15th Jan 2011 Partick Thistle 6 Stirling Albion 1 (SFL First Division - game 17)

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Match Information

46y, 3m, 16d			Ian McCall		John O'Neill
John A. Robertson; Iain Flannigan; Kris Doolan; Chris Erskine
Jackie McNamara; Willie Kinniburgh; Paul Cairney; Simon Donnelly
Kris Doolan (1-0, 23 mins); Iain Flannigan (2-0, 34 mins); Liam Buchanan (3-0, pen 50 mins); Liam Buchanan (4-0, 67 mins); Shaun Fraser (5-0, 74 mins); Jamie Campbell (6-0, 82 mins)					Chris Aitken (6-1, pen 90 mins)
Bryan Hodge					Scott Buist; Ryan Borris; Gordon Smith
					Stephen Stirling (@ 5-0, 78 mins)
Bryan Hodge (Paul Cairney, 65 mins); Liam Buchanan (Shaun Fraser, 69 mins); Iain Flannigan (Jamie Campbell, 75 mins)					Michael Doyle (Andy S. Gibson, HT); Jérôme Heekeng (Stephen Stirling, 58 mins); David Witteveen (Michael Mullen, 58 mins)
23y, 6m, 18d			Scott Fox		Callum Reidford
23y, 8m, 28d			Paul Paton		Michael Doyle
23y, 9m, 26d			Patrick Boyle		Trialist
23y, 3m, 23d			Bryan Hodge		Brian Allison
34y, 9m, 18d			John A. Robertson		Scott Buist
33y, 1m, 2d			Alan Archibald		Chris Aitken
23y, 0m, 0d			Iain Flannigan		Jérôme Heekeng
34y, 4m, 1d			David Rowson		Scott Robertson future Jag
25y, 9m, 19d			Liam Buchanan		Gordon Smith
24y, 1m, 4d			Kris Doolan		David Witteveen
23y, 11m, 7d			Chris Erskine		Ryan Borris
26y, 8m, 5d
30y, 3m, 14d			Bryn Halliwell		Scott Christie
23y, 4m, 17d			Paul Cairney		Andy S. Gibson former Jag
18y, 9m, 22d			Jamie Campbell		Stephen Stirling
17y, 6m, 16d			Shaun Fraser		Paul McHale
26y, 3m, 6d			Martin Grehan		Michael Mullen

Match Report

TTA report

After a bright start by bottom club Albion, Doolan opened for Thistle (23). Paton headed off the line to prevent an equaliser then Flannigan made it 2-0 (34). Buchanan (pen, 50 and 67) and Fraser (74) made it 5-0. Albion were reduced to 10 men then Campbell scored (82) before an Albion penalty (90). “Delighted” (McCall).

Media report

15-Jan-2011, ptfc.co.uk

Manager Ian McCall rung the changes for the visit of Stirling Albion making no fewer than four changes from the side that drew with Falkirk in the Scottish Cup. There were starts for John Robertson, Iain Flannigan, Kris Doolan and Chris Erskine. While there was a slot on the bench for the displaced Paul Cairney, Willie Kinniburgh, Jackie McNamara and Simon Donnelly dropped out the sixteen altogether.

The heavy rain overnight night made for stodgy underfoot conditions, indeed referee Stephen Finnie took a long look at the pitch upon his arrival before passing the pitch fit to play. The opening ten minutes of this game were somewhat stop start but Thistle had their first glimpse of a chance in the 11th minute when Kris Doolan headed the ball onto Liam Buchanan but Buchanan hadn’t times his run correctly and he was flagged for offside. It offered encouragement to Thistle all the same but in the 13th minute it was Stirling that were close to opening the scoring. Good work on the right from Scott Robertson gave trialist Witteveen a chance and his shot was only just wide of Scott Fox’s right hand post. Play was opening out at this stage and a minute after Witteveen’s chance Thistle had their clearest chance yet, Liam Buchanan seeing his shot well saved by Reidford in the Stirling goal. Leading scorer Kris Doolan threatened the Stirling goal in the 20th and then the 23rd minute but he did finally provide Thistle with the goal their play deserved in the 23rd minute. Thistle enjoyed the break of the ball after David Rowson had knocked the ball into the Stirling box and Doolan had no hesitation in accepting the chance that came his way, drilling the ball into the bet for his 8th goal of the season and his 4th against Stirling Albion. Stirling had played some good football when they came forward and Thistle were twice close too losing their hard fought advantage. Careless play resulted in a Stirling free kick on the right edge of the Thistle box. Thistle escaped that time when the free kick struck the wall but in the 31st minute Thistle required a well placed Paul Paton to head off the line. Stirling were close again a minute later when Witteveen sent the ball wide after being set up by Gordon Smith. In next to no time though Thistle would be 2-0 ahead. Liam Buchanan missed a great chance after being sent clear in the 33rd minute but a minute later Iain Flannigan sent an unstoppable shot high into the Stirling Albion net. There were no other goals before the break although Scott Fox had to produce a smart save to deny Jerome Heekeng and Iain Flannigan saw his shot curl away from the Stirling goal after being set up by Liam Buchanan.

Five minutes after the restart we saw a real rarity – a Thistle penalty. After a year since Thistle’s last penalty the referee pointed to the spot after David Rowson was brought down. Liam Buchanan was the man entrusted to take the kick and he calmly sent the ball into the net. Further goals were looking likely at this point and but from some excellent saves from Callum Reidford they would surely have followed at regular intervals. The Stirling keeper saving well from Doolan, twice, and Liam Buchanan. Thistle did finally have a 4th goal in the 67th minute. Iain Flannigan’s corner from the left went all the way to the back post where Liam Buchanan was able to nod home his second goal of the season. Eight minutes later and Thistle had a fifth goal. Shaun Fraser had replaced Liam Buchanan and within minutes of coming on he had collected a pass from David Rowson and calmly knocked the ball into the net. The misery was heaped upon Stirling three minutes after Fraser’s goal when Stephen Stirling was shown a straight card after a late challenge on Paul Paton. With 8 minutes of the game remaining the three Thistle subs combined to score a 6th goal. Paul Cairney sent Shaun Fraser through on goal and although Reidford denied him a second goal he couldn’t deny Jamie Campbell his first ever senior goal and he volleyed home the rebound. There was time for a 7th goal of the afternoon but it was a goal for Stirling. Right on the full-time whistle they were awarded what looked a rather soft penalty. Chris Aitken duly converted the kick and denied Scott Fox a clean sheet.

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Stats Watch

● Shaun Fraser scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Jamie Campbell scores his only goal for Thistle.

● Liam Buchanan scores his last goals for Thistle, signing off with a brace.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive home games without defeat; 16th Oct 2010 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 20th Oct 2007 to 1st Apr 2008. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 6 home League games without defeat; 16th Oct 2010 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 20th Sep 2008 to 13th Dec 2008. Joint club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911 & 29th Aug 1970 to 6th Nov 1971.)

● 7 competitive games without defeat, 13th Nov 2010 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 12th Feb 2008 to 1st Apr 2008. Joint club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976 & 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Jan 2001.)

● 25 consecutive competitive appearances for Paul Paton, Patrick Boyle (a new personal best) & Liam Buchanan, 24th Jul 2010 to date. (Longest run since: John A. Robertson - 36 games, 10th Oct 2009 to 24th Aug 2010. 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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