26th Sep 2015 Motherwell 2 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Premiership - game 9)

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	former Jag Stephen Craigan	Alan Archibald	38y, 2m, 13d

		Robbie Muirhead
		Ryan Stevenson

Freddy Frans (0-1, og 22 mins); Scott McDonald (0-2, 69 mins)		David Amoo (1-2, 78 mins)
Lionel Ainsworth (0-1, og 22 mins); none (0-2, 69 mins)		Dan Seaborne (1-2, 78 mins)
Louis Moult; Keith Lasley; Connor Ripley		Abdul Osman; Freddy Frans; Sean Welsh; Dan Seaborne

Louis Moult (Jack Leitch, 63 mins); Marvin Johnson (Dom Thomas, 66 mins); Scott McDonald (Wes Fletcher, 77 mins)		Kris Doolan (Kevin Nisbet, 58 mins); Robbie Muirhead (Mathias Pogba, 65 mins); Stuart Bannigan (David Amoo, 76 mins)

	Connor Ripley	Tomáš Černý	30y, 5m, 16d
	Liam Grimshaw	Mustapha Dumbuya	28y, 1m, 19d
	Stephen McManus	Callum Booth	24y, 3m, 27d
	Kieran Kennedy	Dan Seaborne	28y, 6m, 21d
	Keith Lasley	Freddy Frans	26y, 8m, 23d
	Stephen Pearson	Abdul Osman	28y, 6m, 30d
	Marvin Johnson	Sean Welsh	25y, 6m, 11d
	Lionel Ainsworth	Stuart Bannigan	23y, 0m, 9d
	Louis Moult	Kris Doolan	28y, 9m, 15d
	future Jag Scott McDonald	Robbie Muirhead	19y, 6m, 18d
	Joe Chalmers	Steven Lawless	24y, 5m, 14d

			26y, 2m, 11d

	Craig Samson	Ryan Scully	22y, 10m, 28d
	Louis Laing	Gary Miller	28y, 5m, 11d
	Jack Leitch	David Amoo	24y, 5m, 13d
	Dom Thomas	Ryan Stevenson	31y, 1m, 2d
	Wes Fletcher	Liam Lindsay	19y, 11m, 14d
	Josh Law	Kevin Nisbet	18y, 6m, 18d
	Theo Robinson	Mathias Pogba	25y, 1m, 7d

TTA report

An OG by Frans (22) put managerless Motherwell ahead. Lawless hit the post and Cerny had some fine saves. Lost possession led to a header off Cerny and the rebound was poked in (69) but, after 540 mins, a goal! Amoo's header (78) sparked a spirited fight-back. Nisbet hit the post but it wasn't to be.

Media report

26-Sep-2015, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle travelled to Fir Park to take on a manager-less

Motherwell side still seeking the elusive first victory of season, having not scored a goal in over a month. Motherwell, sitting in 10th place prior to kick off, presented an opportunity for Thistle to close the gap between themselves and their opponents. Thistle made one change to the side which lost narrowly to Ross County last weekend with Robbie Muirhead, who had impressed in each of his first two appearances came into the side at the expense of Ryan Stevenson, who was joined on the bench by Mathias Pogba.

Both teams started in a nervy fashion but it was Motherwell who had the first glimpse of goal when McDonald pounced on a slack Bannigan pass. He slipped in Johnson who saw his shot well saved by Cerny. After a sluggish opening ten minutes, Thistle came into the game strongly but were restricted to efforts from distance that failed to trouble Ripley in the ‘Well goal. Muirhead was next to have a chance when he connected with Welsh’s free kick but his header glanced over the bar. It was Motherwell, however, who broke the deadlock. Ainsworth picked up the ball wide on the right and skipped past the challenge of Booth. With two attackers lurking at the back post, the ball was met by Frans who could only divert the ball high into his own net. Thistle were spurred into a greater sense of urgency and Lawless became the latest player to be denied by the woodwork when he collected the ball on the edge of the box and saw his low effort smash off the post. Welsh was next to advance into the ‘Well penalty box, taking a tumble under a Motherwell challenge, appealing in vain for Thistle’s first penalty in over a year.

Motherwell were close to doubling their lead minutes into the second half as Lionel Ainsworth went on a run through the Thistle team. He was denied by an excellent save from Tomas Cerny, adding another fine stop to his already growing collection. Thistle introduced Kevin Nisbet and Mathias Pogba to add some more attacking threat to Thistle’s play but the second goal of the game came at the other end. A poor pass from Seaborne put Frans under pressure and, under significant pressure from a pressing Motherwell attacker, his clearance only landed his clearance at the feet of Keith Lasley. He sprayed a pass wide right to Ainsworth who’s cross found McDonald unmarked in the box. Cerny did well to save his initial header but the rebound landed at the feet of the striker to poke the ball into the back of the net. Thistle were able to get a goal back into the game when Amoo was able to head home from close range following a knock down from Sean Welsh’s corner. With just over 10 minutes left in the game, Thistle threw everything they had at Motherwell with Kevin Nisbet coming closest to grabbing an equaliser with his shot from just outside the box, bouncing off the post with Ripley beaten. Despite five minutes of injury time, Thistle were unable to find that coveted equaliser and will have to spend another week at the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership.

BOOM, DINK, BOMP - GOAL. EASY.

● David Amoo scores his first goal for Thistle.

● David Amoo's goal ends an outrageous / bizarre 19 month run of 8 competitive games without a goal in the away strip. David becomes the first Jag to register out of the red n yella since Higgy, in grey and white, put Thistle 3-2 up on 15 February 2014… at Fir Park.

● Talking of the bizarre, David's goal puts the end point as 25th September on a new time-span club-record; 131 days had passed with only one player - Kris Doolan - having registered a competitive goal on the score sheets, the longest such stretch recorded since competitive games became the majority in the fixture card in 1891-92.

● Dan Seaborne registers his first assist for the club. Although, according to the ever-unreliable stats world, he is the spitting image of Abdul Osman.

● Thistle return a full month's worth of defeats for the first time since November 2013.

● In another unwelcome first for Archie's Jags, they lose six on the trot. Derek Whyte & Gerry Britton were the last to do the same when, whilst a second tier side, they lost 6 games all in one apalling month, September 2004. Gerry Collins was the last manager to go longer, being responsible for losing 8 of the 9-in-a-row run in 2003.

● The agonising wait for a competitive victory in 2015-16 now goes into double figures; it's 43 years since the wait was longer.

● Thistle are on a horrible run of 11 competitive games without a home win vs Dundee United. Next week presents an ideal opportunity to put an end to that run and to get off the bottom of the League by leapfrogging the DABS. #COYJ

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive League defeats; 22nd Aug 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 21st Aug 2010 to 25th Sep 2010. Club-record: 12 defeats; 27th Feb 1909 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 6 consecutive competitive defeats, 22nd Aug 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 6 defeats, 4th Sep 2004 to 25th Sep 2004. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 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.)

● 7 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.)

● 7 competitive away games without a win; 9th May 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 19th Apr 2011 to 15th Oct 2011. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 12 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.)

● 13 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.

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

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

● 20 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.)

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

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

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