21st Nov 2015 Partick Thistle 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 (SPFL Premiership - game 15)

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38y, 4m, 8d	Alan Archibald	John Hughes

Ryan Scully; Gary Fraser
Paul Gallacher; Stuart Bannigan

Kris Doolan (1-1, 42 mins); Ryan Stevenson (2-1, 90 mins)		Miles Storey (0-1, 6 mins)
Steven Lawless (1-1, 42 mins); Mustapha Dumbuya (2-1, 90 mins)		Danny Williams (0-1, 6 mins)
Liam Lindsay		Iain Vigurs

David Amoo (Robbie Muirhead, 60 mins); Kris Doolan (Mathias Pogba, 76 mins); Gary Fraser (Ryan Stevenson, 82 mins)		Danny Williams (Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo, 66 mins); Miles Storey (Tobi Sho-Silva, 69 mins); Liam Polworth (Ross Draper, 76 mins)

23y, 0m, 23d	Ryan Scully	Owain Fôn Williams
28y, 3m, 14d	Mustapha Dumbuya	Carl Tremarco
24y, 5m, 22d	Callum Booth	James Vincent
28y, 8m, 16d	Dan Seaborne	Josh Meekings
20y, 1m, 9d	Liam Lindsay	Danny Devine future Jag
28y, 8m, 25d	Abdul Osman	Greg Tansey
24y, 7m, 8d	David Amoo	Lewis Horner
25y, 8m, 6d	Sean Welsh	Danny Williams
28y, 11m, 10d	Kris Doolan	Liam Polworth
21y, 4m, 19d	Gary Fraser	Iain Vigurs
24y, 7m, 9d	Steven Lawless	Miles Storey future Jag

25y, 3m, 29d

36y, 3m, 5d	Paul Gallacher	Ryan Esson
28y, 7m, 6d	Gary Miller	Gary Warren
31y, 2m, 28d	Ryan Stevenson	Ross Draper
26y, 10m, 18d	Freddy Frans	David Raven
22y, 0m, 4d	Ryan Edwards	Nat Wedderburn
19y, 8m, 13d	Robbie Muirhead	Tobi Sho-Silva
25y, 3m, 2d	Mathias Pogba	Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo future Jag

TTA report

Sluggish Thistle could have been 1 down in the 1st min and went behind (6). They clawed their way back and Doolan scored on the angle (42). In the second half Thistle made most chances but it took Stevenson's cross-cum-shot way out on the right that deceived everyone (90) to take the points.

Media report

21-Nov-2015, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle hosted Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Firhill looking to build on the point won a fortnight ago at Dens Park. Thistle have enjoyed a good record against the highland outfit since winning promotion to the Premiership in 2013 and Alan Archibald was keen for the good streak against them to continue. The manager made two changes to the side which had earned the point at Dens with Ryan Scully returning to the goalkeeping position having served his one match ban. Missing out due to a ban was Stuart Bannigan and his place in the midfield went to Gary Fraser.

Thistle started sluggishly, with Inverness keen to test Ryan Scully early on firing in shots from distance in the opening stages of the game. It took only six minutes for the away side to take the lead when some confident passing from the team resulted in Storey being played through by Williams, sending a low drive past Scully to the corner of the net. Thistle were in danger of losing any sense of control in the game as Inverness pressed hard, but Doolan was working hard to try and gain some territory in the Inverness half, winning a free kick 30 yards from goal, after showing a great first touch. From the freekick, Fraser floated the ball to the back post, with Seaborne able to knock it back into the box, but Inverness were able to clear easily. Callum Booth was marauding down the left hand touchline and showed excellent pace to get clear of Horney, before lifting a cross which Doolan saw his downward header tipped over the bar by Fon Williams. From the resulting corner, Doolan had a shot on the turn which went agonisingly wide of the post as Thistle cranked up the pressure on the away side. Lawless was next to try his luck, after a mazy run allowed him space on the edge of the box to fire a fizzing drive just wide of the post. Thistle were having the better of the game, but Inverness were proving to be a threat on the break with Williams getting on the end of a Polworth cross but unable to find the back of the net with Scully beaten. Just before half time, Thistle were level and it was that man Doolan who notched the equaliser, after a first half where he had a personal dual with Fon Williams. Having been blocked from close range previously, Doolan manufactured himself some space inside the box, before finishing a low left footed drive into the far post.

Thistle came out strongly at the start of the second half buoyed by the equalising goal and Fraser did well to burst into the box to meet a Dumbuya cross, but his header was straight at the goalkeeper. The pace of David Amoo was causing Inverness all sorts of problems and he shot wide having been played clean through inside the penalty area. Scully had to be alert to beat Williams to a through ball but had little to do in the second half as Thistle continued to press forward in search of a winner. Steven Lawless was denied by a good save from Fon Williams, with Muirhead unable to bundle home the rebound, while Gary Fraser tried a couple of optimistic long range efforts which floated past the post. Booth and Pogba both had efforts blocked by defenders before Thistle grabbed a last gasp winner. Dumbuya and Stevenson combined after a throw in and, with no options for delivering a cross seemingly obvious, he swung a left foot to send it into the box. Mathias Pogba made a movement towards the ball, but it bounced away from the striker and into the back of the net. With three minutes of additional time to navigate, there was still an air of nerviness around Firhill but the home fans inside the ground were soon celebrating three points, which, combined with other results, saw Thistle climb a place to 10th in the Ladbrokes Premiership table.

9 GOALS, 9 PLAYERS RECORD EQUALLED

● 31-year-old Ryan Stevenson plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by scoring his final goal for the club.

● Jamie Vardy is getting all the Stats acclaim this weekend but, for me, the biggest deal is the equalling of Thistle's all-time club-record for different Thistle players scoring consecutively in competitive action. That's now 9 different players who have scored the last 9 goals: David Amoo; Mustapha Dumbuya; Stuart Bannigan; Gary Miller; Steven Lawless; Mathias Pogba; Liam Lindsay; Kris Doolan; Ryan Stevenson.

● It's actually the first time that such a 9-player sequence has been recorded "purely" in the top-flight. Such a notion would have been considered completely ridiculous back in the old days of 2-3-5 when the front 5 monopolized the scoring charts (although there was a freak 8 recorded in 1908-09). Even when formations changed to 4-2-4, 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 it was still the front 4 players who tended to mop up the goals. A word of caution though - we don't always know all of the scorers in some of the minor games. For example, we beat Cameronians 15-0 in the Glasgow Cup in 1895 and no goal scorers have been found so far, although these instances are extremely unlikely to challenge the record in question.

● The current record run of 9 was (arguably) set between January to March 1993: Paul Kinnaird; Gerry Britton; Grant Tierney; George Shaw; Ian Cameron; Davie Irons; og; Willie Jamieson; Colin McGlashan; Ray Farningham. All of these goals were recorded in the Premier Division. You'll note that there was an "og" breaking up the sequence, hence the term "arguably". Wording the query in a different manner, this stands as an outright unique record in that 10 different men scored consecutively for Thistle.

● The first "pure 9" occurred exactly 2 years later, between January and March 1995. Alex Taylor; Stevie Pittman; Alan Dinnie; Wayne Foster; Derek McWilliams; Albert Craig; Tommy Turner; Rod McDonald; Tom Smith. 8 of these were in the Premier Division, Albert's Scottish Cup consolation goal at Dens being the only exception.

● Fast forward to Archie's reign and we find that his boys are actually sharing their own record, with both Steven Lawless and Kris Doolan further sharing a unique bit of history by being twice involved: Conrad Balatoni; Christie Elliott; Aaron Muirhead; Steven Craig; James Craigen; Steven Lawless; Chris Erskine; Kris Doolan; Stephen O'Donnell. That sequence occurred over a 3 game First Division spell in March 2013, and included the one-off historical feat of 6 different Thistle players scoring 6 goals in the same match with the 6-1 routing of Livingston at Firhill.

● So, all eyes on Rugby Park for what could be an historic 10-in-a-row goal scoring sequence from Thistle players. I would love it if Callum Booth could be the man to set the new team record. Mind you, I would equally love it if Doolan could grab his first away goal in the League in over 18 months. Bearing in mind he’s still in line for a Killie grand slam this season. ;)

ongoing sequences:

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

● 26 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.)

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

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

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