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

## Summary

On 2 October 2020, the SPFL confirmed that the Scottish Challenge Cup had been cancelled for the upcoming season. 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.
On 29 January 2021, the suspension was extended until at least 14 February. 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.
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.

## Squad statistics
### Player statistics

    As of 4 May 2021 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie Sneddon | 13 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ryan Williamson | 18 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | James Penrice | 24 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Thomas O'Ware | 16 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Darren Brownlie | 27 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Steven Bell | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Joe Cardle | 26 | 7 | 14+6 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Stuart Bannigan | 24 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham | 24 | 12 | 18+1 | 12 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Zak Rudden | 17 | 8 | 7+6 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Blair Lyons | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Kieran Wright | 15 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NIR | Shea Gordon | 27 | 3 | 11+10 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Chris Erskine | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Ciaran McKenna | 16 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Connor Murray | 26 | 4 | 16+4 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Charlie Reilly | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Scott Tiffoney | 13 | 7 | 9+2 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Gospel Ocholi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Mouhamed Niang | 21 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 24 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Ross Docherty | 23 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Billy Owens | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | USA | Mason McCready | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | James Lyon | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | SCO | Luke Scullion | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Andy Rodden | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Bradley Renfrew | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Ross MacIver | 8 | 2 | 3+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | SCO | Andy Geggan | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2020–21 season ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SCO | Blair Spittal | 7 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Rhys Breen | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Salim Kouider-Aissa | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Adam Devine | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Dean Watson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Falkirk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 32 | |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — | — | — |