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matches:2018-19: ← 14game 1516 →

	Allan Johnston	Alan Archibald	41y, 2m, 15d

		Tam Scobbie
		Chris Erskine

Aidan Connolly (0-1, 69 mins)
none (0-1, 69 mins)
		Stuart Bannigan; Niall Keown

Andy Ryan (Joe Thomson, 81 mins); Aidan Connolly (Myles Hippolyte, 90+3 mins)		Kris Doolan (Jai Quitongo, 67 mins); Tam Scobbie (Chris Erskine, 73 mins); Blair Spittal (Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo, 79 mins)

	Lee Robinson	Cammy Bell	32y, 0m, 10d
	Jackson Longridge	Christie Elliott	27y, 4m, 2d
	former Jag James Craigen	James Penrice	19y, 9m, 6d
	Lee Ashcroft	Niall Keown	23y, 5m, 23d
	Mark Durnan	Sean McGinty	25y, 1m, 17d
	Malaury Martin	Tam Scobbie	30y, 5m, 28d
	James Vincent	Stuart Bannigan	26y, 0m, 11d
	Andy Ryan	Craig Slater	24y, 5m, 2d
	Faissal El Bakhtaoui	Kris Doolan	31y, 9m, 17d
	Louis Longridge	Blair Spittal	22y, 9m, 9d
	Aidan Connolly	Miles Storey	24y, 8m, 24d

			26y, 2m, 7d

	Cameron Gill	Jamie Sneddon	21y, 0m, 22d
	future Jag Ryan Williamson	Chris Erskine	31y, 7m, 20d
	Tom Beadling	Max Melbourne	19y, 11m, 4d
	former Jag Danny Devine	Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo	28y, 3m, 22d
	Myles Hippolyte	Aidan Fitzpatrick	17y, 6m, 8d
	Joe Thomson	Jai Quitongo	21y, 0m, 14d
	former Jag Robbie Muirhead	Brice Ntambwe	25y, 4m, 30d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order.
	4740 (SPFL)

An error-strewn stalemate, almost devoid of skill, until Elliott failed to trap a cross and the goal came from 6 yards (69). Thistle's “passing game” had no end product but neither had Dunfermline's more direct approach until they scored. After that they were on top. Mutombo went close (90+) but it was far too late.

Dunfermline Athletic recorded their first win in seven games with a narrow victory over a blunt Partick Thistle. This was Thistle's fourth straight defeat on the road in the Scottish Championship after a disappointing night at East End Park. They contributed to their own downfall as they presented Aidan Connolly with the chance to open the scoring. It was a slip-up from which they failed to recover as the hosts held on to their slender winning margin.

The decisive goal came in calamitous fashion with 69 minutes on the clock. Andy Ryan sent a teasing cross into the danger area over the heads of the home attackers but, as Niall Keown attempted to clear, he knocked the ball straight into the path of Connolly to tap in. Thistle's best effort in the game came in the first half when Blair Spittal had a clear sight of the target but pulled his effort well wide. Ryan came close to a second for the Pars but his header was inches the wrong side of Cammy Bell's goal, while Connolly smashed the ball off the post. Despite the win Dunfermline remain eighth in the Championship with eight points but are now just one behind Thistle.

Brian McLauchlin, 28-Sep-2018, bbc.com

Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald (speaking to ptfc.co.uk):

I thought before the goal, it was very even. Neither team really created much and, to be honest, we should have been ahead after Blair Spittal chance in the first half. Despite that, we concede another goal we gift to our opponents and then they had five or ten minutes where you could see their confidence was high. We could have got an equaliser at the end but they defended well and earned their points. We’ve analysed our away games to death and when you look at the goals, it’s not as if we’re being carved open. After the goal, we lost our way a bit and could have conceded again but the actual chance that makes a difference comes from our mistake and it’s one moment like that which can decide a game.

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