13th Feb 2010 Partick Thistle 2 Airdrie United 0 (SFL First Division - game 23)

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45y, 4m, 14d	Ian McCall	Kenny Black

Alan Archibald; Paul Cairney; Simon Donnelly
Ian Maxwell; Steve Lovell; Chris Erskine

Paul Cairney (1-0, 29 mins); Paul Cairney (2-0, 41 mins)
David Rowson; Bryan Hodge		Tom Parratt; Alan Trouten; Scott Gemmill; Frank Lagana
David Rowson (@ 2-0, 90 mins)		Alan Trouten (@ 2-0, 85 mins)
Simon Donnelly (Chris Erskine, 62 mins); Mark Corcoran (Steve Lovell, 62 mins); Bryan Hodge (Paul Paton, 80 mins)		Ryan McCann (Alan Trouten, HT); Kevin McDonald (Scott Gemmill, HT); Frank Lagana (Paul Keegan, 76 mins)

23y, 0m, 24d	Jonny Tuffey	Stephen Robertson
32y, 6m, 30d	Martyn Corrigan	Tom Parratt
22y, 9m, 16d	Ryan Conroy	Paul Lovering
22y, 4m, 21d	Bryan Hodge	Simon Storey former Jag
33y, 10m, 16d	John A. Robertson	Marc Smyth former Jag
32y, 2m, 0d	Alan Archibald	Frank Lagana
22y, 5m, 15d	Paul Cairney	Ryan McCann former Jag
33y, 4m, 30d	David Rowson	Kevin McDonald
24y, 10m, 17d	Liam Buchanan	Diarmuid O'Carroll
35y, 2m, 12d	Simon Donnelly	Scott McLaughlin
29y, 2m, 14d	Mark Corcoran	Ricky Waddell former Jag

28y, 4m, 13d

29y, 4m, 12d	Bryn Halliwell	Lee Hollis
23y, 0m, 5d	Chris Erskine	Paul Keegan former Jag
29y, 2m, 7d	Steve Lovell	Scott Gemmill
25y, 4m, 4d	Martin Grehan	Alan Trouten
22y, 9m, 26d	Paul Paton	David Nixon

TTA report

Cairney pounced on a loose ball (29) then Airdrie hit the bar (34). Cairney scored again just on half-time with a low shot. Lovell hit the post (67). Airdrie went down to 10 men (85, 2nd yellow, taking a free-kick too soon!), as did Thistle when Rowson walked (86, reason known only to ref). Should have been more (goals, not cards).

Media report

13-Feb-2010, ptfc.co.uk

After a fortnight with a game manager Ian McCall has made three changes to the side that lost to Inverness in their last outing. Suspended Ian Maxwell is replaced by Alan Archibald himself returning from a period of suspension while Paul Cairney and Simon Donnelly return at the expense of Chris Erskine and Steve Lovell. This game took a little time to get warmed up. A Ryan Conroy free kick from wide on the Thistle right that caused the Airdrie defence some problems being the only incident of the game's open skirmishes. Indeed we would need to wait until the 12th minute for the game's first shot on target and even then Jonny Tuffey was well placed to save Tom Parratt's shot. Thistle though were close to a goal in the 25th minute. Referee MacDonald spotting an off the ball infringement which earned Thistle a free kick directly in front of goal no more than a step outside the box. Ryan Conroy was the man to take the free kick and he saw his shot slip just the wrong side of Robertson's left hand post. Four minutes later and Thistle were in front. David Rowson and Liam Buchanan exchanged passes with the latter's shot saved but not held by Robertson. Paul Cairney following in was the first to the loose ball and he bundled it into the net. It was a lead that Thistle nearly held for just five minutes. Coming forward former Thistle defender Marc Smyth was able to latch onto a ball inside the Thistle box before promptly smacking the ball off the Thistle crossbar. It proved to be a significant miss as with half-time just 4 minutes away Thistle doubled their lead. The scorer was once again Paul Cairney taking his tally for the season to an impressive eight. Mark Corcoran set him up for this goal with Cairney turning sharply before burying a shot low past Robertson and into the corner of the net. There could even have been a third Thistle goal before the break but Liam Buchanan was rather harshly penalised for a tug on an Airdrie defender and play was halted for a free kick.

That this game wasn't yet won was emphasised five minutes after the restart. Airdrie sub Scott Gemmill appeared to be barged to the ground for what looked a stick on penalty only for referee MacDonald to decide otherwise. Seconds later there was a further reprieve for Thistle when Alan Trouten fired wide from an excellent position inside the box. Gemmill was continuing to cause the Thistle defence problems and a run towards the Thistle goal was only halted by a perfectly times tackle from Martryn Corrigan. The decision to book Gemmill when he hit the ground was a curious one to say the least. In the 67th minute Thistle were close to sealing the points. Liam Buchanan set up Steve Lovell, now on a sub for Simon Donnelly, and his shot struck the inside of the post before rolling across the goal line. There was still plenty life in this game and in the 76th minute Thistle had Jonny Tuffey to thank for maintaining Thistle's two goal advantage denying Parratt with an excellent blocking save. As Thistle broke clear a Ryan Conroy cross just failed to pick out Liam Buchanan. Chris Erskine, as he did the last time the two teams met, was causing Airdrie major problems and he was close to sealing Thistle's victory only to see his shot blocked by an Airdrie defender. Airdrie were having absolutely no luck at all and with five minutes remaining they found themselves down to ten men in highly unfortunate circumstances. After being awarded a free kick just a few yards outside the box Trouten sent the ball into the back of the net. Referee MacDonald though had blown his whistle, disallowed the goal and handed Trouten a second yellow card and off he went. A minute later Thistle were also down to ten in fairly baffling circumstances as David Rowson flashed a second yellow at Rowson. With the 90 minutes all but over Thistle should have scored a third goal. Liam Buchanan sprung the offside trap before laying the ball on a plate for Paul Paton only for Paton fail to make contact with the ball.

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