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Terrors and Bairns lead Championship shake-up

Dundee United indicated they mean business as the summer transfer window opened and manager Csaba Laszlo appears to have been given funding designed to ensure they do not spend a fourth season in the Scottish Championship.

The Romania-born Hungarian has utilised his knowledge of football on the Continent to secure goalkeepers from the top flight in Switzerland and Czech Republic.

He also moved quickly to sign four players from their potential title rivals and that has been a theme of the summer, with players switching jerseys between Championship clubs.

Willo Flood looked likely to be in opposition to United following his Tannadice release only to leave Dunfermline Athletic after just nine days, the Irish midfielder using a clause in his contract to take up a lucrative deal with Bali United in Indonesia instead.

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The Pars’ other headline-grabbing business was bringing the Longridge brothers together for the first time in their senior careers – forward Louis switching from Falkirk and his defender brother, Jackson, leaving promoted Livingston.

Like the younger Longridge, midfielder Josh Mullin and centre-half Gregor Buchanan also turned down the chance to stay with the Premiership-bound West Lothian outfit, joining Ross County and Greenock Morton respectively.

Falkirk manager Paul Hartley has shown his determination not to flirt with relegation again and among his signings are four players with international experience – Lithuanian striker Deimantas Petravicius, from Motherwell, Northern Ireland midfielder Paul Paton, previously of Plymouth Argyle, Cyprus midfielder Dimitris Froxylias, who left Dumbarton, and Scotland Under-21 midfielder Ruben Sammut on loan from Chelsea.

Promoted part-timers Alloa Athletic have brought with them the second top scorer in League One last season – Alan Trouten from Albion Rovers – while third-tier champions Ayr United have been slowest off the mark in making additions to their squad.

Premiership ins and outs[1]

League One ins and outs[2]

League Two ins and outs[3]

Championship ins and outs – January 2018[4]

Alloa Athletic

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Manager: Jim Goodwin

Last season: 3rd in League One

In: Alan Trouten, midfielder (Albion Rovers); Greig Spence, forward (Raith Rovers); Adam Brown, midfielder (Airdrieonians); David Galt, midfielder (Queen’s Park).

Out: Daryll Meggatt, defender (East Fife); Alan Cook, midfielder (Stenhousemuir, loan to permanent); Kris Renton, forward (Cowdenbeath); John Cunningham, forward (Albion Rovers); Craig Malcolm, defender (East Kilbride); Garry Fleming, forward; Frank McKeown, defender; Ryan Hoggan, defender; Adam Martin, forward; Dylan Monaghan, midfielder. Loan ended: Jamie McCart, defender (Celtic); Callum Crane, defender (Hibernian); Jordan Kirkpatrick, midfielder (St Mirren); Ross Stewart, forward (St Mirren); Callum Smith, forward (Dunfermline Athletic).

Ayr United

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Manager: Ian McCall

Last season: 1st in League One

In: Daniel Harvie, defender (Aberdeen).

Out: Paddy Boyle, defender (Peterhead); Lyle Avci, goalkeeper (Stranraer); Craig Reid, defender; David Waite, defender; Jordan Hart, goalkeeper. Loan ended: Jack Ruddy, goalkeeper (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Dundee United

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Manager: Csaba Laszlo

Last season: 3rd

In: Christoph Rabitsch, midfielder (Wolfsberger); Benjamin Siegrist, goalkeeper (Vysocina Jihlava); Frederic Frans, defender (Lierse); Matej Rakovan, goalkeeper (Vaduz); Craig Curran, forward (Ross County); Callum Booth, defender (Partick Thistle); Nicky Clark, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Fraser Aird, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic); Sam Wardrop, defender (Celtic).

Out: Willo Flood, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic); Mark Durnan, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Jordie Briels, midfielder (Oss); Grant Gillespie, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Brett Long, goalkeeper (East Fife); Cammy Ballantyne, defender (Dumbarton); Graham Taylor, midfielder (Edinburgh City, loan to permanent); Scott McDonald, forward; Bilel Mohsni, defender; Scott Fraser, midfielder; Paul Quinn, defender; Emil Lyng, forward; Logan Martin, midfielder; Dominic McMeekin, midfielder; Logan Martin, midfielder. Loan ended: Anthony Ralston, defender (Celtic); Sam Stanton, midfielder (Hibernian); Harry Lewis, goalkeeper (Southampton); Thomas Mikkelsen, forward (Ross County); Brandon Mason, defender (Watford); Craig Slater, midfielder (Colchester United).

Dunfermline Athletic

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Manager: Allan Johnston

Last season: 4th

In: Jackson Longridge, defender (Livingston); Louis Longridge, forward (Falkirk); Danny Devine, defender (Partick Thistle); Mark Durnan, defender (Dundee United); Joe Thomson, midfielder (Celtic); Tom Beadling, defender (Sunderland, loan to permanent); Aidan Connolly, midfielder (York City).

Out: Willo Flood, midfielder (Bali United after arrival from Dundee United); Dean Shiels, midfielder (Derry City); Nicky Clark, forward (Dundee United); Fraser Aird, midfielder (Dundee United); Callum Morris, defender (Ross County); Declan McManus, forward (Ross County); Conner Duthie, midfielder (Stenhousemuir); Joe Cardle, midfielder; Nathaniel Wedderburn, midfielder; Jean-Yves M’voto, defender; Michael Paton, midfielder; Jason Talbot, defender; Scott Lochhead, midfielder; Aaron Splaine, midfielder. Loan ended: James Vincent, midfielder (Dundee); Daniel Armstrong, midfielder (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Falkirk

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Manager: Paul Hartley

Last season: 8th

In: Deimantas Petravicius, forward (Motherwell); Leo Fasan, goalkeeper (Kilmarnock); Dennon Lewis, midfielder (Watford); Tom Dallison, defender (Brighton & Hove Albion); Paul Paton, midfielder (Plymouth Argyle); Dimitris Froxylias, midfielder (Dumbarton); Tom Owen-Evans, midfielder (Newport County, undisclosed); Patrick Brough, defender (Morecambe); Scott Harrison, defender (Hartlepool United). Loan: Ruben Sammut, midfielder (Chelsea); Dan Turner, forward (Port Vale).

Out: Craig Sibbald, midfielder (Livingston); Tom Taiwo, midfielder (Hamilton Academical); Cameron Blues, midfielder (Livingston); Louis Longridge, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Peter Grant, defender (Plymouth Argyle); Robbie Thomson, goalkeeper (Raith Rovers); Rory Loy, forward (Dumbarton); Sean Welsh, midfielder; Paul Watson, defender. Loan ended: Alex Jukubiak, forward (Watford); Conor Hazard, goalkeeper (Celtic); Ryan Blair, midfielder (Swansea City); Andrew Nelson, forward (Sunderland); Reghan Tumilty, midfielder (Ross County).

Greenock Morton

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Manager: Ray McKinnon

Last season: 7th

In: Charlie Telfer, midfielder (Almere City); Ryan Skully, goalkeeper (Partick Thistle); Gregor Buchanan, defender (Livingston); Jim McAlister, midfielder (Blackpool); Danny Johnstone, forward (Colchester United). Loan: Ross MacLean, forward (Motherwell).

Out: Jim Duffy, manager; Ricki Lamie, defender (Livingston); Thomas O’Ware, defender (Partick Thistle); Gary Harkins, midfielder (Queen of the South); Ross Forbes, defender (Dumbarton); Conor Brennan, goalkeeper (Brechin City); Jamie McGowan, goalkeeper (Troon); Michael Doyle, defender; Luca Gasparotto, defender; Andy Murdoch, midfielder; Mark Russell, defender. Loan ended: Frank Ross, midfielder (Aberdeen); Gary Fraser, midfielder (Partick Thistle); John Baird, forward (Inverness Caledonian Thistle).

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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Manager: John Robertson

Last season: 5th

In: Jamie McCart, defender (Celtic); Angus Beith, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian, player swap); Tom Walsh, midfielder (Dumbarton); Shaun Rooney, defender (Queen of the South); Jordan White, forward (Barrow).

Out: Jake Mulraney, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian); Iain Vigurs, midfielder (Ross County); Gary Warren, defender (Yeovil Town); John Baird, forward (Forfar Athletic); Collin Seedorf, defender; Connor Bell, forward.

Partick Thistle

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Manager: Alan Archibald

Last season: 11th in Premiership

In: Cammy Bell, goalkeeper (Hibernian); Thomas O’Ware, defender (Greenock Morton); Sean McGinty, defender (Torquay United); Aaron Lennox, goalkeeper (Raith Rovers).

Out: Ryan Edwards, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian); Paul McGinn, defender (St Mirren); Danny Devine, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Callum Booth, defender (Dundee United); Ryan Scully, goalkeeper (Greenock Morton); Gary Fraser, midfielder (Forfar Athletic); Mark Lamont, midfielder (Clyde, loan to permanent); Tomas Cerny, goalkeeper; Abdul Osman, midfielder; Steven Lawless, midfielder; Martin Woods, midfielder; Mustapha Dumbuya, defender; Kevin Nisbet, forward; Neil McLaughlin, forward. Loan ended: Conor Sammon, forward (Heart of Midlothian): Baily Cargill, defender (Bournemouth).

Queen of the South

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Manager: Gary Naysmith

Last season: 6th

In: Gary Harkins, midfielder (Greenock Morton); Josh Todd, midfielder (St Mirren, loan to permanent).

Out: Shaun Rooney, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); John Rankin, midfielder (Clyde); Derek Lyle, forward; Dan Carmichael, midfielder; Jesse Akubuine, midfielder; Jordan Marshall, defender. Loan ended: Dom Thomas, midfielder (Kilmarnock); Myles Beerman, defender (Rangers); Nikolay Todorov, forward (Heart of Midlothian); Kyle Cameron, defender (Newcastle United); Joe Thomson, midfielder (Celtic); Curtis Lyle, goalkeeper (Kilmarnock); Josh Todd, midfielder (St Mirren).

Ross County

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Managers: Steven Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell

Last season: 12th in Premiership

In: Keith Watson, defender (St Johnstone); Jamie Lindsay, midfielder (Celtic, loan to permanent); Harry Paton, midfielder (Heart of Midlothian); Stelios Demetriou, defender (St Mirren); Iain Vigurs, midfielder (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Callum Morris, defender (Dunfermline Athletic); Declan McManus, forward (Dunfermline Athletic); Josh Mullin, midfielder (Livingston).

Out: Christopher Routis, defender (Servette); Jason Naismith, defender (Peterborough United, undisclosed); Thomas Mikkelsen, forward (Breidablik); Craig Curran, forward (Dundee United); Andrew Davies, defender (Hartlepool United); Blair Malcolm, midfielder (Cowdenbeath, loan to permanent); David N’Gog, forward; Alex Schalk, forward; Tim Chow, midfielder; Aaron McCarey, goalkeeper; Reghan Tumilty, midfielder; Mark Fodden, goalkeeper. Loan ended: Harry Souttar, defender (Stoke City); Greg Tansey, midfielder (Aberdeen); Max Melbourne, defender (West Bromwich Albion); Mattias Kait, midfielder (Fulham).

References

^ Premiership ins and outs (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ League One ins and outs (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ League Two ins and outs (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Championship ins and outs – January 2018 (www.bbc.co.uk)

BBC Sport – Scottish

Terrors and Bairns lead Championship shake-up was originally published on 365 Football

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Partick Thistle: Captain Abdul Osman among 14 released by relegated Jags

Partick Thistle have only 13 contracted senior players remaining as 14 members of the squad that were relegated from the Scottish Premiership are released.

Club captain Abdul Osman and Steven Lawless are among the more high-profile players[1] not to be offered new deals.

Doolan delight at Archibald stay[2]

Partick Thistle’s League Cup group draw[3]

Under-contract Miles Storey, Adam Barton and Niall Keown have been placed on Thistle’s transfer list.

Midfielder Ryan Edwards has invoked a relegation clause in his contract allowing him to move on.

The Jags lost to Livingston[4] in the Premiership play-off final, ending their five-year stay in Scotland’s top flight.

The club’s board has kept faith[5] in manager Alan Archibald, but he and his colleagues face a significant squad rebuild as they prepare for life in the Championship.

Goalkeepers Tomas Cerny and Jamie Sneddon, defenders Christie Elliott and James Penrice, midfielders Callum Wilson, Chris Erskine, Andrew McCarthy and Blair Spittal, as well as striker Kris Doolan, have all been retained.

Midfielder Stuart Bannigan also remains at Firhill for now, with his current deal running to August.

Defender Baily Cargill and striker Conor Sammon return to respective parent clubs Bournemouth and Heart of Midlothian.

Sammon, 31, scored 10 goals for Thistle in 36 appearances last season.

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Australian midfielder Edwards, 24, joined the Jags in 2015, scoring eight goals in 108 outings.

Fellow midfielder Barton, 27, who has a solitary Northern Ireland cap, has spent two seasons at Firhill after moving north from Portsmouth.

Defender Keown, 23, is the son of former Arsenal and England centre-back Martin Keown. Keown junior joined Thistle on loan from Reading in January 2017, making the move permanent in the summer.

Striker Storey, 24, moved to the club from Aberdeen in August, but has scored only two goals for the Jags.

Each of the three transfer-listed players has a year left on their current deal.

Skipper Osman, 31, has been with Thistle for four years, but missed much of their campaign as he recovered from shoulder surgery.

Goalkeeper Ryan Scully, defenders Callum Booth, Paul McGinn, Danny Devine, Mustapha Dumbuya and teenager Ross Fleming have all been released.

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The Jags have also dispensed with the services of long-serving midfielder Lawless, ending the 27-year-old’s six-year stint at the club, as well as Gary Fraser, Mark Lamont, and Martin Woods.

Attacker Connor Higgins and strikers Kevin Nisbet and Neil McLaughlin complete the list of released players.

A Thistle statement thanked those departing for their services to the club.

References

^ high-profile players (ptfc.co.uk)

^ Doolan delight at Archibald stay (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Partick Thistle’s League Cup group draw (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ lost to Livingston (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ kept faith (www.bbc.co.uk)

BBC Sport – Scottish

Partick Thistle: Captain Abdul Osman among 14 released by relegated Jags was originally published on 365 Football

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Killie make it five in a row with win at Thistle

Kilmarnock beat Partick Thistle to move closer to fourth place and leave Partick Thistle a point adrift at the bottom of the Scottish Premiership.

Stuart Findlay headed home from Jordan Jones’ cross to give Killie a first-half advantage.

Thistle’s Chris Erskine and Conor Sammon were denied by goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald early in the second period.

Stephen O’Donnell had the ball in the net for the visitors but was penalised for handball.

Steve Clarke’s Kilmarnock, who have won five in a row in the league, now trail fourth-placed Hibernian by seven points and could reduce that gap further if they win their game in hand away to Hamilton Academical next Saturday.

Thistle started the day bottom on goal difference but Ross County’s draw with Hibs opens up a one-point gap between the basement sides.

More to follow.

Line-ups[1]

Match Stats[2]

Live Text[3]

Line-ups

Partick Thistle

12Scully

14ElliottBooked at 64mins

4Cargill

5Keown

3Booth

6OsmanSubstituted forBartonat 82′minutes

24McCarthy

7SpittalSubstituted forStoreyat 73′minutes

10Erskine

11Lawless

18SammonSubstituted forDoolanat 66′minutes

Substitutes

2Dumbuya

9Doolan

13Barton

16McGinn

19Edwards

23Sneddon

39Storey

Kilmarnock

1MacDonald

2O’Donnell

5Broadfoot

17Findlay

12Taylor

24MulumbuBooked at 48minsSubstituted forBrophyat 72′minutes

8Dicker

6Power

22ErwinSubstituted forMcKenzieat 58′minutes

9BoydSubstituted forTshibolaat 79′minutes

11Jones

Substitutes

7McKenzie

10Kiltie

16Boyd

25Brophy

27Tshibola

29Burke

32Fasan

Referee:

Gavin Duncan

Attendance:

4,227

Match Stats

Home TeamPartick ThistleAway TeamKilmarnock

Possession

Home56%

Away44%

Shots

Home5

Away6

Shots on Target

Home3

Away3

Corners

Home4

Away4

Fouls

Home11

Away13

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Partick Thistle 0, Kilmarnock 1.

Full Time

Posted at90’+4′

Second Half ends, Partick Thistle 0, Kilmarnock 1.

Posted at86′

Attempt missed. Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock) header from the left side of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.

Posted at85′

Foul by Niall Keown (Partick Thistle).

Posted at85′

Stephen O’Donnell (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at84′

Attempt missed. Baily Cargill (Partick Thistle) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.

Posted at84′

Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Stephen O’Donnell.

Substitution

Posted at82′

Substitution, Partick Thistle. Adam Barton replaces Abdul Osman.

Posted at80′

Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Kilmarnock).

Posted at80′

Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at79′

Substitution, Kilmarnock. Aaron Tshibola replaces Kris Boyd.

Posted at78′

Alan Power (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at78′

Foul by Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle).

Posted at77′

Baily Cargill (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at77′

Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Kilmarnock).

Posted at75′

Foul by Gary Dicker (Kilmarnock).

Posted at75′

Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at75′

Attempt missed. Eamonn Brophy (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at73′

Substitution, Partick Thistle. Miles Storey replaces Blair Spittal.

Substitution

Posted at72′

Substitution, Kilmarnock. Eamonn Brophy replaces Youssouf Mulumbu.

Posted at69′

Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at69′

Foul by Andrew McCarthy (Partick Thistle).

Substitution

Posted at66′

Substitution, Partick Thistle. Kris Doolan replaces Conor Sammon.

Posted at66′

Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).

Posted at66′

Niall Keown (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at65′

Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Ryan Scully.

Booking

Posted at64′

Christie Elliott (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at64′

Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at64′

Foul by Christie Elliott (Partick Thistle).

Posted at61′

Kirk Broadfoot (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at61′

Foul by Niall Keown (Partick Thistle).

Posted at60′

Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Greg Taylor.

Posted at60′

Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Stuart Findlay.

Posted at58′

Hand ball by Steven Lawless (Partick Thistle).

Substitution

Posted at58′

Substitution, Kilmarnock. Rory McKenzie replaces Lee Erwin.

Posted at52′

Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Stuart Findlay.

Posted at51′

Attempt saved. Conor Sammon (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at50′

Attempt saved. Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at49′

Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at49′

Foul by Blair Spittal (Partick Thistle).

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References

^ Line-ups (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Match Stats (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Live Text (www.bbc.co.uk)

BBC Sport – Scottish

Killie make it five in a row with win at Thistle was originally published on 365 Football