12th Feb 2008 Partick Thistle 1 Livingston 1 (Scottish Cup 5th Round replay)

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Match Information

43y, 4m, 13d			Ian McCall		Mark Proctor
Gary Harkins; Alan Archibald; Liam Buchanan; Stevie Murray
Kevin McKinlay; Willie Kinniburgh; Paul Keegan; Stephen McKeown
Marc Twaddle (1-1, 82 mins)					Graham Dorrans (0-1, 41 mins)
					Cammy MacDonald; Steve Weir
Simon Storey (Willie Kinniburgh, HT); John A. Robertson (Kevin McKinlay, 50 mins); Liam Buchanan (Paul Keegan, 53 mins)					Robert Snodgrass (Steve Weir, 88 mins)
21y, 0m, 23d			Jonny Tuffey		Colin Stewart former Jag
25y, 8m, 7d			Simon Storey		Dave MacKay
21y, 5m, 16d			Marc Twaddle		James McPake
23y, 1m, 10d			Gary Harkins		Craig James
31y, 10m, 15d			John A. Robertson		Cammy MacDonald
30y, 1m, 30d			Alan Archibald		Graham Dorrans former Jag
24y, 5m, 2d			Scott Chaplain		Robert Snodgrass
31y, 4m, 29d			David Rowson		Liam Fox
22y, 10m, 16d			Liam Buchanan		Allan Walker
33y, 2m, 11d			Simon Donnelly		Lee Makel
24y, 9m, 25d			Stevie Murray		Steven Craig future Jag
26y, 4m, 15d
35y, 9m, 7d			Craig Hinchliffe		Mark Lunn
23y, 5m, 4d			Willie Kinniburgh		Keaghan Jacobs
21y, 11m, 15d			Kevin McKinlay		Chris Malone
35y, 1m, 13d			Paul Keegan		Leigh Griffiths
22y, 2m, 8d			Ryan McStay		Steve Weir

Match Report

TTA report

AET. Won 5-4 on pens. It was mostly Livingston. But for Tuffey it would have been much worse than 1-0 at half-time - the goal long overdue on chances. More were made and wasted by both teams until a Twaddle header (82). A 30-yard free-kick (inches wide) gave Thistle a scare in ET time and it went to pens.

Media report

12-Feb-2008, bbc.com

Alan Archibald scored a sudden-death penalty to take Partick Thistle into the Scottish Cup quarter-finals. Graham Dorrans put Livingston ahead on 41 minutes with a fine curling shot. But with seven minutes remaining of the regulation 90, Thistle's Marc Twaddle headed in the equaliser, much to the delight of the Firhill crowd. The teams could not be separated in extra-time and both keepers saved penalties in the shoot-out before Archibald became the hero for Thistle. Ian McCall's men now face an away tie against Hibs or Rangers in the last eight.

Thistle applied pressure on the Livingston goal in the early part of the match. Simon Donnelly was through on Livi keeper Colin Stewart on 24 minutes but couldn't find the net, and David Rowson also went close. The Jags' top scorer Liam Buchanan recovered from a groin injury in time to play, but the Thistle midfield struggled to control the play sufficiently to service their striker. The match always looked like being a tight affair, with this replay being necessary after the teams drew 0-0 at Almondvale, and only one point separating the sides in the First Division. Gradually, Livingston took control of the game, and in 29 minutes Northern Ireland under-21 international Jonny Tuffey made an astonishing triple save. Stephen Craig had two efforts repelled in quick succession, and his frustration was shared by the luckless Robert Snodgrass. Tuffey, though, had no chance to perform heroics four minutes before the break. Graham Dorrans, heading to West Brom in the summer, seized on an error by Alan Archibald in the centre of Thistle's defence. He controlled the defender's wayward header and curled a shot beyond the reach of the goalie to put the Lions ahead.

Archibald made amends for his error at the Livingston goal when he intervened with a saving challenge on Robert Snodgrass who was racing through on goal. Thistle won a corner as they desperately sought an equaliser in the final ten minutes of the match. Left-back Marc Twaddle rose to meet Simon Donnelly's corner and levelled the tie. Livi came closest in the half hour of extra-time but neither side could find the net to prevent the tie being settled by penalties. Both Colin Stewart and Jonny Tuffey saved penalties in the shoot-out, which was eventually settled by Archibald's strike.

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BBC, 12th February, 2008

Stats Watch

● Thistle progress to their 31st Scottish Cup Quarter Final.

ongoing sequences:

● 10 competitive home games without defeat; 20th Oct 2007 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 32 consecutive competitive appearances for David Rowson, 4th Aug 2007 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Scott Boyd - 44 games, 10th May 2006 to 28th Apr 2007. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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