[2] Having made three appearances, Partridge was sent off on his home debut for Leyton Orient,[4] after fracturing the jaw of Swansea City defender Terry Evans with a deliberate elbow.
[6] Manager Terry Butcher had spotted Partridge playing for West Ham reserves and brought him to Dundee United where he was working at the time.
"[9] He made 13 league and cup appearances for Bristol City in the 2005–2006 season[2] but following the arrival of Gary Johnson as manager and a breach of club discipline for which Partridge and other players were fined two weeks' wages after being arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following an incident in a nightclub in October 2005,[10] he was sent out on loan to Milton Keynes Dons in January 2006 until the end of the season.
[13] However, in September 2006, he was sentenced to two months in prison alongside teammates Bradley Orr and Steve Brooker for his part in the "drink-fuelled brawl" at a nightclub in the previous October.
[14] He was released after one month but was unable to win back a first-team place at Bristol City and joined Brentford on a one-month loan in January 2007.
[22] Initially used at left back, he soon settled into a centre-half spot where he impressed greatly as a solid, no-nonsense defender with very good distribution of the ball out of defence.
[8][28] He went on to make further appearances in Wales' 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign against Austria,[29] Slovenia[30] England,[31] Poland[32] and Northern Ireland.