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matches:2018-19: ← 50game 0102 →

40y, 11m, 25d	Alan Archibald	Craig Levein

Aaron Lennox; Arlen Birch; James Penrice; Tam O'Ware; Sean McGinty; Stuart Bannigan; Craig Slater; Jack Storer
Tomáš Černý; Paul McGinn; Christie Elliott; Baily Cargill; Adam Barton; Martin Woods; Andy McCarthy; Steven Lawless

Tam O'Ware (1-1, 39 mins)		Ben Garuccio (0-1, 2 mins); Olly Lee (1-2, 55 mins); Olly Lee (1-3, 76 mins)
Craig Slater (1-1, 39 mins)		Ollie Bozanic (0-1, 2 mins); Steven Maclean (1-2, 55 mins); none (1-3, 76 mins)


Jack Storer (Callum Wilson, 61 mins); Craig Slater (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 68 mins); Chris Erskine (Evan Galasso, 88 mins)		Kevin Silva (Kelby Mason, 61 mins); Ryan Edwards (Harry Cochrane, 63 mins); Kyle Lafferty (Rory Currie, 74 mins); Steven MacLean (Danny Amankwaa, 84 mins); Michael Smith (Callumn Morrison, 85 mins)

25y, 4m, 19d	Aaron Lennox	Kevin Silva
21y, 9m, 26d	Arlen Birch	Michael Smith
19y, 6m, 16d	James Penrice	Ben Garuccio
25y, 3m, 18d	Tam O'Ware	Liam Smith
24y, 10m, 27d	Sean McGinty	Daniel Baur
25y, 9m, 21d	Stuart Bannigan	Alex Petkov
24y, 2m, 12d	Craig Slater	Ollie Bozanic
22y, 6m, 19d	Blair Spittal	Olly Lee
31y, 6m, 27d	Kris Doolan	Kyle Lafferty
20y, 6m, 6d	Jack Storer	Ryan Edwards former Jag
31y, 5m, 0d	Chris Erskine	Steven MacLean

24y, 9m, 24d

20y, 10m, 2d	Jamie Sneddon	Kelby Mason
17y, 3m, 18d	Aidan Fitzpatrick	Danny Amankwaa
17y, 3m, 17d	Evan Galasso	Rory Currie
19y, 0m, 15d	Callum Wilson	Dario Zanatta future Jag
20y, 2m, 21d	Evan Horne	Harry Cochrane
16y, 8m, 3d	Ruaridh McIntyre	Callumn Morrison
		Andy Irving
		Dean Ritchie

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / HMFC. Both sides generally in playing order. 3 trialists were on the teamsheet - Arlen Birch and Evan Horne for Thistle and Kevin Silva for Hearts.
	811 (HMFC)

Cowdenbeath. 5 new signings and a trialist were included and fell behind from a looping cross-cum-shot (2). Penrice and Doolan had chances but a header from a free-kick by O'Ware levelled things (39). A 25 -yarder in the top corner (55) and a shot from 8 yards after a defensive scramble (76) saw Thistle off.

Two goals from new signing Olly Lee helped Hearts to their third successive pre-season win in the Cowdenbeath sunshine. The Englishman hit a 25-yard effort and a low angled finish in the 3-1 win over Partick Thistle, which started with another new arrival, Ben Garuccio, claiming his first Hearts goal. He hit a 25-yarder of his own inside two minutes before Thomas O'Ware headed Thistle level near the break. Lee's two goals came in the second half as the midfielder showcased his scoring threat from the middle of the field.

Hearts beat Arbroath last Tuesday and Dumbarton on Saturday and are gaining momentum ahead of their Betfed League Cup campaign later this month. They took merely two minutes to score in Fife after a high-tempo start to the match. Left wing-back Garuccio ambled forward to clip a delightful 25-yard effort over the Partick goalkeeper Aaron Lennox and high into the net. Thistle gradually began asserting themselves and restored parity seven minutes before half-time. Midfielder Craig Slater whipped a free-kick from the left flank into the penalty area, where centre-back O'Ware was on the run to glance the ball into the net. On 55 minutes, Hearts' second did arrive. Lee controlled a loose ball 25 yards out and angled a beautiful finish high into the top corner. Lee made certain of victory with an angled left-footed shot with 13 minutes remaining.

Barry Anderson, 08-Jul-2018, Edinburgh Evening News

Thistle manager Alan Archibald (speaking to ptfc.co.uk

We weren't expecting the pitch to be so bad and it was quite badly rutted, but I'm delighted, because it turned it into more of a real game… we've played a lot of games at training grounds and it becomes a bit of a training exercise when the ball is passed side to side, but that was more real today, and there's a lot of positives to take from it. We had a lot of creativity on the pitch today and good footballers with good technique. I thought when we got into the final third, we nicked the ball off them a lot, but our final ball was really disappointing, if I was being really critical. [90 minutes from Stuart Bannigan, that's positive?] It's massive - if we had 2 or 3 Stuart Bannigan's we wouldn't have got relegated last year, without a shadow of a doubt and just having him back - his infectious personality, he's infectious on the pitch, he's infectious on the training ground, the way he goes about his business, so delighted for him getting that 90 minutes… it's fantastic having him back on the field.

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