Career
A product of Thistle"s youth setup, Bannigan played his first professional season on loan at the then Scottish Second Division side Ayr United. He has also played for the Scotland U21 national team Partick Thistle
Bannigan made his first team debut as a substitute on 24 July 2010 against Clyde in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
Going on to make his league debut for Partick Thistle from the start on 11 September 2010 against Stirling in the Scottish First Division.
He made one more appearance before being sent out on loan to Scottish Second Division side Ayr United. Following his loan spell at Ayr United, Bannigan would be often used in first team ins and out in the 2011-2012 season.
After the last game of last season in which he scored his first thistle goal in against Hamilton Academical, which the results was 2–2. In the 2012-2013 season, Bannigan was on a high and scored his first goal of the season against Queens Park at Hampden Park in a 5–4 thriller, in the second round of the Scottish Challenge Cup.
In a match against Falkirk, on 27 October 2012, Bannigan suffered a leg injury in the first half and was substituted.
Forty-eight-hour later, Bannigan revealed he passed his driving test. Though it was serious at first, Bannigan managed to escape the injury, which he describe it as "relived". Bannigan is one of Scotland"s top young talents.
Bannigan was then involved in the Scottish Challenge Cup final against Queen of the South, which Bannigan then came-off in extra half-time, as Partick lose the final.
At the end of the 2012-2013 season, Bannigan was among with team-mates to be named as PFA Scotland Team of the Year in Scottish First Division, representing Partick Thistle. lieutenant couldn"t get better for Bannigan as he signed a new two-year contract at Thistle in June 2013.
On 14 May 2014, Banningan signed a new two-year deal with the Jags. Bannigan made his 100th league appearance for Partick Thistle against Hamilton Academical at Firhill Stadium on the 23rd of August 2014
Ayr United (loan)
On 4 November 2010 Bannigan joined Ayr United on a one-month loan deal.
He made his debut against Dumbarton on 13 November 2010.
After only 5 games his loan was extended until the end of the season. Bannigan made 24 Appearances scoring 4 goals to help Ayr gain promotion to the Scottish First Division via the play-offs. Bannigan, along with team-mate Stephen O"Donnell, was called up by Billy Stark for the Scotland U21 squad.
Bannigan played his first match international debut, in a 1–1 draw against Greece U21.
He was also called up for an under-21 match against England.
