Aidan Fitzpatrick Linked With Carlisle United as Partick Thistle Fc Wait

Carlisle United have been linked with partick thistle fc wide man Aidan Fitzpatrick, and the 25-year-old is out of contract this summer. He enters the final months of his deal while Partick Thistle push for promotion and Carlisle prepare for another season in the National League.

Fitzpatrick's 46-Game Season

Fitzpatrick has played 46 times and scored five goals this season. That return has put him on the radar of more than one club, with Carlisle United and Doncaster Rovers both named as keen on him in Scotland.

He has been at Partick Thistle since the summer of 2022, after coming through the club's youth system and spending time at Norwich City and Queen of the South. Mark Wilson has a winger who has contributed across a full season, but the contract clock now puts Partick Thistle in a familiar spot: decide whether to try to keep a homegrown player or let the market take over.

Partick Thistle's Promotion Push

Partick Thistle finished second in the Championship and host Dunfermline Athletic on Friday in the second leg of their play-off semi-final. The tie is level at 1-1 after the first leg, so the club's route to the Scottish Premiership still has to be settled before Fitzpatrick's summer becomes clearer.

That is the complication for Partick Thistle. His future could depend on the promotion bid, while Carlisle's interest fits a club that released 13 players at the end of the 2025/26 campaign and has not set Mark Hughes' future for the 2026/27 season.

Carlisle United's Summer Plan

Carlisle last went into the Scottish market in the summer of 2024, when they signed left-back Cameron Harper from Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Fitzpatrick would give them another Scottish-market option, but the bigger point is simple: a player with 46 appearances and five goals is available soon enough to force planning on both sides.