8th Jan 2016 St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 4th Round)

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Match Information

			Alex S. Rae		Alan Archibald			38y, 5m, 26d
					Gary Miller
					Mustapha Dumbuya
Andy Webster (2-1, 89 mins)					Dan Seaborne (1-0, 62 mins); David Amoo (2-0, 73 mins)
none (2-1, 89 mins)					none (1-0, 62 mins); none (2-0, 73 mins)
Stevie Mallan					Abdul Osman
Stuart Carswell (Jordan Stewart, 29 mins); Paul McMullan (Calum Gallagher, HT); Cameron Howieson (Steven Thompson, 77 mins)					Kris Doolan (Kevin Nisbet, 86 mins)
			former Jag Jamie Langfield		Tomáš Černý			30y, 8m, 29d
			future Jag Sean Kelly		Gary Miller			28y, 8m, 24d
			Andy Webster		Callum Booth			24y, 7m, 9d
			Paul McMullan		Dan Seaborne			28y, 10m, 3d
			Stuart Carswell		Liam Lindsay			20y, 2m, 27d
			Stevie Mallan		Abdul Osman			28y, 10m, 12d
			Scott Agnew		David Amoo			24y, 8m, 26d
			Keith Watson		Stuart Bannigan			23y, 3m, 22d
			Cameron Howieson		Kris Doolan			29y, 0m, 28d
			Lawrence Shankland		Sean Welsh			25y, 9m, 24d
			Jack Baird		Steven Lawless			24y, 8m, 27d
								26y, 4m, 3d
			Daniel Wilks		Ryan Scully			23y, 2m, 10d
			Steven Thompson		Freddy Frans			27y, 0m, 5d
			Jordan Stewart		David Wilson [ii]			21y, 4m, 2d
			Calum Gallagher		Declan McDaid			20y, 1m, 17d
			Lewis Morgan		Jordan Leyden			19y, 9m, 30d
			Lewis Mclear		Kevin Nisbet			18y, 10m, 0d
			Barry Cuddihy		James Penrice			17y, 0m, 17d

Match Report

TTA report

A drive by Amoo (41) was all Thistle had to show for first half dominance. Goals from corners by Seaborne (62) then Amoo (after a Doolan volley was headed onto the bar, 73) finally enticed Saints out to play. An excellent save by Cerny and a scrambled goal after several corners (89) spiced up added time.

Media report

08-Jan-2016, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle travelled to Paisley to begin their Scottish Cup adventure for 2015/16 campaign in cold snowy conditions. The pitch at the Paisley 2021 Stadium, however, was as close to perfect as you could get for winter football. After Kingsley was harshly beaten in the pre-match mascot race, Thistle were looking to win the game and secure a Fifth Round place. Manager Alan Archibald made one change to the side which suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Celtic the previous weekend with Mustapha Dumbuya, struggling with injury, being replaced by Gary Miller. Thistle’s bench had an extremely youthful look with only Frederic Frans being over the age of 25. There was an appearance for promising Development League players Kevin Nisbet and James Penrice.

Thistle kicked off and immediately went on the attack but Booth was unable to find Welsh deep in the St Mirren penalty area. St Mirren were sitting extremely deep in their half allowing Thistle to come forward on numerous occasions. The first half, however, passed without either goalkeeper having much to do with chances at an extreme premium. Thistle had lots of the ball but were slightly guilty of not shooting when opportunities presented themselves. There was an opportunity for Thistle after 20 minutes when Thistle broke away with numbers. Bannigan played the ball to Lawless, who did extremely well to ride a couple of dangerous challenges before slipping the ball to Amoo. His first time pass found Doolan but, stretching for the ball,Thistle’s striker couldn’t find the target. Lawless and Amoo were switching wings with regularity, adding an extra dimension to Thistle’s attack, but Doolan couldn’t quite reach another tempting cross. The only save either goalkeeper had to make in the first half came five minutes before half time when Amoo showed tremendous skill to earn space in the box. His stinging drive was palmed away by Langfield with Lawless’ rebound knocked behind for a corner.

The second half was better from a Thistle perspective with a notable increase in the tempo by Alan Archibald’s side from the outset. Thistle were applying themselves well and Doolan spun on the edge of the box, firing a shot inches wide as Thistle looked to establish themselves on the front foot. St. Mirren, to their credit, were sticking to their task extremely well preventing Thistle from opening up gaps in front of goal, with their patient brand of passing football. From a St Mirren free kick, Bannigan fed Amoo and the winger was unlucky to see his effort deflected past for a corner kick. From the corner kick, Thistle took the lead. Bannigan’s delivery fell nicely to the feet of Dan Seaborne who fired a first time shot beyond the despairing Jamie Langfield to give Thistle the lead. Thistle continued to press forward looking for a killer second goal to put the tie beyond all doubt. A sustained period of pressure brought a few corners, with Liam Lindsay and Dan Seaborne winning most of Bannigann’s cultured deliveries. St Mirren were trying to push numbers forward in search of an equaliser. It was Thistle, however, who got the second goal and it came from another Bannigan corner. The delivery was flicked on to Doolan at the back post who fired an acrobatic volley towards goal. A Saints defender nodded the ball onto the crossbar before it fell to Amoo who finished at the second attempt from inside the six yard box. St Mirren threw bodies forward looking for a goal back into the game, introducing veteran striker Steven Thompson to proceedings with just under 15 minutes remaining. Thistle were becoming a bit complacent allowing St Mirren back into the game. With the game entering the closing stages Thistle were sieged with St Mirren corners with last ditch blocks and scrambling deflections keeping Tomas Cerny’s goal intact. There was to be a goal for St Mirren with less than two minutes to go as Keith Watson bundled the ball home from close range. There was to be no more action in front of goal despite several long balls forward into the Thistle penalty area and the Jags were able to secure their place in the fifth round draw.

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ST MIRREN PARK INVINCIBLES

● Partick Thistle succesfully launch their 124th attempt to get their hands on the world's oldest fitba' trophy. Thistle who missed the first 7 tournaments (due to not being born / being a public park side) have featured in 123 of the 124 competitions since first appearing in season 1880-81, failing, just once, to emerge from the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1895-96.

● As things stand, when Thistle next win the Scottish Cup, they'll register the longest gap between trophy wins in the tournament's history.

● Thistle, who made the Quarter-Finals in 11 consecutive decades from the 1880s to the 1980s, have yet to reach that stage in the 2010s.

● Thistle reached at least the Quarter-Final stage six times in the 2000s - a club-record tally.

● 8,426 watched Thistle's last Scottish Cup tie in Paisley back in '89 - nearly twice last night's (fine) turnout of 4,572. How times have changed.

● Jags record their 5th consecutive nil-nil half-time scoreline; a first during Archie's tenure. Ian Mac's Jags were last beyond this point with a run of 6 in April-May 2010.

● Thistle's first game in the 1921 Scottish Cup, also an away match, was also 0-0 at half-time. It was also the 5th consecutive nil-nil at half-time back then. As Campbell Hughes would exclaim excitedly: "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?" :o

● Dan Seaborne scores his last goal for Thistle.

● Thistle's current away run now reads just 1 (cruel) defeat in the last 7 games.

● Jags are 6 away games without defeat vs Saints, a run which started with John Lambie's last stand on New Years day 2005.

● St Mirren Park still stands as one of 4 undefeated SPFL member territories for Partick Thistle in the "all-games" category; the others being Borough Briggs, Galabank and Shielfield Park.

● Thistle maintain their 100% Scottish Cup Friday run; a 2 game winning streak which began with a 3-2 win vs. Clyde on the 23rd February 1968!

ongoing sequences:

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

● 32 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.)

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

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

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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