extra time after Kris Doolan scored an injury time equaliser to make it 1–1, however lost 3–1 after extra time. Partick Thistle also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they lost in an away tie to Celtic in the fifth round. They ended the season being relegated from the Premiership via the play-offs, dropping to the Scottish Championship.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Černý | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SLE | Mustapha Dumbuya | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Callum Booth | 20 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Baily Cargill | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Niall Keown | 33 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Abdul Osman | 18 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Blair Spittal | 42 | 6 | 25+10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Stuart Bannigan | 12 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Kris Doolan | 42 | 11 | 20+15 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Chris Erskine | 36 | 7 | 20+9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Steven Lawless | 36 | 4 | 23+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Ryan Scully | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | NIR | Adam Barton | 43 | 0 | 29+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Christie Elliott | 24 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | NIR | Danny Devine | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Paul McGinn | 31 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRL | Conor Sammon | 36 | 10 | 22+11 | 7 | 1+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Ryan Edwards | 46 | 5 | 31+7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 23 | GK | SCO | Jamie Sneddon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Andrew McCarthy | 20 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Callum Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Martin Woods | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Miles Storey | 35 | 2 | 24+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jordan Turnbull | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CZE | Milan Nitrianský | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Kevin Nisbet | 12 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | James Penrice | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Gary Fraser | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SCO | Neil McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Scottish Premiership matches includes play-off games against Livingston.

### Goal Scorers

| Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Kris Doolan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | 18 | Conor Sammon | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | | 7 | Blair Spittal | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | | 10 | Chris Erskine | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | | 19 | Ryan Edwards | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Steven Lawless | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | | 5 | Niall Keown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 39 | Miles Storey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 14 | Christie Elliott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 32 | 4 | 13 | 49 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | | 1 | Tomáš Černý | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | | 2 | Mustapha Dumbuya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 3 | Callum Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 4 | Jordan Turnbull | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | | 4 | Baily Cargill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 5 | Niall Keown | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| MF | | 6 | Abdul Osman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| MF | | 8 | Stuart Bannigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | | 9 | Kris Doolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 10 | Chris Erskine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | | 11 | Steven Lawless | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | | 13 | Adam Barton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | | 14 | Christie Elliott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | | 15 | Danny Devine | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| DF | | 16 | Paul McGinn | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | | 18 | Conor Sammon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 19 | Ryan Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | | 20 | Kevin Nisbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 21 | James Penrice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 22 | Gary Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 24 | Andrew McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 37 | Martin Woods | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | | 39 | Miles Storey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 78 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 4 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 | |
| 11 | Partick Thistle (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 33 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Ross County (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 29 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### League Cup Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | PAR | STM | AIR | STR |
| 1 | Livingston (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | p1–1 | — | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Partick Thistle (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 5–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | St Mirren | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | 5–0 | — |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | | — | 1–2 | — | — | 3–1 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | | 2–4 | — | 1–4 | — | — |