13th Jan 2017 Partick Thistle 2 Lokeren 5 (Friendly)

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Match Information

39y, 6m, 0d			Alan Archibald		Rúnar Kristinsson
Ziggy Gordon; Mustapha Dumbuya; Niall Keown; David Amoo; Ade Azeez
Christie Elliott; Callum Booth; Abdul Osman; Kris Doolan; Chris Erskine
Ade Azeez (1-0, 6 mins); Steven Lawless (2-1, 41 mins)					Gary Martin (1-1, 24 mins); Marko Mirić (2-2, 46 mins); Steve de Ridder (2-3, 63 mins); Ayanda Patosi (2-4, 68 mins); Marko Mirić (2-5, 82 mins)
Steven Lawless (1-0, 6 mins); Mustapha Dumbuya (2-1, 41 mins)					? (1-1, 24 mins); Joher Khadim Rassoul (2-2, 46 mins); none (2-3, 63 mins); ? (2-4, 68 mins); Joher Khadim Rassoul (2-5, 82 mins)
Tomáš Černý (Mark Ridgers, HT); Mustapha Dumbuya (Christie Elliott, HT); Danny Devine (Abdul Osman, HT); Sean Welsh (Chris Erskine, HT); Ade Azeez (Kris Doolan, HT); David Amoo (Declan McDaid, 60 mins); Ryan Edwards (Andy McCarthy, 73 mins)					Mijat Marić (Mario Tičinović, HT); Mehdi Terki (Koen Persoons, HT); Serhiy Bolbat (Marko Mirić, HT); Gary Martin (Steve de Ridder, HT); Georgios Galitsios (Eugene Ansah, 55 mins); Killian Overmeire (Nikola Jambor, 55 mins); Bob Straetman (Ayanda Patosi, 55 mins); Guus Hupperts (Lewis Enoh, 55 mins); Davino Verhulst (Ortwin de Wolf, 69 mins)
31y, 9m, 3d			Tomáš Černý		Davino Verhulst
23y, 8m, 21d			Ziggy Gordon		Mijat Marić
29y, 5m, 6d			Mustapha Dumbuya		Georgios Galitsios
24y, 4m, 6d			Danny Devine		Branislav Niňaj
21y, 9m, 8d			Niall Keown		Joher Khadim Rassoul
26y, 0m, 6d			Adam Barton		Mehdi Terki
25y, 9m, 0d			David Amoo		Killian Overmeire
23y, 1m, 27d			Ryan Edwards		Serhiy Bolbat
23y, 0m, 5d			Ade Azeez		Bob Straetman
26y, 9m, 29d			Sean Welsh		Guus Hupperts
25y, 9m, 1d			Steven Lawless		Gary Martin
25y, 7m, 6d
26y, 5m, 4d			Mark Ridgers		Ortwin de Wolf
29y, 10m, 17d			Abdul Osman		Mario Tičinović
30y, 1m, 2d			Kris Doolan		Koen Persoons
29y, 11m, 5d			Chris Erskine		Nikola Jambor
25y, 7m, 18d			Christie Elliott		Marko Mirić
21y, 1m, 22d			Declan McDaid		Ayanda Patosi
18y, 2m, 24d			Andy McCarthy		Lewis Enoh
					Steve de Ridder
					Eugene Ansah

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order. There were two trialists in this match - Niall Keown for Thistle and Gary Martin for Lokeren. Played in Cartagena, Spain. The Lokeren scorers are derived from the written account on their website which is at odds with the goals summary footer. The written report credits Steve de Ridder with the third, but the goals summary footer says it was Marko Mirić. The written report credits Ayanda Patosi with the fourth, but the goals summary footer says it was Steve De Ridder. We've gone with the written report, and the video evidence backs that up.

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Match Report

TTA report

Murcia. Azeez tucked away a defensive error (6) but Lokeren levelled (24). An excellent goal by Lawless put Thistle ahead (41). It was 2-2 (46) then defensive mistakes and 7 substitutions took their toll. Ridgers threw the ball out to a Lokeren player (63) then goals (68 and 82) made it a big win for a quality side.

Media report

13-Jan-2017, Sporting Lokeren website

Sporting Lokeren's winter training camp ends with the friendly match against Partick Thistle of Scotland. Flanders may be groaning under a winter storm, but this is not so at La Manga, Murcia, where the confrontation between Sporting Lokeren and Partick Thistle is finished under a radiant sun at 19 degrees. Partick Thistle, nicknamed the Jags (loosely translated as the "blades"), are a team from Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership and are currently in seventh place out of 12 teams.

The game does not start too well for the Tricolores, and after only seven minutes they are at a 0-1 disadvantage. The Scots and Azeez optimally utilize a miscalculation of the Lokeren defence and put the ball away. Lokeren will quickly rectify the imbalance. In the 12th minute, Bolbat gives the Scottish goalkeeper some difficulty. He does this again with a volley in the 20th minute, and a first-rate save rescues the match for Partick. Halfway through the first half, the right touch comes for Sporting. Trialist Gary Martin turns and places the ball well in the corner. Lokeren don't stop there, with chances from Bolbat, Martin and Huppert between the 30th and 40th minutes of the game. But the Scots fight back. First, Verhulst is forced into a save, but soon cannot prevent a Lawless shot in the 43rd minute from hitting the net. Magnificent goal, incidentally.

Immediately after the break, a Rassoul-Miric combo thwarts the keeper and ensures the equalizer, 2-2. After 55 minutes, Galitsios, Overmeire, Straetman and Hupperts are taken off. Fresh forces of Ansah, Jambor, Patosi and Enoh are applied. Just at this time, the Partick 'keeper kicks the ball to the feet of Steve De Ridder who slots home and put the Tricolores into the lead, 3-2. Five minutes later, Patosi puts the game firmly in the favour of Lokeren. Miric commits well down the left and puts the ball over, and a lay-off to Patosi sees him turn and put the ball neatly past the keeper, 4-2. Immediately after the goal, our young goalkeeper, Ortwin Wolf, is allowed to make his appearance. With ten minutes left on the clock Rassoul drops the ball in front of goal, and Miric makes it 5-2.

Stats Watch

A NEW COSMOPOLITAN RECORD FOR THISTLE?

● 21-year-old Niall Keown makes his Thistle debut.

● 26-year-old Mark Ridgers makes his Thistle debut.

● 21-year-old Declan McDaid plays his last game for Thistle.

● 23-year-old Ziggy Gordon plays his last game for Thistle.

● Lokeren become the first Belgian side to play Thistle.

● Belgium becomes the 24th country to provide opponents for Thistle.

● For the third time, ten non-Scots appear for Thistle, matching the club-record set in July, 2014.

● Ridgers, who came on as a substitute at half-time, conceded less than a minute into his debut. Based on all the known reports, Mark, amazingly, is actually the 4th debutant to have conceded within 60 seconds. The record probably lies with Archie McDonald. Newly signed from Ayr, he made his debut on Tues-15-Aug-1899 against post-liquidation Clyde, who had 10 guests in their eleven. Straight from kick-off, without a Thistle player having touched the ball, McDonald had conceded! Our two other first-minute unfortunates were Colin Brodie, who conceded to Owen Coyle after just 35 seconds of an October '86 League clash at Boghead, and new £100,000 signing Andy Murdoch who conceded a headed goal from a corner in a League match at Kilbowie in January '89.

● Lokeren are only the second continental side to net five times against Thistle, following on from Rot Weiss Essen who inflicted a 7-1 defeat upon us in May, 1973.

ongoing sequences:

● 39 consecutive competitive appearances for Ryan Edwards, 2nd Mar 2016 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Steven Lawless - 53 games; 9th Aug 2015 to 15th Oct 2016. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 54 away League games without a penalty award, 1st Mar 2014 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 62 games; 1st Apr 1911 to 7th Nov 1914.)

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