12th Jul 2014 Partick Thistle 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 (Friendly)

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36y, 11m, 29d	Alan Archibald	Sami Hyypia

Scott Fox; Conrad Balatoni; Gary Fraser; James Craigen; Kris Doolan; Christie Elliott
Paul Gallacher; Darren Barr; Aaron Muirhead; Stuart Bannigan; David Wilson [ii]; Steven Lawless

		Craig Mackail-Smith (0-1, 41 mins); Gordon Greer (0-2, 45 mins); Shamir Fenelon (0-3, 50 mins); Charlie Harris (0-4, 80 mins)



Jordan Mustoe (Dale Keenan, 15 mins); Ryan Stevenson (Darren Barr, HT); Carl Magnay (Aaron Muirhead, 52 mins); Kris Doolan (Chris Duggan, 63 mins); Kallum Higginbotham (Liam Lindsay, 74 mins)		Casper Ankergren (Christian Walton, HT); Gordon Greer (Lewis Dunk, HT); Nzuzi Toko (Rohan Ince, HT); Kemy Agustien (Bradley Barry, HT); Will Buckley (Charlie Harris, HT); Craig Mackail-Smith (Shamir Fenelon, HT); Iñigo Calderón (Bruno Saltor Grau, 61 mins); Vitālijs Maksimenko (Glen Rea, 61 mins); Adam Chicksen (Rob Hunt, 61 mins); Jake Forster-Caskey (Jesse Starkey, 61 mins); Solomon March (Jimmy Muitt, 61 mins)

27y, 0m, 14d	Scott Fox	Casper Ankergren
25y, 8m, 26d	Jordan McMillan	Iñigo Calderón
23y, 5m, 14d	Jordan Mustoe	Gordon Greer
25y, 5m, 22d	Carl Magnay	Vitālijs Maksimenko
23y, 5m, 15d	Conrad Balatoni	Adam Chicksen
20y, 0m, 10d	Gary Fraser	Nzuzi Toko
23y, 3m, 14d	James Craigen	Kemy Agustien
29y, 10m, 18d	Ryan Stevenson	Jake Forster-Caskey
27y, 7m, 1d	Kris Doolan	Solomon March
23y, 1m, 16d	Christie Elliott	Will Buckley
25y, 0m, 27d	Kallum Higginbotham	Craig Mackail-Smith

24y, 11m, 1d

34y, 10m, 26d	Paul Gallacher	Christian Walton
23y, 10m, 12d	Aaron Muirhead	Bruno Saltor Grau
29y, 3m, 25d	Darren Barr	Lewis Dunk
20y, 0m, 15d	Dale Keenan	Glen Rea
18y, 9m, 0d	Liam Lindsay	Rob Hunt
20y, 5m, 12d	Chris Duggan	Rohan Ince
21y, 9m, 25d	Stuart Bannigan	Jesse Starkey
19y, 10m, 6d	David Wilson [ii]	Shamir Fenelon
18y, 7m, 20d	Declan McDaid	Bradley Barry
23y, 3m, 0d	Steven Lawless	Charlie Harris
		Jimmy Muitt

notes

For the second game in a row Jordan Mustoe, Carl Magnay and Darren Barr all appeared as trialists.
Kick off was 6.00pm UK time.

TTA report

Thistle were already weakened by injuries (a trialist went off injured, 15) but they matched Brighton for most of the first half. Higginbotham clipped the bar. Poor marking at set pieces led to 2 goals approaching half-time, harsh on play. Tiring Thistle had no answer in the second half and it was a comfortable win.

Media report

12-Jul-2014, ptfc.co.uk

In a game that started off in a much more even fashion than it began the strength and depth of the Championship side’s squad shone through as the south coast side ran out 4-0 winners. The first half was very even for the most part with much of the game being played in midfield. The Scottish Premiership team matched Brighton for more than 40 minutes. In truth it was a 45 minutes that contained few chances. Thistle, who were already struggling with injuries were further hampered when one of their trialists was forced off after 15 minutes with a thigh strain. Youngster Keenan was his replacement and he more than filled the gap for the remainder of the half.

The first real chance fell to Brighton after a ball into the Thistle box wasn’t dealt with properly ad the resulting shot was blocked by Balatoni on its way into the back of the net. It was then Thistle’s chance to go close with a Fraser cross just going over Doolan’s head, before another cross, this time from Higginbotham, clipped the bar before Elliott’s follow up shot was blocked inside the six yard box. Gary Fraser also had a shot fly just wide after 36 minutes and it looked like Thistle were going to match the Championship side until half time. Sami Hypia’s side had other ideas though and when Solomon March’s looping cross found Craig Mackail-Smith unmarked in the box he didn’t think twice before slotting it low past Scott Fox. Thistle probably would have taken 1-0 at half time but would have been disappointed to concede a second. Brighton won a corner and, although the first ball was met by a Thistle head the defence couldn’t deal with it when it dropped and Gordon Greer rose to meet it and head it home.

After half-time Brighton made a raft of substitutions but didn’t look like taking the foot off the gas. If anything the fresh legs proved more problematic for the tiring Thistle team and on 50 minutes they got their third. It was Fenelon this time, with another header, this time from just inside the six yard box, and it was difficult to say that it wasn’t deserved after he had two other shots charged down minutes earlier. From there on Thistle struggled to deal with Brighton’s attacking threat and, on 80 minutes, Thistle gave the ball away in their own half and Charlie Harris laced a 20 yard strike into the top corner to make it 4-0. The closing 10 minutes were seen out at a slow pace mostly with simple midfield passing until, in the 87th minute Bruno hit a shot that required a top save from Fox to stop the deficit hitting five. In the end it was a deserved win for Brighton but the score line was certainly harsh on Thistle whose first half display itself deserved a goal.

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