2025–26 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2025–26 season
ChairmanRichard Beastall
ManagerMark Wilson
StadiumFirhill Stadium
League CupQuarter-finals

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 2024 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 2024 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 2024 3 Ross County v Partick Thistle Victoria Park
15:00
30 August 2024 4 Partick Thistle v Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
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 v Celtic Firhill Stadium

Squad statistics

Player statistics

As of 16 August 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 Scotland SCO Lewis Budinauckas 5 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Logan 7 1 2+0 0 4+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Patrick Reading 7 1 2+0 1 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Scott Martin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Lee Ashcroft 6 1 1+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Kyle Turner 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Daniel MacKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Wales WAL Alex Samuel 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Logan Chalmers 7 4 2+0 1 5+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Steven Lawless 6 0 0+1 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Northern Ireland NIR Josh Clarke 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Robbie Crawford 7 2 2+0 0 5+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Zander MacKenzie 4 0 0+1 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Ricco Diack 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Luke McBeth 6 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Daniel O'Reilly 7 1 2+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Aidan Fitzpatrick 7 1 2+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Ben McPherson 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Ben Stanway 7 1 1+1 0 3+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW Scotland SCO Tony Watt 7 1 2+0 0 3+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Scotland SCO Ché Campbell 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO Thomas Horn 5 0 0+1 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF Scotland SCO Matthew Falconer 4 0 0+0 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 DF Scotland SCO Liam Rooney 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 DF Scotland SCO Liam Dolan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Low 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
64 MF Scotland SCO Ts'oanelo Lets'osa 5 1 1+1 0 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2025–26 season
38 GK Scotland SCO Luis Cameron 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Ross County 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
7 Ayr United 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
8 Queen's Park 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
9 Airdrieonians 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Partick Thistle 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 1 Relegation to League One
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 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]

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]

Glasgow Cup table

Transfers

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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  4. ^ "Summary - League Cup". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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  21. ^ "Luis Cameron heads to Drumchapel United on loan". Partick Thistle FC. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.