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	Gary Locke	Alan Archibald	38y, 11m, 22d

		Joe McGovern; David Syme; James Penrice; Sean Kelly; David Wilson [ii]; Kris Doolan; Chris Erskine; Steven Lawless
		Trialist; 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

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / RRFC (and a little detective work). 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.
	813 (RRFC)

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 2nd half substitutions had no impact but at least it was a clean sheet. Forgettable.

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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