12th Sep 2015 Partick Thistle 0 Dundee 1 (SPFL Premiership - game 7)

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Match Information

38y, 1m, 30d			Alan Archibald		Paul Hartley
Mustapha Dumbuya; Robbie Muirhead; Kris Doolan; Ryan Stevenson
Gary Miller; Sean Welsh; Mathias Pogba; Declan McDaid
					Greg Stewart (0-1, 77 mins)
					Paul McGinn (0-1, 77 mins)
Steven Lawless (David Amoo, 71 mins); Ryan Stevenson (Declan McDaid, 78 mins); Robbie Muirhead (Sean Welsh, 82 mins)					James McPake (Julen Etxabeguren, 22 mins); Nicky Low (Riccardo Calder, 62 mins); Gary Harkins (Rory Loy, 69 mins)
30y, 5m, 2d			Tomáš Černý		Scott Bain
28y, 1m, 5d			Mustapha Dumbuya		Gary Irvine
24y, 3m, 13d			Callum Booth		Thomas Konrad
19y, 11m, 0d			Liam Lindsay		James McPake
26y, 8m, 9d			Freddy Frans		Paul McGinn future Jag
28y, 6m, 16d			Abdul Osman		Kevin Thomson
19y, 6m, 4d			Robbie Muirhead		Gary Harkins former Jag
22y, 11m, 26d			Stuart Bannigan		Greg Stewart
28y, 9m, 1d			Kris Doolan		Nick Ross
31y, 0m, 19d			Ryan Stevenson		Nicky Low
24y, 5m, 0d			Steven Lawless		Kane Hemmings former Jag
25y, 10m, 16d
22y, 10m, 14d			Ryan Scully		David Mitchell future Jag
28y, 4m, 28d			Gary Miller		Kostadin Gadzhalov
28y, 6m, 7d			Dan Seaborne		Riccardo Calder
25y, 5m, 28d			Sean Welsh		Rhys Healey
24y, 4m, 30d			David Amoo		Rory Loy
21y, 0m, 6d			David Wilson [ii]		Julen Etxabeguren
19y, 9m, 21d			Declan McDaid		Kevin Holt future Jag

Match Report

TTA report

A highalf-timeempo start saw Doolan hit the bar with an overhead kick and Stevenson hit the post with a raking drive. Dundee were increasingly dangerous after half-time and after Stevenson hit the bar with a header, a run from half-way and a fine finish (77) sent Thistle to the bottom with 2 points/2 goals in 7.

Media report

12-Sep-2015, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle returned to Ladbrokes Premiership action after the international break and faced a Dundee side occupying sixth placed in the table. Paul Hartley’s side were formidable opponents for Thistle last season and this game looked to be no different. Alan Archibald made four changes to the side which lost to Aberdeen with Mustapha Dumbuya and Robbie Muirhead came into the side to make their debuts while Ryan Stevenson and Kris Doolan found themselves promoted from the substitute’s bench.

Thistle started the game with a high tempo and immediately imposed themselves on their opponents. A succession of early corners lead to Robbie Muirhead enjoying a break of the ball inside the box, but his shot on the turn was straight at Bain. Dundee won themselves an early corner and from it Thistle nearly manufactured an early lead. Low’s delivery was hacked away giving Doolan the chance to counter. He played the ball to Muirhead who slotted in the Thistle number nine who fired inches past the post with Bain well beaten in the Dundee goal. It was Doolan, causing a menace against the Dundee defence that almost opened the scoring just after 10 minutes in. Lindsay flicked on Stevenson’s cross and was met Doolan who smashed the bar with an overhead kick. Thistle were dominating Dundee in the early stages with Muirhead and Dumbuya looking particularly impressive on their debut. Dundee, however, were a dangerous threat on the counter and when a Stewart cut back found Konrad at the back post, Thistle were fortunate that he only hit the side netting. After a frantic start the game descended into a midfield slog with chances beginning to dry up and it was Dundee turn to miss a golden chance as Lindsay was punished for slackness on the ball but Low fires wide of goal. As the game began to race end to end, Stevenson was played in by Muirhead only to see a thumping shot smash off the post and bounce out towards him. Dundee broke away again and only excellent tracking from Robbie Muirhead denied Irvine a clear opportunity from the edge of the six yard box.

Dundee started the second half the stronger and had the ball in the net when Stewart slid a ball through to Ross to fire home; the linesman’s flag brought the celebrations to a premature halt. Dundee were coming more and more into the ascendancy and Irvine forced a full length save from Cerny with an excellent effort from the edge of the box as the game entered it’s final half hour. Dumbuya was next to create a good opportunity for Thistle as he whipped a cross into the box for Stevenson to head goalwards. With Bain beaten, the attacker could only watch on as his header smashed off the bar and bounced away from goal. It was looking increasingly likely that a single goal would win the game and it was Dundee who got it with just under 15 minutes remaining. Muirhead’s pass for Doolan was cut out by Thomas Konrad, and in a chillingly similar scenario from the last meeting against the Dens Park side, Dundee broke away. McGinn played the ball wide to Stewart who collected it in his own half. He ran the length of the Thistle half before cutting inside Booth to curl a low effort past Cerny. Dundee had a couple of chances to extend their lead through Loy when he flicked a cross over a cross from Calder before he had the ball in the back of the net, but was ruled out for offside. Thistle fired in numerous crosses as they looked to get level but the Dundee backline held out firm and went back to Tayside with all three points.

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ANOTHER INTERNATIONALIST IN THE RANKS

● Gary Miller drops out, leaving Tomáš and Callum as the last remaining competitive game ever-presents for the season.

● 19-year-old Robbie Muirhead makes his Thistle debut.

● 28-year-old Mustapha Dumbuya makes his Thistle debut.

● Mustapha Dumbuya becomes the first Sierra Leonean to play for Thistle.

● Sierra Leone becomes the 39th country/territory to birth a Jag.

● Mustapha becomes the latest full-internationalist to have played for Partick Thistle, and the 120th known to me.

● 11 competitive games without a win represents Archie's longest winless run as a manager.

● Thistle have failed to score in 8 of the last 9 competitive games - there has never been a worse goal drought in the club's history.

● Thistle haven't scored in 86% of this season's League games - the highest percentage of any team in the 10 main British Leagues.

● Thistle hit the bottom of a League for the first time since McNamara took us to the bottom of the First Division more than 4 years ago.

● Failure to score at Victoria Park next week will see Thistle equal the 85 year-old club-record of failing to score in 5 consecutive competitive away games.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League games in which Thistle have failed to score; 23rd May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 4 games; 20th Feb 2010 to 20th Mar 2010. Joint club-record: 5 games; 8th Mar 1930 to 16th Aug 1930 & 18th Oct 2008 to 30th Dec 2008.)

● 4 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have failed to score; 23rd May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 4 games; 30th Aug 2014 to 29th Oct 2014. Club-record: 5 games; 8th Mar 1930 to 16th Aug 1930.)

● 4 consecutive competitive defeats, 22nd Aug 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats, 30th Jan 2015 to 21st Feb 2015. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 4 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have failed to score; 22nd Aug 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 4 games; 23rd May 2015 to 12th Aug 2015. Joint club-record: 6 games; 8th Jan 1921 to 8th Feb 1921 & 17th Jul 1999 to 14th Aug 1999.)

● 6 competitive games without a home win; 16th May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 12 games; 14th Sep 2013 to 1st Feb 2014. Club-record: 13 games; 13th Apr 1988 to 3rd Dec 1988.)

● 8 competitive games since a goal in the away strip, 30th Aug 2014 to date.

● 9 games since a goal in the away strip, 2nd Aug 2014 to date.

● 9 League games since the referee's match decisions favoured Thistle.

● 10 League games without a win; 9th May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 9th Aug 2003 to 29th Nov 2003. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 11 competitive games without a win, 9th May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games, 25th Nov 1989 to 3rd Mar 1990. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 15 competitive games without defeat when scoring the opening goal.

● 17 competitive games since a half-time lead.

● 17 competitive games since a win in the away strip, 29th Dec 2012 to date.

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Stuart Bannigan - 23 games; 24th Jan 2015 to 22nd Aug 2015. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 45 competitive games since a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date.

● 63 competitive games since a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date.

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