James Penrice

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James Penrice
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Penrice with Partick Thistle in 2018
Personal information
Full name James Regan Penrice [1]
Date of birth (1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Livingston, Scotland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back, Left midfielder, Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Livingston
Number 29
Youth career
Partick Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2021 Partick Thistle 84 (1)
2016–2017 → East Fife (loan) 18 (2)
2017–2018 → Livingston (loan) 13 (1)
2021– Livingston 77 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:06, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

James Regan Penrice (born 22 December 1998) [2] is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left-back for Livingston.

Contents

Club career

Partick Thistle

After progressing through the club's Thistle Weir Academy, [3] Penrice made his senior debut in a 3–3 draw between Partick Thistle and Dundee United in which he was credited with an assist. [4] 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. [5] The following summer Penrice was then loaned to Livingston in August 2017 until January. [6] After returning, he signed a contract with Thistle until 2020. [7] Penrice scored his first goal for Thistle in a 2-1 win over Greenock Morton, in the League Cup. [8] He scored his first league goal for Thistle in a 2-1 win over Falkirk. [9] Penrice played every minute of the 2018–19 season for Thistle, becoming the first player to achieve that feat since 2006. [10]

Penrice scored his first goal of the 2019–20 season in a 2-0 win over Welsh side Connah's Quay Nomads in the Scottish Challenge Cup. [11] In January 2020, he signed a new one year contract extension with Thistle until the summer of 2021. [12] After the 2019–20 season was ended 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. [13]

Penrice returned to Livingston on a permanent basis in June 2021. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 January 2024 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partick Thistle 2015–16 [16] Scottish Premiership 200000—20
2016–17 [17] 000000—00
2017–18 [18] 200020—40
2018–19 [19] Scottish Championship 36140512 [lower-alpha 1] 0471
2019–20 [20] 26020514 [lower-alpha 1] 1372
2020–21 [21] Scottish League One 1802040—240
Total84180162611143
Partick Thistle U-20s 2016–17 [17] SPFL Development League ———2 [lower-alpha 1] 121
2017–18 [18] ———2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
Total0000004141
East Fife (loan) 2016–17 [17] Scottish League One180200000200
Livingston (loan) 2017–18 [18] Scottish Championship131100000141
Livingston 2021–22 [22] Scottish Premiership2601050—310
2022-23 2932020—343
2023-24 2201060—290
Career total19231502921021586
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Club

Partick Thistle

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  3. ↑ "James Penrice". Partick Thistle F.C. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  4. ↑ McGarry, Graeme (11 May 2016). "Dundee United 3 Partick Thistle 3: Late fightback from United denies Thistle". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Penrice heads out on loan".
  6. ↑ "James Penrice joins Livingston on loan". Partick Thistle FC. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "James Penrice: Partick Thistle defender signs contract extension". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Partick Thistle v Greenock Morton". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ "Partick Thistle 2-1 Falkirk". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "James Penrice".
  11. ↑ "Partick Thistle v Connah's Quay Nomads – 12th October 2019".
  12. ↑ "James Penrice signs contract extension".
  13. ↑ "Player Update".
  14. ↑ "Livingston sign Parkes & Penrice". BBC Sport.
  15. ↑ James Penrice at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Games played by James Penrice in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  17. 1 2 3 "Games played by James Penrice in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 "Games played by James Penrice in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by James Penrice in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  20. ↑ "Games played by James Penrice in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "Games played by James Penrice in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "Games played by James Penrice in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  23. ↑ "Partick Thistle seal League 1 title". BBC Sport.
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