21st Oct 2017 Partick Thistle 2 Dundee 1 (SPFL Premiership - game 10)

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40y, 3m, 8d	Alan Archibald	Neil McCann

Jordan Turnbull; Andy McCarthy; Conor Sammon; Steven Lawless
Milan Nitrianský; Blair Spittal; Kris Doolan; Miles Storey

Ryan Edwards (1-1, 75 mins); Miles Storey (2-1, 90+2 mins)		A-Jay Leitch-Smith (0-1, 8 mins)
none (1-1, 75 mins); Kris Doolan (2-1, 90+2 mins)		Kevin Holt (0-1, 8 mins)
Tomáš Černý; Jordan Turnbull; Ryan Edwards; Niall Keown		Roarie Deacon; Darren O'Dea

Andy McCarthy (Miles Storey, 56 mins); Chris Erskine (Blair Spittal, 60 mins); Conor Sammon (Kris Doolan, 64 mins)		Paul McGowan (Roarie Deacon, 49 mins); A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Mark O'Hara, 66 mins); Sofien Moussa (Faissal El Bakhtaoui, 84 mins)

32y, 6m, 11d	Tomáš Černý	Scott Bain
26y, 11m, 29d	Paul McGinn	Darren O'Dea
22y, 11m, 21d	Jordan Turnbull	Jack W. Hendry former Jag
25y, 1m, 14d	Danny Devine	Josh Meekings
22y, 6m, 16d	Niall Keown	Kevin Holt future Jag
26y, 9m, 14d	Adam Barton	Glen Kamara
19y, 0m, 1d	Andy McCarthy	Paul McGowan
23y, 11m, 4d	Ryan Edwards	Jesse Curran
30y, 11m, 15d	Conor Sammon	Lewis Spence
30y, 8m, 13d	Chris Erskine	A-Jay Leitch-Smith
26y, 6m, 9d	Steven Lawless	Sofien Moussa

26y, 2m, 9d

24y, 11m, 22d	Ryan Scully	Elliot Parish
21y, 10m, 2d	Blair Spittal	Cameron Kerr
30y, 10m, 10d	Kris Doolan	Mark O'Hara
26y, 10m, 8d	Milan Nitrianský	Faissal El Bakhtaoui
20y, 7m, 13d	Kevin Nisbet	Roarie Deacon
23y, 3m, 19d	Gary Fraser	Randy Wolters
23y, 9m, 17d	Miles Storey	Kerr Waddell

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.

TTA report

Dundee scored from close in (8) then Cerny saved a pen with his feet. Edwards' lob from 40 yards went just over. McGinn's shot was parried and Edwards shot home (75). Cerny's point-blank save spurred Thistle on and Doolan squared for Storey (92) for a gutsy, ugly, lucky win and a nervous wait for the final whistle.

Media report

Kenny Crawford, 21-Oct-2017, bbc.com

Miles Storey scored his first goal for Partick Thistle as they fought back to beat Dundee and seal their first Premiership win of the season. The Englishman netted two minutes into stoppage time from Kris Doolan's low cross to keep the points in Maryhill. A-Jay Leitch-Smith's diving header had given Dundee the lead but he later had a penalty saved by Tomas Cerny. Ryan Edwards was well placed to equalise for the Jags before Storey's dramatic winner. Thistle's first league win in 16 attempts relieves the pressure somewhat on Alan Archibald as his side move level on points with second bottom Kilmarnock, who are not playing this weekend. Dundee slip to ninth, two points above the bottom two.

Dundee looked on top in the first half and it was immediately evident why manager Neil McCann placed so much trust in the relatively unknown Australian winger Jesse Curran. Within four minutes the 21-year-old had created two great chances after inventive skill down the right-hand side. Leitch-Smith watched his low effort repelled by Cerny before Sofien Moussa headed over. At the other end, Dundee goalkeeper Scott Bain reacted well to deny Danny Devine at the back post, but it was the hosts who looked more vulnerable defensively and the Dark Blues exploited that. Glen Kamara's mazy, roaming run began a move that looked to have ended with Niall Keown clearing off the line from Moussa in the nick of time, yet Kevin Holt was quickest to the loose ball and delivered a low cross for Leitch-Smith to stoop and convert. Thistle nearly grabbed a quick equaliser when Edwards' speculative chip landed on the roof of the net. Moussa almost turned in Lewis Spence's dragged effort before Dundee got an even clearer opportunity to extend their lead - the menacing Leitch-Smith clattered in the box by Cerny, who made amends by saving well from Leitch-Smith with his boot to send the ball high and away.

Despite his penalty miss, Leitch-Smith continued to look full of mischief and had three attempts early in the second half which were either blocked or wayward. Archibald - the Premiership's longest serving manager - brought on Storey, Blair Spittal and Doolan to try and increase potency. Storey was presented with a decent chance to level when former Dundee right-back Paul McGinn dispossessed Holt, but Storey's poked shot was deflected wide for a corner. But the equaliser came. McGinn and Doolan had sent shots goalwards that Bain failed to hold and Edwards was on hand to smash home from 10 yards - the Australian's second of the season. Moussa was culpable for a glaring miss soon after when the Tunisian could not connect properly with Roarie Deacon's nice lay-off. Deacon then claimed unsuccessfully for a penalty before the dramatic finale. Storey raced into the box to meet Doolan's low delivery and spark amazing scenes of celebration from players and home fans alike.

Reaction

Partick Thistle assistant manager Scott Paterson (speaking to the BBC):

It's a happy dressing room, it's one of relief. It was a very tough game, tough 90 minutes, but I think the players showed a lot of character to come through that. Hopefully, we can go and build on this now for Tuesday night, next game against Hamilton.

Dundee manager Neil McCann (speaking to the BBC):

There's frustration and a lot of anger because we should be putting teams away when we are so far ahead of them performance-wise. I've seen the best players in the world miss penalties. That can happen. But we've been very wasteful in a lot of games. If you don't take chances, the door's always open and we get hit with a sucker-punch when we're pushing forward trying to win the match. The problem is Miles [Storey] is miles offside. He becomes alive in the second phase and because of that our boys can't get back to him. We let ourselves down massively today. If we are clinical at home on Wednesday [against Motherwell] then I have no doubt we'll get the three points.

MILES STOREY, FIRST GOAL GLORY

● Thistle's high level of penalty concession continues; now 8 in the last 18 League games.

● Tomáš Černý makes his first-ever Firhill penalty save. The Top Cat has now saved 3 from 10 during his time at the club, all in the Premiership.

● Thistle have won both games controlled by Euan Anderson this season; a 3-0 League Cup win at Perth and now this 2-1 home League win vs Dundee.

● Ryan Edwards nets his second goal of the season, and has now scored on each of the two occasions Euan Anderson was in charge.

● On his 8th appearance, Miles Storey scores his first goal for Thistle. Excepting the fact that a handful of candidates from friendly matches have unknown goal timings, it's the first time a player's scoring account has been opened with a last-minute winner since Alex Pirrie, whose one and only counter was bagged dramatically with just 30 seconds left on the clock in a towsy top-flight encounter at Cathkin Park on 22nd November, 1947. In those bygone pre-substitute days, your lame full-back was turfed out to the wing to make a nuisance of himself and this Alex did heroically with his last-gasp header to make it Third Lanark 1, Partick Thistle 2.

● Archie's Jags defeat Dundee for the fourth successive time, all in the League, and are now just 1 away from equalling the H2H record of 5-in-a-row which was set by Lambie's Jags in 1993.

● On the day that Alan Archibald matches John Lambie's final tally of managing Thistle in 162 top-flight games, he moves ahead of his old gaffer in terms of wins; 43 to 42.

ongoing sequences:

● 9 away League games without a win; 18th Mar 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 10th Mar 2007 to 6th Oct 2007. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 16 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 15th Apr 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 18 games; 3rd May 2003 to 29th Nov 2003. Club-record: 46 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 30th Oct 1909.)

● 38 consecutive competitive appearances for Adam Barton, 28th Dec 2016 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Kris Doolan - 39 games; 15th Oct 2016 to 5th Aug 2017. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 66 away League games without a penalty award, 1st Mar 2014 to date. (A new club-record.)

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