30th Oct 2010 Partick Thistle 1 Cowdenbeath 0 (SFL First Division - game 11)

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Match Information

46y, 1m, 0d			Ian McCall		Jimmy Nicholl
Scott Fox; Conrad Balatoni; Liam Buchanan; Chris Erskine
Bryn Halliwell; Jackie McNamara; Alan Archibald; Willie Kinniburgh
Liam Buchanan (1-0, 53 mins)
Patrick Boyle; Liam Buchanan					Colin Cameron; Craig Winter
Kris Doolan (Martin Grehan, 71 mins); Chris Erskine (Stuart Bannigan, 87 mins)					Mark Smith (Brian Fairbairn, 66 mins); Jon Robertson (Greg Stewart, 66 mins)
23y, 4m, 2d			Scott Fox		Ludovic Roy future Jag
23y, 6m, 12d			Paul Paton		Mark Baxter
23y, 7m, 10d			Patrick Boyle		Scott Linton
34y, 6m, 8d			Martin Hardie		Craig Winter
34y, 7m, 2d			John A. Robertson		Mark Smith
19y, 9m, 3d			Conrad Balatoni		Steven Old
22y, 9m, 15d			Iain Flannigan		Jon Robertson
23y, 2m, 1d			Paul Cairney		Colin Cameron
23y, 10m, 19d			Kris Doolan		John Dempster
25y, 7m, 3d			Liam Buchanan		Marc McKenzie
23y, 8m, 22d			Chris Erskine		Mark Ramsay
25y, 3m, 26d
30y, 0m, 29d			Bryn Halliwell		Lee Wilson
18y, 1m, 13d			Stuart Bannigan		Brian Fairbairn
26y, 0m, 21d			Martin Grehan		Lee Sibanda
19y, 6m, 1d			Ross McGeough		Greg Stewart
23y, 1m, 7d			Bryan Hodge		Richard Vauls

Match Report

TTA report

There were some first half chances when Hardie and Paton went close but it was goalless at half-time. A scrappy build-up but a fine finish by Buchanan gave Thistle the lead 8 minutes after half-time. Chances to make the game safe were missed then trialist Fox had to scramble away a 25 yarder. A narrow but welcome win.

Media report

30-Oct-2010, ptfc.co.uk

Ian McCall made four changes to his side for the visit of Cowdenbeath. Scott Fox was handed a debut in goal as Trialist while Chris Erskine made his first start of the season and Conrad Balatoni his first since the end of August. There was also a start for Liam Buchanan against his former club.

On an afternoon when the wind really chilled the bones it was to Cowdenbeath that the first half chance of the afternoon. A corner from the right was only partially cleared and from the edge of the box Mark Ramsay fired over the bar. It was Thistle though that were the better side for large periods of the first 45 minutes. Thistle had their first glimpse of goal in the 10th minute when Ludovic Roy did well to smother the ball at the feet of Kris Doolan after Martin Hardie had nodded the ball on. Eight minutes later Thistle were a whisker away from taking the lead with Cowdenbeath nearly punished for some slack defending. Chris Erskine was able to nudge the ball into the path of Martin Hardie who saw his shot tipped onto the bar by Roy. When the rebound broke into the path of Kris Doolan the flag went up for offside. Martin Hardie was central to most of Thistle’s better moves and he was able to get his head to an Iain Flannigan corner but as the ball bounced across the box Conrad Balatoni wasn’t able to apply a further touch. Hardie was even closer to giving Thistle a merited lead in the 29th minute. Hardie was fouled some 30 yards from goal and his effort from the free kick that followed was just inches off target with Roy struggling. Thistle continued to the bulk of the pressing although Fox was called on to make a save from a McKenzie shot in the 37th minute. That though was very much an isolated raid on the Thistle goal and Thistle were again close to taking the lead in the 40th minute when a Paul Paton drive following a nice move involving Iain Flannigan was just a matter of inches too high.

After a scrappy opening to the second half with the Cowdenbeath physio on more often than the game was in play, Thistle took a 53rd minute lead. In keeping with the early play in the half it was a scrappy affair. The ball was knocked into the box from the left and after a couple of stabs at the ball it fell to Liam Buchanan who turned before lifting the ball high into the net for his first league goal of the season. Twice just past the hour mark Thistle came close to extending their lead. Firstly the ball just evaded Kris Doolan just when he looked set to add to his tally for the season and then Roy was forced to turn a well-placed Paul Cairney shot round the post for a corner. Iain Flannigan’s corners were again a threat and in the 68th minute Martin Hardie was able to get his head to Flannigan’s corner from the right but he couldn’t keep his header down. A one goal lead is always a fragile one and with 13 minutes remaining Cowdenbeath were close to an equaliser. Brian Fairbairn’s speculative shot from 30 yards nearly caught Fox out but he did well to scramble the ball round the post for a corner. In the final minute Thistle were close to sealing win. Martin Grehan’s deft pass put Liam Buchanan clear on goal but he was denied a second goal of the afternoon when his shot was touched wide for an unproductive corner.

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Stats Watch

● 23-year-old Scott Fox makes his Thistle debut and joins our goalies' clean-sheet debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 17 consecutive competitive appearances for Paul Paton, Patrick Boyle (a new personal best) & Liam Buchanan, 24th Jul 2010 to date. (Longest run since: David Rowson - 24 games, 27th Feb 2010 to 25th Sep 2010. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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