19th Jul 2011 Dumbarton 4 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Alan Adamson		Jackie McNamara			37y, 8m, 25d
					Ryan Scully; Jamie Campbell; Johnny Lindsay; Conrad Balatoni; Aaron Sekhon; Ryan Scanlon; David Wilson [ii]; Martin Grehan; Shaun Fraser; Jack Boyle
					Scott Fox; Paul Paton; Aaron Taylor-Sinclair; Willie Kinniburgh; Alan Archibald; Paul Cairney; David Rowson; Kris Doolan; Iain Flannigan; Chris Erskine
Craig Sutherland (0-1, 27 mins); Scott Agnew (1-2, 68 mins); Pat Walker (1-3, 82 mins); Keiran Brannan (1-4, 89 mins)					Kieran Burns (1-1, pen 61 mins)
Ryan Borris (Keiran Brannan, 70 mins); Craig Sutherland (Pat Walker, 70 mins); Bryan Prunty (Graeme Ramage, 70 mins)					Ryan Scanlon (Kieran Burns, HT); Shaun Fraser (Dale Keenan, HT); Conrad Balatoni (Gavin Griffin, 57 mins); Stuart Bannigan (Jordan McGrotty, 57 mins)
			Steve Grindlay		Ryan Scully			18y, 8m, 20d
			Jamie Lyden		Jamie Campbell			19y, 3m, 25d
			Kevin Nicoll		Johnny Lindsay			18y, 9m, 3d
			Tony Wallace		Stuart Bannigan			18y, 10m, 2d
			Alan Lithgow		Conrad Balatoni			20y, 5m, 22d
			Mark Gilhaney		Aaron Sekhon			17y, 0m, 2d
			Ryan Borris		Ryan Scanlon			19y, 1m, 20d
			Martin McBride		David Wilson [ii]			16y, 10m, 13d
			Bryan Prunty		Martin Grehan			26y, 9m, 10d
			Scott Agnew		Shaun Fraser			18y, 0m, 19d
			Craig Sutherland		Jack Boyle			21y, 0m, 10d
								19y, 6m, 16d
			Ross Meldrum		James Wightman			17y, 5m, 3d
			Pat Walker		Dale Keenan			17y, 0m, 22d
			Graeme Ramage		Jordan McGrotty			17y, 5m, 9d
			Keiran Brannan		Gavin Griffin			17y, 10m, 2d
			Adam Monaghan		Kieran Burns			19y, 3m, 25d
			Ryan Metcalfe
			Reece Pearson

notes

Jack Boyle and Ryan Scanlon played as trialists.

Match Report

TTA report

A very inexperienced Thistle side had a few half chances before Dumbarton took the lead in off a post (27). The home team had most of the play but a soft penalty by Burns (61) made it 1-1. A free-kick 7 minutes later made it 2-1 and 2 goals in the last 8 minutes made it comprehensive as Thistle's young line-up faded.

Media report

19-Jul-2011, ptfc.co.uk

It was a largely youthful and inexperienced Thistle side that faced Dumbarton in the final pre-season outing. New Modern Apprentices Aaron Sekhon and David Wilson were given the chance to impress with a place in the starting eleven while Dale Keenan, Gavin Griffin and James Wightman all took up places on the bench. Also included were trialists Jack Boyle, unable to play since Blyth due to injury, and Ryan Scanlon.

The more experienced home side made the brighter start and there were loud appeals for a Dumbarton penalty after less than 2 minutes when the ball took an awkward bounce and struck Sekhon on the arm. Referee Conroy, however, wasn’t interested. Thistle after a shaky opening few minutes soon found their stride and while the side may have lacked experience there was plenty to be encouraged about in the game’s opening quarter. Stuart Bannigan and David Wilson were impressing in the midfield for Thistle and the latter was at the heart of the move that really should have produced an opening goal in the 9th minute. Wilson’s lovely through ball was collected by Martin Grehan whose cross was turned over the bar by trialist Jack Boyle who really should have scored. Boyle was close again to scoring just three minutes later. Again David Wilson was heavily involved as he slipped the ball through to Boyle who was denied by a good save to his right by Grindlay in the Dumbarton goal. It would be Dumbarton, however, that would take a 27th minute lead. Craig Sutherland was able to escape the attention of the Thistle defence and he beat Scully with a shot that entered the net via the inside of Scully’s left hand post. This was Dumbarton’s best spell in the game and they were close to doubling their lead on the half hour mark. Mark Gilhaney’s tricky run inside the Thistle box presented him with a shooting opportunity but Scully was down sharply to his right to keep the ball out.

There was little else off note until the 4th minute of the second half when Thistle spurned a good chance to level the game. Jack Boyle was able to get clear of the home defence but with just the Dumbarton keeper to beat he rather snatched at his hot with the result that the ball went harmlessly wide of goal. Thistle were back on level terms, however, just past the hour mark. Referee Conroy who had turned down three strong appeals for Dumbarton penalties, did point to the spot when sub Jordan McGrotty was barged in the box. Kieran Burns was the man entrusted with taking the penalty and he confidently found the bottom corner of the net to draw Thistle level. Seven minutes later Dumbarton were back in front. Referee Conroy had spent much of the night making some, to the crowd at least, curious decisions. One of which was to award Dumbarton a free kick at the right hand corner of the Thistle box. Soft free kick or not, there was no questioning the quality of Scott Agnew’s curling finish from the set piece. It was Dumbarton that were doing all the pressing at this point and Agnew wasn’t far away from extending their lead with a shot that bounced the wrong side of Ryan Scully’s left hand post. With eight minutes of the game remaining Dumbarton clinched the win with a third goal. Ryan Scully initially looked as he had managed to get enough of a hand to Pat Walker’s shot to keep it out but the ball trickled over the line. There was still time for another Dumbarton goal with sub Brannan firing home from 20 yards out as the young Thistle team started to run out of steam.

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Milngavie & Bearsden Herald, 20th July, 2011

Stats Watch

● 16-year-old David Wilson [ii] makes his Thistle debut.

● 17-year-old Dale Keenan makes his Thistle debut.

● 17-year-old Gavin Griffin makes his Thistle debut.

● 17-year-old Aaron Sekhon plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 19-year-old Ryan Scanlon plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Kieran Burns scores his only goal for Thistle.

● 17-year-old Jordan McGrotty plays his last game for Thistle.

● 18-year-old Shaun Fraser plays his last game for Thistle.

● 21-year-old Jack Boyle plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Chris Erskine, 25th Sep 2010 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Paul Paton - 36 games, 24th Jul 2010 to 19th Mar 2011. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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