16th Jul 2013 Livingston 0 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Richie Burke		Alan Archibald			36y, 0m, 3d
					Paul Gallacher; Aaron Taylor-Sinclair; Conrad Balatoni; David Louhoungou; Christie Elliott; Kris Doolan
					Scott Fox; Jordan McMillan; Aaron Muirhead; Sean Welsh; James Craigen; John Baird
Jason Talbot; Kyle Lander					Conrad Balatoni; Aaron Taylor-Sinclair
					David Louhoungou (James Craigen, HT); Martin Klein (Neal Trotman, 52 mins); Mark Kerr (John Baird, 55 mins); Kris Doolan (Kane Hemmings, 55 mins); Christie Elliott (Hugh Murray, 68 mins); Steven Lawless (Henoc Mukendi, 74 mins); Stephen O'Donnell (Ross Meechan, 83 mins)
			Darren Jamieson		Paul Gallacher			33y, 11m, 0d
			Callum Fordyce		Stephen O'Donnell			21y, 2m, 5d
			Jason Talbot		Aaron Taylor-Sinclair			22y, 3m, 8d
			Simon Mensing		Conrad Balatoni			22y, 5m, 19d
			Coll Donaldson		Martin Klein			29y, 0m, 14d
			Jack Beaumont		David Louhoungou			24y, 4m, 18d
			Trialist		Christie Elliott			22y, 1m, 20d
			Trialist		Mark Kerr			31y, 4m, 14d
			Marc McNulty		Kris Doolan			26y, 7m, 5d
			Trialist		Ross Forbes			24y, 4m, 13d
			Connor McDonald		Steven Lawless			22y, 3m, 4d
								25y, 5m, 14d
			Kevin Walker		Ryan Scully			20y, 8m, 17d
			Trialist		James Craigen			22y, 3m, 18d
			Neil Hastings		Hugh Murray			34y, 6m, 8d
			Jack Downie		Neal Trotman			26y, 4m, 5d
			future Jag Danny Mullen		John Baird			27y, 10m, 24d
			?		Kane Hemmings			21y, 3m, 8d
			?		Henoc Mukendi			19y, 7m, 26d
					Ross Meechan			18y, 8m, 6d

notes

David Louhoungou, Martin Klein, Mark Kerr, Neal Trotman, Kane Hemmings, Henoc Mukendi and Ross Meechan played as trialists for Thistle.

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Match Report

TTA report

An entertaining, but goalless game that ended with some rough play. Thistle got into their stride quickly and had the better of the chances in the first half. Elliott, Doolan and Lawless all went close. Doolan hit the bar with a spectacular effort from a Taylor-Sinclair cross. Both teams missed chances in the second half.

Media report

16-Jul-2013, ptfc.co.uk

Although this pre-season friendly failed to produce a goal it was still a reasonably entertaining game played on a pleasant summer’s evening. Tempers though did get a little frayed in the closing stages of the game. It was the home side that started the game the better and the game’s first chance came their way in just the second minute. Donaldson was able to get his head to a corner from the left hand side but the ball drifted over the bar. Thistle though got into their stride fairly quickly. Ross Forbes was central to much of what Thistle produced during the first half and spotting Jamieson in the Livingston goal slightly off his line he attempted to chip the home keeper from 40 yards. His audacious effort never really looked like finding the net but it wasn’t too far off target either.

Forbes was heavily involved in Thistle’s next opportunity as well. His corner from the left broke off Kris Doolan at the back post but Jamieson was able to save right on his own goal line. Doolan and Forbes combined again in the 11th minute but Forbes shot was just a little too close to Jamieson. Both sides have a reputation for playing good football and another excellent Thistle move in the 16th nearly produced a goal but Steven Lawless’ shot from the right hand corner of the Livingston box was a shade too high. It wasn’t all one way traffic, however, and a superb long ball from defence gave Livingston’s McNulty a chance but he could only lift the ball over Paul Gallacher’s crossbar. The better chances though continued to come Thistle’s way. Christie Elliott send a shot over the bar after a Forbes corner had fallen to him and Forbes nearly found the net with a shot from the edge of the box after Steven Lawless had flicked the ball into his path.

Thistle were a little fortunate not to fall behind just three minutes into the second half. One of the Livingston trialist was left with just Gallacher to beat but he couldn’t make clean contact with the ball with the result that his shot slipped wide of goal. It was Thistle’s captain for the night, Kris Doolan, that came the closest to scoring. He connected with an Aaron Sinclair cross from the left and his spectacular effort crashed off the cross bar. Seconds later Christie Elliott curled an effort just wide of target as Thistle looked to make the breakthrough that their play merited. There was a steady stream of substitutions during the course of the second half which impacted on the rhythm of the game but each side would have a chance each to break the deadlock. Simon Mensing was able to get his head to a corner but the save that Paul Gallacher was required to make was fairly comfortable. At the other end one of the many trialists saw his effort touched round the post for a corner. There was a sting in the tail to the game with the referee having to produce a number of yellow cards as tempers began to get a little frayed after Livingston’s Jason Talbot’s late challenge on a young trialist.

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Stats Watch

● 19-year-old Henoc Mukendi makes his Thistle debut.

● Henoc Mukendi becomes the first (D.R.) Congolese to play for Thistle.

● The D.R. Congo becomes the 33rd country/territory to birth a Jag.

● For the first time, eight non-Scots appear for Thistle, beating the previous record of six set on 9th March 2004.

● 18-year-old Ross Meechan plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 21-year-old Kane Hemmings makes his Thistle debut.

● 24-year-old David Louhoungou plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 26-year-old Neal Trotman plays his last game for Thistle.

● 29-year-old Martin Klein plays his last game for Thistle.

● Goalie Paul Gallacher keeps his first clean-sheet for Thistle.

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.)

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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