15th Dec 2018 Partick Thistle 2 Alloa Athletic 2 (SPFL Championship - game 17)

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Match Information

36y, 8m, 3d			Gary Caldwell		Jim Goodwin
Aidan Fitzpatrick
Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo
Kris Doolan (1-0, pen 18 mins); Blair Spittal (2-1, 37 mins)					Kevin Cawley (1-1, 24 mins); Dario Zanatta (2-2, 59 mins)
none (1-0, pen 18 mins); none (2-1, 37 mins)					Alan Trouten (1-1, 24 mins); Iain Flannigan (2-2, 59 mins)
Stuart Bannigan					Steven Hetherington; Iain Flannigan
Aidan Fitzpatrick (Andy McCarthy, 72 mins); Kris Doolan (Chris Erskine, 81 mins)					Kevin Cawley (Connor Shields, 67 mins); Alan Trouten (Jon Robertson, 84 mins)
21y, 3m, 9d			Jamie Sneddon		Neil Parry
27y, 6m, 19d			Christie Elliott		Scott Taggart
19y, 11m, 23d			James Penrice		Liam Dick
19y, 10m, 15d			Dan Jefferies		Sam Roscoe
25y, 4m, 4d			Sean McGinty		Andy Graham
30y, 8m, 14d			Tam Scobbie		Steven Hetherington
26y, 2m, 28d			Stuart Bannigan		Kevin Cawley
17y, 8m, 25d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Alan Trouten
32y, 0m, 4d			Kris Doolan		Iain Flannigan former Jag
22y, 11m, 26d			Blair Spittal		Jake Hastie future Jag
24y, 11m, 11d			Miles Storey		Dario Zanatta future Jag
24y, 5m, 2d
17y, 9m, 2d			Jamie Stevenson		Chris Henry
23y, 8m, 10d			Niall Keown		Jon Robertson
31y, 10m, 7d			Chris Erskine		Greig Spence
20y, 1m, 25d			Andy McCarthy		Liam Burt
28y, 6m, 9d			Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo		Adam Brown
19y, 5m, 22d			Callum Wilson		Ahmed Aloulou
25y, 7m, 16d			Brice Ntambwe		Connor Shields

notes

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

Match Report

TTA report

In dreadful conditions Thistle (8th) never managed to subdue Alloa (9th). Doolan scored with a pen (foul, 18) but gifted possession led to a goal from a cut-back (24). Spittal fired a free-kick against the wall but scored with the rebound (37). A 20-yard strike (59) made it 2-2. A fair result. Thistle deserved no better.

Media report

Tom MacKinnon, 15-Dec-2018, The Scotsman

The points were shared at Firhill as Partick Thistle and Alloa played out a pre-Christmas cracker. Thistle broke the deadlock on 18 minutes when Christie Elliott’s clever footwork forced a clumsy challenge inside the box from Jake Hastie. Kris Doolan scored the resulting spot-kick. But the Wasps hit back after an incredible solo run from Alan Trouten who then crossed for Kevin Cawley to tap in from six yards.

The topsy-turvy encounter took another twist before the break when Blair Spittal restored Thistle’s lead with a half-volley that thundered past goalkeeper Neil Parry, Spittal reacting first after his free-kick had been blocked.

Alloa, though, refused to buckle and they hit back for a second time 12 minutes after the restart when Dario Zannatta drilled in from 25 yards, giving Jamie Sneddon in the Thistle goal no chance. There were chances at either end in the closing stages but neither side could add to the scoring.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Gary Caldwell (speaking to Jagzone):

It was a pretty poor game all in all, not helped by the conditions. For us, to take the lead twice and still not get the three points is very disappointing. I don’t necessarily think we deserved to win the game but once you take the lead, it becomes a game we should win. We conceded two bad goals when we were ahead and had something to defend. We realised quite early that the formation we wanted to play wasn’t going to work with the way the ball was moving on the surface so around the time of the first goal, we switched it up and changed to a front two because we felt we needed to be more direct. At the end of the day, the conditions were tough but if we’d done the basics well while we were in front we would have won the game.

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Sunday Post, 16th December, 2018

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Stats Watch

RARE PENALTY GOAL FOR DOOLAN

● Kris Doolan scores his first penalty goal for Thistle in more than 7 years, bringing his conversion rate up to 71.4% (5 out of 7), all coming in League action.

● With his 118th competitive goal for the club, Kris joins Jimmy Walker in joint 4th place in that particular all-time goalscorers chart.

● Blair Spittal stays top of our 2018-19 competitive scorers chart with his 5th goal of the season.

● Thistle are now 4 competitive games without a win versus Alloa, 2 shy of equalling the H2H record which was set in 1990.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 away League games without a win; 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 18th Mar 2017 to 27th Dec 2017. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 8 competitive away games without a win; 25th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 19th Aug 2017 to 27th Dec 2017. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 34 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.)

● 66 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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