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.
Competitions
Scottish Premiership
Premiership Play-off Final
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
Knockout round
Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances
|colspan="14"|Players who left the club during the season:
Scottish Premiership matches includes play-off games against Livingston.
Goal Scorers RankingPositionNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipScottish CupScottish League CupTotal1 FW9Kris Doolan713112 FW18Conor Sammon730103 MF7Blair Spittal40374 MF10Chris Erskine50275 MF19Ryan Edwards4015MF11Steven Lawless10347 DF5Niall Keown2002FW39Miles Storey20029 DF14Christie Elliott0011TOTALS3241349
Disciplinary record PositionNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipScottish CupLeague CupTotal GK1Tomáš Černý40000040DF2 Mustapha Dumbuya10000010DF3 Callum Booth10000010DF4Jordan Turnbull70000070DF4Baily Cargill10000010DF5Niall Keown81000081MF6Abdul Osman30002151MF8Stuart Bannigan30001040FW9Kris Doolan10000010MF10Chris Erskine41000041MF11Steven Lawless20001030MF13Adam Barton50000050DF14Christie Elliott60001070DF15Danny Devine811010101DF16Paul McGinn60100070FW18Conor Sammon10000010MF19Ryan Edwards60000060FW20Kevin Nisbet00001010DF21James Penrice10000010MF22Gary Fraser10000010MF24Andrew McCarthy20000020MF37Martin Woods40000040FW39Miles Storey30000030TOTALS7832071874
Team statistics
League table
League Cup Table
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 15 June 2017 GK Jamie Sneddon Cowdenbeath Free 15 June 2017 MF Blair Spittal Dundee United Free 1 July 2017 DF Niall Keown Reading Undisclosed 4 August 2017 DF Milan Nitrianský Bohemians 1905 Free 11 August 2017 FW Miles Storey Aberdeen Undisclosed 31 August 2017 DF Paul McGinn Chesterfield Free 27 October 2017 MF Martin Woods Ross County Free
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 24 May 2017 FW David Amoo Cambridge United Free 31 May 2017 DF Dominic Docherty Queen's Park Free 31 May 2017 DF Matthew McInally Cowdenbeath Free 31 May 2017 DF Michael McMullin Albion Rovers Free 31 May 2017 MF Sean Welsh Falkirk Free 22 June 2017 DF Liam Lindsay Barnsley Undisclosed 26 June 2017 MF David Wilson Dumbarton Free 3 July 2017 GK Mark Ridgers Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free 5 July 2017 FW Ade Azeez Cambridge United Undisclosed 2 January 2018 MF Sean Welsh Falkirk Free 31 January 2018 DF Milan Nitrianský České Budějovice Free
Loans in Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From 31 July 2017 End of season DF Jordan Turnbull Coventry City 11 August 2017 End of season FW Conor Sammon Heart of Midlothian 23 January 2018 End of season DF Baily Cargill Bournemouth
Loans out Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To 31 August 2017 FW Mark Lamont Clyde 17 August 2017 End of season FW Neil McLaughlin Stirling Albion 18 August 2017 7 January 2018 DF James Penrice Livingston 22 January 2018 End of season FW Kevin Nisbet Dumbarton 13 March 2018 21 May 2018 DF Gary Fraser Greenock Morton
See also List of Partick Thistle F.C. seasons
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