30th Dec 2015 Aberdeen 0 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 19)

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	Derek McInnes	Alan Archibald	38y, 5m, 17d

		David Amoo; Ryan Edwards
		Robbie Muirhead; Sean Welsh



Kenny McLean; Shaleum Logan		Liam Lindsay; David Amoo; Abdul Osman

Ryan Jack (Peter Pawlett, 65 mins); Niall McGinn (Cammy Smith, 82 mins)		Ryan Edwards (Mathias Pogba, 76 mins); David Amoo (David Wilson [ii], 89 mins)

	Danny Ward	Tomáš Černý	30y, 8m, 20d
	Shay Logan	Mustapha Dumbuya	28y, 4m, 23d
	Graeme Shinnie	Callum Booth	24y, 7m, 0d
	Ash Taylor	Dan Seaborne	28y, 9m, 25d
	Mark Reynolds	Liam Lindsay	20y, 2m, 18d
	Kenny McLean	Abdul Osman	28y, 10m, 3d
	Willo Flood	David Amoo	24y, 8m, 17d
	Adam Rooney	Stuart Bannigan	23y, 3m, 13d
	Niall McGinn	Kris Doolan	29y, 0m, 19d
	Jonny Hayes	Ryan Edwards	22y, 1m, 13d
	Ryan Jack	Steven Lawless	24y, 8m, 18d

			25y, 11m, 12d

	Scott Brown	Ryan Scully	23y, 2m, 1d
	Andrew Considine	Gary Miller	28y, 8m, 15d
	future Jag Cammy Smith	Freddy Frans	26y, 11m, 27d
	Barry Robson	David Wilson [ii]	21y, 3m, 24d
	Peter Pawlett	Declan McDaid	20y, 1m, 8d
	David Goodwillie	Robbie Muirhead	19y, 9m, 22d
	Paul Quinn	Mathias Pogba	25y, 4m, 11d

TTA report

The bar saved Cerny (18) but otherwise Aberdeen for all their pressure lacked penetration. They were more determined after half-time but magnificent defending frustrated Aberdeen and late on Thistle looked for a winner, going with two up front. Bannigan shot over and Pogba pulled a shot wide. A well-deserved point.

Media report

30-Dec-2015, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle headed to Pittodrie on a wild windy Wednesday night looking to continue a run of good form which had seen the side record four consecutive top flight victories for the first time since 1977. In their way to prevent the streak extending to five victories was an Aberdeen side who were presented with the opportunity to go top of the Ladbrokes Premiership table. Manager Alan Archibald made two changes to the side which had emerged victorious against Ross County with suspension robbing him of the services of Sean Welsh. Ryan Edwards made his second start as a Partick Thistle player looking to provide the link between the midfield and Kris Doolan who would plough a lone furrow up front throughout the game. In the only other change to the starting line up David Amoo was preferred to Robbie Muirhead in a wide berth.

Aberdeen started the game on the front foot, looking to get an early goal to unlock the Thistle defence and settle down the 12,000 odd home fans crammed into Pittodrie, but they could only present Tomas Cerny with a series of crosses that the Thistle custodian was more than well placed to deal with. Thistle were gradually coming into the game as an attacking force with Amoo making a couple of forceful runs down the right hand side but unable to find a Thistle body with his resulting crosses, due to good defending. With barely 20 minutes played, Aberdeen almost took the lead when Shinnie took aim from the edge of the box and fired a powerful effort which hit the crossbar before bouncing away to safety. Doolan glanced a header wide of goal as the game entered a lull and Thistle held their shape against an Aberdeen side that appeared unable to break them down during the remainder of the first half.

Aberdeen started the second half in more urgent fashion having clearly received a reminder of what is at stake for the side with Celtic, the league leaders, not playing. It was Thistle that created the first chances of the second half when Doolan and Amoo both found crosses into the box but, both having their efforts cleared by strong Aberdeen defending. McGinn latched onto a long ball from Logan but with plenty of options inside the box, opted to chip the advancing Cerny but only found his effort going straight to the goalkeeper. Aberdeen’s fans were becoming frustrated as the home side stepped it up a gear as they looked to snatch the all-important first goal. Thistle faced a barrage of high set pieces which were defended excellently as a unit. Cerny was forced into an excellent save when McLean took aim from the edge of the box, but the goalkeeper made a comfortable save from a shot which appeared destined for the bottom corner of the net. Aberdeen were applying the pressure with great effect, but Cerny was equal to everything and his assured handling provided many a relief to Thistle players and fans alike. With the game entering its dying embers, manager Alan Archibald brought on Mathias Pogba to replace the tiring Ryan Edwards. The physical striker led the line with Kris Doolan filling into a deeper slot. Pogba brought a different threat to the Thistle side as they troubled Aberdeen in the closing stages of the game, with Bannigan firing over from inside the box when a chance presented itself at a difficult angle. The last chance of the game was to be Thistle’s but Callum Booth’s cross wasn’t able to reach Mathias Pogba and referee Clancy decided enough was enough, blowing the fulltime whistle to signal a well-deserved point for Thistle. Aberdeen threw everything they had at Thistle tonight but tremendous defending by the entire team ensured they were kept at bay and extended the unbeaten run to two months.

TWO CALENDAR MONTHS UNBEATEN IN THE TOP-FLIGHT!

● This hard-fought draw at Pittodrie closed out another unbeaten calendar month for Archie's Jags, repeating the feat of November. back-to-back unbeaten calendar months are an extreme rarity in the competitive games fixture list when Thistle are in the top-flight. So much so, in fact, that this equals the competitive games club-record for the category. Alan Archibald is only the third manager to register this impressive feat, following in the footsteps of Donald Turner and Willie Thornton. The feat was achieved thrice by Donald Turner's boys in March / April 1931, November / December 1932 and December 1937 / January 1938. It was achieved twice by Willie Thornton's Jags in October 1962 / November 1962 and January 1963 / February 1963. Archie's Jags become the first Thistle side to do the competitive games calendar double in over 50 years. Note: Any inactive months were completely ignored for the purposes of this query.

● Callum Booth's current run of 30 consecutive competitive appearances is the longest stretch since Aaron Taylor-Sinclair's near 15 month run of 56 competitive games set between October 2012 and January 2014.

● Thistle's current run of 3 consecutive clean-sheets in the League is currently only bettered across the 10 main British Leagues by Middlesbrough, who are sitting on a spectacular club-record equalling run of seven successive clean-sheets in the league.

● On a personal level, the commanding Tomáš Černý is now on a run of 345 minutes without conceding a goal. On a team level, he's now celebrating 3 consecutive clean-sheets since his return from injury. Back in April, Scott Fox was thwarted for a run of 4 consecutive top-flight clean-sheets with a 2-0 reverse at… Celtic Park (Feck). Alan Rough was the last Jag to go one better, more than 33 years ago. His run of 4 included: Morton [a] D0-0, Aberdeen [h] D0-0, St Mirren [h] D0-0 and Rangers [h] W2-0. That run was broken with a 2-2 draw at… Celtic Park! (FFS!) George Niven holds the all-time club-record for League games, having returned 5-in-a-row back in 1968.

● The nil nil draw is Thistle's most common result in the League this season, having been recorded thrice.

● Thistle have now failed to score in 5 consecutive League games against Aberdeen. In this "same team" category, it's the second longest barren run in the club's League history; only a 6 game League run vs St Johnstone 1994-97 went beyond this point.

● In the 6 game Premiership form table, Thistle, with 14 points, are second only to Aberdeen on goal difference.

● In the 10 game Premiership form table, Thistle, with 21 points, are second only to Celtic who have 2 points more.

● Jags are now on their diamond anniversary of 75 competitive games without a goal from a penalty.

● Levelling all seasons to 3 points per win, Thistle's current tally of 1.26 points per game represents the greatest top-flight halfway points gather since season 1979-80.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 7th Nov 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 10th Apr 2013 to 16th Aug 2013. Joint club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976 & 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Jan 2001.)

● 6 League games without defeat, 7th Nov 2015 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 19th Jan 2013 to 16th Aug 2013. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

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

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Kallum Higginbotham - 33 games; 10th Aug 2013 to 26th Mar 2014. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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

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

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