2025–26 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
2025–26 season
ChairmanRichard Beastall
ManagerMark Wilson
StadiumFirhill Stadium
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
Challenge CupThird round
Glasgow CupGroup stage

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

Main article: 2025–26 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 2–2 Partick Thistle Lesser Hampden
15:00 Drozd 29'
Murray 82'		 Stanway 12'
Murray 16 o.g.'
Smyth  41'		 Attendance: 939
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
3 January 2026 21 Partick Thistle 3–2 Greenock Morton Firhill Stadium
15:00 Stanway 50'
Turner 77'
Watt 90+4'		 Report Garrity 22'
Brophy 44'		 Attendance: 3,741
Referee: Sean Murdoch
9 January 2026 22 Ross County 2–0 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
19:45 Henderson 1', 10' Report Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Colin Steven
24 January 2026 23 Partick Thistle 2–1 Ayr United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Chalmers 12'
Samuel 14'		 Report Main 44' Attendance: 3,977
Referee: Grant Irvine
30 January 2026 24 St Johnstone 2–2 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
19:45 Agyeman 48'
McPake 66'		 Report Smyth 42', 90+6 pen.' Attendance: 5,949
Referee: Sean Murdoch
21 February 2026 25 Partick Thistle 1–0 Airdrieonians Firhill Stadium
15:00 Stanway 23' Report Attendance: 3,984
Referee: Euan Anderson
24 February 2026 26 Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Partick Thistle East End Park
19:45 Abdulai 50'
Ngwenya 90+2'		 Report Chalmers 15'
Samuel 66'		 Attendance: 5,246
Referee: Dan McFarlane
28 February 2026 27 Partick Thistle 0–0 Arbroath Firhill Stadium
15:00 O'Reilly  59' Report O'Brien  86' Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Sean Murdoch
13 March 2026 28 Greenock Morton 1–2 Partick Thistle Cappielow
19:45 MacPherson 22'
Lopata-White  37'		 Report Stanway 38 pen.'
Samuel 90'		 Attendance: 1,976
Referee: Ross Hardie
20 March 2026 29 Partick Thistle 0–0 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
19:45 Report Attendance: 6,137
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
27 March 2026 30 Partick Thistle v Ross County Firhill Stadium
19:45

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 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

Main article: 2025–26 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.
13 January 2026 Third round Partick Thistle 3–3
(2–4 p)		 Inverness CT Firhill Stadium
19:45 Chalmers 11'
Loughrey 61'
Samuel 62'		 Report MacIntyre 23'
McKay 39', 84'		 Attendance: 1,370
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2025–26 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 3–1 Montrose Firhill Stadium
15:00 Watt 10', 48'
Chalmers  73'
Diack 90+1'		 Report North 85'
Masson  86'		 Attendance: 2,564
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
7 February 2026 Fifth round Elgin City 2–3 Partick Thistle Borough Briggs
19:45 Sargent 39', 74' Report Crawford 17'
Watt 44 pen.'
Stanway 80'		 Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Colin Steven
8 March 2026 Quarter-finals St Mirren 2–1 Partick Thistle St Mirren Park
19:30 Nlundulu 33 pen.'
Young 45+2'		 Report Stanway 61' Attendance: 5,548
Referee: David Dickinson

Glasgow Cup

Main article: 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
19 January 2026 Group Stage Rangers B 5–0 Partick Thistle Milngavie
19:30 Cameron
Eadie
Lawson 		Report Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

Squad statistics

Player statistics

As of 20 March 2026 (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 9 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF  SCO Cammy Logan 21 1 4+7 0 5+1 1 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
3 DF  SCO Patrick Reading 39 2 27+0 2 6+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
5 DF  SCO Lee Ashcroft 33 1 23+0 0 6+0 1 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF  SCO Kyle Turner 27 2 4+16 1 0+1 0 2+0 1 2+2 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 22 3 19+1 3 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  WAL Alex Samuel 33 9 12+12 6 0+2 0 2+0 2 4+0 1 1+0 0
10 MF  SCO Logan Chalmers 34 12 22+3 8 6+0 3 2+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK  NIR Josh Clarke 33 0 28+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF  SCO Robbie Crawford 24 3 12+3 0 6+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
17 DF  ENG Ethan Ingram 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW  SCO Ricco Diack 7 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 1 1+0 0
19 MF  SCO Luke McBeth 32 1 12+9 1 4+1 0 2+0 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
20 DF  IRL Daniel O'Reilly 35 3 25+0 2 6+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF  SCO Aidan Fitzpatrick 37 3 23+2 2 6+0 1 1+1 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF  CAN Cale Loughrey 6 1 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+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 30 0 24+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF  SCO Ben Stanway 35 11 20+4 7 4+2 1 1+0 0 4+0 3 0+0 0
30 MF  SCO Fraser Taylor 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW  SCO Tony Watt 36 9 24+1 5 4+2 1 0+2 0 3+0 3 0+0 0
40 MF  SCO Nick Lockhart 6 0 0+0 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
42 DF  SCO Liam Dolan 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
44 FW  SCO Daniel Gray 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
64 MF  SCO Ts'oanelo Lets'osa 36 3 23+3 2 4+0 1 0+2 0 2+2 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2025–26 season
4 MF  SCO Scott Martin 9 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
11 MF  SCO Steven Lawless 23 1 0+14 1 2+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF  SCO Zander MacKenzie 4 0 0+1 0 0+3 0 0+0 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
37 FW  SCO Thomas Horn 7 0 0+1 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+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 7 1 0+0 0 0+4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
41 DF  SCO Liam Rooney 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

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Johnstone 30 17 10 3 53 22 +31 61 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Partick Thistle 29 14 11 4 42 31 +11 53 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Arbroath 29 11 11 7 37 33 +4 44 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 28 11 6 11 40 32 +8 39
5 Ayr United 28 7 14 7 34 34 0 35
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2026. 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

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2025 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2025–26

See also

References

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