15th Feb 2011 Cowdenbeath 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 20)

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Match Information

			Jimmy Nicholl		Ian McCall			46y, 4m, 16d
					Scott Fox; Paul Paton; Ryan McGowan; Iain Flannigan
					Graeme Shepherd; Willie Kinniburgh; Paul Cairney; Chris Erskine
Archie Campbell (0-1, pen 8 mins)					Iain Flannigan (1-1, 85 mins)
Joe Mbu; Craig Winter					Ryan McGowan; David Rowson; Paul Paton
Joe Mbu (Jon Robertson, 78 mins); Greg Stewart (Lewis Coult, 84 mins)					Bryan Hodge (Paul Cairney, HT); Martin Grehan (Chris Erskine, 60 mins); Ryan McGowan (Simon Donnelly, 71 mins)
			David Hay		Scott Fox			23y, 7m, 18d
			John Armstrong		Paul Paton			23y, 9m, 28d
			Kenny Adamson		Patrick Boyle			23y, 10m, 26d
			Lee Makel		Bryan Hodge			23y, 4m, 23d
			Craig Winter		John A. Robertson			34y, 10m, 18d
			Joe Mbu		Alan Archibald			33y, 2m, 2d
			Archie Campbell		Ryan McGowan			21y, 6m, 0d
			Mark Ramsay		David Rowson			34y, 5m, 1d
			Greg Stewart		Kris Doolan			24y, 2m, 4d
			Stevie Crawford		Martin Grehan			26y, 4m, 6d
			Kyle Miller		Iain Flannigan			23y, 1m, 0d
								26y, 6m, 30d
			future Jag Ludovic Roy		Graeme Shepherd			18y, 11m, 1d
			Scott Linton		Chris Erskine			24y, 0m, 7d
			Lewis Coult		Simon Donnelly			36y, 2m, 14d
			Jon Robertson		Conrad Balatoni			20y, 0m, 19d
			Marc McKenzie		Paul Cairney			23y, 5m, 17d

Match Report

TTA report

Still affected by a bug, Thistle struggled early on. A dubious pen (8) gave Cowdenbeath the lead. Thistle came back into it but couldn't find a goal. Flannigan hit the bar but he scored with a neat finish, cutting in from the left (85). Another away game in which it should have been 3 points on chances made.

Media report

15-Feb-2011, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle left it late this evening to grab a point in a game in which the outcome hinged on several contentious decisions. The pre-match news centred on the virus that has been hanging low over Firhill in the last week or so. While Scott Fox was sufficiently recovered to take his place in the Thistle goal and Chris Erskine enough to take up a place among the five subs, the bug ruled out Willie Kinniburgh, Jackie McNamara and Shaun Fraser for this fixture. There was a start for new loan signing Ryan McGowan while Paul Paton and Iain Flannigan, subs at Dumfries at the weekend, started this fixture. It was a game that also marked David Rowson’s 200th as a Thistle player.

Cowdenbeath, desperate for points in their fight against relegation tried to make an early impression in this game and inside the first minute an excellent cross from the left from Kenny Adamson had the Thistle defence struggling to clear the ball. As the home side continued to press in the opening minutes, Mark Ramsay was able to wriggle his way past a couple of Thistle challenges in the box before Scott Fox was able to smother the bar. Thistle’s first attempt meantime came in the 4th minute. When Iain Flannigan was able to get a free kick through the Cowdenbeath defensive wall but not beyond David Hay in the Cowdenbeath goal. The game’s first controversial moment arrived in the 6th minute. The far side referee assistant drew his attention to the ball striking a Thistle hand inside the penalty box. The view of most observers was, however, was that it had struck a Cowdenbeath rather than a Thistle hand and there were vociferous protests over the penalty that followed. After a lengthy delay Archie Campbell fairly slammed home the spot kick. Thistle took a bit of time to recover from the loss of that goal and Greig Stewart wasn’t too far away from extending their lead in the 11th minute with a shot that went over the Thistle bar. Gradually though Thistle began to assert themselves. In the 13th minute Kris Doolan was just unable to force the ball home from inside the six yard box following an Iain Flannigan corner kick. Six minutes later Ryan McGowan was given an excellent opportunity to notch a debut goal. Martin Grehan set him up but when left with just Hay to beat his finish was week and the Cowdenbeath keeper was left with a comfortable save to make. It took Thistle until the 42nd minute, however, to create an opening as clear as that. Kris Doolan was able to set Martin Grehan clear on goal. Grehan, after cutting inside to find a better angle, was able to get his shot passed Hay but a Cowdenbeath defender was able to get back in time to clear off the line.

Five minutes into the second half and it was the turn of Paddy Boyle to see an effort cleared from close to the goal line. Iain Flannigan set Boyle up and Hay got just enough of a touch to his shot to take a little of the pace off it allowing a defender to get back and clear. As much as Thistle were doing the bulk of pressing, Cowdenbeath were still close to a second goal in the 59th minute with Stewart just a bout a foot too high with an angled drive. It was Thistle though that were the side on top but as time continued to slip by so a second Central Park defeat of the season became more and more likely. When an Iain Flannigan shot spun up and struck the bar and Paul Cairney looked to be fouled just as he was set to tuck the ball home, it really did look as if it wouldn’t be Thistle’s night. An equaliser did, however, arrive with just five minutes remaining. Iain Flannigan netting for the second game in a row with a tidy finish as he cut inside from the left flank. There was even time still for Thistle to come close to scoring a winning goal. Iain Flannigan brought out a fine save from David Hay and Simon Donnelly was only marginally off target with a chipped effort from 40 yards out after Cowdenbeath had made a mess of clearing the ball. There was though to be no Thistle winner and two away games that could, and perhaps should, have yielded six points but brought just two.

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Stats Watch

● 21-year-old Ryan McGowan makes his Thistle debut.

● Iain Flannigan scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 League games without defeat, 13th Nov 2010 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 16th Feb 2008 to 1st Apr 2008. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Paul Paton & Patrick Boyle (a new personal best), 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.)

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