7th Nov 2015 Dundee 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Premiership - game 14)

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	Paul Hartley	Alan Archibald	38y, 3m, 25d

		Paul Gallacher; Kris Doolan
		Ryan Scully; Mathias Pogba

Kane Hemmings (1-1, 85 mins)		Liam Lindsay (1-0, 5 mins)
Nick Ross (1-1, 85 mins)		Stuart Bannigan (1-0, 5 mins)
		Sean Welsh; Stuart Bannigan

Rhys Healey (Kane Hemmings, 30 mins); Nicky Low (Riccardo Calder, 63 mins)		Steven Lawless (Gary Fraser, 70 mins); Kris Doolan (Ryan Stevenson, 84 mins)

	Scott Bain	Paul Gallacher	36y, 2m, 22d
	future Jag Kevin Holt	Mustapha Dumbuya	28y, 3m, 0d
	Thomas Konrad	Callum Booth	24y, 5m, 8d
	Greg Stewart	Dan Seaborne	28y, 8m, 2d
	Nicky Low	Liam Lindsay	20y, 0m, 26d
	Rory Loy	Abdul Osman	28y, 8m, 11d
	Nick Ross	David Amoo	24y, 6m, 25d
	Paul McGowan	Stuart Bannigan	23y, 1m, 21d
	future Jag Paul McGinn	Kris Doolan	28y, 10m, 27d
	Rhys Healey	Sean Welsh	25y, 7m, 23d
	Kostadin Gadzhalov	Steven Lawless	24y, 6m, 26d

			26y, 7m, 26d

	future Jag David Mitchell	Marc Waters	19y, 7m, 8d
	Kevin Thomson	Ryan Stevenson	31y, 2m, 14d
	former Jag Kane Hemmings	Freddy Frans	26y, 10m, 4d
	Riccardo Calder	Ryan Edwards	21y, 11m, 21d
	former Jag Gary Harkins	Declan McDaid	19y, 11m, 16d
	Josh Kelly	Gary Fraser	21y, 4m, 5d
	Gary Irvine	Mathias Pogba	25y, 2m, 19d

TTA report

Lindsay's header from a corner (5) put Thistle ahead. Gallacher had some fine saves as Dundee hit back. Doolan (overhead kick) and Lindsay (another header) went close but pressure told and Dundee scored (85). Stevenson went close in added time then shots were blocked twice at the other end.

Media report

07-Nov-2015, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle travelled to Dens Park to take on Dundee looking for a vast improvement in performance after a disappointing second half performance against Hearts last Saturday at Firhill. Manager Alan Archibald, was forced into a goalkeeping change with Paul Gallacher coming in for his first appearance since a 1-0 loss to Ross County in March. The other change came at the other end of the pitch with Kris Doolan preferred to Mathias Pogba as the lone striker.

Dundee started the game stronger with Healey posing problems in the opening couple of minutes, forcing a low save from the veteran goalkeeper with barely two minutes played. Thistle continued to be under pressure before a break down the right hand side resulted in the opening corner of the game. Stuart Bannigan’s corner was met by Liam Lindsay in the box and he headed his first Thistle goal past Bain to give Thistle the lead. The loss of an early goal didn’t deter Dundee who continued to apply pressure on Thistle but Paul Gallacher was more than equal to anything that reached himself in the Thistle goal. Thistle were reliant on counter attacks with Bannigan finding a shot from the edge of the box, blocked by the feet of a defender. Thistle forays into the Dundee half were being restricted by a determined Dundee side who saw their latest effort, from McGowan, well save by the feet of Gallacher. As Thistle broke through Amoo, he had plenty of options but played his pass too late allowing Kris Doolan to stray offside to curtail the attack. Amoo was proving a danger to Dundee down the right hand side and from another excellent cross Doolan was unlucky not to be able to force the ball over the line from close range as Thistle saw out an excellent first half that ended with Dundee booing their side off the pitch.

Dundee came out with renewed vigour at the start of the second half and threw players forward with a determination to grab the equalising goal. Thistle were dealing well with the aerial threat being posed with the delivery of set pieces deep into Thistle’s box. When the Dees did manage to trouble Gallacher in the Thistle goal, he was proving to be more than equal to their efforts. Thistle were still proving a menace on the counterattack and after Stuart Bannigan accumulated his sixth booking of the league season meaning he will miss the next league fixture, Gary Fraser fired a spectacular effort which Bain did well to tip over the crossbar. With time running out Dundee kept pounding the Thistle goal and after a series of near misses, they finally bagged the equalising goal with just over five minutes remaining. Dundee gathered a loose ball just outside the box, tempting Paul McGowan to slot a pass to Stewart. His poor touch flicked the ball into Kane Hemmings who needed no second invitation to finish low past Gallacher. No Thistle player appealed for offside with Gary Fraser playing the former Thistle trialist onside. No sooner had they been pegged back, than Ryan Stevenson almost regained the lead with a low effort from 20 yards which Bain did well to parry away. The game finished on an end to end frantic conclusion but last ditch defending from both sides meant there was to be no further goals and Thistle were forced to settle for a point.

LIAM BREAKS HIS DUCK

● 36-year-old Paul Gallacher plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle line up with a different goalie for the third competitive game in-a-row. It's the first time that's happened in the same season since 1987-88 when, between October and November, Thistle started with 7 different goalies in 7 consecutive games, a world record, Shirley? The surreal seven were: John Brough; Rikki Ferguson; Murray McDermott; Hugh Stevenson; Fred Jackson; David Haxton; Archie MacLean.

● Marc Waters makes a competitive team sheet for only the second time, his first in over 20 months. He's the 26th player to be listed in season 2015-16.

● Liam Lindsay's first goal for Thistle comes in his 4th season of competitive action. To be fair, it's only his 14th attempt - no' a bad ratio for a centre half. Let's not forget, it took Jackie Campbell 11 years to get his first ;-)

● 7 different players have scored the last 7 Thistle goals. The pleasing sequence reads: David Amoo; Mustapha Dumbuya; Stuart Bannigan; Gary Miller; Steven Lawless; Mathias Pogba; Liam Lindsay.

● Stuart Bannigan gets his first assist of the season.

● Thistle become the last of the Premiership sides to go into double figures in this season's goals for column.

● Thistle's 10 goals have been spread between 8 different players. This is following a similar trend to last season when we had 16 different League scorers, which was our all-time joint-second highest spread in the top-flight.

● Assists are also being widely sourced - Thistle's 10 assists have been spread between 8 different players.

● In the goals / assists combi-chart, 12 Thistle players have directly contributed to the 10 goals.

● Stuart Bannigan joins Juanma Delgado of Hearts with most Premiership yellows this season; both players are sitting with six each. Even by his own standards (he's had 34 yellows in just over 150 games), 6 cards in 14 League games in some going. Biggest hauls since 1997-98 were Marc Smyth (12 yellows in 2005-06) and Darren Brady (12 yellows in 2006-07).

● For his third Thistle game in-a-row, Willie Collum produces no opposition yellows.

● Since being promoted, Thistle have been unable to overcome Dundee in 5 attempts, losing exactly one goal in every game.

ongoing sequences:

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

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

● 25 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Stephen O'Donnell - 29 games; 8th Nov 2014 to 23rd May 2015. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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

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

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