2007–08 Partick Thistle F.C. season

During the 2007–08 season, Partick Thistle participated in the Scottish First Division and finished the season in 6th place. They reached the Quarter Final of the Scottish Cup, where they took eventual winners Rangers to a replay. The season saw the return of former Jag David Rowson who played in 45 competitive matches, the most appearances for any player. This season was Ian McCall's first season in charge of the club as manager.

Partick Thistle

2007–08 season
Chairman	Allan Cowan
Manager	Ian McCall
Stadium	Firhill Stadium
Scottish First Division	6th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Third round
Challenge Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Liam Buchanan (11) All: Liam Buchanan (14)
Highest home attendance	9,909 vs Rangers
Lowest home attendance	1,126 vs Berwick Rangers
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Team kit

The team kit for the 2007–08 season was produced by Diadora and the main shirt sponsor was Resolution Asset Management.

Home colours

Away colours

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NIR Jonathan Tuffey — GK  SCO Craig Hinchliffe — GK  SCO Charles Samushonga (Youth Squad) — DF  SCO Michael Robertson (Youth Squad) — DF  SCO Alan Archibald — DF  SCO William Kinniburgh — DF  SCO Ricky Little (Youth Squad) — DF  SCO John Robertson — DF  SCO Marc Twaddle — DF  AUS Simon Storey — MF  SCO Simon Donnelly — MF  IRN Pedram Ardalany (Youth Squad)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Gary Harkins — MF  SCO Stephen McKeown — MF  SCO Ryan McStay — MF  SCO David Rowson — MF  SCO Stevie Murray — MF  SCO Kevin McKinlay — MF  SCO Scott Chaplain — FW  SCO Liam Buchanan — FW  IRL Paul Keegan — FW  SCO Mark Roberts — FW  SCO Graeme Eaglesham (Youth Squad) — FW  CZE Vitezslav Mooc

Match results

Friendlies

Friendly match results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
11 July 2007	Montrose	A	0–2		432	[1]
17 July 2007	Stenhousemuir	A	2–2	Chaplain, Trialist	456	[2]
19 July 2007	Falkirk	H	2–0	Roberts, Buchanan	970	[3]
21 July 2007	Ayr United	H	1–2	Chaplain	1,185	[4]
24 July 2007	Leicester City	H	0–2		1,403	[5]
26 July 2007	Albion Rovers	A	2–0	Buchanan (2)		[6]
28 July 2007	Queen's Park	A	0–1		937	[7]

First Division

First Division results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
4 August 2007	Stirling Albion	A	1–1	Donnelly	2,215	[8]
11 August 2007	Livingston	H	3–0	Strachan (2), Buchanan	2,481	[9]
18 August 2007	Clyde	H	4–0	Chaplain, Buchanan, Twaddle, Higgins (o.g.)	3,175	[10]
25 August 2007	Dundee	A	0–3		4,354	[11]
1 September 2007	Hamilton Accies	H	0–3		3,075	[12]
15 September 2007	St Johnstone	A	1–2	Buchanan	2,895	[13]
22 September 2007	Queen of the South	H	2–0	Buchanan, McKinlay	2,419	[14]
29 September 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–1		4,351	[15]
6 October 2007	Morton	A	2–4	Storey, Twaddle	3,338	[16]
20 October 2007	Stirling Albion	H	1–1	Buchanan	2,071	[17]
27 October 2007	Dundee	H	1–1	Keegan	2,589	[18]
3 November 2007	Clyde	A	2–1	Chaplain, Harkins	1,980	[19]
10 November 2007	Hamilton Accies	A	0–2		2,755	[20]
14 November 2007	Livingston	A	4–0	Chaplain, Buchanan (2), Roberts	2,018	[21]
1 December 2007	St Johnstone	H	2–2	Roberts, Chaplain	2,388	[22]
8 December 2007	Queen of the South	A	2–1	Buchanan (2)	1,753	[23]
15 December 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	Buchanan	2,176	[24]
22 December 2007	Morton	H	1–1	Di Giacomo	3,611	[25]
29 December 2007	Dundee	A	0–1		4,548	[26]
2 January 2008	Clyde	H	1–1	Roberts	3,299	[27]
5 January 2008	St Johnstone	A	0–2		2,490	[28]
19 January 2008	Hamilton Accies	H	3–0	McKinlay (2), Buchanan	2,409	[29]
9 February 2008	Stirling Albion	A	0–1		1,306	[30]
16 February 2008	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	McKeown	1,306	[31]
23 February 2008	Queen of the South	H	0–0		2,599	[32]
1 March 2008	Clyde	A	4–1	Gray (2), Roberts, Chaplain	1,717	[33]
4 March 2008	Livingston	H	2–1	McKeown, Gray	1,372	[34]
15 March 2008	Morton	A	0–0		2,682	[35]
22 March 2008	St Johnstone	H	0–0		2,309	[36]
29 March 2008	Hamilton	A	0–0		2,150	[37]
1 April 2008	Dundee	H	1–0	Roberts	2,426	[38]
5 April 2008	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1		2,500	[39]
8 April 2008	Stirling Albion	H	1–0	Keegan	1,267	[40]
16 April 2008	Queen of the South	A	0–2		1,702	[41]
19 April 2008	Livingston	A	0–1		1,575	[42]
26 April 2008	Morton	H	0–3		4,915	[43]

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup results

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Third round	24 November 2007	Ayr United	H	2–1	Roberts, Buchanan	2,260	[44]
Fourth round	22 January 2008	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	Buchanan (2)	2,434	[45]
Fifth round	2 February 2008	Livingston	A	0–0		2,110	[46]
Fifth round replay	12 February 2008	Livingston	H	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Twaddle	2,554	[47]
Quarter-final	19 March 2008	Rangers	A	1–1	Gray	36,724	[48]
Quarter-final replay	13 April 2008	Rangers	H	0–2		9,909	[49]

Scottish League Cup

Scottish League Cup results

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	8 August 2007	Airdrie United	H	2–1	Harkins, Murray	2,125	[50]
Second round	28 August 2007	St Johnstone	H	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)		1,769	[51]
Third round	26 September 2007	Aberdeen	H	0–2		3,337	[52]

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup results

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Second round	4 September 2007	Berwick Rangers	H	3–1	Harkins, Di Giacomo, Keegan	1,226	[53]
Third round	18 September 2007	Ayr United	A	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Forrest(OG)	1,110	[54]

Player statistics

Player	Total Apps	Sub Apps	Goals	YC	RC
David Rowson	45	0	0	6	0
Marc Twaddle	43	1	3	5	0
Simon Storey	40	4	1	4	0
John Robertson	39	0	0	1	0
Alan Archibald	37	0	0	6	1
Gary Harkins	35	5	4	8	0
Jonathan Tuffey	33	1	0	0	0
Scott Chaplain	32	6	5	4	0
Mark Roberts	29	7	6	2	0
Liam Buchanan	28	3	14	0	0
Kevin McKinlay	22	12	3	4	0
William Kinniburgh	20	2	0	9	1
Stevie Murray	18	22	1	4	0
Ryan McStay	15	11	0	4	0
Craig Hinchliffe	13	0	0	0	0
Simon Donnelly	12	1	2	0
Damon Gray (loaned from Hibernian)	12	1	4	1	0
Stephen McKeown	12	1	2	1	0
Paul Di Giacomo (loaned from Kilmarnock)	6	2	2	0	0
Adam Strachan	6	2	2	0	0
Paul Keegan	5	24	3	1	0
Jimmy Gibson	5	6	0	1	0
Greg Cameron (loaned from Dundee United)	3	0	0	0	0
Vitezslav Mooc	3	0	0	0	0
Ricky Little	2	1	0	0	0
Stephen Connor (loaned from Everton)	1	2	0	0	0
Graeme Eaglesham	0	2	0	0	0
Pedram Ardalany	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Player	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
Liam Buchanan	11	3	0	0	14
Mark Roberts	5	1	0	0	6
Scott Chaplain	5	0	0	0	5
Damon Gray	3	1	0	0	4
Kevin McKinlay	3	0	0	0	3
Paul Keegan	2	0	0	1	3
Marc Twaddle	2	1	0	0	3
Gary Harkins	1	0	1	1	3
Stephen McKeown	2	0	0	0	2
Adam Strachan	2	0	0	0	2
Paul Di Giacomo	1	0	0	1	2
Simon Donnelly	1	0	0	0	1
Simon Storey	1	0	0	0	1
Stevie Murray	0	0	1	0	1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Queen of the South	36	14	10	12	47	43	+4	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5	Dunfermline Athletic	36	13	12	11	36	41	−5	51
6	Partick Thistle	36	11	12	13	40	39	+1	45
7	Livingston	36	10	9	17	55	66	−11	39
8	Greenock Morton	36	9	10	17	40	58	−18	37

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Queen of the South qualified for the UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round as Scottish Cup runners-up