3rd Nov 2018 Greenock Morton 5 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Championship - game 12)

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Match Information

			Jonatan Johansson		Gary Caldwell			36y, 6m, 22d
					Brice Ntambwe
					Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo
Gary Oliver (1-1, 23 mins); Bob McHugh (1-2, 43 mins); Jack Iredale (1-3, 54 mins); Bob McHugh (1-4, 66 mins); Michael Tidser (1-5, 71 mins)					Brice Ntambwe (1-0, 16 mins)
Jack Iredale (1-1, 23 mins); Jack Iredale (1-2, 43 mins); Michael Tidser (1-3, 54 mins); none (1-4, 66 mins); none (1-5, 71 mins)					Craig Slater (1-0, 16 mins)
					Andy McCarthy; Jack Storer
Gary Oliver (Robert Thomson, 80 mins); Charlie Telfer (Lewis McGrattan, 87 mins)					Sean McGinty (Andy McCarthy, HT); Brice Ntambwe (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 60 mins); Jai Quitongo (Jack Storer, 75 mins)
			Derek Gaston		Cammy Bell			32y, 1m, 16d
			Lee Kilday		Christie Elliott			27y, 5m, 8d
			Jack Iredale		James Penrice			19y, 10m, 12d
			Gregor Buchanan		Niall Keown			23y, 6m, 29d
			Kerr Waddell		Sean McGinty			25y, 2m, 23d
			Charlie Telfer		Stuart Bannigan			26y, 1m, 17d
			Jim McAlister		Craig Slater			24y, 6m, 8d
			Bob McHugh		Brice Ntambwe			25y, 6m, 5d
			Michael Tidser		Jai Quitongo			21y, 1m, 20d
			Reghan Tumilty		Blair Spittal			22y, 10m, 15d
			Gary Oliver		Miles Storey			24y, 9m, 30d
								24y, 10m, 2d
			former Jag Ryan Scully		Jamie Sneddon			21y, 1m, 28d
			Robert Thomson		Chris Erskine			31y, 8m, 26d
			Kyle Thomson		Jack Storer			20y, 10m, 1d
			future Jag Scott Tiffoney		Andy McCarthy			20y, 0m, 14d
			Ross MacLean		Callum Wilson			19y, 4m, 11d
			Rory McKeown		Aidan Fitzpatrick			17y, 7m, 14d
			Lewis McGrattan		Tam Scobbie			30y, 7m, 3d

notes

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

Match Report

TTA report

A header from a corner by Ntambwe (16) put Thistle ahead but goals from crosses (23 and 43) prompted the substitution of McGinty at half-time but bizarre changes made matters worse with goals 54, 66 and 71 and but for a post it could have been 6. Utterly depressing and relegation-flavoured. “I'll fix it” (Caldwell).

Media report

Kenny Crawford, 03-Nov-2018, bbc.com

Bob McHugh scored twice as Morton came back from behind to ensure Gary Caldwell suffered his third defeat in three games as Partick Thistle boss. Brice Ntambwe's headed Thistle in front but Gary Oliver equalised. Morton took the lead when McHugh headed in Jack Iredale's cross, before Iredale himself squeezed in the third. McHugh slotted a fine individual goal to make it four, then Michael Tidser's speculative strike from 30 yards found the bottom right-hand corner. Morton have now won three of their last four matches under Jonatan Johansson, while Partick Thistle slip to six successive defeats.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Gary Caldwell (speaking to the BBC):

I'll fix it. I just said to the players I will fix it. But right now every week that goes by, another player gets ticked off the list that I don't think will be part of it. The three teams we've played wanted it more than we did, and that has to change.

Greenock Morton Jonatan Johansson (speaking to the BBC):

Bob McHugh's been fantastic and it's a shame he didn't get his hat-trick. He works so hard and he's intelligent. His first goal was excellent. He helps the midfield defensively and in the box, if you can get the ball to him, he's dangerous.

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Stats Watch

MISERABLE CLUB-RECORD EMPHATICALLY EXTENDED

● 20-year-old Jack Storer plays his last game for Thistle.

● 25-year-old Brice Ntambwe marks his last game for Thistle by scoring his only goal for the club.

● After having went 5 unbeaten against 'Ton under Alan Archibald, Gary Caldwell's Thistle succumb to a thrashing against the Greenock men. It's our greatest margin of defeat against them since a 4-0 League reverse at Cappielow 28 years ago.

● Thistle reset their new club-record of opening the away legs of a second tier campaign with straight defeats, now 6-in-a-row.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 away League games without a win; 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 3rd Feb 2018 to 28th Apr 2018. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 6 competitive away games without a win; 25th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 3rd Feb 2018 to 28th Apr 2018. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 6 competitive games without a win, 28th Sep 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 3rd Feb 2018 to 7th Apr 2018. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 6 consecutive away League defeats; 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 6 defeats; 16th Jan 2010 to 20th Mar 2010. Club-record: 14 defeats; 6th Apr 1912 to 25th Jan 1913.)

● 6 consecutive competitive away defeats; 25th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 8 defeats; 13th Apr 1996 to 17th Sep 1996. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 6 consecutive competitive defeats, 28th Sep 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 6 defeats, 22nd Aug 2015 to 26th Sep 2015. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 6 consecutive League defeats; 28th Sep 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 8 defeats; 7th May 2017 to 26th Aug 2017. Club-record: 12 defeats; 27th Feb 1909 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 6 League games without a win; 28th Sep 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 3rd Feb 2018 to 7th Apr 2018. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 23 competitive games without a draw, 8th May 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 25 games; 22nd Aug 1953 to 9th Jan 1964. Club-record: 27 games; 18th Feb 1899 to 23rd Dec 1899.)

● 29 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.)

● 61 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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