20th Jul 2013 Arbroath 1 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Paul Sheerin		Alan Archibald			36y, 0m, 7d
					Scott Fox; Jordan McMillan; Aaron Muirhead; Hugh Murray; Henoc Mukendi; James Craigen; John Baird
					Paul Gallacher; Stephen O'Donnell; Martin Klein; David Louhoungou; Mark Kerr; Kris Doolan; Steven Lawless
Graham Bayne (0-1, 58 mins)
? (0-1, 58 mins)
Bobby Linn (Lari Yao, 29 mins); Alex Keddie (David Banjo, 56 mins); Johnny Lindsay (Colin Hamilton, 65 mins); Alan Cook (Paul Sheerin, 65 mins); Graham Bayne (Lee Sibanda, 69 mins); Scott Morrison (Josh Gray, 82 mins)					Conrad Balatoni (Aristote Nsiala, 60 mins); John Baird (Kris Doolan, 64 mins); Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (Stephen O'Donnell, 67 mins); Hugh Murray (David Wilson [ii], 67 mins); Henoc Mukendi (Kane Hemmings, 72 mins); Ross Forbes (Declan McDaid, 81 mins)
			Scott Morrison		Scott Fox			26y, 0m, 22d
			former Jag Ricky Little		Jordan McMillan			24y, 9m, 4d
			former Jag Johnny Lindsay		Aaron Taylor-Sinclair			22y, 3m, 12d
			Darren Smith		Conrad Balatoni			22y, 5m, 23d
			Michael Travis		Aaron Muirhead			22y, 10m, 20d
			Alex Keddie		Hugh Murray			34y, 6m, 12d
			Bobby Linn		Henoc Mukendi			19y, 8m, 0d
			Ross Chisholm		James Craigen			22y, 3m, 22d
			Graham Bayne		John Baird			27y, 10m, 28d
			Steven Milne		Ross Forbes			24y, 4m, 17d
			Alan Cook		Christie Elliott			22y, 1m, 24d
								24y, 5m, 27d
			Josh Gray		Paul Gallacher			33y, 11m, 4d
			Lee Sibanda		Kris Doolan			26y, 7m, 9d
			David Banjo		Stephen O'Donnell			21y, 2m, 9d
			Ryan Sullivan		Kane Hemmings			21y, 3m, 12d
			Lari Yao		Declan McDaid			17y, 7m, 28d
			Colin Hamilton		David Wilson [ii]			18y, 10m, 14d
			Paul Sheerin		Aristote Nsiala			21y, 3m, 25d

notes

Kane Hemmings and Aristote Nsiala played as trialists.

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Match Report

TTA report

A low-key affair lacking urgency. Thistle played some neat football in the first half without making much impression. Slackness led to Arbroath surprisingly scoring (58) and a little more urgency was noticeable after that. Several trialists linked up well and one of them hit the bar late on but it ended in defeat.

Media report

20-Jul-2013, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle suffered defeat in their latest pre-season outing; their first visit to Gayfield Park, Arbroath for over 11 years. Injury deprived manager Alan Archibald of the services of Sean Welsh, Stuart Bannigan and Mark Kerr while Steven Lawless was left out with his partner due to give birth. There was, however, a place in the starting line-up for new loan signing Henoc Mukendi. This wasn’t a game that is likely to linger long in the memory. In the opening 45 minutes Thistle were able to enjoy the vast majority of the possession but they weren’t able to create many clear openings in front of the Arbroath goal and when they did they rarely called the home keeper into any serious action.

The first half chance of the game came Christie Elliott’s way in the 9th minute when he was able to collect a poor clearance from the keeper but he sent his shot over the bar. James Craigen did force Morrison in the Arbroath goal into a save after 17 minutes but there was no real pace in his shot after Aaron Sinclair had spotted Craigen to his left. Five minutes later the clearest opening yet arrived for Thistle but despite getting a clear look at goal Christie Elliott was unable to hit target from about 15 yards out. Ross Forbes saw a deflected effort saved after Mukendi had set him up and in the last action of the first half the on loan Liverpool player was again involved; this time setting up Christie Elliott for a shot that Morrison needed two attempts to save.

The lack of urgency that had marked the first half was again notable after the interval and when a goal did arrive, in the 58th minute, it was a somewhat unexpected strike; not least because it came from the home side. Scott Fox had until this point been a virtual spectator and he could only watch too as Graham Bayne was able to divert a cross from the left wide of him and into the net. The loss of that goal did inject a little more urgency into Thistle’s play and John Baird was unlucky not to equalise at the back post after Mukendi had headed a Ross Forbes free kick into his path. Substitutes David Wilson and Declan McDaid impressed when they came off the bench during the second half. Wilson’s first involvement in the game was to force Morrison into a low save down to his right and a beautifully judged ball from the midfielder nearly conjured up an equaliser with 8 minutes remaining, only for one of the trialist subs to see his shot blocked. Christie Elliott saw a shot blocked by the legs of Morrison and Declan McDaid sent a shot over the bar after he cut inside from the left. It was McDaid too that was involved in the move that nearly produced a Thistle equaliser with just a minute of the game remaining. The former Morton youngster was able to set up the trialist striker who was desperately unfortunate to see his net bound shot take a deflection off a defender and strike the crossbar.

Stats Watch

● 21-year-old Aristote Nsiala plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 21-year-old Kane Hemmings plays his last game 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.)

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