6th Oct 2018 Partick Thistle 0 Ross County 2 (SPFL Championship - game 8)

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Match Information

41y, 2m, 23d			Alan Archibald		Steven Ferguson
					Stuart Kettlewell
Jamie Sneddon; Chris Erskine
Cammy Bell; Tam Scobbie
					Josh Mullin (0-1, 14 mins); Billy McKay (0-2, pen 56 mins)
					none (0-1, 14 mins); none (0-2, pen 56 mins)
Stuart Bannigan; Niall Keown; Christie Elliott; Chris Erskine					Ross Draper
					Ross Draper (@ 0-2, 90+1 mins)
Kris Doolan (Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo, 53 mins); Miles Storey (Jai Quitongo, 67 mins); Chris Erskine (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 78 mins)					Davis Keillor-Dunn (Tony Dingwall, 73 mins); Iain Vigurs (Don Cowie, 79 mins); Billy McKay (Brian Graham, 84 mins)
21y, 1m, 0d			Jamie Sneddon		Scott Fox former Jag
27y, 4m, 10d			Christie Elliott		Sean Kelly former Jag
19y, 9m, 14d			James Penrice		Liam Fontaine
23y, 6m, 1d			Niall Keown		Callum Morris
25y, 1m, 25d			Sean McGinty		Ross Draper
26y, 0m, 19d			Stuart Bannigan		Jamie Lindsay
24y, 5m, 10d			Craig Slater		Billy McKay
22y, 9m, 17d			Blair Spittal		Iain Vigurs
31y, 9m, 25d			Kris Doolan		Josh Mullin
31y, 7m, 28d			Chris Erskine		Keith Watson
24y, 9m, 2d			Miles Storey		Davis Keillor-Dunn
25y, 3m, 22d
32y, 0m, 18d			Cammy Bell		Ross Munro
19y, 11m, 12d			Max Melbourne		Declan McManus
19y, 11m, 16d			Andy McCarthy		Stelios Demetriou
28y, 4m, 0d			Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo		Brian Graham future Jag
17y, 6m, 16d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Tony Dingwall
21y, 0m, 22d			Jai Quitongo		Don Cowie
25y, 5m, 7d			Brice Ntambwe		Ross Stewart

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order.

Match Report

TTA report

A dismal performance lacking in incisive play and a goal threat as Thistle dropped to 3rd bottom. County got a ricochet off a defender to slot home (14) and a soft pen for hand ball by Elliott (56) but there was no denying they were the better team. They did in a few passes what Thistle couldn't in 10. Archibald was sacked. County had a man sent off in added time.

Media report

Charlie Mann, 06-Oct-2018, bbc.com

Ross County beat Partick Thistle to remain second in the Championship after a goal in each half gave them their second away victory in a week. Josh Mullen's burst from midfield was rewarded with a fine strike from the edge of the box. Billy McKay netted from the spot after hand ball from Sean McGinty - his seventh goal of the season. But County finished with 10 men when Ross Draper received a second yellow card in time added on.

Reaction

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

That game has been the story of our season so far in terms of overall play. Our heads went down a bit after the second goal and I was disappointed with that. We need to put it right as quickly as we can and we need to cut out the errors, I don't think anybody has worked really hard for a goal against us since the start of the season. It is bitterly frustrating, but because we lost today it puts pressure on our away form as well.

Ross County co-manager Steven Ferguson (speaking to the BBC):

We played well, but we also have to look after the ugly bit which the players don't like as much and that is what we did in spells today. Tannadice last week and Firhill today, I don't think it gets much tougher than that, so the fact that we have come away with maximum points from those two games is really pleasing for Stuart and I and the players deserve a lot of credit for what they have done here. We are in a good place at the moment.

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ALAN ARCHIBALD'S FINALE

● Thistle lose a home League match in the second tier for the first time since December, 2012.

● The 2 goal loss matches our record negative margin of defeat at home to the Dingwall side.

● Thistle's poor record at home to County in the second tier continues; Jags have won only 3 of the 15 clashes.

● The 25th managerial reign ends. Following 18 months of painful decline, manager Alan Archibald is sacked shortly after the game. At 5y, 8m, 6d, his tenure in the hotseat was the longest since Bertie Auld (6y, 4m, 17d) and the sixth longest of any Thistle manager in history. Before the game, he stood as second only to Jim McInally (Peterhead) as the longest serving manager in the SPFL.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League defeats; 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 24th Feb 2018 to 3rd Apr 2018. Club-record: 14 defeats; 6th Apr 1912 to 25th Jan 1913.)

● 4 consecutive competitive away defeats; 25th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 10th Feb 2018 to 3rd Apr 2018. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 19 competitive games without a draw, 8th May 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 20 games; 24th Apr 2010 to 6th Nov 2010. Club-record: 27 games; 18th Feb 1899 to 23rd Dec 1899.)

● 25 consecutive competitive appearances for Blair Spittal, 31st Mar 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.)

● 57 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.)

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