3rd Oct 2015 Partick Thistle 3 Dundee United 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 10)

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38y, 2m, 20d	Alan Archibald	Dave Bowman

Liam Lindsay; David Amoo; Mathias Pogba
Freddy Frans; Kris Doolan; Robbie Muirhead

David Amoo (1-0, 15 mins); Mustapha Dumbuya (2-0, 55 mins); Stuart Bannigan (3-0, 64 mins)
Callum Booth (1-0, 15 mins); David Amoo (2-0, 55 mins); Mathias Pogba (3-0, 64 mins)
Liam Lindsay; Steven Lawless; Stuart Bannigan		Ryan McGowan; Simon Murray

David Amoo (David Wilson [ii], 78 mins); Mathias Pogba (Kris Doolan, 81 mins); Steven Lawless (Ryan Edwards, 86 mins)		Callum Morris (Coll Donaldson, 6 mins); Euan Spark (Aidan Connolly, 62 mins); Darko Bodul (Simon Murray, 70 mins)

30y, 5m, 23d	Tomáš Černý	Luis Zwick
28y, 1m, 26d	Mustapha Dumbuya	Ryan McGowan former Jag
24y, 4m, 3d	Callum Booth	Seán Dillon
28y, 6m, 28d	Dan Seaborne	John Souttar
19y, 11m, 21d	Liam Lindsay	John Rankin
28y, 7m, 6d	Abdul Osman	Blair Spittal future Jag
24y, 5m, 20d	David Amoo	Ryan Dow
23y, 0m, 16d	Stuart Bannigan	Callum Morris
25y, 1m, 14d	Mathias Pogba	Scott Fraser
25y, 6m, 18d	Sean Welsh	Euan Spark
24y, 5m, 21d	Steven Lawless	Darko Bodul

25y, 8m, 15d

22y, 11m, 4d	Ryan Scully	Michal Szromnik
28y, 5m, 18d	Gary Miller	Simon Murray
28y, 9m, 22d	Kris Doolan	Charlie Telfer
31y, 1m, 9d	Ryan Stevenson	Aidan Connolly
21y, 0m, 27d	David Wilson [ii]	Coll Donaldson
21y, 10m, 16d	Ryan Edwards	Adam Taggart
18y, 6m, 25d	Kevin Nisbet	Ali Coote

notes

PTFC misses Bannigan yellow. BBC reports @ 85:17 “Stuart Bannigan (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul”.
Art giveaway # 1: 2,000 footballs, designed by San Franciscan graffiti artist, Barry McGee.

TTA report

Amoo out-jumped the keeper to head in (15). Cerny had a fine save then a top-corner save denied Welsh. Seaborne's header came off the bar and hit the keeper for a corner then United hit the post. A low cross-cum-shot by Dumbuya (55) and a curling shot by Bannigan (64) lifted the spirits. 2nd bottom!

Media report

03-Oct-2015, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle entertained Dundee United in crucial Ladbrokes Premiership match with the sides occupying the bottom two positions in the division. Thistle were still seeking their first win of the season, and for the second consecutive week faced a side that had recently parted company with their manager. Alan Archibald made three changes to the side which had lost narrowly to Motherwell, electing to introduce Mathias Pogba from the start, hoping the striker would add a bit more physicality to his side, as he looked to boss the United defence from the start. Robbie Muirhead dropped out due to being unable to face his parent club, meaning there was a start for David Amoo who netted his first Thistle goal last weekend. Frederic Frans missed out through injury allowing Liam Lindsay to return to the starting eleven and, in turn, giving manager Alan Archibald his 8th different starting defence of the season so far.

Thistle started in positive fashion with Dumbuya acquitting himself well against the United defender, and his cross was gathered by Zwick under pressure from Pogba. It set the tone for the afternoon with Pogba proving to be a handful for the United rearguard. After the big striker spooned a back post volley over the bar, Thistle took the lead. It was a slow patient move with 19 passes being played from Tomas Cerny collecting a loose ball. Bannigan switched the ball wide to Booth, who after a quick one-two fired over a cross which looped up into the six yard box. Amoo was waiting and outjumped Zwick to nod Thistle into the lead. United nearly had a quickfire equaliser and Cerny had to produce a good fingertip save after a Dow shot seemed destined for the top corner of the net. Thistle were showing their dangerous side on the counter and Amoo was close to doubling his personal tally, but his low shot, after being played in by Lawless, was saved by the feet of the goalkeeper. Bannigan was caught late 25 yards from goal, with Welsh hitting a splendid effort that was matched only by an equally good save from Zwick who tipped it over the crossbar. From Bannigan’s corner, Seaborne headed the ball goalwards, it struck the bar before hitting the goalkeeper on the foot. The ball bounced up and grazed the outside of the post before spinning behind for another corner. A couple of minutes later saw United come close with Fraser smashing a volley off the frame of Tomas Cerny’s goal and rebounding out to safety. It was a game changing moment and Thistle reached half time of a very entertaining half with a goal advantage.

Thistle came out with the same intensity after the restart and pushed United deep with Pogba, once again, proving to be a crucial focal point in the team from an attacking sense. It was from a different source, however, that Thistle scored their second. Dumbuya had been getting forward in support of Amoo all game, and when the winger slotted the ball into his path, he cut inside before firing a left footed effort across goal. Steven Lawless appeared to go for the ball, missing it allowing Dumbuya’s effort to creep into the far post. It was a two goal lead the Thistle richly deserved, and although United looked dangerous in spells, Thistle’s defending denying the service into the box. Thistle soon extended their lead to three when Pogba delivered a low cross into the box and Bannigan curled a right footed effort beyond Zwick. Thistle were in complete control and although the intensity of the game dropped significantly, Thistle could have added a fourth when Pogba drilled a low ball across goal, but Wilson didn’t show enough desire to poke the ball in at the back post. All in all, Thistle more than merited their first three points of the season they leapfrogged Dundee United into 11th place.

ARCHIE'S SEVEN NATION ARMY EQUAL 3 CLUB RECORDS

● 21-year-old Ryan Edwards makes his Thistle debut.

● Ryan Edwards becomes the first Singaporean to play for Thistle.

● Singapore becomes the 40th country/territory to birth a Jag.

● At kick off time there were 6 nations represented in the Thistle line-up; the Czech Republic, Sierra Leone, Scotland, England, Ghana and Guinea. This actually equals the club-record which was set at the Caledonian Stadium on Wednesday 12th August 2015. It's now the 4th time this season there has been a 6 nation spread at the starting line up.

● Thistle get that all important first goal - in matches which start in such a fashion, Jags are now unbeaten in 16 competitive games.

● David Amoo is first Jag to score 2 games-in-a-row since Christie Elliott did so in November 2014.

● With their one goal advantage at the break, Thistle ended their run of 19 competitive games without a half-time lead.

● Mustapha Dumbuya scores his only goal for Thistle.

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

● Sierra Leone becomes the twentieth country to be represented in the Thistle goal-scoring charts.

● Stuart's counter ensured a share of an all-time club-record three-nation scoresheet; England, Sierra Leone and Scotland.

● The introduction of the Singapore-born Ryan Edwards brought Thistle's nation total up to seven within the 90 minutes. This equals the club-record which was set just last week at Fir Park. Last week's game had further established an outright record by virtue of having seven nation representation on the pitch at the same time (the final 25 minutes).

● Thistle register their biggest victory margin over United since a three nil top-flight win at Tannadice on 11th November 1972.

● Thistle register back-to-back League wins against United for the first time since 1964.

● This win represents an ideal start to Archie's reign as the outright longest serving gaffer in the Scottish Premiership, now standing proudly at 2 years, 8 months, 4 days. Hard to believe he's still only 37!

ongoing sequences:

● 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.)

● 16 competitive games without defeat when scoring the opening goal, 23rd Sep 2014 to date.

● 18 competitive games without a win in the away strip, 29th Dec 2012 to date.

● 21 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.)

● 48 competitive games without a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date.

● 66 competitive games without a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date.

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