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matches:2016-17: ← 13game 1415 →

	Lee Clark	Alan Archibald	39y, 2m, 4d

		Ryan Scully; David Amoo; Ryan Edwards
		Tomáš Černý; Ade Azeez; Sean Welsh

Kris Boyd (0-1, 17 mins); Souleymane Coulibaly (1-2, 65 mins)		Steven Lawless (1-1, 32 mins); Liam Lindsay (2-2, 82 mins)
none (0-1, 17 mins); Dean Hawkshaw (1-2, 65 mins)		David Amoo (1-1, 32 mins); none (2-2, 82 mins)
Luke Hendrie; Dean Hawkshaw		Ziggy Gordon; Abdul Osman
		Abdul Osman (@ 2-2, 89 mins)
Steven Smith (Martin Smith, 24 mins); Adam Frizzell (Nathan Tyson, 51 mins); Martin Smith (Jordan Jones, 90 mins)		David Amoo (Ade Azeez, 74 mins); Chris Erskine (Christie Elliott, 90 mins); Kris Doolan (Sean Welsh, 90+1 mins)

	Jamie MacDonald	Ryan Scully	23y, 10m, 19d
	Steven Smith	Ziggy Gordon	23y, 4m, 25d
	Rory McKenzie	Callum Booth	25y, 3m, 18d
	Gary Dicker	Liam Lindsay	20y, 11m, 5d
	Kris Boyd	Danny Devine	24y, 0m, 10d
	former Jag Scott Boyd	Abdul Osman	29y, 6m, 21d
	Jonathan Burn	David Amoo	25y, 5m, 4d
	Souleymane Coulibaly	Ryan Edwards	22y, 10m, 0d
	Adam Frizzell	Kris Doolan	29y, 9m, 6d
	Luke Hendrie	Chris Erskine	29y, 7m, 9d
	Dean Hawkshaw	Steven Lawless	25y, 5m, 5d

			25y, 5m, 20d

	Devlin MacKay	Thorsten Stuckmann	35y, 6m, 0d
	William Boyle	Sean Welsh	26y, 6m, 2d
	Martin Smith	Adam Barton	25y, 8m, 10d
	Jordan Jones	Christie Elliott	25y, 3m, 22d
	Nathan Tyson	Ade Azeez	22y, 8m, 9d
	Lewis Morrison	David Wilson [ii]	22y, 0m, 11d
	Iain Wilson	Declan McDaid	20y, 9m, 26d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order.
	4169 (SPFL)

A much better performance and game. Kilmarnock took the lead with a lose ball in the box (16) but Lawless turned in a cross by the excellent Amoo (32). Both teams enjoyed good spells. A header put Thistle behind (64) but Lindsay knocked in an Erskine free-kick (82) before Osman got his 2nd yellow, 89).

Partick Thistle moved off the bottom of the Premiership after twice coming from a goal down to draw with Kilmarnock. Kris Boyd struck to put Killie ahead but Steven Lawless tucked away Thistle's deserved leveller before the half-time break. Soulemane Coulibaly headed in Dean Hawkshaw's cross for Kilmarnock's second but Liam Lindsay then equalised from close range. The visitors finished with 10 men, Abdul Osman sent off for two bookings.

The visitors made a positive start and Lawless had a shot blocked by Lee Hendrie after David Amoo's goal-bound shot had been deflected wide by Jags team-mate Kris Doolan. Killie responded with Coulibaly trying to repeat his acrobatic effort against Dundee last week, the striker controlling Gary Dicker's chipped cross and hooking overhead to force a fine save from Ryan Scully. Boyd then showed all his striking instincts, reacting quickly after the ball looked liked running away from him to fire left-footed into the net. Doolan had a shot turned away by the boot of Killie keeper Jamie MacDonald but the leveller duly arrived as Lawless latched on to an Amoo cross and clipped the ball into the net.

Coulibaly worked a neat one-two with Martin Smith before firing in a shot which Scully saved well and the goalkeeper then parried a free-kick by the striker. But the Ivorian would eventually find the net, leaping high to meet Hawkshaw's cross from the right. It was Coulibaly's sixth goal of the season. Thistle were facing a fifth defeat in a row in all competitions but were determined to take something back to Glasgow. A free-kick on the right produced their equaliser as Callum Booth's delivery eluded everyone until central defender Lindsay blasted high into the net. The drama did not end there as Thistle skipper Osman was sent off after a foul on Rory McKenzie resulted in a second booking for the midfielder. And though Thistle go level on points with Inverness, Partick's superior goal difference takes them up to 11th with Killie eighth.

Kilmarnock's Lee Clark:

The key thing for us is we've got to start keeping some clean sheets because we're certainly a threat at the other end. It's frustrating. We need to stop conceding these silly goals and go on to win games. We certainly are (making progress), there's lots of positives to take. We're creating lots of opportunities, we have players in the attacking areas on form, we're proving very difficult for teams to beat.

Partick Thistle's Alan Archibald:

Going forward, we moved the ball really well but I was disappointed with our defending. Kilmarnock didn't have to work hard enough for their goals. It stops the rot after a bad run and a terrible performance last week. [on Osman's sending off:] I think he has to be a bit more experienced. Once he is booked - you have to watch what you are doing. We became a bit stretched so it was probably a good foul at the time but we have lost him for next week.

John Barnes, 17-Sep-2016, bbc.com

LAWLESS MARKS MILESTONE WITH A GOAL

● New goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann becomes the 25th player to be listed on a competitive team-sheet for 2016-17, taking his place on the bench as back-up goalkeeper to Ryan Scully. At 6' 6, Thorsten is the tallest Jag in the current Archive database, ahead of 685 others. He looks down on Glenn Daniels and Declan Gallagher, both of whom were listed as 6' 5.

● Germany becomes the 41st known country/territory to be represented on a Thistle first-team teamsheet. The full list reads: Albania, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Kosovo, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the D.R. Congo, the Netherlands, the USA, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Wales & Zambia.

● David Amoo notches his first assist of the season, taking his Thistle career-tally to five.

● Steven Lawless marks his 50th consecutive competitive appearance with his 30th competitive goal for the club. It's a great milestone, and a real testament to his fitness.

● Kris Doolan becomes the first Thistle player in history to be substituted 100 times in competitive action. Let's hope this is the first of a few ton-up milestones for the number nine!

● The returning Christie Elliott becomes the 21st player to make a competitive appearance in 2016-17.

● Thistle draw their first competitive match of the season in this, the tenth fixture.

ongoing sequences:

● 46 away League games without a penalty award, 1st Mar 2014 to date. (Longest run since: 46 games; 5th Dec 1914 to 24th Mar 1917. Club-record: 62 games; 1st Apr 1911 to 7th Nov 1914.*)

● 50 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 9th Aug 2015 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair - 55 games; 27th Oct 2012 to 18th Jan 2014. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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