1st Nov 2014 Hamilton Academical 3 Partick Thistle 3 (SPFL Premiership - game 11)

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Match Information

			Alex Neil		Alan Archibald			37y, 3m, 19d
					Jake Carroll; Kris Doolan
					Stephen O'Donnell; Nathan Eccleston
Darian MacKinnon (0-1, 23 mins); Danny Redmond (0-2, 24 mins); Anthony Andreu (3-3, 90+4 mins)					Jordan McMillan (1-2, 33 mins); James Craigen (2-2, 68 mins); Christie Elliott (3-2, 72 mins)
Dougie Imrie (0-1, 23 mins); Mickael Antoine-Curier (0-2, 24 mins); Dougie Imrie (3-3, 90+4 mins)					Jake Carroll (1-2, 33 mins); Steven Lawless (2-2, 68 mins); Steven Lawless (3-2, 72 mins)
Martin Canning					James Craigen; Jake Carroll; Jordan McMillan; Dan Seaborne; Christie Elliott
Jesús García Tena (Mikey Devlin, 58 mins); Danny Redmond (Jon Routledge, 58 mins); Grant Gillespie (Stephen Hendrie, 71 mins)					Kris Doolan (Kallum Higginbotham, 62 mins); Jake Carroll (Sean Welsh, 71 mins)
			Michael McGovern		Scott Fox			27y, 4m, 4d
			future Jag Ziggy Gordon		Jordan McMillan			26y, 0m, 16d
			Martin Canning		Jake Carroll			23y, 2m, 21d
			Grant Gillespie		Dan Seaborne			27y, 7m, 27d
			Dougie Imrie		Conrad Balatoni			23y, 9m, 5d
			Ali Crawford		Abdul Osman			27y, 8m, 5d
			future Jag Darian MacKinnon		Stuart Bannigan			22y, 1m, 15d
			Anthony Andreu		James Craigen			23y, 7m, 4d
			Jesús García Tena		Kris Doolan			27y, 10m, 21d
			Danny Redmond		Steven Lawless			23y, 6m, 20d
			Mickael Antoine-Curier		Christie Elliott			23y, 5m, 6d
								25y, 1m, 11d
			Blair Currie		Paul Gallacher			35y, 2m, 16d
			Jon Routledge		Sean Welsh			24y, 7m, 17d
			Jason Scotland		Ryan Stevenson			30y, 2m, 8d
			Mikey Devlin		Freddy Frans			25y, 9m, 29d
			future Jag Stephen Hendrie		Kallum Higginbotham			25y, 4m, 17d
			Louis Longridge		Gary Fraser			20y, 3m, 30d
			Andy Ryan		David Wilson [ii]			20y, 1m, 26d

Match Report

TTA report

The league leaders rocked Thistle twice (23 and 24). Slack defending; things looked ominous. McMillan half-volleyed home (33) and a much better second half saw Craigen (68) and Elliott (72) exploit space to put Thistle ahead but the sickener came in 93 minutes 50 seconds from 25 yards.

Media report

Jonathan Sutherland, 01-Nov-2014, bbc.com

A late Tony Andreu strike salvaged a point for Hamilton Accies at home to Partick Thistle in the Premiership. Two goals in the space of a minute put Accies into a first-half lead when Darian McKinnon and Danny Redmond both fired past Thistle keeper Scott Fox. Grant Gillespie diverted Jordan McMillan's strike into his own net, then James Craigen's shot levelled. Christie Elliott's left-footed effort looked set to seal the win until Andreu fired home during added time. The result allowed Dundee United to assume top spot in the Premiership table with a one-point advantage, Hamilton dropping to second-place ahead of Celtic. Just as it looked like Partick Thistle were staging a remarkable comeback to take all three points, Hamilton managed to rescue a point right at the death.

An early long range effort from Hamilton's Mickael Antoine-Curier flashed wide of the Thistle post, then Kris Doolan latched on to a wayward defensive header, surging into the box - but Accies keeper Michael McGovern came out to meet him and the chance was gone. The match exploded into life in the 21st minute when Dougie Imrie's pacy run down the right wing had Partick Thistle shuffling back towards their own goal. The former Morton player then passed inside to Mackinnon at the edge of the box, and the central midfielder measured a firmly placed shot into the corner of the net past the despairing dive of Scott Fox. A minute later Accies were two in front when Danny Redmond latched onto a ball into the Thistle box and with the Jags' keeper Fox advancing, Redmond dinked a clever shot into the far corner.

The Partick response came just after the half hour mark when the ball dropped to McMillan at the edge of the area. He lashed in a shot which took a deflection that gave Hamilton keeper Michael McGovern no chance. Down at the other end a Martin Canning flick from a Redmond free-kick went just wide. And then Stuart Bannigan went close for Partick Thistle, his shot from 20 yards curling narrowly past the post.

The first 20 minutes of the second-half passed off fairly peacefully, and shortly after the hour mark a low swerving shot from Andreu was well saved by Fox. But Partick Thistle again responded and midfielder Craigen found space in the box to finish with a low shot past McGovern. Suddenly, Partick completely turned the match around with a wonderful left-footed effort from Elliott into the corner of the net sent the large travelling support into noisy delirium. Deep in added time, the mercurial Andreu gathered the ball just outside the penalty area and he swept in a stunning low strike to rescue a point for the home side.

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SEAN'S COMEBACK

● Jordan McMillan scores his last goal for Thistle.

● 16 competitive games since a win, draw or loss - a new club record!

● Sean Welsh makes his comeback after 11 months absence, having last appeared against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup away back on the 1st December 2013. He becomes the 33rd player to register a first-team appearance for Thistle in season 2014-15.

● All three Thistle scorers were opening their League scoring accounts for the season.

● Thistle's sixteen League goals to date have now been scored by ten different players (plus one own goal by Ben Frempah).

● For 8 minutes (62-70) Thistle had seven non-Scots on the pitch, equalling the record set in the pre-season match at Dumbarton on 19th July 2014. This is now the fourth such occurrence.

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Conrad Balatoni and Christie Elliott (a new personal best), 19th Apr 2014 to date. (Longest run since: Lyle Taylor - 20 games; 1st Jan 2014 to 10th May 2014. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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