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Kenny Arthur

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Kenny Arthur

• Kenny Arthur, 2000 (SNS)

Kenneth James Arthur was born on Thursday, 7th December, 1978, in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.

The 6' 3 (13st 8lbs) goalkeeper signed for Murdo MacLeod's Thistle on Monday, 2nd June, 1997, having most recently been with Possilpark YMCA.

Aged 18, he made his debut appearance on Tuesday, 22nd July, 1997, in a 3-0 friendly defeat at home to Aston Villa.

Kenny kept his first clean-sheet on Saturday, 26th July, 1997, in a 4-0 friendly win away to Gala Fairydean.

He registered the last of his 83 clean-sheets on Saturday, 17th February, 2007, in a 1-0 win away to Livingston in the SFL First Division.

He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 3rd March, 2007, in a 4-0 defeat at home to Clyde in the SFL First Division, having clocked up an impressive 320 appearances as a Jag.

Kenny's club-list included Partick Thistle, Accrington Stanley, Rochdale, Grimsby Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Airdrie United, Annan Athletic and Queen of the South.

Another product of the Thistle youth policy, Kenny was signed by John Lambie on a "S" form making his way through the ranks at Firhill finally making his competitive first team debut (he had previously performed extremely well in a pre-season friendly with Aston Villa) in the never to be forgotten 2-2 draw with Stirling Albion in November 1997. He was briefly a member of the Scotland Under 21 squad, and went on to keep goal in over 300 games for Thistle.

(TH)

compiled from our All Games criteria.

#
1	18y, 7m, 19d	26.07.1997 Gala Fairydean [a] W4-0 (Friendly)
2	18y, 11m, 29d	06.12.1997 Falkirk [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 16)
3	19y, 0m, 13d	20.12.1997 Ayr United [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 18)
4	19y, 0m, 20d	27.12.1997 Hamilton Academical [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 19)
5	19y, 1m, 10d	17.01.1998 St Mirren [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 22)
6	19y, 2m, 14d	21.02.1998 Falkirk [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 25)
7	19y, 8m, 8d	15.08.1998 Forfar Athletic [a] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 2)
8	19y, 8m, 29d	05.09.1998 Alloa Athletic [h] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 5)
9	19y, 9m, 5d	12.09.1998 Stirling Albion [h] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 6)
10	20y, 0m, 5d	12.12.1998 Queen of the South [a] D0-0 (SFL Second Division - game 18)
11	20y, 0m, 19d	26.12.1998 Clyde [a] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 20)
12	20y, 1m, 9d	16.01.1999 Arbroath [h] D0-0 (SFL Second Division - game 22)
13	20y, 2m, 27d	06.03.1999 Alloa Athletic [a] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 28)
14	20y, 4m, 24d	01.05.1999 Forfar Athletic [h] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 35)
15	21y, 0m, 11d	18.12.1999 Stenhousemuir [h] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 18)
16	21y, 7m, 17d	24.07.2000 Portadown [a] W2-0 (Friendly)
17	21y, 7m, 19d	26.07.2000 Peterborough United [h] D0-0 (Friendly)
18	21y, 9m, 2d	09.09.2000 Queen's Park [a] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 5)
19	21y, 10m, 14d	21.10.2000 Stranraer [a] W3-0 (SFL Second Division - game 11)
20	21y, 11m, 4d	11.11.2000 Clydebank [h] W2-0 (SFL Second Division - game 14)
21	21y, 11m, 25d	02.12.2000 Forfar Athletic [a] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 17)
22	22y, 0m, 19d	26.12.2000 Stenhousemuir [h] W3-0 (SFL Second Division - game 19)
23	22y, 0m, 26d	02.01.2001 Queen's Park [a] W2-0 (SFL Second Division - game 21)
24	22y, 0m, 30d	06.01.2001 Deveronvale [h] W3-0 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)
25	22y, 2m, 3d	10.02.2001 Forfar Athletic [h] W4-0 (SFL Second Division - game 24)
26	22y, 2m, 6d	13.02.2001 Clydebank [a] W4-0 (SFL Second Division - game 25)
27	22y, 2m, 17d	24.02.2001 Stranraer [h] W3-0 (SFL Second Division - game 27)
28	22y, 3m, 3d	10.03.2001 Berwick Rangers [a] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 29)
29	22y, 3m, 10d	17.03.2001 Clydebank [h] W2-0 (SFL Second Division - game 30)
30	22y, 3m, 24d	31.03.2001 Stirling Albion [a] W3-0 (SFL Second Division - game 31)
31	22y, 4m, 28d	05.05.2001 Stenhousemuir [h] W4-0 (SFL Second Division - game 36)
32	22y, 10m, 20d	27.10.2001 Ayr United [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 12)
33	22y, 11m, 24d	01.12.2001 Ross County [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 17)
34	23y, 0m, 8d	15.12.2001 St Mirren [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 19)
35	23y, 1m, 12d	19.01.2002 Ross County [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 23)
36	23y, 2m, 26d	05.03.2002 Inverness Caledonian Thistle [a] W1-0 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final replay)
37	23y, 4m, 13d	20.04.2002 Raith Rovers [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 35)
38	23y, 7m, 11d	18.07.2002 Bangor [a] W2-0 (Friendly)
39	23y, 7m, 13d	20.07.2002 Portadown [a] W1-0 (Friendly)
40	23y, 8m, 25d	01.09.2002 Aberdeen [a] W1-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 5)
41	23y, 9m, 17d	24.09.2002 Berwick Rangers [a] W3-0 (League Cup 2nd Round)
42	23y, 10m, 15d	22.10.2002 Dundee [h] W1-0 (League Cup 3rd Round)
43	23y, 10m, 26d	02.11.2002 Motherwell [h] W2-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 13)
44	23y, 11m, 23d	30.11.2002 Kilmarnock [h] W3-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 17)
45	24y, 0m, 0d	07.12.2002 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W4-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 19)
46	24y, 0m, 22d	29.12.2002 Dundee United [h] D0-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 23)
47	24y, 2m, 1d	08.02.2003 Aberdeen [a] W1-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 27)
48	24y, 3m, 2d	09.03.2003 Dunfermline Athletic [a] D0-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 30)
49	24y, 3m, 19d	26.03.2003 Montrose [a] W4-0 (Friendly)
50	24y, 4m, 19d	26.04.2003 Motherwell [h] W3-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 34)
51	25y, 0m, 0d	07.12.2003 Motherwell [h] W1-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 15)
52	25y, 0m, 16d	23.12.2003 Dundee United [a] D0-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 17)
53	25y, 1m, 3d	10.01.2004 Greenock Morton [a] W3-0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)
54	25y, 4m, 24d	01.05.2004 Aberdeen [h] W2-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 35)
55	25y, 7m, 5d	12.07.2004 Stenhousemuir [a] W2-0 (Friendly)
56	25y, 7m, 24d	31.07.2004 Brechin City [h] W3-0 (Challenge Cup 1st Round)
57	25y, 8m, 14d	21.08.2004 Hamilton Academical [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 3)
58	25y, 8m, 21d	28.08.2004 Ross County [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 4)
59	25y, 9m, 25d	02.10.2004 Raith Rovers [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 9)
60	25y, 10m, 16d	23.10.2004 Clyde [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 11)
61	25y, 10m, 23d	30.10.2004 Ross County [h] W4-0 (SFL First Division - game 12)
62	25y, 11m, 20d	27.11.2004 Raith Rovers [a] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 16)
63	26y, 1m, 1d	08.01.2005 Heart of Midlothian [h] D0-0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)
64	26y, 3m, 5d	12.03.2005 Ross County [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 29)
65	26y, 3m, 12d	19.03.2005 St Mirren [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 30)
66	26y, 4m, 16d	23.04.2005 Clyde [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 34)
67	26y, 4m, 23d	30.04.2005 Airdrie United [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 35)
68	26y, 7m, 13d	20.07.2005 Sheffield Wednesday [h] D0-0 (Friendly)
69	26y, 7m, 23d	30.07.2005 Cowdenbeath [h] W2-0 (Challenge Cup 1st Round)
70	26y, 7m, 30d	06.08.2005 Stirling Albion [h] D0-0 (SFL Second Division - game 1)
71	26y, 8m, 2d	09.08.2005 Brechin City [a] W0-0 (League Cup 1st Round)) aet; * W3-1 pens*
72	27y, 0m, 26d	02.01.2006 Raith Rovers [h] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 20)
73	27y, 1m, 0d	07.01.2006 Stirling Albion [a] W1-0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)
74	27y, 1m, 21d	28.01.2006 Forfar Athletic [h] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 23)
75	27y, 3m, 18d	25.03.2006 Forfar Athletic [a] D0-0 (SFL Second Division - game 31)
76	27y, 7m, 15d	22.07.2006 Alloa Athletic [a] W4-0 (Friendly)
77	27y, 7m, 22d	29.07.2006 Accrington Stanley [h] W1-0 (Friendly)
78	27y, 7m, 29d	05.08.2006 Dundee [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 1)
79	27y, 8m, 19d	26.08.2006 Clyde [a] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 4)
80	27y, 10m, 7d	14.10.2006 Queen of the South [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 9)
81	28y, 1m, 16d	23.01.2007 Rangers XI [h] D0-0 (John Lambie Testimonial)
82	28y, 1m, 27d	03.02.2007 Deveronvale [a] W1-0 (Scottish Cup 4th Round)
83	28y, 2m, 10d	17.02.2007 Livingston [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 25)

Kenny Arthur's clean-sheet ratio
83/320 ← success rate → 25.9%

Thistle's clean-sheet ratio
1606/6855 ← success rate → 23.4%
@ 02-Nov-2025

compiled from our All Games criteria.

#	v.
1	Alex Bone v. Kenny Arthur	10.01.1998 Stirling Albion [h] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 21)	1-2, pen 63 mins
2	Danny Lennon v. Kenny Arthur	07.02.1998 Raith Rovers [a] L0-2 (SFL First Division - game 24)	saved @ 0-0, 44 mins
3	John Gallagher v. Kenny Arthur	05.12.1998 Arbroath [a] W2-1 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)	1-1, pen 37 mins
4	Barry Wilson v. Kenny Arthur	19.12.1998 Inverness Caledonian Thistle [h] W2-1 (SFL Second Division - game 19)	2-1, pen 67 mins
5	Alan Neil v. Kenny Arthur	10.03.2001 Berwick Rangers [a] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 29)	missed target @ 1-0, 56 mins
6	Jon O'Neil v. Kenny Arthur	07.04.2001 Queen of the South [h] L0-2 (SFL Second Division - game 32)	0-1, pen 23 mins
7	Paul Simpson v. Kenny Arthur	25.07.2001 Blackpool [h] D1-1 (Friendly)	saved @ 0-0, 2nd half
8	Paul Wright v. Kenny Arthur	10.11.2001 Falkirk [h] W5-1 (SFL First Division - game 14)	2-1, pen 53 mins
9	Steven McGarry v. Kenny Arthur	15.12.2001 St Mirren [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 19)	saved @ 0-0, 64 mins
10	Juan Sara v. Kenny Arthur	06.02.2002 Dundee [a] W2-1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round replay)	1-1, pen 55 mins
11	Stern John v. Kenny Arthur	27.07.2002 Birmingham City [h] L1-2 (Friendly)	0-1, pen 29 mins
12	John O'Neil v. Kenny Arthur	26.12.2002 Hibernian [a] D1-1 (Scottish Premier League - game 22)	1-1, pen 89 mins
13	Phil McGuire v. Kenny Arthur	08.02.2003 Aberdeen [a] W1-0 (Scottish Premier League - game 27)	saved @ 1-0, 33 mins
14	Mikel Arteta v. Kenny Arthur	01.11.2003 Rangers [a] L1-3 (Scottish Premier League - game 11)	0-3, pen 77 mins
15	Derek Lilley v. Kenny Arthur	08.11.2003 Livingston [a] L0-2 (Scottish Premier League - game 12)	0-1, pen 26 mins
16	Chris Sutton v. Kenny Arthur	22.02.2004 Celtic [h] L1-4 (Scottish Premier League - game 25)	0-3, pen 52 mins
17	Barry Nicholson v. Kenny Arthur	06.03.2004 Dunfermline Athletic [h] L0-3 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)	saved @ 0-3, 86 mins
18	Brian McGinty v. Kenny Arthur	13.11.2004 St Mirren [h] L0-3 (SFL First Division - game 13)	0-1, pen 50 mins
19	Stephen Boyack v. Kenny Arthur	06.08.2005 Stirling Albion [h] D0-0 (SFL Second Division - game 1)	saved @ 0-0, 14 mins
20	Peter MacDonald v. Kenny Arthur	30.08.2005 St Johnstone [h] L*4-4 (Challenge Cup 2nd Round)	1-1, pen 63 mins
21	Iain Russell v. Kenny Arthur	14.03.2006 Dumbarton [h] W2-1 (SFL Second Division - game 28)	saved @ 2-0, 90+1 mins
22	Chris Aitken v. Kenny Arthur	15.04.2006 Stirling Albion [a] W2-1 (SFL Second Division - game 34)	0-1, pen 5 mins
23	Stephen McKeown v. Kenny Arthur	12.08.2006 Airdrie United [h] W4-2 (SFL First Division - game 2)	4-1, pen 57 mins
24	Kevin McKinlay v. Kenny Arthur	30.09.2006 Ross County [h] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 8)	0-1, pen 14 mins