22nd Jul 2017 Partick Thistle 5 St Mirren 0 (League Cup Group H - game 2)

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Match Information

40y, 0m, 9d			Alan Archibald		Jack Ross
Callum Booth; Abdul Osman
James Penrice; Ryan Edwards
Kris Doolan (1-0, 12 mins); Steven Lawless (2-0, 23 mins); Steven Lawless (3-0, 33 mins); Blair Spittal (4-0, 38 mins); Blair Spittal (5-0, 59 mins)
Blair Spittal (1-0, 12 mins); Chris Erskine (2-0, 23 mins); Callum Booth (3-0, 33 mins); none (4-0, 38 mins); Chris Erskine (5-0, 59 mins)
Stuart Bannigan; Abdul Osman					Jack Baird; Cammy Smith
Abdul Osman (@ 4-0, 58 mins)
Chris Erskine (Ryan Edwards, 65 mins); Kris Doolan (Kevin Nisbet, 74 mins); Stuart Bannigan (Andy McCarthy, 84 mins)					Jordan Kirkpatrick (Conor O'Keefe, HT); Gavin Reilly (John Sutton, 64 mins); Cammy Smith (Ross Stewart, 73 mins)
32y, 3m, 12d			Tomáš Černý		Ross Stewart future Jag
26y, 1m, 26d			Christie Elliott		Gary Irvine
26y, 1m, 22d			Callum Booth		Stephen McGinn
24y, 10m, 15d			Danny Devine		Gary MacKenzie
26y, 6m, 15d			Adam Barton		Lewis Morgan
30y, 4m, 25d			Abdul Osman		Cammy Smith future Jag
24y, 10m, 5d			Stuart Bannigan		Jack Baird
21y, 7m, 3d			Blair Spittal		Ian McShane
30y, 7m, 11d			Kris Doolan		Jordan Kirkpatrick
30y, 5m, 14d			Chris Erskine		Gavin Reilly
26y, 3m, 10d			Steven Lawless		Darren Whyte
27y, 3m, 14d
24y, 8m, 23d			Ryan Scully		Craig Samson
23y, 8m, 5d			Ryan Edwards		Gregor Buchanan
20y, 4m, 14d			Kevin Nisbet		John Sutton
18y, 7m, 0d			James Penrice		Ross Stewart
18y, 9m, 2d			Andy McCarthy		Conor O'Keefe
19y, 4m, 27d			Mark Lamont		Evan Horne future Jag
18y, 8m, 16d			Neil McLaughlin		Ethan Erhahon

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order. Scheduled ref Andrew Dallas was replaced by Stephen Finnie.

Match Report

TTA report

Much easier than expected. Saints went close before Doolan's low shot (12) opened the scoring then 2 excellent strikes by Lawless (23 and 33) and free-kick by Spittal (38) had them well beaten by half-time. Osman's 2nd yellow saw him sent off (58) but Spittal got his 2nd in a sweeping break set up by Erskine (59).

Media report

Andy Campbell, 22-Jul-2017, bbc.com

Partick Thistle claimed their first win in this season's Scottish League Cup with a dominant display against second-tier St Mirren. Kris Doolan's strike, two from Steven Lawless and Blair Spittal's free-kick put the Premiership side in command by half-time. Thistle had Abdul Osman sent off before Spittal netted his second. Also in Group H, leaders Livingston beat Airdrieonians with goals by Dylan Mackin and Craig Halkett. Livi have eight points after three games while Thistle, who lost a penalty shootout to the leaders last week, have four points. Airdrie and St Mirren have three points each while Stranraer, who were not playing in this weekend's first-round group fixtures, have no points.

Though they would be overwhelmed by their hosts, St Mirren could have taken the lead when Jordan Kirkpatrick's powerful long-range shot required a save from Tomas Cerny. Thistle soon moved into the ascendancy, but there was a degree of fortune about their opener. Spittal nodded the ball through for Doolan, who looked suspiciously offside, and the striker slotted past Ross Stewart. Lawless played a one-two with Chris Erskine before thrashing a low shot into the far corner from the left of the box and Lawless' second was a delightful sweep into the same corner from the edge of the box. Spittal's free-kick was struck from a similar distance as Stewart was this time beaten to his right. It was the former Dundee United midfielder's first goal since moving to Firhill. Jags captain Osman was booked twice in quick succession for fouls on St Mirren skipper Stephen McGinn but it did not interrupt the hosts' rhythm. They got their fifth with a stunning counter attack. Doolan released Erskine on the left and he beat his man before finding Spittal with an inviting low cross that the midfielder struck crisply and confidently past Stewart. St Mirren sought consolation but McGinn and Ian McShane were denied by Cerny.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald (speaking to the BBC):

It was a good performance - you could see the difference having Abdul and Callum Booth back in the side today. It made for a lot of good play. I don't know where the performance ranks in my time here but it was very similar to our Championship-winning team when we first got promoted. There was a lot of similar play and sometimes it just clicks. Some of the one, two touches were exquisite.

St Mirren manager Jack Ross (speaking to the BBC):

Our performance was very poor, I thought Partick's was good. When you have that combination of performances from a Premiership team and a Championship team then the outcome is the one it was today. We didn't do the fundamentals that'll give you a chance to win a football match anywhere near well enough. First and foremost, you have to be competitive and you have to have a desire about your play and a hunger and we didn't have that. We were short in that by a long way today and that was why we lost the game so heavily.

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BBC, 22nd July, 2017

Mail on Sunday, 23rd July, 2017

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Stats Watch

TEN SEASONS IN-A-ROW FOR DOOLAN

● Kris Doolan scores for Thistle for the tenth season-in-a-row. He's the first player to do that since Davie McParland, more than 50 years ago.

● Blair Spittal scores his first goal for Thistle, adding a second for good measure.

● The 4-0 half-time scoreline exactly matches the best under Alan Archibald, first achieved back in March 2013 in a 6-1 home League win over Livingston.

● Abdul Osman is sent-off for the third time as a Jag. Only 4 men are known to have been beyond this point; Martin Hardie (4), Bobby Houston (4), Alan Archibald (6) and Bobby Law (7).

● Thistle register a third consecutive competitive win over Saints for the first time since 1976.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive League defeats; 7th May 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 22nd Aug 2015 to 26th Sep 2015. Club-record: 12 defeats; 27th Feb 1909 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 6 League games without a win; 15th Apr 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 4th Nov 2016 to 20th Dec 2016. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 7 competitive away games without a win; 5th Mar 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 9th May 2015 to 26th Sep 2015. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 36 consecutive competitive appearances for Kris Doolan, 15th Oct 2016 to date. (Longest run since: Ade Azeez - 46 games; 15th Jul 2016 to 21st May 2017. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 62 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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