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matches:2015-16: ← 12game 1314 →

	Jim McIntyre	Alan Archibald	38y, 2m, 6d

		Dan Seaborne; Sean Welsh
		Liam Lindsay; Robbie Muirhead

Liam Boyce (0-1, 17 mins)
Jamie Reckord (0-1, 17 mins)
Jackson Irvine; Tony Dingwall		Mustapha Dumbuya

Michael Gardyne (Jonathan Franks, 52 mins); Brian Graham (Tony Dingwall, 63 mins); Martin Woods (Stewart Murdoch, 70 mins)		Ryan Stevenson (Robbie Muirhead, 59 mins); Stuart Bannigan (David Amoo, 68 mins); Kris Doolan (Kevin Nisbet, 77 mins)

	former Jag Scott Fox	Tomáš Černý	30y, 5m, 9d
	former Jag Scott Boyd	Mustapha Dumbuya	28y, 1m, 12d
	future Jag Raffaele De Vita	Callum Booth	24y, 3m, 20d
	Liam Boyce	Dan Seaborne	28y, 6m, 14d
	Michael Gardyne	Freddy Frans	26y, 8m, 16d
	Jackson Irvine	Abdul Osman	28y, 6m, 23d
	Jamie Reckord	Sean Welsh	25y, 6m, 4d
	Chris Robertson	Stuart Bannigan	23y, 0m, 2d
	future Jag Brian Graham	Kris Doolan	28y, 9m, 8d
	Marcus Fraser	Ryan Stevenson	31y, 0m, 26d
	future Jag Martin Woods	Steven Lawless	24y, 5m, 7d

			27y, 2m, 22d

	Gary Woods	Ryan Scully	22y, 10m, 21d
	Ian McShane	Gary Miller	28y, 5m, 4d
	Tony Dingwall	David Amoo	24y, 5m, 6d
	Darren Holden	David Wilson [ii]	21y, 0m, 13d
	Stewart Murdoch	Declan McDaid	19y, 9m, 28d
	future Jag Richard Foster	Robbie Muirhead	19y, 6m, 11d
	Jonathan Franks	Kevin Nisbet	18y, 6m, 11d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Stats databases, including BBC and SPFL, all miss 2 County yellows. As told on PTFC: "In the 26th minute, after referee Aitken plays advantage for a tug on Lawless, Welsh forces Fox into a fine save on the angle. Referee Greg Aitken books Irvine once the balls goes out of play. Later, County's Tony Dingwall was booked in the 88th minute."
	3531 (SPFL)

County (sitting 4th) were no better/worse than Thistle but they took one of their few chances with a free header when a free-kick was cleared but pumped back in (17). A better 2nd half saw Thistle improve but Muirhead's shot saved at the post (85) and Lawless' half chance from a cross (93) were far too late.

Thistle travelled to Dingwall heartened by a good performance against Dundee seven days earlier, looking to maintain a strong record against the Staggies. Alan Archibald was forced to rejig his side as illness deprived him of the services of Liam Lindsay, Dan Seaborne returning to the starting lineup, while Sean Welsh returned to the heart of the midfield as Robbie Muirhead dropped to the substitutes bench. The game got off to a fast, frantic start with both sides being scrappy and loose with possession, but for the opening stages there wasn’t any clear opportunities for either side in front of goal. Thistle were keen to play expansive football against their hosts, with Lawless and Booth linking up well down the left hand side, with only a poor delivery bringing the attack to an abrupt end. With just over a quarter of an hour gone, Ross County marched ahead. Jamie Reckord took a poor County free kick, but the ball found its way back to him and he arched a dangerous cross into the heart of the box. Liam Boyce made an unmarked run deep into the box and his head flew past Cerny before he had time to react. Thistle were shocked at the concession of an early goal and took a while to get back into their stride, being fortunate that the hosts were unable to take advantage of several presentable opportunities in front of goal. The Jags best chance of the first half was to follow shortly, as Lawless slid in Welsh who did well to force a good low save from his angled drive. The remainder of the first half descended into a scrappy midfield battle with County more than matching a poor showing in the Thistle midfield. Thistle came out with a renewed vigour in the second half, but for all their attacking play, struggled to create a clear cut opportunity to test Scott Fox in the County goal in the opening stages of the second half. Chris Robertson came close to adding a second for Ross County when he got on the end of a corner, but in truth the game was lacking in urgency with little to excite the 3,500 strong crowd at the Global Energy Stadium. Alan Archibald tried to inject energy in his side with the introduction of Amoo, Muirhead and a debut for development squad striker Kevin Nisbet to his side as he looked to salvage a point from the game. Muirhead showed willingness and directness being encouraged to shoot on sight. Thistle had two chances to get level in the dying embers of the game with Kevin Nisbet key in both. Firstly he picked out Muirhead who fired over despite having time and space on the edge of the box. Then deep into injury time he teed up Steven Lawless who flicked the cross wide of goal. Thistle will be disappointed to have conceded such an avoidable goal and emerge back to Glasgow with no points and still sitting at the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership table.

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WOT, NO GOALS?

● Kevin Nisbet makes his competitive debut for the club.

● Thistle have failed to score in 9 of their last 10 competitive games - an unprecedented run in the club's history.

● Having failed to score in 5 consecutive competitive away games, Archie's Jags have equalled the club-record run for the category, set by Donald Turner's side in a stretch of games from 8th March 1930 to 16th August 1930.

● Across the 10 main British Leagues, Partick Thistle stand alone at the bottom of the "goals for" column, with a paltry tally of 2.

● Thistle's shyness in front of goal has been a continuing problem for a long period. Losses to nil (almost always narrowly) were a big statistical characteristic of last season's League campaign - there were 12 of them in total - and it was (jointly) the 3rd highest tally ever recorded by the club. With 5 out of 8 having been returned already this term, League season 2015-16 is shaping up to be even worse.

● You have to rewind back to 1986 to find the last time that Thistle went 9 competitive games without a win to start a season (the run was 10 that year).

● Now sitting at 12 competitive games without a win, we're on the longest run in the category since Sandy Clark was in charge for 14 of a 15 game sequence in season 1989-90.

● Failure to score at Fir Park next week would see Archie's Jags equal the all-time club-record of failing to score in 6 consecutive competitive games; set by George Easton's team in 1921 and equalled by John Lambie's side in 1999.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive League defeats; 22nd Aug 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 30th Jan 2015 to 21st Feb 2015. Club-record: 12 defeats; 27th Feb 1909 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 4 consecutive League 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: 5 games; 13th Nov 2004 to 4th Dec 2004 & 27th Mar 2010 to 19th Apr 2010.)

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

● 5 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have failed to score; 23rd May 2015 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 5 games; 8th Mar 1930 to 16th Aug 1930.)

● 5 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.)

● 5 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have failed to score; 22nd Aug 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 5 games; 27th Mar 2010 to 19th Apr 2010. Joint club-record: 6 games; 8th Jan 1921 to 8th Feb 1921 & 17th Jul 1999 to 14th Aug 1999.)

● 6 away League games without a win; 9th May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 29th Sep 2012 to 16th Feb 2013. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 6 competitive away games without a win; 9th May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 27th Oct 2012 to 16th Feb 2013. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 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.

● 11 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.)

● 12 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, 23rd Sep 2014 to date.

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

● 18 competitive games since a half-time lead, 21st Mar 2015 to date.

● 19 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.)

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

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

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