11th Jul 2009 Stirling Albion 1 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			former Jag Allan Moore		Ian McCall			44y, 9m, 11d
					Patrick Boyle; Martyn Corrigan; Stephen McKeown; Bryan Hodge; Kris Doolan; Trialist
					Simon Storey; Marc Twaddle; Ian Maxwell; David Rowson; Simon Donnelly; Gary Harkins
Ross Forsyth (0-1, 26 mins)					Paul Cairney (1-1, pen 80 mins)
Kenny Feaks (Ross McEwan); Ross Forsyth (Craig Young); Scott Robertson (Paul Murphy); Trialist (Nathan Taggart); Ross McCord (Liam Corr); David McKenna (Trialist); Michael Mullen (Trialist); Stuart Devine (Trialist)					Liam Buchanan (Chris Erskine, HT); Paul Paton (Ian Maxwell, HT); Patrick Boyle (David Rowson, 55 mins); Stephen McKeown (Jim Hamilton, 65 mins); Bryan Hodge (Paul Cairney, 65 mins)
			Scott Christie		Jonny Tuffey			22y, 5m, 21d
			Kenny Feaks		Paul Paton			22y, 2m, 23d
			Ross Forsyth		Patrick Boyle			22y, 3m, 21d
			Sean Roycroft		Martyn Corrigan			31y, 11m, 27d
			Andy Graham		John A. Robertson			33y, 3m, 13d
			future Jag Scott Robertson		Alan Archibald			31y, 6m, 28d
			Trialist		Stephen McKeown			27y, 11m, 24d
			Ross McCord		Bryan Hodge			21y, 9m, 18d
			David McKenna		Liam Buchanan			24y, 3m, 14d
			Michael Mullen		Kris Doolan			22y, 7m, 0d
			Stuart Devine		Trialist
								26y, 0m, 18d
			Myles Hogarth		Ryan Scully			16y, 8m, 12d
			Paul Murphy		David Rowson			32y, 9m, 27d
			Craig Young		Jim Hamilton			33y, 5m, 2d
			Ross McEwan		Paul Cairney			21y, 10m, 12d
			Nathan Taggart		Chris Erskine			22y, 5m, 3d
			Liam Corr		Ian Maxwell			34y, 2m, 9d
			Trialist
			Trialist
			Trialist

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Match Report

TTA report

After a bright start when a Buchanan shot was saved, Stirling took the lead (26) with a flick from a free-kick. They could have made it 2-0 before half-time but wasted the chance. Thistle pressed in the second half and Cairney scored with a penalty (foul, 80) but the home team caused problems right to the end.

Media report

11-Jul-2009, ptfc.co.uk

The doors officially opened on Thistle's pre-season build up this afternoon with a trip to Forthbank to face Second Division Stirling Albion. Included in the Thistle starting eleven for this match were new signings Patrick Boyle, Martyn Corrigan and Bryan Hodge while Jim Hamilton and Chris Erskine took up places on the substitute bench.

Thistle quickly settled into a nice rhythm and following some crisp passing involving Bryan Hodge and the Spanish trialist Stephen McKeown sent a shot from the edge of the box just over the bar after just over a minute's play. Thistle were close to an opening goal again after 6 minutes. A pass from Alan Archibald in behind the Stirling defence found Liam Buchanan and his near post shot was pushed away by Christie in the Stirling goal. Stirling were able to threaten the Thistle goal for the first time in the 12th minute. A long ball from defence from Ross Forsyth found David McKenna whose shot was deflected wide for a corner kick. A minute later Thistle felt as if the might have been given a penalty kick when Liam Buchanan went to ground with a Stirling defender in close attention. Referee O'Reilly, however, remained unimpressed. Thistle were playing the better football and in the 22nd minute a nice move involving Kris Doolan and an overlapping Paul Paton ended with the latter's back post cross being headed back towards goal by Liam Buchanan. There was, however, no Thistle player on hand to apply a finish. It was Stirling though that took the lead in the 26th minute with a goal that took almost everyone by surprise. A Stewart Devine free kick was received the merest of touches from the head of Ross Forsyth but it was still sufficient to glance the ball into the corner of the net. From a game that Thistle had been dominating this became a match in which the home side started to cause Thistle some problems and Mullen was close to a second goal for Stirling in the 35th minute but he was unable to direct his shot on target when left with just Tuffey to beat. Mullen again threatened the Thistle goal in the 38th minute but Archibald was swiftly across to snuff out any danger. Thistle really should have been level in the 41st minute. A perfectly weighted pass from Bryan Hodge found Kris Doolan no more than 8 yards from goal but he could only hit his shot off the legs of Christie for an unproductive corner.

Thistle started the second half with Ian Maxwell and Chris Erskine on for Paul Paton and Liam Buchanan a move that saw Stephen McKeown move up front and Martyn Corrigan move to right wing back. Stirling were the first to threaten a goal in the second half with Ross Forsyth seeing a shot blocked after a corner had only been partially cleared. Thistle's first glimpse of a second half goal came in the 54th minute when the trialist saw his near post cross cleared for a corner. Thistle made a further change in the 55th minute when David Rowson replaced Patrick Boyle. Thistle were an inch away from winning a penalty in the 59th minute. A powerful Chris Erskine run was only halted right on the edge of the Stirling penalty area although it was felt that Erskine had just entered the box when he was fouled. As in the norm with pre-season friendlies there were a multitude of changes during the second half and Thistle made another double change in the 65th minute with Jim Hamilton and Paul Cairney coming on in place of Stephen McKeown and Bryan Hodge. The number of changes both sides made clearly impacted on the flow of the game but Thistle were close to an equaliser in the 70th minute but Paul Cairney's fiercely driven shot from 20 yards was always on the rise and it just cleared the Stirling bar. Stirling too were close to a goal in the 73rd minute when Jonny Tuffey was force d to turn a Liam Corr drive round the post for a corner. A nice passing move involving the Trialistnd Kris Doolan offered promise but when the latter's cross was headed back across goal by Jim Hamilton the ball was cleared for a corner before the Trialistould manage a shot. Hogarth was unable to gather the corner that followed but Chris Erskine was crowded out before he managed to fire a shot towards the Stirling goal. Thistle were awarded a penalty in the 79th minute when Chris Erskine was fouled inside the box. Paul Cairney was the man entrusted with the penalty and he lashed the ball high into the net from the spot.

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PTFC Match Programme,1st August, 2009

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 135th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 21-year-old Bryan Hodge makes his Thistle debut.

● 22-year-old Chris Erskine makes his Thistle debut.

● 22-year-old Patrick Boyle makes his Thistle debut.

● 31-year-old Martyn Corrigan makes his Thistle debut.

● 33-year-old Jim Hamilton makes his Thistle debut.

● 21-year-old Paul Cairney makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 37 consecutive competitive appearances for David Rowson, 30th Aug 2008 to date. (Longest run since: Simon Storey - 40 games, 1st Dec 2007 to 24th Sep 2008. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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