25th Aug 2009 Partick Thistle 1 Queen of the South 2 (League Cup 2nd Round)

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Match Information

44y, 10m, 26d			Ian McCall		Gordon Chisholm former Jag
Patrick Boyle; Stephen McKeown; Liam Buchanan; Simon Donnelly
Bryan Hodge; Ian Maxwell; Kris Doolan; Jim Hamilton
Simon Donnelly (1-0, 30 mins)					David Weatherston (1-1, 63 mins); David Weatherston (1-2, 90 mins)
Liam Buchanan (Jim Hamilton, 63 mins); Mark Corcoran (Chris Erskine, 76 mins); Stephen McKeown (Martyn Corrigan, 84 mins)					Stewart Kean (David Weatherston, 61 mins); Stephen McKenna (Rocco Quinn, 61 mins); Barry Wilson (Willie McLaren, 74 mins)
22y, 7m, 5d			Jonny Tuffey		Ludovic Roy future Jag
22y, 4m, 7d			Paul Paton		Craig Reid
22y, 5m, 5d			Patrick Boyle		Bob Harris
21y, 11m, 27d			Paul Cairney		Stephen McKenna
33y, 4m, 28d			John A. Robertson		David Lilley former Jag
31y, 8m, 12d			Alan Archibald		Marc McAusland
28y, 1m, 8d			Stephen McKeown		Barry Wilson
32y, 11m, 11d			David Rowson		Steve Tosh
24y, 4m, 29d			Liam Buchanan		Derek Holmes
34y, 8m, 24d			Simon Donnelly		Stewart Kean
28y, 8m, 26d			Mark Corcoran		Paul Burns
27y, 6m, 31d
37y, 3m, 20d			Craig Hinchliffe		David Hutton
32y, 1m, 11d			Martyn Corrigan		Rocco Quinn
33y, 6m, 16d			Jim Hamilton		Jamie McQuilken
22y, 8m, 14d			Kris Doolan		Willie McLaren
22y, 6m, 17d			Chris Erskine		David Weatherston

Match Report

TTA report

Poor defending from the start almost cost Thistle dear. They came on to a game, but didn't seriously threaten. Donnelly beat they keeper all ends up with a free-kick (30). Queens equalised (from 6 yards, 63) then Rowson went close from 30 yards. The winner (looking suspiciously offside) came on 90.

Media report

25-Aug-2009, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle's pre-match preparation for this game was disrupted by the late withdrawal of Bryan Hodge with suspected conjunctivitis. David Rowson, expected to be rested for this fixture, was drafted in his place. Elsewhere there were starts for Patrick Boyle, Stephen McKeown, Liam Buchanan and Simon Donnelly as Ian McCall shuffled his personnel if not the system.

They was an early scare for Thistle inside the first minute of the game when Jonny Tuffey was unable to gather a cross but when the ball broke loose play was halted for a free kick. Whether Thistle late change to the team unsettled things is not clear but there was a degree of defensive uncertainty in the opening exchanges of this game. In the 5th minute a poor Alan Archibald clearance gave Derek Holmes an opportunity although Jonny Tuffey was well placed to save. A minute Thistle Queens again nearly profited from some poor Thistle defending but this time Paul Burns could only hit the side netting. Tuffey was called into action again in the 10th minute when Holmes tested him with a low shot from the edge of the box but Tuffey was again able to save with a degree of comfort. Thistle gradually began to get into their stride although Liam Buchanan rather wasted a promising position when he put too much pace on a cross from the right hand side. It was the signal for Thistle's best passage of play in the game up to this stage but despite winning a series of corners in fairly quick succession they weren't able to force Roy into making a save. Indeed in the 25th minute Queen of the South were close to opening the scoring. Thistle's defensive uncertainty was again exposed when Paul Burns was able to steal in between two Thistle defenders but his header went the wrong side of the goal and the game remained ties at 0-0. Thistle though took the lead on the half hour mark. Thistle won a free kick a few yards outside the Queens box. Paul Cairney and Simon Donnelly stood over the ball with the latter taking the free kick and beating Ludovic Roy all ends up to score his third goal of the season. Queens were first to threaten at the start of the second half and Barry Wilson saw his shot take a touch off a Thistle defender on its way past with Tuffey doing well to punch the corner clear under pressure at his near post. Thistle though began to put the Queens defence under some sustained pressure. Liam Buchanan did well to push a Boyle cross into the path of Simon Donnelly who saw his shot blocked by a Queens defender and in the 54th minute a great Corcoran cross just needed a touch from a friendly foot to produce a second Thistle goal. In the 62nd minute Thistle made their first change with Jim Hamilton coming on for Liam Buchanan. Before Hamilton had a chance to make an impact Queens were level. Scorer of the winning goal on Saturday was able to latch onto a cross from the right and from six yards lifted the ball into the net. In the 65th minute Thistle were close to re-establishing their lead. A fierce David Rowson shot from fully 30 yards out looked to be touched over the bar by Roy but there was no Thistle corner. With 15 minutes of the game remaining Thistle made a second change with Chris Erskine coming on in place of Mark Corcoran. With extra-time seven minutes away Thistle made a further change with Martyn Corrigan coming on for Stephen McKeown. A goal at this point would surely be a winner and Thistle twice got into good positions in the Queens box. Roy did well to grab hold of a Rowson cross at his near post before a Chris Erskine cut back found no Thistle player moving towards the near post. The fourth official has just signalled two minutes of injury time when Queens scored a contentious winning goal. There was no flag for offside when the ball was played through to Weatherston who when left with just Tuffey to beat made no mistake.

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BBC, 25th August, 2009

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● Thistle lose a third consecutive competitive game versus Queen of the South, the H2H joint-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 44 consecutive competitive appearances for David Rowson, 30th Aug 2008 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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