2025–26 Partick Thistle F.C. season
| 2025–26 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Richard Beastall | |
| Manager | Mark Wilson | |
| Stadium | Firhill Stadium | |
| Scottish Cup | Fourth round | |
| League Cup | Quarter-finals | |
| Challenge Cup | Third round | |
| Glasgow Cup | Group stage | |
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The 2024–25 season is Partick Thistle's fifth season back in the Scottish Championship, having been promoted from League One at the end of the 2020–21 season. Thistle will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup, Scottish Cup and Glasgow Cup.
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
| 28 June 2025 Friendly | Glenafton Athletic | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | Loch Park |
| 14:00 | Lindsay 56' | Report | Falconer 25' Trialist 45' Horn 58' |
| 1 July 2025 Friendly | Partick Thistle | 3–2 | Inverness CT | Petershill Park |
| 19:00 | Stanway 50', 53' Chalmers 51' |
Report | Trialist 8', 10' |
| 5 July 2025 Friendly | Partick Thistle | 4–1 | Hamilton Academical | Petershill Park |
| 14:00 | 22' Chalmers 73' Crawford 79' Fitzpatrick |
Report | 45' |
Scottish Championship
| 2 August 2025 1 | St Johnstone | 5–1 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | Gullan 17' McPake 28', 37', 48' Mallan 82' |
Report | Reading 15' | Attendance: 4,991 Referee: Ross Hardie |
| 9 August 2025 2 | Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Greenock Morton | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Chalmers 50 pen.' | Report | Crawford 33' | Attendance: 3,926 Referee: Calum Scott |
| 23 August 2025 3 | Ross County | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | Randall 66' | Report | Stanway 28' Chalmers 48' Lawless 90+2 pen.' |
Attendance: 3,098 Referee: Iain Snedden |
| 30 August 2025 4 | Partick Thistle | 3–2 | Raith Rovers | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Watt 7' Fitzpatrick 13' Chalmers 75' |
Report | Easton 22 pen.' Matthews 36' |
Attendance: 3,871 Referee: Peter Stuart |
| 12 September 2025 5 | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | Airdrieonians | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | O'Reilly 77' Samuel 82' |
Report | McKinnon 3' | Attendance: 3,234 Referee: Grant Irvine |
| 27 September 2025 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 0–2 | Partick Thistle | East End Park |
| 15:00 | Cáceres 44' | Report | Watt 1' Chalmers 10' |
Attendance: 5,629 Referee: Duncan Nicolson |
| 30 September 2025 7 | Queen's Park | 0–1 | Partick Thistle | Lesser Hampden |
| 19:45 | Report | Watt 7' | Attendance: 903 Referee: Sean Murdoch |
| 4 October 2025 8 | Partick Thistle | 1–1 | Arbroath | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Chalmers 5' | Report | Marshall 62' | Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Chris Graham |
| 11 October 2025 9 | Greenock Morton | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | Cappielow |
| 15:00 | Adeloye 23' | Report | Samuel 90+3' | Attendance: 2,883 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 18 October 2025 10 | Partick Thistle | 1–0 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Smyth 58' | Report | Attendance: 3,182 Referee: Peter Stuart |
| 21 October 2025 11 | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | Ayr United | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Lets'osa 46' Stanway 50' |
Report | Walker 45+2' 72' | Attendance: 3,123 Referee: David Dickinson |
| 25 October 2025 12 | Raith Rovers | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | Stark's Park |
| 15:00 | Easton 55' Hanlon 67' |
Report | Attendance: 3,776 Referee: Grant Irvine |
| 1 November 2025 13 | Partick Thistle | 5–0 | Queen's Park | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Reading 16' Stanway 45+11' Chalmers 74' Lets'osa 78' McBeth 90+2' |
Report | Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Chris Graham |
| 7 November 2025 14 | Airdrieonians | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium |
| 19:45 | Henderson 70' | Report | Smyth 90+4' | Attendance: 2,068 Referee: Duncan Nicolson |
| 22 November 2025 15 | Partick Thistle | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | O'Reilly 6' Watt 45+2' |
Report | McPake 71' | Attendance: 5,461 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 25 November 2025 16 | Partick Thistle | 1–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Fitzpatrick 25' | Report | Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Calum Scott |
| 6 December 2025 17 | Ayr United | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | Somerset Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 2,815 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 13 December 2025 18 | Arbroath | 2–1 | Partick Thistle | Gayfield Park |
| 15:00 | Marshall 50' Reilly 63' Watson 74' |
Report | Samuel 77' | Attendance: 1,844 Referee: Ryan Lee |
| 20 December 2025 19 | Partick Thistle | 0–0 | Raith Rovers | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Mullin 66' | Attendance: 3,682 Referee: Ross Hardie |
| 27 December 2025 20 | Queen's Park | v | Partick Thistle | Lesser Hampden |
| 15:00 |
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
| 11 July 2025 Group stage | Edinburgh City | 1–4 | Partick Thistle | Meadowbank Stadium |
| 19:45 | Daramola 45+5' | Report | Logan 6' Crawford 9' Mahon 23 o.g.' Chalmers 40' |
Attendance: 564 Referee: Iain Snedden |
| 15 July 2025 Group stage | Partick Thistle | 2–0 | Stranraer | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Ashcroft 46' Watt 87' |
Report | Attendance: 1,952 Referee: Duncan Nicolson |
| 22 July 2025 Group stage | Partick Thistle | 2–0 | Queen of the South | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 | Fitzpatrick 32' Lets'osa 34' |
Report | Attendance: 2,235 Referee: George Calder |
| 26 July 2025 Group stage | Ross County | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| 15:00 | White 88' | Report | Crawford 44' Chalmers 64' Stanway 84' |
Attendance: 1,740 Referee: Ryan Lee |
Knockout phase
| 16 August 2025 Second round | Partick Thistle | 2–0 | Ayr United | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 | O'Reilly 41' Chalmers 45+4' |
Report | Attendance: 3,124 Referee: Ryan Lee |
| 20 September 2025 Quarter-finals | Partick Thistle | 0–4 | Celtic | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:30 | Report | Yang 26' Scales 28' Tounekti 46' McCowan 79' |
Attendance: 8,817 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Scottish Challenge Cup
| 16 December 2025 Second round | Cove Rangers | 1–2 | Partick Thistle | Balmoral Stadium |
| 19:45 | Emslie 3' | Report | Turner 24' Samuel 27' |
Attendance: 389 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| Note: Match postponed due to Storm Bram. | ||||
| 6 January 2026 Third round | Partick Thistle | v | Inverness CT | Firhill Stadium |
| 19:45 |
Scottish Cup
| 29 November 2025 Third round | Forfar Athletic | 0–2 | Partick Thistle | Station Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Stanway 20' Samuel 90+3' |
Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Iain Snedden |
| 17 January 2026 Fourth round | Partick Thistle | v | Montrose | Firhill Stadium |
| 15:00 |
Glasgow Cup
| 14 October 2025 Group Stage | Queen's Park | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Partick Thistle | Pollok |
| 17:00 | Sowa 49' | Report | Falconer 61' | Stadium: Lochinch Park |
Squad statistics
Player statistics
- As of 20 December 2025 (UTC)[1]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Glasgow Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Lewis Budinauckas | 8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Cammy Logan | 18 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Patrick Reading | 26 | 2 | 18+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Scott Martin | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Lee Ashcroft | 21 | 1 | 14+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Kyle Turner | 17 | 1 | 4+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Daniel MacKay | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Oisin Smyth | 16 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Alex Samuel | 20 | 5 | 4+11 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Logan Chalmers | 25 | 9 | 17+1 | 6 | 6+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Steven Lawless | 23 | 1 | 0+14 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NIR | Josh Clarke | 20 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Robbie Crawford | 15 | 2 | 8+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Luke McBeth | 23 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRL | Daniel O'Reilly | 25 | 3 | 18+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Aidan Fitzpatrick | 27 | 3 | 18+1 | 2 | 6+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Sean McArdle | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Ben McPherson | 19 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Ben Stanway | 23 | 5 | 12+3 | 3 | 4+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Tony Watt | 24 | 5 | 17+0 | 4 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Ché Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | SCO | Liam Rooney | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | SCO | Liam Dolan | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Jamie Low | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | Daniel Gray | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | SCO | Ts'oanelo Lets'osa | 25 | 3 | 17+2 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2025–26 season | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | SCO | Zander MacKenzie | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Ricco Diack | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | SCO | Thomas Horn | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | SCO | Luis Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Matthew Falconer | 6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | SCO | Nick Lockhart | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
Club statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Johnstone | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 41 | Promotion to the Scottish Premiership |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Arbroath | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 32 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Ayr United | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 27 | |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 24 |
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[3]
League Cup table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | ROS | STR | QOS | EDI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Qualification for the second round | — | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | |
| 2 | Ross County | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | 1–3 | — | — | — | 8–0 | ||
| 3 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | — | p1–1 | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | — | 0–1 | — | — | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 2 | 1–4 | — | p0–0 | — | — |
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]
Glasgow Cup table
Transfers
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See also
References
- ^ "Partick Thistle 2025/2026 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Summary - League Cup". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Partick Thistle sign Paddy Reading from Ayr United". Partick Thistle FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Bud is Back". Partick Thistle FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Cammy Logan arrives at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill". PTFC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Tony Watt arrives in Maryhill". Partick Thistle. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Tsoanelo Letsosa joins Partick Thistle". Partick Thistle. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Alex Samuel becomes a Jag". Partick Thistle. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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- ^ "Sallu Turay". Stranraer FC. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Stuart Bannigan is an Honest Man Again!". Ayr United FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Veteran striker Graham switches Thistle for Bairns". BBC Sport. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Josh Clarke joins on loan from Celtic". Partick Thistle FC. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "Ben McPherson makes Maryhill loan move". Partick Thistle FC. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "Oisin Smyth joins Partick Thistle on loan from St Mirren". Partick Thistle FC. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Sean McArdle joins on loan from Celtic". Partick Thistle FC. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- ^ "Luis Cameron heads to Drumchapel United on loan". Partick Thistle FC. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "Ricco Diack joins Kelty Hearts on loan until January". Partick Thistle FC. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Zander MacKenzie heads to Dumfries on loan". Partick Thistle FC. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- ^ "Co-operation agreement entered into with Linlithgow Rose". Partick Thistle FC. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.