8th Jul 2018 Partick Thistle 1 Heart of Midlothian 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. 3 trialists were on the teamsheet - Arlen Birch and Evan Horne for Thistle and Kevin Silva for Hearts.

Match Report

TTA report

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.

Media report

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

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.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald (speaking to Jagzone):

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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The Sun, 9th July, 2018

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7 DEBUTANTS

● The opening game of the 144th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● Thistle's 144th season kicks-off a just 49 days after the last one ended. It's the 6th shortest close-season in the club's history. The class of 2018 don't have it as bad as their predecessors from 1951, who had a mere 32 days between official season-to-season engagements.

● For only the second time in history, Thistle's season opens on a Sunday after having closed on a Sunday. The only other such occurrence? The summer of 1971. We all know what happened next ; - )

● 17-year-old Evan Galasso makes his Thistle debut.

● 20-year-old Jack Storer makes his Thistle debut.

● 24-year-old Craig Slater makes his Thistle debut.

● 24-year-old Sean McGinty makes his Thistle debut.

● 25-year-old Aaron Lennox makes his Thistle debut.

● 25-year-old Tam O'Ware makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

● 21-year-old Arlen Birch plays his one and only game for Thistle. He follows Maurice Parry (1909) as just the second Welshman known to have played for the Magyars!

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Baily Cargill, 23rd Jan 2018 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Ryan Edwards - 35 games; 8th Aug 2017 to 3rd Apr 2018. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 49 games since back-to-back League wins, 11th Mar 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 71 games; 16th Apr 2013 to 14th Mar 2015. Club-record: 77 games; 2nd Nov 1912 to 5th Dec 1914.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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