5th Jul 2016 Raith Rovers 0 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Gary Locke		Alan Archibald			38y, 11m, 22d
					Joe McGovern; David Syme; James Penrice; Sean Kelly; David Wilson [ii]; Kris Doolan; Chris Erskine; Steven Lawless
					Cory Harvey; Sean Long; Michael McMullin; Jakub Sokolík; David Amoo; Mathias Pogba; Ade Azeez; Kevin Nisbet
Bobby Barr (Jonny Court, 58 mins); Yaw Osei (Joel Coustrain, 58 mins); Kevin McHattie (David McKay, 72 mins)					Abdul Osman (David Amoo, 54 mins); Chris Erskine (Ade Azeez, 63 mins); Kris Doolan (Mathias Pogba, 68 mins); Steven Lawless (Declan McDaid, 72 mins); Sean Welsh (Andy McCarthy, 75 mins); David Syme (Matthew McInally, 82 mins)
			Kevin Cuthbert		Joe McGovern			22y, 4m, 3d
			Jason Thomson		David Syme			19y, 0m, 12d
			Kevin McHattie		James Penrice			17y, 6m, 13d
			Ross Callachan		Sean Kelly			22y, 8m, 4d
			Kyle Benedictus		Danny Devine			23y, 9m, 28d
			Lewis Vaughan		Abdul Osman			29y, 4m, 8d
			Bobby Barr		David Wilson [ii]			21y, 9m, 29d
			Ross Matthews		Sean Welsh			26y, 3m, 20d
			Iain Davidson		Kris Doolan			29y, 6m, 24d
			David Bates		Chris Erskine			29y, 4m, 27d
			Yaw Osei		Steven Lawless			25y, 2m, 23d
								24y, 3m, 12d
			future Jag Aaron Lennox		Conor Cullen			19y, 4m, 15d
			Andreus Thorson		Mathias Pogba			25y, 10m, 16d
			Joel Coustrain		Matthew McInally			18y, 11m, 3d
			James Berry		Michael McMullin			19y, 4m, 25d
			David McKay		Andy McCarthy			17y, 8m, 15d
			Jonny Court		David Amoo			25y, 2m, 22d
					Declan McDaid			20y, 7m, 13d
					Ade Azeez			22y, 5m, 27d
					Kevin Nisbet			19y, 3m, 27d

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order. Joe McGovern and Sean Kelly played as trialists for Thistle. Yaw Osei, Andreus Thorson and Joel Coustrain were listed as trialists for Raith Rovers, who listed only 6 substitutes in total.

Match Report

TTA report

813 saw a game of few chances. Devine's early header was blocked and Thistle's first effort on target was in the last minute when McCarthy's volley was turned away. Penrice was impressive with his pin-point corners and fine tackling. Six second half substitutions had no impact but at least it was a clean sheet. Forgettable.

Media report

05-Jul-2016, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle travelled to Fife to face Raith Rovers for the first time since the Jags promotion campaign in 2012/13. With a number of trialists in both sides there was a chance to impress on a sunny evening in Kirkcaldy.

Raith started the brighter side and early on Kevin McHattie fizzed a low effort across goal following a deep free kick. Thistle’s passing wasn’t as crisp as manager Alan Archibald would like and this gave Raith a number of opportunities, but they were unable to seriously test Thistle’s trialist goalkeeper throughout the ninety minutes. Penrice was having an impressive game in both areas of the pitch. From his pinpoint corner delivery, Devine was denied a goal by a home defender block while at the other end a goal saving tackle denied Raith’ trialist 18 when clean through on goal.

The second half was disrupted with a number of substitutes used seeing Amoo, Erskine, Pogba, Azeez, McInally and McCarthy introduced to the action. Kevin McHattie smashed a loose clearance into the side netting before Sean Welsh had Thistle’s first effort on 55 minutes. His wild drive from distance flew into the empty stand. Raith Rovers introduced a new trialist and he nodded wide from a cross before being able to advance a significant length of the pitch to shoot straight at the goalkeeper. The young trialist also had to look lively to tip over Kevin McHattie’s effort which appeared to be sneaking in. The game became stretched in the closing stages as both sides looked to nick it but Thistle didn’t record a shot on target until the 89th minute when Cuthbert parried a volley from McCarthy. It was a worthwhile night’s work from Alan Archibald’s side but the game won’t live long in the memory.

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A RECORD-LOW CROWD

● 17-year-old Andy McCarthy makes his Thistle debut.

● 22-year-old Sean Kelly makes his Thistle debut.

● 22-year-old Joe McGovern plays his one and only game for Thistle and joins our goalies' clean-sheet debutants club.

● 18-year-old Matthew McInally plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle have started with three different 'keepers in the last three games.

● 813 is the lowest-ever attendance at a Rovers v Thistle match.

● Thistle have drawn their last 3 games with Raith Rovers by the same nil-nil scoreline.

● Thistle's unbeaten run vs Raith Rovers extends to seven games.

ongoing sequences:

● 40 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 9th Aug 2015 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Callum Booth - 46 games; 14th Mar 2015 to 9th Apr 2016. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 48 competitive away games without a penalty award, 1st Mar 2014 to date. (Longest run since: 64 games; 17th Apr 1948 to 3rd Mar 1951. Club-record: 73 games; 1st Apr 1911 to 7th Nov 1914.)

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