15th Jul 2006 Lancaster City 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Gary Finley		Dick Campbell			52y, 7m, 23d
					Craig Sives; Sandy Hodge; Darren Brady; Pat Keogh; Simon Donnelly
					Grant Murray; Scott Boyd; Will Snowdon; Adam Strachan; Stephen McConalogue
Ryan Elderton (1-1, pen 53 mins)					Pat Keogh (1-0, 33 mins); Mark Roberts (2-1, pen 70 mins)
Iain Swan (Scott Greenwood, HT); Ryan-Zico Black (Tom Gray, HT); Jamie Tandy (Danny Ryan, HT); Jimmy Kelly (David Dodd, 58 mins); Ben Jones (Lee Foxcroft, 70 mins)					Kenny Arthur (Jonny Tuffey, HT); Marc Smyth (Brown Ferguson, HT); Darren Brady (John Kane, HT); Pat Keogh (Graham Gibson, HT); Simon Donnelly (Stephen McConalogue, HT); Craig Sives (John McGoldrick, 55 mins)
			John Kennedy		Kenny Arthur			27y, 7m, 8d
			James Foran		Craig Sives			20y, 3m, 6d
			Ryan Elderton		Scott McCulloch			30y, 7m, 16d
			former Jag Iain Swan		Marc Smyth			23y, 6m, 18d
			Dave Bayliss		Sandy Hodge			25y, 9m, 11d
			Jimmy Kelly		Billy Gibson			24y, 11m, 14d
			Neil Uberschar		James Gibson			26y, 4m, 26d
			Steven Skinner		Darren Brady			25y, 3m, 4d
			Ben Jones		Pat Keogh			30y, 2m, 8d
			Ryan-Zico Black		Mark Roberts			30y, 8m, 16d
			Jamie Tandy		Simon Donnelly			31y, 7m, 14d
								26y, 11m, 29d
			n-a		Jonny Tuffey			19y, 5m, 25d
			Scott Greenwood		Graham Gibson			25y, 11m, 26d
			David Dodd		Brown Ferguson			25y, 1m, 11d
			Tom Gray		John Kane			19y, 1m, 7d
			Danny Ryan		Adam Strachan			19y, 4m, 21d
			Lee Foxcroft		Stephen McConalogue			25y, 0m, 29d
					John McGoldrick			18y, 0m, 15d

notes

Lancaster City had no substitute goalkeeper.

Match Report

TTA report

On a sweltering hot day, Thistle dominated the first half but only had a Keogh back post header to show for it (33). Lancaster scored with a penalty (53, tug in the box) then Roberts scored with one (foul on McGoldrick, 70). Lancaster hit the bar and Tuffey had a good save to deny them an equaliser.

Media Reports

20-Jul-2006, Lancaster Evening Post

LANCASTER City lost their first pre-season friendly of the season on a scorching afternoon at Giant Axe on Saturday. Visitors Partick Thistle prevailed thanks to a second half penalty in front of several hundred travelling fans from Glasgow. City manager Gary Finlay chose to give several triallists a run out, including Jimmy Kelly, who was released from Morecambe earlier this summer. Also returning for City were Iain Swan and Ryan-Zico Black while record 6,000 signing Jamie Tandy was given a start.

In the first half, the main threat to the Lancaster defence came from tall Partick striker Pat Keogh. He nodded his side ahead after 33 minutes, powering the ball past John Kennedy from 12 yards. Keogh had two other chances before the break when he was given a rest, probably to the relief of the City backline. City's main efforts came from distance, Neil Uberschar cutting inside and fire over and Black doing well to turn his marker but then shooting wide.

The home side started the second half well and deservedly pulled level in the 54th minute when striker Ben Jones was pulled back and Ryan Elderton scored from the spot. But Partick went back ahead from a penalty of their own on 70 minutes, left-back Danny Ryan fouling John McGoldrick and Mark Roberts scoring. With Kelly being substituted, James Moran was moved into midfield from right-back and looked much more comfortable. He twice went close from 20 yards, a curling effort hitting the bar and then he saw a free-kick superbly tipped over by Ken Arthur in the Partick goal. With the usual high tally of substitutions, both managers had a good look at their options with City subs Ryan and striker Tom Gray, in particular, making a good impression.

Daily Record, 17th July, 2006

Partick Thistle beat Lancaster City 2-1 at the Giant Axe stadium with goals from new boy Paddy Keogh and a Mark Roberts penalty.

PTFC Website, 17th July, 2006

Thistle recorded a victory in their first public outing of their pre-season programme. A second half penalty converted by Mark Roberts was enough to secure a deserved win against the English non-league outfit. It was no stroll in the summer sun though as Lancaster made their full-time opponents work for their win on a baking hot afternoon.

Thistle, watched by a large and vocal travelling support, dominated almost entirely in the first 45 minutes. Thistle's first chance came in the 13th minute when good play by the impressive Simon Donnelly created an opening for Pat Keogh who headed over the bar, although he had already been flagged for offside. Mark Roberts came close 4 minutes later when he was just unable to direct his header from a Sandy Hodge cross on target. A trademark Scott McCulloch free kick flew over the bar as Thistle searched for an opening goal. That opening goal arrived in the 33rd minute. A Mark Roberts cross from the Thistle right picked out Pat Keogh at the back post and his header found a home in the back of the Lancaster net. That was it in terms of scoring in the first half but both Roberts and Keogh came close to extending Thistle's lead.

Thistle took the opportunity to introduce a number of substitutes at half-time and for a while lost the fluency of the first half. Indeed eight minutes into the second half and Lancaster were level. A tug in the box resulted in a penalty for the home time which Ryan Elderton despatched despite a brave attempt to save from substitute Tuffey in the Thistle goal. It took Thistle a full 17 minutes to regain their lead. Stephen McConalogue created an opening for Graham Gibson although his cross just dropped behind the Thistle player. The ball broke though to John McGoldrick who was hauled to the ground for a fairly obvious penalty. As he did during the penalty shoot out against peterhead in Thistle's last outing, Mark Roberts made no mistake from the spot. Lancaster twice came close to an equaliser with James Forran the unlucky player on both occasions. In the 74th minute his shot from the edge of the box clipped the bar on its way over. In the very next minute it took an excellent save from Johny Tuffey to keep out his quickly taken free kick. The last chance of the afternoon came Thistle's way when a lovely ball from Stephen McConalogue was just flicked wide of goal by Mark Roberts.

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PTFC Website, 15th July, 2006

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 132nd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 19-year-old John Kane makes his Thistle debut.

● 19-year-old Jonny Tuffey makes his Thistle debut.

● 20-year-old Craig Sives makes his Thistle debut.

● 25-year-old Brown Ferguson makes his Thistle debut.

● 25-year-old Graham Gibson makes his Thistle debut.

● 31-year-old Simon Donnelly makes his Thistle debut.

● 30-year-old Pat Keogh makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 51 consecutive competitive appearances for Grant Murray, 30th Jul 2005 to date. (Longest run since: Scott Paterson - 51 games, 9th Feb 2002 to 5th Apr 2003. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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