27th Jul 2014 Glentoran 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Eddie Patterson		Alan Archibald			37y, 0m, 14d
					Paul Gallacher; Jordan McMillan; Aaron Muirhead; Steven Lawless; Ryan Stevenson; David Wilson [ii]
					Scott Fox; Stephen O'Donnell; Darren Barr; Hamza Bencherif; James Craigen; Kallum Higginbotham
Jordan Stewart (1-1, pen 43 mins)					Kris Doolan (1-0, 34 mins); Gary Fraser (2-1, 81 mins); Kallum Higginbotham (3-1, pen 86 mins)
none (1-1, pen 43 mins)					none (1-0, 34 mins); ? (2-1, 81 mins); none (3-1, pen 86 mins)
Fra McCaffrey
Mark Clark (Jordan Stewart, 21 mins); Mark Miskimmin (Danny McKee, 66 mins); Fra McCaffrey (Ben Brown, 72 mins); Johnny Addis (Calum Birney, 79 mins)					Jordan McMillan (Stephen O'Donnell, 53 mins); Matthew Parsons (Dale Keenan, 57 mins); Abdul Osman (Gary Fraser, 60 mins); Christie Elliott (Kallum Higginbotham, 60 mins); Kris Doolan (Chris Duggan, 66 mins); David Wilson [ii] (James Craigen, 70 mins); Steven Lawless (Declan McDaid, 80 mins)
			Elliott Morris		Paul Gallacher			34y, 11m, 11d
			Willie Garrett		Jordan McMillan			25y, 9m, 11d
			Johnny Addis		Matthew Parsons			22y, 7m, 2d
			Barry Holland		Conrad Balatoni			23y, 6m, 0d
			Stevie McCullough		Aaron Muirhead			23y, 10m, 27d
			Stephen McAlorum		Abdul Osman			27y, 5m, 0d
			Mark Clark		Steven Lawless			23y, 3m, 15d
			John McGuigan		Ryan Stevenson			29y, 11m, 3d
			Jim O'Hanlon		Kris Doolan			27y, 7m, 16d
			Mark Miskimmin		Christie Elliott			23y, 2m, 1d
			Fra McCaffrey		David Wilson [ii]			19y, 10m, 21d
								25y, 7m, 20d
			?		Scott Fox			27y, 0m, 29d
			Jordan Stewart		Stephen O'Donnell			22y, 2m, 16d
			Ben Brown		James Craigen			23y, 3m, 29d
			Lee Chapman		Kallum Higginbotham			25y, 1m, 12d
			Danny McKee		Declan McDaid			18y, 8m, 5d
			Calum Birney		Dale Keenan			20y, 1m, 0d
			?		Gary Fraser			20y, 0m, 25d
					Chris Duggan			20y, 5m, 27d

notes

Matthew Parsons, a free agent left-back who last played for Plymouth Argyle, plays as a trialist for the second game in a row.

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Match Report

TTA report

Glens started the better and Gallacher had a brave save (9). A defensive muddle led to Doolan slotting home (34) but a pen for handball made it 1-1 before 2 minutes before half-time. A wild tackle on Fraser saw tempers boil over but a 25-yarder from Fraser (81) and a cheeky pen by Higginbotham (86) won it.

Media report

27-Jul-2014, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle travelled to Belfast for their fourth full pre-season fixture and it was to prove an eventful match to say the least. With the first half starting in entertaining fashion it’s fair to say that Glentoran probably had the better of the early exchanges. It was Thistle though that arguably carved out the first real chance. Ryan Stevenson shaped to blast a free kick from all of 40 yards but instead produced a clever chipped free kick that found Christie Elliott who battled with the Glentoran keeper, Elliott Morris, and ultimately got the better of him. Elliott managed to get a shot away and might have opened the scoring had it not been for a brave bit of last minute defending. Glentoran continued to press as the game went on though and, on nine minutes, a great cross from Miskimmin brought a brave save from Gallacher as he went down to collect at the feet of the onrushing striker. This was followed by another Glentoran chance five minutes later when the home team again broke in numbers after a missed challenge from Balatoni. However, the resulting shot was well over the bar. As the half went on Thistle began to find their feet in the game and, on 35 minutes, the break came. The Glentoran defence got themselves into a muddle and, after their initial clearance bounced off one of their own defenders, Kris Doolan was there to slot the ball into the back of the net. As the half drew to a close Glentoran were given the opportunity to draw level as they were awarded a dubious looking penalty for a handball by McMillan. Jordan Stewart stepped up for Glentoran and placed the ball to Gallacher’s left to even up the score.

If the first half was good for footballing reasons the second will be remembered for anything but the football. An early chance came for the Glasgow team as Stevenson put a cross in. Balatoni connected with it but, if anything got too much on it and the ball ended up over the bar. That was probably the best of the chances before tempers began to fray. A very late challenge on Gary Fraser which, on another day might have seen a straight red, was what sparked things off. Five minutes later Fra McCaffery took exception to Higginbotham’s challenge and went to start some afters with him. For a few minutes the ref struggled to maintain control but things duly settled down and play resumed. After the handbags were cleared away the two teams played out an uneventful 10 minutes before Gary Fraser picked up the ball deep into the opposition half and hit a shot from 25 yards. Although not of the same calibre as his strike against Hearts last season a deflection guided the ball into the bottom corner. Kallum Higginbotham rounded off the scoring converting a late penalty with a cheeky dinked effort into the bottom corner after Duggan was tripped just inside the Glentoran area.

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Stats Watch

GLENTORAN - AN AULD ACQUAINTANCE

● Thistle play Glentoran for the tenth time, and the Irishmen become only the second non Scottish side to have double figures in their "versus Jags" played column. The others, somewhat understandbly, are Berwick Rangers on 13!

● 22-year-old Matthew Parsons plays his last game 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.)

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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