Craig Slater signed for Partick Thistle on Wednesday the 4th of July, penning a one-year deal.
The Glasgow-born midfielder comes to Maryhill with an impressive backlog of experience of Scottish football, having spent plenty of time in the top flight of football in this country.
Craig started out with St. Mirren at a very young age, signing a professional deal with the Buddies upon leaving school at 16 years of age. However, a lack of opportunities in Paisley led to him leaving the club in 2012 at just 18. He went on to sign with Kilmarnock, spending four years at Rugby Park making 85 appearances.
At the end of the 2015/16 Premiership season, Slater rejected a deal with Killie to move down south as he joined Colchester United in the English League Two. In his first season at the Colchester Community Stadium Craig played 32 times bagging three goals in the process however, that season was cut short by an operation he needed in March 2017.
He wasn’t able to re-establish himself at Colchester to start the 2017/18 campaign and spent the second half of the season with Dundee United in the Scottish Championship. He played nine times for the Tannadice side, scoring once.
Craig made his Thistle debut in a 2-0 Betfred Cup win over Stenhousemuir at Ochilview, winning the Man of the Match award.
The midfielder would go on to grab his first Jags goal in the team’s 1-1 draw with Falkirk in November 2018, the same month that Craig won his first McCrea FS Player of the Month award.
Contract Expires: May 2020
