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38y, 0m, 12d	Alan Archibald	Steve Evans

Gary Miller; Liam Lindsay; Ryan Stevenson; Gary Fraser
Jack W. Hendry; Abdul Osman; Kris Doolan; Steven Lawless

Sean Welsh (1-1, 54 mins)		Matt Derbyshire (0-1, 34 mins)
? (1-1, 54 mins)		Frazer Richardson (0-1, 34 mins)


Callum Booth (David Wilson [ii], HT); Freddy Frans (Jack W. Hendry, HT); Gary Fraser (Steven Lawless, 56 mins); Ryan Stevenson (Kris Doolan, 65 mins); David Amoo (Declan McDaid, 71 mins); Sean Welsh (Jordan Leyden, 77 mins); Christie Elliott (James Penrice, 85 mins)		Matt Derbyshire (Jordan Bowery, HT); Emmanuel Ledesma (Jerry Yates, 61 mins); Richard Smallwood (Grant Ward, 67 mins); Paul Green (Mason Warren, 67 mins); Frazer Richardson (Tom Thorpe, 85 mins); Aidy White (Danny Collins, 85 mins)

30y, 3m, 15d	Tomáš Černý	Adam Collin
28y, 3m, 10d	Gary Miller	Frazer Richardson
24y, 1m, 25d	Callum Booth	Aidy White
19y, 9m, 13d	Liam Lindsay	Richard Wood
26y, 6m, 22d	Freddy Frans	Greg Halford
25y, 4m, 10d	Sean Welsh	Richard Smallwood
24y, 3m, 12d	David Amoo	Lee Frecklington
22y, 10m, 8d	Stuart Bannigan	Paul Green
24y, 1m, 29d	Christie Elliott	Jonson Clarke-Harris
30y, 11m, 1d	Ryan Stevenson	Matt Derbyshire
21y, 0m, 23d	Gary Fraser	Emmanuel Ledesma

25y, 2m, 29d

35y, 11m, 9d	Paul Gallacher	Kelle Roos
20y, 2m, 18d	Jack W. Hendry	Danny Collins
16y, 7m, 3d	James Penrice	Tom Thorpe
20y, 10m, 19d	David Wilson [ii]	Jordan Bowery
19y, 4m, 16d	Jordan Leyden	Grant Ward
24y, 3m, 13d	Steven Lawless	Jerry Yates
28y, 7m, 14d	Kris Doolan	Mason Warren
19y, 8m, 3d	Declan McDaid

	Teamlines derived from PTFC.
	1149 (PTFC)

Rotherham took the lead with a header (34) when Cerny came off his line and failed to gather and they had several good chances before h-t. A good save denied Stevenson a leveller but Welsh drove on and scored from 35 yards 3 mins later (54). After that, chances at both ends weren't converted.

Thistle concluded their pre-season preparations with a 1-1 draw against English Championship side Rotherham United. Alan Archibald made four changes to the side which drew against Wigan Athletic with Miller, Lindsay, Stevenson and Fraser coming moving into a starting slot having been on the bench on Tuesday. Thistle made a quiet start to the game with Rotherham keeping the ball well in the opening stages, but gradually Thistle came into the game with Amoo’s pace being strongly utilised by excellent passes from Sean Welsh. Rotherham had a couple of half chances when they pounced on a poor clearance from Cerny but the goalkeeper made a confident stop from an offside, Clarke-Harris. The big striker was creating a number of problems for the Thistle defence and he headed wide from a Ledesma cross. Thistle went a goal behind just after 30 minutes when Derbyshire headed home from the edge of the box. Cerny came dashing off the line when he would probably have been better remaining on his line, and didn’t quite get there before the striker nodded into the unguarded net. Thistle were lucky not to be two down when Cerny had to look smart to gather a ball from the feet of Clarke-Harris. On the stroke of half time Green evaded a few Thistle challenges and fired inches wide with Cerny appearing to be beaten. Thistle started the second half sharply and were almost instantly level when Amoo found Stevenson unmarked inside the box. The attackers header was too close to Collin and the goalkeeper parried the ball away. The equalising goal was delayed by only three minutes before Sean Welsh fired the side level. Gary Fraser pressured the Rotherham defender and Thistle won the ball high up the pitch. The ball was passed to Welsh who took a touch to control before firing the ball past the goalkeeper from 35 yards. Both sides had chances to nick it but there were no further goals as Thistle continue a proud unbeaten record in home friendlies which extends all the way back to July 2010.

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