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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

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / LOK. 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 went with the written report, and the video evidence backs that up.
	70 (EYE)

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.

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.

With thanks to the Sporting Lokeren website (now defunct).

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

● For the first time, eight non-Scots appear in the Thistle starting eleven.

● 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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