16th Aug 2014 Dundee 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Premiership - game 2)

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	Paul Hartley	Alan Archibald	37y, 1m, 3d

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Craig Wighton (1-1, 53 mins)		Gary Fraser (1-0, 4 mins)
no assist (1-1, 53 mins)		Steven Lawless (1-0, 4 mins)
		Jordan McMillan; Conrad Balatoni; Dan Seaborne
		Scott Fox (@ 1-1, 60 mins)
Willie Dyer (Gary Irvine, 45+1 mins); Luka Tankulic (Craig Wighton, HT); Gary Harkins (Martin Boyle, 78 mins)		Jordan McMillan (Dale Keenan, 15 mins); Steven Lawless (Paul Gallacher, 60 mins); Kallum Higginbotham (Christie Elliott, 68 mins)

	Kyle Letheren	Scott Fox	27y, 1m, 19d
	future Jag Paul McGinn	Stephen O'Donnell	22y, 3m, 5d
	Willie Dyer	Jordan McMillan	25y, 10m, 0d
	James McPake	Dan Seaborne	27y, 5m, 11d
	Thomas Konrad	Conrad Balatoni	23y, 6m, 20d
	Simon Ferry	Abdul Osman	27y, 5m, 20d
	former Jag Gary Harkins	Stuart Bannigan	21y, 10m, 30d
	Paul McGowan	Gary Fraser	20y, 1m, 14d
	Jim McAlister	Steven Lawless	23y, 4m, 4d
	Peter MacDonald	Ryan Stevenson	29y, 11m, 23d
	Luka Tankulic	Kallum Higginbotham	25y, 2m, 1d

			24y, 11m, 4d

	Scott Bain	Paul Gallacher	35y, 0m, 0d
	Greg Stewart	Aaron Muirhead	23y, 11m, 17d
	Iain Davidson	James Craigen	23y, 4m, 19d
	Gary Irvine	Kris Doolan	27y, 8m, 5d
	Martin Boyle	Christie Elliott	23y, 2m, 21d
	Craig Wighton	Chris Duggan	20y, 6m, 17d
	Kyle Benedictus	Dale Keenan	20y, 1m, 20d

TTA report

Bannigan missed an easy header before Fraser lashed in the opener from 20 yards (4). It was all Thistle but an injury to McMillan disrupted things (14). Dundee scored (53) then a pen for holding saw Fox red-carded. Gallacher saved the pen with his 1st touch (60) and the 10 men held on for a draw.

Media report

16-Aug-2014, bbc.com

An initially lacklustre Dundee fought back to draw against Partick Thistle, but missed a penalty in the process. Gary Fraser's 20-yard strike found the top left corner to give the Jags an early lead but Craig Wighton rolled in a nice equaliser after the break. Thistle's Dan Seaborne conceded the penalty on the hour-mark and goalkeeper Scott Fox was sent off in the aftermath following a tussle with Paul McGowan. However, sub goalkeeper Paul Gallacher saved Gary Harkins' spot-kick. So a great chance missed by Paul Hartley's men to get their first Premiership win, but Alan Archibald's Thistle deserved their point on their excellent first-half showing alone.

Eager not to lose momentum from their impressive victory over Ross County on Wednesday, Thistle quickly made a bee-line for the Dundee goal. Scotland under-21 international Bannigan had already missed, criminally, with a header from six yards before Fraser silenced the home support. The former Bolton midfielder picked up from where he left off after hitting the net midweek. Here, the 20-year-old collected the ball from Steven Lawless 20-yards out and smashed the ball high into the top left corner, leaving Letheren with no chance.

James McPake crucially blocked another Jags chance and the visitors continued to come forward despite the loss of left-back Jordan McMillan to injury. The foot of Welsh 'keeper Letheren denied Bannigan following a bit of dithering by Paul McGinn. Dundee struggled to create, Peter MacDonald going closest with a free-kick, as frustration grew on and off the Dens Park pitch. On it, home midfielder Paul McGowan got nutmegged by Jags right-back Stephen O'Donnell and the former St Mirren man was not happy. Off it, the Dark Blues fans were able to count on one finger the amount of clear chances they had created, and boos rang out when referee Craig Charleston blew the half-time whistle. The introduction of 17-year-old Craig Wighton soon changed that.

Jim McAlister burrowed through a few challenges on the edge of the box and Dundee-born Wighton kept his cool to roll the ball past on-rushing keeper Fox. Then it all kicked off. At a set-piece, Thistle defender Seaborne brought down McPake in the box for a penalty. But in the fall-out, Fox tussled with McGowan and referee Charleston saw enough to dismiss the goalkeeper. Substitute keeper Gallacher immediately made himself a hero by saving Harkins' penalty with his trailing leg. Peter MacDonald and McGowan both went close to winning it for Dundee but the draw was a fair result.

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