14th Jul 2015 Eastleigh 0 Partick Thistle 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			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

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Match Report

TTA report

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 second half saw Cerny busier. Fraser and Lawless went close but 12 substitutions in 45 minutes (8 for Thistle) meant disjointed play and few chances to add to the score.

Media report

14-Jul-2015, ptfc.co.uk

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.

Stats Watch

WAY DOWN SOUTH

● The opening game of the 141st season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 24-year-old David Amoo makes his Thistle debut.

● 28-year-old Gary Miller makes his Thistle debut.

● 30-year-old Tomáš Černý makes his Thistle debut and joins our goalies' clean-sheet debutants club.

● 20-year-old James Alabi plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 20-year-old Terrell Miller plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Thistle play non-Scottish opposition for the 24th season-in-a-row, further extending the club record.

● Thistle play their most southerly game in the British Isles since visiting Fratton Park in 1972.

● Terrell becomes the latest full-internationalist to have played for Partick Thistle, and the 118th known to me. With his 6-minute stint, the Montserratian takes over from Peter Cormack (who previously held the record with his 20 minutes at Glebe Park in 1983) as the internationalist with the least amount of game time for the Partick Thistle first team.

ongoing sequences:

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Stephen O'Donnell, 8th Nov 2014 to date. (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.)

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