1980–81 Partick Thistle F.C. season

November 2020 Partick Thistle 1980–81 Miller Reid Bertie AuldPeter Cormack Firhill Stadium Premier Division 6th Scottish Cup Fourth round League Cup Quarter-finals Tony Higgins (7)Alex O'Hara (7) Alex O'Hara (11) 18,000 vs Celtic, Scottish League Cup, 8 October 1980 1,600 vs Kilmarnock, Scottish Premier Division, 21 February 1981 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 season saw Partick Thistle compete in the Scottish Premier Division, the top tier of Scottish football, where they finished 6th on 30 points. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round, and the Scottish League Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Season summary After Bertie Auld left to manage Hibernian in November 1980, Peter Cormack was appointed as manager on 5 December 1980.6 December 1980 Cormack aims for the top with Thistle The Glasgow Herald https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19801206&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 7 November 2020 They finished 6th on 30 points.1980–1981 Premier Division https://spfl.co.uk/league/premiership/archive/18 7 November 2020 spfl.co.uk Competitions Scottish Premier Division 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division League table PAR Matches WinDrawLoss + Scottish Premier Division resultsRollin Jack Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82 Queen Anne Press 1981 0-362-02046-9 London 556–557 868301130DateOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendancedmy 1980 8 9Heart of MidlothianHome3–2Higgins, Gibson, Liddell (o.g.)4,000dmy 1980 8 16RangersAway0–4—26,000dmy 1980 8 23KilmarnockHome0–1—4,000dmy 1980 9 6CelticAway1–4Gibson20,000dmy 1980 9 13St MirrenHome1–0Clark4,000dmy 1980 9 20AberdeenHome0–1—6,000dmy 1980 9 27MortonAway2–1O'Hara, Watson5,000dmy 1980 10 4AirdrieoniansHome2–1Higgins (2)5,000dmy 1980 10 11Dundee UnitedAway0–0—4,706dmy 1980 10 18Heart of MidlothianAway1–0Jardine5,905dmy 1980 10 25RangersHome1–1Park14,000dmy 1980 11 1KilmarnockAway1–0O'Hara2,500dmy 1980 11 8MortonHome0–0—3,000dmy 1980 11 15AberdeenAway1–2O'Hara10,000dmy 1980 11 22Dundee UnitedHome2–3Clark, O'Hara4,000dmy 1980 11 29AirdrieoniansAway0–0—3,500dmy 1980 12 6CelticHome0–1—12,436dmy 1980 12 13St MirrenAway0–1—5,626dmy 1980 12 20AberdeenHome1–1Watson (pen.)4,000dmy 1980 12 27MortonAway0–2—6,000dmy 1981 1 1RangersAway1–1O'Hara17,000dmy 1981 1 3Heart of MidlothianHome1–0Watson (pen.)3,500dmy 1981 1 10AirdrieoniansHome1–0Park3,000dmy 1981 1 31St MirrenHome0–0—4,000dmy 1981 2 21KilmarnockHome1–1McDonald1,600dmy 1981 2 28Heart of MidlothianAway1–1Higgins3,491dmy 1981 3 7AirdrieoniansAway0–2—3,000dmy 1981 3 14Dundee UnitedHome0–2—3,500dmy 1981 3 18CelticAway1–4Park15,000dmy 1981 3 28MortonHome3–1Watson, Higgins, Rooney (o.g.)2,000dmy 1981 4 1AberdeenAway1–3Watson9,000dmy 1981 4 5CelticHome0–1—17,196dmy 1981 4 11St MirrenAway2–3Higgins (2)4,445dmy 1981 4 18KilmarnockAway1–0Clark1,250dmy 1981 4 25RangersHome1–1Whittaker9,000dmy 1981 5 2Dundee UnitedAway2–3O'Hara (2)4,124 Scottish Cup 1980–81 Scottish Cup WinDrawLoss + Scottish Cup resultsRollin Jack Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82 Queen Anne Press 1981 0-362-02046-9 London 590–591 868301130RoundDateOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendance1 Third rounddmy 1981 1 24ClydeHome2–2Whittaker, Clark4,2002 Third round replaydmy 1981 1 28ClydeAway4–2O'Hara (2), Clark (2)4,1003 Fourth rounddmy 1981 2 14Dundee UnitedAway0–1—7,758 Scottish League Cup 1980–81 Scottish League Cup WinDrawLoss + Scottish League Cup resultsRollin Jack Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82 Queen Anne Press 1981 0-362-02046-9 London 584–587 868301130RoundDateOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendance1 Second round, first legdmy 1980 8 27Queen's ParkHome3–1Higgins (2), O'Hara2,0002 Second round, second legdmy 1980 8 30Queen's ParkAway1–1Watson1,4723 Third round, first legdmy 1980 9 3St MirrenHome2–0Gibson (2)4,0004 Third round, second legdmy 1980 9 24St MirrenAway0–0—5,7005 Quarter-finals, first legdmy 1980 10 8CelticHome0–1—18,0006 Quarter-finals, second legdmy 1980 10 20CelticAway1–2 O'Hara12,000 References Category:Partick Thistle F.C. seasons Partick Thistle