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	Chris Todd	Alan Archibald	38y, 0m, 1d

		Tomáš Černý; Gary Miller; Liam Lindsay; Freddy Frans; Abdul Osman; David Amoo; James Alabi; Sean Welsh; Steven Lawless
		Scott Fox; Stephen O'Donnell; Jack W. Hendry; Ben Richards-Everton; Gary Fraser; David Wilson [ii]; Kris Doolan; Christie Elliott; Kallum Higginbotham

		Steven Lawless (1-0, 8 mins); Freddy Frans (2-0, 30 mins)
		Callum Booth (1-0, 8 mins); David Amoo (2-0, 30 mins)


Paul Reid (Joe Partington, HT); Jamie Turley (Jack Midson, HT); Andy Drury (Jai Reason, HT); James Constable (Josh Payne, HT); Ben Strevens (Jack Alexander, 63 mins); Ross Lafayette (Tony Lee, 63 mins); Will Evans (Jack Smith, 85 mins); Yemi Odubade (Jack Masterton, 85 mins); Michael Green (Chris Todd, 85 mins)		Sean Welsh (Ryan Stevenson, 55 mins); James Alabi (Kris Doolan, 56 mins); David Amoo (Gary Fraser, 63 mins); Gary Miller (Declan McDaid, 71 mins); Stuart Bannigan (David Wilson [ii], 72 mins); Steven Lawless (Jack W. Hendry, 74 mins); Liam Lindsay (Jordan Leyden, 77 mins); Abdul Osman (Terrell Miller, 84 mins)

	Lewis Noice	Tomáš Černý	30y, 3m, 4d
	Will Evans	Gary Miller	28y, 2m, 29d
	Matt Bevans	Callum Booth	24y, 1m, 14d
	Ben Strevens	Liam Lindsay	19y, 9m, 2d
	Paul Reid	Freddy Frans	26y, 6m, 11d
	Jamie Turley	Abdul Osman	28y, 4m, 17d
	Yemi Odubade	David Amoo	24y, 3m, 1d
	Andy Drury	Stuart Bannigan	22y, 9m, 27d
	James Constable	James Alabi	20y, 8m, 6d
	Ross Lafayette	Sean Welsh	25y, 3m, 29d
	Michael Green	Steven Lawless	24y, 3m, 2d

			24y, 11m, 17d

	?	Ryan Scully	22y, 8m, 15d
	Joe Partington	Jack W. Hendry	20y, 2m, 7d
	Jack Midson	Gary Fraser	21y, 0m, 12d
	Jai Reason	David Wilson [ii]	20y, 10m, 8d
	Josh Payne	Jordan Leyden	19y, 4m, 5d
	Jack Alexander	Ryan Stevenson	30y, 10m, 20d
	Tony Lee	Kris Doolan	28y, 7m, 3d
	Jack Smith	Declan McDaid	19y, 7m, 22d
	Jack Masterton	Terrell Miller	20y, 6m, 28d
	Chris Todd

	Teamlines derived from PTFC.
	679 (EAS)

Lawless twisted to fire in Booth's cut-back with a low left foot shot (8) then Frans headed in a corner (30). Eastleigh threatened mainly from set pieces. The 2nd half saw Cerny busier. Fraser and Lawless went close but 12 substitutions in 45 mins (8 for Thistle) meant disjointed play and few chances to add to the score.

Thistle played their first pre-season friendly against Eastleigh high on confidence following a closed doors win against Dumbarton last Saturday. Alan Archibald lined up with two trialists in the starting line up, with both men keen to make an impression. Injury denied him of the services of both Christie Elliott and Dan Seaborne. With a defensive rejig needed Thistle started the shakier of the two sides with Constable finding plenty of success in between the defence in the very early stages. Sean Welsh picked up the scraps from an Eastleigh break and played an excellent through ball to Booth. The charging defender controlled well before cutting back for Lawless, who took the opportunity to beat the defender twice, before slotting home into the far corner. Eastleigh’s best chances were coming from set pieces but Cerny wasn’t really being tested when Thistle doubled their lead after 30 minutes. A recovering Eastleigh defender knocked the ball out for a corner, following a race with Thistle’s trialist number 9. From the resulting delivery Amoo fired it right on the head of Frans to knock into the top corner. Thistle were 2-0 up and more than deserving. It could have been three had Noice in the home goal not dealt well with a stray passback. Into the second half and the game take a noticeable downturn in pace as substitutions disrupted the flow the pace. Stevenson and Fraser both stung the palms of Eastleigh’s trialist goalkeeper with shots from range, while Thistle’s Czech goalkeeper was more than equal to anything the Conference side could throw at him. The only downside for manager Alan Archibald was the withdrawal of a hobbling Liam Lindsay, more as a precaution than anything else, as the game fizzled out into a typical pre-season encounter. Thistle will be pleased with their first half performance where they played some classy football and made a great impression on the 791 strong crowd at The Silverlake Stadium. Next up for the side is a friendly away to Falkirk on Saturday.

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