9th Jul 2016 Greenock Morton 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			former Jag Jim Duffy		Alan Archibald			38y, 11m, 26d
					David Crawford; Callum Booth; David Amoo; Ade Azeez
					Joe McGovern; James Penrice; Abdul Osman; Kris Doolan
Michael Tidser (2-1, 45 mins)					Chris Erskine (1-0, 12 mins); Chris Erskine (2-0, 33 mins)
none (2-1, 45 mins)					David Amoo (1-0, 12 mins); Callum Booth (2-0, 33 mins)
Lee Kilday (John Mitchell, 63 mins); Trialist (Scott Tiffoney, 65 mins); Caolan McAleer (Jai Quitongo, 65 mins); Gary Oliver (Jon Scullion, 70 mins); Jamie McDonagh (Thomas Orr, 70 mins)					Callum Booth (James Penrice, HT); David Amoo (Declan McDaid, HT); Ade Azeez (Mathias Pogba, 57 mins); Steven Lawless (Kris Doolan, 57 mins); Danny Devine (Michael McMullin, 61 mins); Chris Erskine (Kevin Nisbet, 65 mins); David Wilson [ii] (Andy McCarthy, 73 mins); Sean Welsh (Dom Docherty, 84 mins); Sean Kelly (Ian Stokes, 84 mins)
			Andy McNeil		David Crawford			31y, 0m, 9d
			Lee Kilday		David Syme			19y, 0m, 16d
			Lewis Strapp		Callum Booth			25y, 1m, 9d
			future Jag Tam O'Ware		Sean Kelly			22y, 8m, 8d
			Trialist		Danny Devine			23y, 10m, 2d
			Dylan Stevenson		Sean Welsh			26y, 3m, 24d
			Gary Oliver		David Amoo			25y, 2m, 26d
			former Jag Ross Forbes		David Wilson [ii]			21y, 10m, 3d
			Jamie McDonagh		Ade Azeez			22y, 6m, 1d
			former Jag Caolan McAleer		Chris Erskine			29y, 5m, 1d
			Michael Tidser		Steven Lawless			25y, 2m, 27d
								24y, 8m, 30d
			Jamie McGowan		Conor Cullen			19y, 4m, 19d
			Jon Scullion		Mathias Pogba			25y, 10m, 20d
			Thomas Orr		Michael McMullin			19y, 4m, 29d
			future Jag Jai Quitongo		Dom Docherty			19y, 1m, 17d
			future Jag Scott Tiffoney		Andy McCarthy			17y, 8m, 19d
			Alex McWatters		Kris Doolan			29y, 6m, 28d
			John Mitchell		Declan McDaid			20y, 7m, 17d
					Kevin Nisbet			19y, 4m, 1d
					James Penrice			17y, 6m, 17d
					Ian Stokes			17y, 4m, 29d

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order. David Crawford and Sean Kelly played as trialists for Thistle. Morton had three listed trialists, including Jamie McDonagh and Caolan McAleer.

Match Report

TTA report

A brisk start saw Erskine tap in an Amoo cross (12) then after Morton had some chances, he volleyed home a Booth cross from 12 yards (33). Morton reduced the lead (45) firing in a clearance off the line by Erskine. Ex-JAG Forbes saw his pen saved by Trialist Crawford (55). 9 subs in the second half saw the game peter out.

Media report

09-Jul-2016, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle rounded off their pre-season campaign with a short trip to Cappielow to take on Morton as the build up to the big competitive kick off next Friday evening begins to take focus. After a largely forgettable match against Raith Rovers on Tuesday, manager Alan Archibald was looking for his team to lay down a marker for a starting place against Airdrieonians. There was a first start of the pre-season for Callum Booth as he completed his recovery from injury and he performed well for the 45 minutes he was on the pitch.

Thistle performed their first ever solo kick off, under the new laws introduced over the season, and got the game underway shooting towards the Wee Dublin End. Thistle’s tempo was noticeably higher than Tuesday night’s straight from kick off and the side, wearing their new all white away kit, came straight out the traps against the Championship side. Booth was heavily involved in the first opportunity of goal when Lawless flicked the ball in his path. As he rampaged down the wing, his low cross missed the winger but landed at the feet of Amoo who forced a great save from McNeil to win the Jags a corner. After Thistle’s trialist goalkeeper made a tremendous save after 10 minutes, Thistle took the lead. A deflected cross from David Amoo fell perfectly at the feet of Chris Erskine and he swept home, completely unmarked, from a few yards out. Thistle continued to look menacing with slick attacking play and a very late flag denied Erskine a second goal when he linked up with Lawless. A look at the footage after the game showed this to be an incorrect, but very tight, call by the linesman. Both sides were trying to play attacking football but Morton weren’t seriously testing the Jags goal. Oliver’s low cross slid across the six yard line but no home player gambled to connect with the ball deep in Jags territory. With just over 30 minutes played, Thistle doubled their lead and what a goal it was. David Wilson’s defence splitting pass sent Booth away down the left. His cross was met by a flying Erskine who volleyed home powerfully to double the Jags lead. Azeez was looking lively in attack for Thistle and he showed his pace to close down the home goalkeeper, tackling him as he delayed his clearance with the ball spinning out for a throw in. The powerful striker picked the pocket of a Morton defender and advanced into the box. His shot drilled across goal and was met by Amoo who could only direct the ball off the post, before colliding with the goalframe himself. With the winger needing medical treatment, Thistle conceded on the stroke of half time. Thistle’s trialist 6 tried to shepherd the ball out for a goal kick only to find himself robbed. A cut back was cleared off the line by Erskine before Michael Tidser drilled the ball into the net.

The second half wasn’t as action packed as the first with a number of substitutes being utilised during the course of the 45 minutes. Thistle still looked lively in attack but the final ball wasn’t quite good enough on a number of occasions. On 55 minutes, Morton had a chance to level the game. Devine challenged Oliver for the ball, appearing to win it with a toe. The referee pointed to the spot and ex-jag Ross Forbes was entrusted with spot kick duties. His powerful effort was saved by Thistle’s trialist goalkeeper and justice was, maybe, done. Thistle continued to attack the Morton goal but there were no real saves for either goalkeeper to make in the remaining 30 minutes. There was introductions for a number of young players as the manager made as many changes as possible in order to get minutes into the legs of as many players as possible. Thistle began this pre-season schedule with a 6-0 win over Cirencester and conclude it with a 2-1 success over Morton. With nine first team players sitting out on Saturday afternoon, manager Alan Archibald will be hoping a number of them will return to the squad for the first Betfred Cup fixture against Airdrieonians on Friday night.

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Greenock Telegraph, 11th July, 2016

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Stats Watch

DAVID CRAWFORD JOINS ELITE GROUP

● 31-year-old David Crawford makes his Thistle debut.

● 17-year-old Ian Stokes plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 19-year-old Dom Docherty plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 19-year-old Michael McMullin plays his last game for Thistle.

● 22-year-old Sean Kelly plays his last game for Thistle.

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

● David Crawford becomes the fifth Thistle 'keeper to save a penalty on his debut, following in the fine tradition of Robert Houston (vs St Mirren 06.01.1912), Willie Smith (vs Celtic 28.11.1953), Gary O'Connor (vs Hamilton Academical 02.08.1997) and Steven Pinkowski (vs Kilmarnock 15.05.2004).

● Chris Erskine becomes the first Jag to employ the solo kick-off tactic, further to the FIFA law change that came into effect on 1st June 2016 which stated the ball does not have to move forwards from the off.

● Chris Erskine bags his second pre-season brace and looks likely to challenge Kris Doolan at the top of the Thistle scoring charts this term.

● Thistle have won their last 3 games versus Morton.

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.)

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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