Gospel Ocholi

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Gospel Ocholi

● Gospel Ocholi, 2020 (SSFA) Gospel Ocholi was born on Wednesday, 9th April, 2003, probably in Africa. * The forward was introduced to Ian McCall's Thistle in the Winter of 2020, having most recently been with Partick Thistle U-18. Aged 17, he made his debut appearance on Sunday, 14th March, 2021, in a 2-1 friendly defeat at home to Heart of Midlothian. Gospel scored his first goal for Thistle on Saturday, 3rd July, 2021, in a 2-1 friendly win away to East Kilbride. His club-list includes Partick Thistle, Benburb, Gretna 2008, Dalbeattie Star and Gala Fairydean Rovers, where he is on loan until May, 2023. He's contracted at Firhill until May, 2023. * If you can help us to improve any of these marked points on The Thistle Archive, then please do get in touch →

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Having settled locally as a pupil at the John Paul Academy in Summerston, Gospel joined the Thistle Weir set up in 2017. In March 2020 Gospel, alongside his Thistle Weir teammate Billy Owens, represented Scotland Schools Under 18s, scoring in a 1-1 draw against Northern Ireland in the Centenary Shield competition. In October that year, both were presented with their representative caps, items to cherish. At the age of 17, Gospel made the bench for the 0-0 draw at Falkirk on boxing day 2020, but Covid stopped play almost immediately thereafter. 10 weeks later he came on as a sub in a Firhill 'mid-season pre-season' friendly with Hearts. He made the bench several times in the run-in, and enjoyed the League One title celebrations come season's end. In May 2021, Gospel signed a two year deal as a modern apprentice. A couple of months later he scored his first goal for the Jags, the match-winner in a 2-1 pre-season friendly win at East Kilbride. In August 2021, he was loaned out to West of Scotland Football League side Benburb for more first team experience and scored on his debut in a brilliant 3-0 win at Glenafton. The arrangement lasted only until January 2022, however. The following month, Gospel temporarily transferred to Gretna 2008 of the Lowland League for the rest of the campaign. Another borders-country loan arrangement was made in July 2022, with Dalbeattie Star loaning his services until January 2023, Gala Fairydean Rovers doing likewise from then until the end of that season.

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2022-23 Stats

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Table is limited to all competitive matches played by Partick Thistle in 2022-23. Table is limited to 2022-23 squad members who have featured in a competitive first-team matchday squad in any given season. Table sorted by Points; Goal Difference; Goals Scored; Game Time; Matches Played; Starts; Unused Subs; Alphabetically by Forename. Page refreshes will return this order. Contract dates are based on public-domain information, and the key generic dates of 31 Jan / 31 May are utilised. There have been 30 minutes of extra-time. There has been 1 instance where a player came off injured and was not replaced. There have been 2 own-goals. There have been 8 non-assists. There have been 58 minutes of man-down game-time. There have been 11 instances where allocated bench slots were not filled.

Career Stats

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Table includes all competitive matches played by Partick Thistle. Table is limited to 2022-23 squad members who have featured in a competitive first-team matchday squad in any given season. Table sorted by Points; Goal Difference; Goals Scored; Game Time; Matches Played; Starts; Unused Subs; Alphabetically by Forename. Page refreshes will return this order. The Archive's assists records date from 2013-14 onwards. The Archive's Yellow Card records date from 1997-98 onwards. Contract dates are based on public-domain information, and the key generic dates of 31 Jan / 31 May are utilised.

Every Goal

compiled from our All Games criteria.

18y, 2m, 24d		03.07.2021 East Kilbride [a] W2-1 (Friendly)