4th Sep 2007 Partick Thistle 3 Berwick Rangers 1 (Challenge Cup 2nd Round)

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Match Information

42y, 11m, 5d			Ian McCall		John Coughlin
Alan Archibald; Adam Strachan
John A. Robertson; Scott Chaplain
Gary Harkins (1-0, 26 mins); Paul Di Giacomo (2-1, 82 mins); Paul Keegan (3-1, 90 mins)					Ian Thomson (1-1, 77 mins)
Adam Strachan (Kevin McKinlay, 56 mins); Liam Buchanan (Paul Keegan, 64 mins); Ryan McStay (James Gibson, 71 mins)					David Greenhill (Ian Little, 55 mins); Paul McMullan (Iain Diack, 78 mins); Ian Thomson (Kevin McLeish, 79 mins)
20y, 7m, 15d			Jonny Tuffey		Chris Flockhart
25y, 2m, 30d			Simon Storey		Michael Bolochoweckyj
21y, 0m, 8d			Marc Twaddle		Jordan Smith
21y, 9m, 0d			Ryan McStay		Paul McMullan
22y, 8m, 2d			Gary Harkins		Danny Swanson
29y, 8m, 22d			Alan Archibald		Chris McGroarty
20y, 6m, 11d			Adam Strachan		David Greenhill
30y, 11m, 21d			David Rowson		Scott Gemmill
22y, 5m, 8d			Liam Buchanan		Ian Thomson
25y, 2m, 5d			Paul Di Giacomo		Garry Wood
24y, 4m, 17d			Stevie Murray		Stuart Fraser
24y, 0m, 17d
35y, 3m, 30d			Craig Hinchliffe		Gary O'Connor former Jag
21y, 6m, 7d			Kevin McKinlay		Robbie Horn
34y, 8m, 5d			Paul Keegan		Kevin McLeish
27y, 6m, 16d			James Gibson		Ian Little
18y, 7m, 8d			Stephen Connor		Iain Diack

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle had only 1 goal to show for almost complete dominance of the first half when Harkins scored with a low drive (26). Chances came and went and out of nowhere Second Division Berwick equalised (77) but Di Giacomo restored the lead with a low drive and Keegan took the ball round the keeper in injury time.

Media report

05-Sep-2007, Daily Record

PAUL'S OFF & GUNNING; Di Giacomo First Is Vital for Jags. PAUL DI GIACOMO grabbed his first goal for Partick Thistle to avoid a possible Cup upset. Jags had looked like being taken to extra time after Berwick's Danny Swanson scored in 78 minutes to level Gary Harkins' first-half opener. Then on-loan hitman Di Giacomo from Kilmarnock struck his side's second eight minutes from time to quash Berwick's hopes. And subsitute Paul Keegan ensured there would be no comeback with the third in injury time.

Yet Thistle had dominated and could have been two up in the first seven minutes. Liam Buchanan sprang the offside trap and crossed for Adam Strachan to fire in a shot that keeper Chris Flockhart cleared with his legs. Two minutes later Buchanan played a clever pass to Di Giacomo and he knocked it down to Simon Storey whose shot was blocked on the penalty spot by Jordan Smith. Thistle maintained the early siege and in 11 minutes Steve Murray whipped a shot over the top. Then referee Steve O'Reilly held up play to order Buchanan to roll up his sleeves because he was wearing a dark-coloured T-shirt under his sky blue Thistle top. Berwick struggled to contain the First Division outfit who finally broke through in 26 minutes after visiting skipper Gary Wood brought down Murray 50 yards from goal. David Rowson rolled the ball sideways for Harkins to hit a ferocious shot through the defensive wall and into the net. Thistle moved in for the kill and Ryan McStay and Storey both had efforts on goal. There then followed a triple save by Flockhart after a corner from the right by Murray. Mark Twaddle was first up with a header which the keeper clawed on to the bar. Then he parried the rebound from Di Giacomo and Harkins nodded in a third attempt, which the keeper knocked to safety.

The second-half pace slowed with little to offer the fans until Thistle's Rowson rattled a 20-yard shot just over. Berwick finally registered a shot on target on the hour, Wood letting fly with a 25-yard drive which keeper Jonathan Tuffey smothered. They came so close to an equaliser against the run of play when Paul McMullan fired a 20-yard shot that shaved the post on its way past in 67 minutes. But they finally got a goal in 78 minutes. Substitute Ian Little sent Swanson clear to fire a shot that Tuffey blocked but the Berwick man knocked in the rebound. Seconds later Di Giacomo had a shot saved by Flockhart but he beat the keeper in 82 minutes, drilling the ball in from the right of the box. And in the last minute substitutue Paul Keegan sent Jags through when he dragged the ball round Flockhart for the third.

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Stats Watch

● Paul Di Giacomo scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Paul Keegan scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for Jonny Tuffey, 10th Mar 2007 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: John A. Robertson - 21 games, 2nd Jan 2007 to 4th Aug 2007. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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