James Penrice

James Penrice (born 22 December 1998)[1] is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left back for Scottish League One club Partick Thistle.

James Penrice

Personal information
Date of birth	22 December 1998
Place of birth	Livingston, Scotland
Position(s)	Left back, Left Midfielder, Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Partick Thistle
Number	3
Youth career
	Partick Thistle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	Partick Thistle	76	(1)
2016–2017	→ East Fife (loan)	18	(0)
2017–2018	→ Livingston (loan)	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:31, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Partick Thistle

After progressing through the club's Thistle Weir Academy,[2] Penrice made his senior debut in a 3–3 draw between Partick Thistle and Dundee United in which he was credited with an assist.[3] He then made his home debut in a 2–2 draw with Hamilton Academical on the last day of the 2015–16 season, winning the man of the match award.

Penrice joined Scottish League One side East Fife on loan in December 2016, until the end of the season.[4] The following summer Penrice was then loaned to Livingston in August 2017 until January.[5] After returning Penrice signed a contract with Thistle that is due to run until 2020.[6] Penrice scored his first goal for Thistle in a 2-1 win over Greenock Morton, in the league cup.[7] Penrice scored his first league goal for Thistle in a 2-1 win over Falkirk.[8] Penrice played every minute of the 2018/19 season for Thistle becoming the first Thistle player to achieve that feat since 2006.[9] Penrice scored his first goal of the 2019/20 season in a 2-0 win over Welsh side Connah Quay Nomads in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[10] In January 2020 Penrice signed a new one year contract extension with Thistle until the summer of 2021.[11]

After the 2019/20 season was finished early due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Partick Thistle were relegated for the second time in three seasons, now being relegated to League One. Penrice chose to stay at Thistle following their relegation making him and teammate Stuart Bannigan, the only two players left at the club from their time in the Premiership.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 28th November 2020 [13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Partick Thistle	2015–16[14]	Scottish Premiership	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2017–18[15]		2	0	0	0	2	0	—		4	0
	2018–19[16]	Scottish Championship	36	1	4	0	5	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	47	1
	2019–20[17]		26	0	2	0	5	1	4[lower-alpha 1]	1	37	2
	2020–21[17]	Scottish League One	6	0	0	0	4	0	0[lower-alpha 1]	0	10	0
Total			72	1	6	0	16	2	6	1	100	3
Partick Thistle U-20s	2016–17[18]	SPFL Development League	—		—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	1	2	1
	2017–18[15]		—		—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
	Total		—		—		—		4	1	4	1
East Fife (loan)	2016–17[18]	Scottish League One	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Livingston (loan)	2017–18[15]	Scottish Championship	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
Career total			97	2	9	0	12	2	10	2	128	5

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. "James Penrice". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
2. "James Penrice". Partick Thistle F.C. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
3. McGarry, Graeme (11 May 2016). "Dundee United 3 Partick Thistle 3: Late fightback from United denies Thistle". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
4. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/penrice-heads-out-on-loan/
5. "James Penrice joins Livingston on loan". Partick Thistle FC. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
6. "James Penrice: Partick Thistle defender signs contract extension". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44864569
8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45067497
9. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-team/james-penrice-5-2/
10. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-fixture/partick-thistle-v-connahs-quay-nomads-12th-october-2019/
11. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/james-penrice-signs-contract-extension/
12. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/player-update-8th-june-2020/
13. James Penrice at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
14. "Games played by James Penrice in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
15. "Games played by James Penrice in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
16. "Games played by James Penrice in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
17. "Games played by James Penrice in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
18. "Games played by James Penrice in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

External links

• James Penrice at Soccerbase
• James Penrice at FootballDatabase.eu