10th May 2014 Partick Thistle 2 Ross County 3 (SPFL Premiership - game 38)

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Match Information

36y, 9m, 27d			Alan Archibald		Derek Adams
Scott Fox; Gabriel Piccolo; Chris Erskine
Paul Gallacher; Aaron Taylor-Sinclair; Stuart Bannigan
Lyle Taylor (1-2, 51 mins); George Moncur (2-2, 73 mins)					Jordan Slew (0-1, 22 mins); Yoann Arquin (0-2, 48 mins); James Craigen (2-3, og 77 mins)
Christie Elliott (1-2, 51 mins); Lyle Taylor (2-2, 73 mins)					Yoann Arquin (0-1, 22 mins); Graham Carey (0-2, 48 mins); Melvin de Leeuw (2-3, 77 mins)
Conrad Balatoni; Kallum Higginbotham					Graham Carey; Filip Kiss
Scott Fox (Paul Gallacher, 44 mins); Gabriel Piccolo (Steven Lawless, HT); Chris Erskine (George Moncur, 68 mins)					Yoann Arquin (Melvin de Leeuw, 69 mins); Jordan Slew (Darren Maatsen, 79 mins); Alex Cooper (Marc Klok, 89 mins)
26y, 10m, 12d			Scott Fox		Mark Brown
25y, 6m, 24d			Jordan McMillan		Erik Cikos
33y, 5m, 1d			Lee Mair		Ben Gordon
23y, 3m, 13d			Conrad Balatoni		Scott Boyd former Jag
24y, 6m, 25d			Gabriel Piccolo		Filip Kiss
19y, 10m, 8d			Gary Fraser		Rocco Quinn
23y, 1m, 12d			James Craigen		Alex Cooper
27y, 3m, 2d			Chris Erskine		Graham Carey
24y, 1m, 11d			Lyle Taylor		Jordan Slew
22y, 11m, 14d			Christie Elliott		Yoann Arquin
24y, 10m, 25d			Kallum Higginbotham		Yann Songo'o
25y, 0m, 28d
34y, 8m, 24d			Paul Gallacher		Michael Fraser
23y, 0m, 28d			Steven Lawless		Darren Maatsen
19y, 10m, 13d			Dale Keenan		Melvin de Leeuw
18y, 5m, 18d			Declan McDaid		Marc Klok
19y, 3m, 3d			Simón Colina		Brian McLean
19y, 8m, 4d			David Wilson [ii]		Tony Dingwall
20y, 8m, 22d			George Moncur		Evangelos Oikonomou

Match Report

TTA report

A low drive (22) put County ahead as a much-changed Thistle side struggled defensively. Time wasting and defence in depth started on the half hour. Fox was taken off injured (44) and a free header (48) made it 2-0. Taylor headed in (51) and Moncur levelled (73) but a Craigen OG (77) won it.

Media report

10-May-2014, bbc.com

Ross County won their final Scottish Premiership match of the season, after Partick Thistle had fought back from two down. Jordan Slew's first goal for County gave the visitors the lead and Yoann Arquin headed their second just after the break. Lyle Taylor nodded in to reduce Thistle's deficit and then set up George Moncur for the equaliser. But Melvin de Leeuw's strike secured victory for Derek Adams' side. With both sides having secured top-flight safety in midweek, the result served only to confirm their final positions in the league. County finish seventh, three places above Thistle.

Having shed the pressure of trying to avoid the play-off spot, these sides served up an enthralling end-of-season encounter. Slew dragged an effort wide in 16 minutes after some neat footwork in the area, and four minutes later he finally broke his duck for the Dingwall men. The on-loan Blackburn Rovers striker collected an Arquin pass, beat Conrad Balatoni and then fired low past Scott Fox. Just before the break, County midfielder Alex Cooper tested Fox with a drive from distance which the Partick keeper palmed up into the air. As the ball dropped, Slew headed off the post and collided with Fox, and while the County man escaped with a bandaged wrist, the Jags goalkeeper had to go off, with Paul Gallacher brought on.

The visitors doubled their lead three minutes after the interval, as Arquin rose to power home a header from Graham Carey's free-kick. Taylor then sparked Jags' revival, making full use of a few yards of space in the area to head past Mark Brown from Christie Elliott's delivery. The goalscorer turned provider as the hosts hauled themselves level in 73 minutes. He collected a Kallum Higginbotham pass and produced a clever back heel for Moncur, who drilled the ball beyond Brown. Staggies edged ahead again four minutes later, though. Dutchman De Leeuw turned inside Taylor and had a dig that took a deflection off James Craigen and flew past Gallacher. Partick piled forward late on in search of an equaliser but the Staggies stood strong to ensure they headed north with all three points.

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Stats Watch

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

● 24-year-old Gabriel Piccolo plays his last game for Thistle.

● 33-year-old Lee Mair plays his last game for Thistle.

● 20-year-old George Moncur marks his last game for Thistle by scoring his only goal for the club.

● For the first time in competitive action, seven non-Scots appear for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 1st Feb 2014 to date. (Longest run since: 19 games; 6th Aug 2013 to 21st Dec 2013. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 14 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 1st Feb 2014 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 10th Aug 2013 to 21st Dec 2013. Club-record: 46 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 30th Oct 1909.)

● 20 consecutive competitive appearances for Lyle Taylor, 1st Jan 2014 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Kallum Higginbotham - 33 games, 10th Aug 2013 to 26th Mar 2014. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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