2017–18 Partick Thistle F.C. season

Partick Thistle
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
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	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	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	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	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	19	Ryan Edwards	4	0	1	5
5	MF	11	Steven Lawless	1	0	3	4
7	DF	5	Niall Keown	2	0	0	2
7	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
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		13	Adam Barton	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF		14	Christie Elliott	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
DF		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		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 v t e	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

Source: Soccerway BBC
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 v t e	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	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	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	—	—

Source: ^[6]
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

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
15 June 2017	GK	Jamie Sneddon	Cowdenbeath	Free^[8]
15 June 2017	MF	Blair Spittal	Dundee United	Free^[8]
1 July 2017	DF	Niall Keown	Reading	Undisclosed^[9]
4 August 2017	DF	Milan Nitrianský	Bohemians 1905	Free^[10]
11 August 2017	FW	Miles Storey	Aberdeen	Undisclosed^[11]
31 August 2017	DF	Paul McGinn	Chesterfield	Free^[12]
27 October 2017	MF	Martin Woods	Ross County	Free^[13]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
24 May 2017	FW	David Amoo	Cambridge United	Free^[14]^[15]
31 May 2017	DF	Dominic Docherty	Queen's Park	Free^[16]
31 May 2017	DF	Matthew McInally	Cowdenbeath	Free^[17]
31 May 2017	DF	Michael McMullin	Albion Rovers	Free^[16]
31 May 2017	MF	Sean Welsh	Falkirk	Free^[14]^[18]
22 June 2017	DF	Liam Lindsay	Barnsley	Undisclosed^[19]
26 June 2017	MF	David Wilson	Dumbarton	Free^[14]^[20]
3 July 2017	GK	Mark Ridgers	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free^[14]^[21]
5 July 2017	FW	Ade Azeez	Cambridge United	Undisclosed^[22]
2 January 2018	MF	Sean Welsh	Falkirk	Free^[23]
31 January 2018	DF	Milan Nitrianský	České Budějovice	Free^[24]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
31 July 2017^[25]	End of season	DF	Jordan Turnbull	Coventry City
11 August 2017^[11]	End of season	FW	Conor Sammon	Heart of Midlothian
23 January 2018^[26]	End of season	DF	Baily Cargill	Bournemouth

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
31 August 2017^[27]		FW	Mark Lamont	Clyde
17 August 2017^[28]	End of season	FW	Neil McLaughlin	Stirling Albion
18 August 2017^[29]	7 January 2018	DF	James Penrice	Livingston
22 January 2018^[30]	End of season	FW	Kevin Nisbet	Dumbarton
13 March 2018^[31]	21 May 2018	DF	Gary Fraser	Greenock Morton

Notes

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^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign George Oakley and Mark Ridgers". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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^ "Baily Cargill: Partick Thistle seal loan deal for Bournemouth defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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^ "Gary Fraser: Morton sign Partick Thistle midfielder on emergency loan". BBC Sport. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[5] Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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