6th Jul 2013 Partick Thistle 1 Gateshead 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

35y, 11m, 23d			Alan Archibald		Anth Smith
Scott Fox; Stephen O'Donnell; Hugh Murray; David Wilson [ii]; James Craigen; Rory Boulding; Mark McGuigan
Glenn Daniëls; Jordan McMillan; Stuart Bannigan; Liam Lindsay; Steven Lawless; Kris Doolan; Christie Elliott
John Baird (1-2, 80 mins)					Robbie Briggs (0-1, 2 mins); James Marwood (0-2, 40 mins)
none (1-2, 80 mins)					Liam Hatch (0-1, 2 mins); none (0-2, 40 mins)
Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (Jordan McMillan, HT); Hugh Murray (Simón Colina, HT); David Wilson [ii] (Mark Kerr, HT); James Craigen (Gary Fraser, HT); Rory Boulding (John Baird, HT); Ross Forbes (Christie Elliott, HT); Mark McGuigan (Kris Doolan, HT); Conrad Balatoni (Neal Trotman, 65 mins)					Adam Bartlett (Jordan Nixon, HT); Craig Baxter (Lewis Galpin, HT); James Curtis (Joe Tait, HT); Carl Magnay (Ben Clark, HT); Luke O'Brien (Dan Smith, HT); Jamie Chandler (Micky Cummins, HT); David Louhoungou (Lee Bullock, HT); Robbie Briggs (Phil Turnbull, HT); James Marwood (Colin Larkin, HT); Liam Hatch (James Brown, HT); Richard Brodie (Adam Boyes, HT)
26y, 0m, 8d			Scott Fox		Adam Bartlett
21y, 1m, 25d			Stephen O'Donnell		Craig Baxter
22y, 2m, 28d			Aaron Taylor-Sinclair		James Curtis
22y, 5m, 9d			Conrad Balatoni		Carl Magnay future Jag
22y, 10m, 6d			Aaron Muirhead		Luke O'Brien
34y, 5m, 28d			Hugh Murray		Jamie Chandler
18y, 10m, 0d			David Wilson [ii]		David Louhoungou future Jag
22y, 3m, 8d			James Craigen		Robbie Briggs
24y, 11m, 15d			Rory Boulding		James Marwood
24y, 4m, 3d			Ross Forbes		Liam Hatch
24y, 7m, 29d			Mark McGuigan		Richard Brodie
24y, 0m, 8d
20y, 8m, 7d			Ryan Scully		Jordan Nixon
33y, 10m, 20d			Paul Gallacher		n-a
19y, 0m, 9d			Dale Keenan		Lewis Galpin
17y, 8m, 24d			Liam Lindsay		Joe Tait
24y, 8m, 20d			Jordan McMillan		Ben Clark
22y, 1m, 10d			Christie Elliott		Dan Smith
27y, 10m, 14d			John Baird		Micky Cummins
17y, 7m, 14d			Declan McDaid		Lee Bullock
26y, 6m, 25d			Kris Doolan		Phil Turnbull
31y, 4m, 4d			Mark Kerr		Colin Larkin
26y, 3m, 25d			Neal Trotman		James Brown
19y, 0m, 4d			Gary Fraser		Adam Boyes
18y, 4m, 29d			Simón Colina

notes

Rory Boulding, Mark Kerr, Gary Fraser, Simón Colina and Neal Trotman played as trialists. Thistle listed 2 substitute goalkeepers. Played at New Ferens Park, Durham, the home of Durham City A.F.C.

Match Report

TTA report

A goal in 2 minutes caught Thistle cold (despite the soaring temperature) in a poor first half. A magnificent 30-yard shot beat Fox all ends up for 2-0. With numerous changes and 4 trialists playing at one stage after the break, it was little better. Baird ran on to a pass back for Thistle's solitary goal (80).

Media report

06-Jul-2013, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle’s first public outing of pre-season ended in a disappointing defeat, in difficult conditions, against Gateshead at Durham but that shouldn’t detract any from what was otherwise an excellent week away. The heat and the difficult plastic pitch altered the manager’s approach to the game a little with the result that he fielded virtually two separate teams in each half of a match that in truth amounted to little more than a training game.

Several hundred Thistle fans made the trip, however, and they were disappointed to see their side fall behind as early as the 2nd minute. Collecting a flick from a team mate Rob Briggs had just a little too much time and space inside the Thistle box and his well struck effort beat Scott Fox to his right. The heat was a factor for both sets of players and in the 27th minute the referee, during a break for treatment to a Gateshead player, rather sensibly allowed both teams to take a prolonged breather to get a drink. It wasn’t perhaps any great surprise then that for long spells of the game there was little action in front of either goal. James Craigen did threaten a goal for Thistle in the 13th minute. His own enterprising play at the left corner of the Gateshead box gave him a shooting opportunity but there was no great pace in his shot and the keeper was able to save with some comfort. At the other end Scott Fox had to make a sharp save low to his right in the 19th minute to keep the score at 1-0 while Thistle’s best move of a largely forgettable first half was halted when the flag for offside went up against the trialist striker. The goal though that gave Gateshead a two goal advantage just five minutes before the break was a strike of the highest quality and not entirely in keeping with the rest of the action. James Marwood’s shot from fully 30 yards out swerved to beat Scott Fox who could only stand and watch the ball fly past him and into the back of the net.

Thistle made a whole host of changes at the interval and at one point during the course of the second half they had no fewer than four trialists on the pitch. It was understandable then that with Gateshead also making a large number of changes that there was little rhythm to the match. Thistle were seen a little more as an attacking force during the second 45 minutes. Twice John Baird tried to flick corners from one of the trialists into the net and Aaron Muirhead and another Trialistoth saw shots blocked by defenders after a corner had only been partially cleared. There were signs too that John Baird and Kris Doolan may link up well. After 72 minutes Doolan was able to set Baird up and he in turn saw his shot saved by the Gateshead goalkeeper. It was Baird too that pulled a goal back for Thistle with ten minutes of the game remaining. It was a bit of a gift for the summer signing. He was able to collect a misdirected pass back and when left with just the keeper to beat he calmly rolled the ball wide of him and into the net. There was little time left for Thistle to grab an equaliser with Christie Elliott sending the ball over the bar in the only half chance that came Thistle’s way in the time that remained. The referee blew his whistle for full-time almost a full minute early but on a hot day few in the crowd of 602 were complaining too much about that.

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Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 139th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 18-year-old Simón Colina plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 19-year-old Gary Fraser makes his Thistle debut.

● 24-year-old Rory Boulding plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 26-year-old Neal Trotman makes his Thistle debut.

● 27-year-old John Baird makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club with his one and only goal for Thistle.

● 31-year-old Mark Kerr makes his Thistle debut.

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.)

● 9 competitive home games without defeat; 19th Jan 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 13 games; 14th Apr 2012 to 24th Nov 2012. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 9 home League games without defeat; 19th Jan 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 14th Apr 2012 to 15th Dec 2012. Joint club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911 & 29th Aug 1970 to 6th Nov 1971.)

● 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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