Thistle name Wilson as new head coach

Partick Thistle person appointed Mark Wilson arsenic their imperishable manager.

Former Under-18s manager Wilson, 40, took implicit successful February arsenic interim manager alongside Brian Graham.

Dougie Imrie is staying astatine Greenock Morton contempt Thistle's Championship rivals giving him support to person talks with the Firhill nine past week, portion Graham was besides spoken to astir the job.

Ex-Dundee and Dunfermline brag James McPake and erstwhile Celtic defender Paul Caddis, who is successful complaint of Hereford, were besides reportedly interviewed, external by caller Jags manager of shot Ian Baraclough.

"We afloat admit that supporters volition consciousness frustrated it has taken america longer than we anticipated to marque this announcement peculiarly arsenic determination has been a large woody of speculation passim the people of this week," said Thistle president Richard Beastall.

"We judge Mark is the champion acceptable for Partick Thistle. His cognition and committedness to promoting our ain endowment shone through, arsenic did the enactment helium showed connected the grooming pitch, successful the dressing country and during matches arsenic we enjoyed a memorable extremity to the season.

"It was ever wide to america passim the process that that Mark was an integral portion of our aboriginal aspirations."

Wilson said of his appointment: "I americium truly pleased to beryllium the caput manager astatine Partick Thistle and I cannot hold to get started. It is going to beryllium a engaged summertime but 1 I americium looking guardant to."

Graham stepped down arsenic the manager of Thistle's women's squad the greeting aft the men's squad were beaten successful the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final.

The striker said that if helium and interim co-manager Wilson did not go imperishable managers, helium was not definite if helium could enactment astatine the club.

The 37-year-old was appointed brag of the Scottish Women's Premier League squad successful 2020 and took implicit the men's squad with Wilson erstwhile Kris Doolan near successful February.

Doolan near Thistle aft 2 years successful complaint with the Jags sitting 4th successful the part and having mislaid 3 of their past 4 fixtures.