2017–18 Partick Thistle F.C. season
| 2017–18 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | David Beattie | ||
| Manager | Alan Archibald | ||
| Stadium | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow | ||
| Scottish Premiership | 11th (Relegated) | ||
| League Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Kris Doolan & Conor Sammon (7) All: Kris Doolan (11) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 8,264 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 15 September 2017 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,185 vs. Stranraer, League Cup, 29 July 2017 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 4,441 | ||
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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,[1] 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.[2] Partick Thistle also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they lost in an away tie to Celtic in the fifth round.[3] They ended the season being relegated from the Premiership via the play-offs, dropping to the Scottish Championship.[4]
Competitions
Scottish Premiership
| 5 August 2017 1 | Hibernian | 3 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Edinburgh | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Boyle  14' Whittaker  33' Ambrose  45+1' S.Murray  52' (pen.) McGinn  84' | Report | Erskine  7'  70' Bannigan  34' Elliott  55' | Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 17,634 Referee: Nick Walsh | 
| 11 August 2017 2 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | Celtic | Glasgow | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | Bannigan  71' | Report | Ntcham  25' Tierney  86' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 8,041 Referee: Andrew Dallas | 
| 19 August 2017 3 | St Johnstone | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Perth | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | O'Halloran  33' | Report | Lawless  44' Storey  86' | Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Barry Cook | 
| 26 August 2017 4 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 4 | Aberdeen | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Erskine  8' Doolan  13' Keown  54'  49'  90+1' Turnbull  68' | Report | Christie  5' McLean  42' (pen.) Wright  52' Rooney  84' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Bobby Madden | 
| 9 September 2017 5 | Ross County | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Dingwall | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Davies  45' Kelly  58' Routis  61' Schalk  86' (pen.) | Report | Devine  7' Spittal  22' | Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: John Beaton | 
| 15 September 2017 6 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 2 | Rangers | Glasgow | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | McGinn  45' Keown  46' Spittal  50' Erskine  60'  67' Turnbull  79' Elliott  83' Bannigan  88' | Report | Morelos  19' Dorrans  77' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 8,264 Referee: Willie Collum | 
| 23 September 2017 7 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Heart of Midlothian | Glasgow | 
| 16:00 BST (UTC+1) | Spittal  18' Devine  88' | Report | Berra  35' Walker  75' Callachan  80' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,671 Referee: Don Robertson | 
| 30 September 2017 8 | Motherwell | 3 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Motherwell | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Hartley  7' Tanner  56' Bowman  82' | Report | Černý  6' Barton  33' Lawless  85' Edwards  87' | Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,692 Referee: Greg Aitken | 
| 14 October 2017 9 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 2 | Kilmarnock | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Barton  13' | Report | Boyd  39' Frizzell  63' Taylor  81' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,662 Referee: Kevin Clancy | 
| 21 October 2017 10 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 1 | Dundee | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Černý  21' Turnbull  45' Edwards  75'  81' Keown  90' Storey  90+2' | Report | Leitch-Smith  8'  22' Deacon  59' O'Dea  83' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Euan Anderson | 
| 24 October 2017 11 | Hamilton Academical | 0 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Hamilton | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | Boyd  14' | Report | Keown  45' Turnbull  65' | Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Steven McLean | 
| 28 October 2017 12 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | St Johnstone | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Storey  74' | Report | Craig  45+1' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,870 Referee: John Beaton | 
| 4 November 2017 13 | Rangers | 3 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 GMT (UTC) | McCrorie  30' Candeias  39' Windass  47' | Report | Doolan  60' Devine  82' | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,502 Referee: Willie Collum | 
| 19 November 2017 14 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Edinburgh | 
| 15:00 GMT (UTC) | Gonçalves  54' Brandon  71' | Report | Barton  8' Doolan  85' Devine  86' | Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,999 Referee: Andrew Dallas | 
| 25 November 2017 P | Celtic | P – P | Partick Thistle | Glasgow | 
| GMT (UTC) | Stadium: Partick Thistle | 
| 2 December 2017 15 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | Hibernian | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 GMT (UTC) | Turnbull  47' | Report | Barton  48' (o.g.) | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Craig Thomson | 
| 9 December 2017 16 | Kilmarnock | 5 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Kilmarnock | 
| 15:00 GMT (UTC) | Boyd  12', 79' (pen.) Brophy  20', 65' Keown  60' (o.g.) | Report | Erskine  16' Edwards  65' Turnbull  79' McGinn  89' | Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,339 Referee: Bobby Madden | 
| 13 December 2017 17 | Partick Thistle | 3 – 2 | Motherwell | Glasgow | 
| 19:45 GMT (UTC) | Spittal  16' Edwards  22' Sammon  28' McGinn  90+2' | Report | Bowman  56'  70' Tanner  79' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Don Robertson | 
| 16 December 2017 18 | Dundee | 3 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Dundee | 
| 15:00 GMT (UTC) | Moussa  19' (pen.), 65' (pen.) O'Hara  35' | Report | Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,101 Referee: Greg Aitken | 
| 20 December 2017 19 | Celtic | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Glasgow | 
| GMT (UTC) | Armstrong  35' Tierney  67' | BBC Sport Celtic Report | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,187 Referee: Alan Muir | 
| 23 December 2017 20 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | Hamilton | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 | Keown  26' | BBC Report | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Bobby Madden | 
| 27 December 2017 21 | Aberdeen | 1 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Aberdeen | 
| Rooney  61' | BBC Report | Devine  86' | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 14,830 Referee: Euan Anderson | 
| 30 December 2017 22 | Ross County | 0 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Dingwall | 
| 15:00 GMT | BBC Report | Doolan  35' Sammon  86' | Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 2,870 Referee: Stephen Finnie | 
| 23 January 2018 23 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | Celtic | Glasgow | 
| Sammon  34' (pen.) | BBC Sport Celtic Report | Sinclair  55' (pen.) Griffiths  70' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 6,920 Referee: John Beaton | 
| 27 January 2018 24 | St Johnstone | 1 – 3 | Partick | Perth | 
| 15:00 | Craig  74' (pen.) | BBC Report | Lawless  13' Sammon  64' Edwards  90+4' | Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,848 Referee: Gavin Duncan | 
| 3 February 2018 25 | Motherwell | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Motherwell | 
| 15:00 GMT (UTC) | Tait  52' McHugh  66' Çiftçi  79' | Report | Osman  43' Doolan  53' McGinn  61' Dumbuya  74' Edwards  89' | Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,607 Referee: Nick Walsh | 
| 6 February 2018 26 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 2 | Rangers | Glasgow | 
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Windass  39' Tavernier  58' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,332 Referee: Alan Muir | 
| 17 February 2018 27 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 2 | Dundee | Glasgow | 
| Sammon  42' | BBC Report | Murray  84', 90' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,267 Referee: William Collum | 
| 24 February 2018 28 | Hamilton Academical | 2 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Hamilton | 
| Sarris  9' Rojano  11' Imrie  41' Ferguson  56' Jenkins  69' Templeton  90' | BBC Report | Sammon  9' (pen.) Osman  85' Erskine  88' | Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Walsh | 
| 10 March 2018 29 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 0 | Aberdeen | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 GMT | Elliott  84' | BBC Report | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,931 Referee: Greg Aitken | 
| 17 March 2018 30 | Heart of Midlothian | 3 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Edinburgh | 
| 15:00 | Lafferty  17' Naismith  21' Souttar  44' | BBC Report | Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,179 Referee: Anderson | 
| 31 March 2018 31 | Hibernian | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Edinburgh | 
| Maclaren  71' Hanlon  76' | BBC Sport | Devine  86' | Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 17,497 Referee: Dallas | 
| 3 April 2018 32 | Ross County | 4 – 0 | Partick Thistle | Dingwall | 
| Lindsay  14' Schalk  35', 56', 72' Draper  41' | BBC Report | Keown  65' | Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,944 Referee: William Collum | 
| 7 April 2018 33 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Glasgow | 
| Elliott  64' | Report | Findlay  35' Mulumbu  48' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,662 Referee: Kevin Clancy | 
| 21 April 2018 34 | Partick Thistle | 2 – 1 | Hamilton | Firhill Stadium | 
| Doolan  64' Edwards  72' | Report | Templeton  43' | Attendance: 3,839 Referee: John Beaton | 
| 28 April 2018 35 | St Johnstone | 1 – 1 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park | 
| Shaughnessy  39' | Report | Sammon  89' (pen.) | Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Alan Muir | 
| 4 May 2018 36 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium | 
| Erskine  21' | Report | Mckay  42' | Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Kevin Clancy | 
| 8 May 2018 37 | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 | Motherwell | Firhill Stadium | 
| Edwards  90+1' | Report | Bowman  60'  75' Campbell  67' | Attendance: 3,320 Referee: Bobby Madden | 
| 12 May 2018 38 | Dundee | 0 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Dens Park | 
| Report | Doolan  63' | Attendance: 6,756 Referee: Steven McLean | 
Premiership Play-off Final
| 17 May 2018 First leg | Livingston | 2 – 1 | Partick Thistle | Livingston | 
| 19:45 | Jacobs  13' Byrne  42' Thompson  45+1' Pittman  74' | BBC Report | Doolan  10' Devine  51' | Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 5,469 Referee: Craig Thomson | 
| 20 May 2018 Second leg | Partick Thistle | 0 – 1 (1–3 agg.) | Livingston | Glasgow | 
| 15:30 | Elliott  4' Barton  31' | BBC Report | Thompson  32' Jacobs  46' Lithgow  90' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,122 Referee: John Beaton | 
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
| 15 July 2017 1 | Livingston | 1 – 1 (3 – 1 p) | Partick Thistle | Livingston | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Jacobs  46' Mackin  87' | Report | Erskine  14' Devine  90+1' | Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Kevin Clancy | 
| Penalties | ||||
| Mackin   J.Mullin   Jacobs  |  Bannigan  Elliott  Spittal  Doolan | |||
| 22 July 2017 2 | Partick Thistle | 5 – 0 | St Mirren | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Doolan  12' Lawless  23', 33' Spittal  38', 59' Bannigan  43' Osman  47'  58' | Report | Baird  37' Smith  46' | Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Stephen Finnie | 
| 25 July 2017 3 | Airdrieonians | 1 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Airdrie | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | D.Cairns  55' | Report | Doolan  10' Spittal  40' | Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 1,255 Referee: Don Robertson | 
| 29 July 2017 4 | Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | Stranraer | Glasgow | 
| 15:00 BST (UTC+1) | Elliott  87' | Report | Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 2,185 Referee: John Beaton | 
Knockout round
| 8 August 2017 Second round | St Johnstone | 0 – 3 | Partick Thistle | Perth | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | Lawless  50' (pen.) Edwards  62' Erskine  90' Nisbet  90+2' | Report | O'Halloran  23' Davidson  82' Foster  85' | Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Euan Anderson | 
| 19 September 2017 Quarter Final | Partick Thistle | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Rangers | Glasgow | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | Lawless  13' Doolan  90+1' Elliott  109' | Report | Peña  55' Candeias  94' Herrera  99' Hodson  114' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,394 Referee: Steven McLean | 
Scottish Challenge Cup
| 15 August 2017 First Round | Partick Thistle U20s | 6 – 1 | University of Stirling | Glasgow | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | McLaughlin  15', 57', 79'  22' M.Lamont  52' Nisbet  60' Fitzpatrick  67' Penrice  90' | Report | Lyons  75' | Stadium: Firhill Stadium Referee: Stewart Luke | 
| 1 September 2017 Second Round | Stranraer | 2 – 0 | Partick Thistle U20s | Stranraer | 
| 19:45 BST (UTC+1) | Wallace  33' D.Stoney  90+1' | Report | McCarthy  57' M.Lamont  72' | Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 228 Referee: Steven Reid | 
Scottish Cup
| 20 January 2018 Fourth round | Queen of the South | 1 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Dumfries | 
| 15:00 GMT (UTC) | Dykes  51' Fergusson  55' | BBC Report | Sammon  42', 81' McGinn  68' | Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Collum | 
| 10 February 2018 Fifth round | Celtic | 3 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Glasgow | 
| Forrest  3', 10', 54' | BBC Sport | Doolan  20' Sammon  84' | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,191 Referee: Steven McLean | 
Squad statistics
Appearances
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) | 19 | Ryan Edwards | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 
| MF |  | 11 | Steven Lawless | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 | DF |  | 5 | Niall Keown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| FW |  | 39 | Miles Storey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | DF |  | 14 | Christie Elliott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| TOTALS | 32 | 4 | 13 | 49 | ||||
Disciplinary record
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | 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 | .svg.png) | 13 | Adam Barton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 
| DF |  | 14 | Christie Elliott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 
| DF | .svg.png) | 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 | .svg.png) | 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 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 4 | |||
Team statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).[5]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 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 | Team | 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 | — | — | 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 | — | — | 
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Transfers
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| Loans in
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See also
Notes
References
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- ^ Lindsay, Clive (5 August 2017). "Scottish League Two ins and out - summer 2017". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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