20th Jan 2018 Queen of the South 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 4th Round)

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Match Information

			Gary Naysmith		Alan Archibald			40y, 6m, 7d
					Tomáš Černý; Paul McGinn; Adam Barton; Niall Keown; Ryan Edwards; Chris Erskine
					Ryan Scully; Mustapha Dumbuya; James Penrice; Danny Devine; Andy McCarthy; Kevin Nisbet
Ross Fergusson (1-1, 55 mins)					Conor Sammon (1-0, 42 mins); Conor Sammon (2-1, 81 mins)
none (1-1, 55 mins)					Steven Lawless (1-0, 42 mins); Callum Booth (2-1, 81 mins)
Lyndon Dykes					Paul McGinn
Callum Fordyce (Kyle Cameron, 61 mins); Myles Beerman (Connor Murray, 69 mins); Ross Fergusson (Andrew Stirling, 82 mins)					Steven Lawless (Kris Doolan, 72 mins); Chris Erskine (Andy McCarthy, 84 mins)
			Alan Martin		Tomáš Černý			32y, 9m, 10d
			Shaun Rooney		Paul McGinn			27y, 2m, 29d
			Callum Fordyce		Callum Booth			26y, 7m, 21d
			future Jag Darren Brownlie		Adam Barton			27y, 0m, 13d
			Scott Mercer		Niall Keown			22y, 9m, 15d
			Lyndon Dykes		Abdul Osman			30y, 10m, 24d
			Joe Thomson		Blair Spittal			22y, 1m, 1d
			John Rankin		Ryan Edwards			24y, 2m, 3d
			Myles Beerman		Conor Sammon			31y, 2m, 14d
			Ross Fergusson		Chris Erskine			30y, 11m, 12d
			Stephen Dobbie		Steven Lawless			26y, 9m, 8d
								27y, 6m, 4d
			Jack Leighfield		Ryan Scully			25y, 2m, 22d
			Kyle Cameron		Mustapha Dumbuya			30y, 5m, 13d
			Andrew Stirling		Kris Doolan			31y, 1m, 9d
			future Jag Connor Murray		Kevin Nisbet			20y, 10m, 12d
			Owen Bell		James Penrice			19y, 0m, 29d
			Jesse Akubuine		Andy McCarthy			19y, 3m, 0d
			Ewan Gourlay		Miles Storey			24y, 0m, 16d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle made life difficult for themselves with sloppy defending in a scrappy first half. Queens were unlucky to go in 1-down when Sammon lost his marker (42). A Keown blocking tackle ricocheted off the scorer for the leveller (55) but Sammon again found space to turn and fire home (81) to see out a tricky tie.

Media report

20-Jan-2018, bbc.com

Conor Sammon scored a goal in each half as Partick Thistle battled past Queen of the South to reach the Scottish Cup fifth round. Sammon gave the struggling Scottish Premiership visitors the lead with a first-half effort. Ross Fergusson levelled after the break for Queens when Niall Keown's attempted clearance ricocheted off the striker into the net. Sammon struck the decisive goal with a late deflected effort.

Reaction

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

We knew it was going to be tough. It was like an old-fashioned cup tie - end to end, lots of chances - and we are delighted to get through. We said to the players beforehand, 'Don't be the team that gets tripped up today' because a lot of people were tipping us to go out. We were a bit sloppy at the start of the second half and let Queens back into it, so I am delighted to get over the line and delighted for Conor [Sammon] getting two goals. He took his form from before the winter break into today and he was a handful all day. Callum Booth also got his first 90 minutes for nearly six months, as did Abdul Osman, so it is nice to have some choices in selection again.

Queen's boss Gary Naysmith (speaking to the BBC):

I am proud of the players. I thought we edged the game and it is disappointing we didn't get at least a draw. I thought we had the better chances and we limited Partick to very few. At 1-1 it could have gone either way but credit to the players - they battled and fought right to the end and it was one of our better performances of the last five or six weeks. But it is worse when you play well and lose. When you deserve at least a draw, it is frustrating.

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OLD HEADS STAY COOL

● Thistle's 126th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

● The oldest starting line-up of the Alan Archibald era (27y, 6m, 4d) ensures victory, helped by a brace from 31-year-old Conor Sammon.

● Jags go 4 competitive games without defeat at Palmerston, now a 7-year-old run.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League defeats; 9th Dec 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 13th Jan 2012 to 6th Mar 2012. Club-record: 14 defeats; 6th Apr 1912 to 25th Jan 1913.)

● 16 away League games without a win; 18th Mar 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 16th Aug 2003 to 17th Apr 2004. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 51 consecutive competitive appearances for Adam Barton, 28th Dec 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.)

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

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