4th May 2013 Dumbarton 0 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL First Division - game 36)

matches:2012-13: ← 48game 4901 →

Match Information

			Ian Murray		Alan Archibald			35y, 9m, 21d
					Glenn Daniëls; Liam Lindsay; Aaron Muirhead; Kris Doolan
					Scott Fox; Andy Dowie; Mark McGuigan; Chris Erskine
Andy Graham (Nick Phinn, HT); Garry Fleming (Jim Lister, 70 mins); Chris Turner (Adam Asghar, 75 mins)					Christie Elliott (Chris Erskine, 71 mins); Steven Lawless (Jordan Leyden, 77 mins); Kris Doolan (Mark McGuigan, 84 mins)
			Jamie Ewings		Glenn Daniëls			18y, 10m, 4d
			future Jag Paul McGinn		Jordan McMillan			24y, 6m, 18d
			Jim Creaney		Aaron Taylor-Sinclair			22y, 0m, 26d
			Andy Graham		Stuart Bannigan			20y, 7m, 17d
			Scott Smith		Liam Lindsay			17y, 6m, 22d
			former Jag Chris Turner		Conrad Balatoni			22y, 3m, 7d
			Mark Gilhaney		Steven Lawless			22y, 0m, 22d
			Scott Agnew		Aaron Muirhead			22y, 8m, 4d
			Garry Fleming		Kris Doolan			26y, 4m, 23d
			Bryan Prunty		Ross Forbes			24y, 2m, 1d
			Steven McDougall		Christie Elliott			21y, 11m, 8d
								22y, 1m, 7d
			Steve Grindlay		Scott Fox			25y, 10m, 6d
			Mark Lamont		Chris Erskine			26y, 2m, 26d
			Jim Lister		Mark McGuigan			24y, 5m, 27d
			Adam Asghar		Jordan Leyden			17y, 1m, 25d
			Nick Phinn		David Wilson [ii]			18y, 7m, 28d

Match Report

TTA report

A bumpy pitch, a windswept park. This was a dull game but no-one cared. Dumbarton had the better of the few chances on offer. They had a shot cleared off the line and they hit the post. Bannigan missed the best chance when his shot in the second half was blocked. Hard to be critical however. It was a long, hard season.

Media report

04-May-2013, ptfc.co.uk

An otherwise memorable season drew to a low key finish as Dumbarton and Thistle played out a goalless draw in difficult windy conditions at Dumbarton. Alan Archibald’s final team selection of the season was hampered by the non-availability of a number of players but on the plus side he was able to welcome Aaron Muirhead back following his period of suspension. There were debuts for on loan goalkeeper Glenn Daniëls and young centre Liam Lindsay. With the Thistle fans in excellent spirits there was a real party atmosphere off the pitch but events on the park didn’t match the off field festivities.

Although Thistle were probably marginally the better of the two sides in the opening 45 minutes they never truly tested Ewings in the Dumbarton goal. The Dumbarton keeper made comfortable, routine saves from Christie Elliott and Ross Forbes while Elliott saw his shot from the edge of the Dumbarton penalty box blocked by a defender. The closest that Thistle came to a goal in the first half was a Jordan McMillan volley following a Stuart Bannigan cross that was blocked for a corner. Kris Doolan too came close but couldn’t get enough of a touch to a cross from the left to divert the ball into the net. There wasn’t a lot of action at the other end either although it was Dumbarton that were the closest to scoring a first half goal. Conrad Balatoni was well placed to clear a net bound Scott Agnew effort off the line in the 28th minute.

If anything the second half was an even more low key affair than the first half had been. As the afternoon wore on the already stiff wind got stronger and stronger. With Thistle playing directly into the wind there were times where it was a struggle to clear the ball such was the strength of the wind. At one stage Dumbarton won a series of corners in quick succession as Thistle simply couldn’t clear the ball from their own penalty area. As they had been in the first half it was Dumbarton that came the closest to breaking the deadlock. Scott Agnew, who had had a shot cleared off the line in the first half, was desperately unlucky to see his shot beat Daniels but hit the inside of the post and bounce clear. Thistle’s best chance of a winning goal fell to Stuart Bannigan who really should have scored after being set up by substitute Chris Erskine. Aaron Sinclair was close as well with a shot from the edge of the box that was deflected just wide of goal. Although Thistle were unable to end the season with a win they did extend their unbeaten run in the league to an 18th game and extended their winning margin at the top of the First Division to eleven points. Season 2012-2013 will certainly go down as one of the more memorable seasons in Thistle’s long history.

Video Highlights

(credit: Scott Cant )

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Stats Watch

● The closing game of the 138th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 17-year-old Jordan Leyden makes his Thistle debut.

● 17-year-old Liam Lindsay makes his Thistle debut.

● 18-year-old Glenn Daniëls plays his one and only game for Thistle and joins our goalies' clean-sheet debutants club.

● Glenn Daniëls becomes the first Belgian to play for Thistle.

● Belgium becomes the 32nd country/territory to birth a Jag.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 10th Apr 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 12 games, 19th Jan 2013 to 2nd Apr 2013. Joint club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976 & 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Jan 2001.)

● 9 away League games without defeat; 16th Feb 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 7th Oct 2000 to 13th Feb 2001. Club-record: 13 games; 5th Dec 1970 to 11th Sep 1971.)

● 9 competitive away games without defeat; 16th Feb 2013 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 11 games; 29th Sep 1962 to 14th Mar 1963.)

● 18 League games without defeat, 19th Jan 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 18 games; 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Feb 2001. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 32 consecutive competitive appearances for Conrad Balatoni, 14th Oct 2012 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Chris Erskine - 70 games, 27th Aug 2011 to 2nd Mar 2013. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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