12th Jan 2019 Partick Thistle 1 Falkirk 1 (SPFL Championship - game 21)

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Match Information

36y, 9m, 0d			Gary Caldwell		Ray McKinnon
no changes
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Blair Spittal (1-0, 61 mins)					Zak Rudden (1-1, 76 mins)
James Penrice (1-0, 61 mins)					none (1-1, 76 mins)
Stuart Bannigan; Gary Harkins; Craig Slater					Lewis Kidd; Abdul Osman
Gary Harkins (@ 1-0, 74 mins)
Kris Doolan (Joe Cardle, 80 mins); Blair Spittal (Chris Erskine, 81 mins); Miles Storey (Ally Roy, 90 mins)					Lewis Kidd (Davis Keillor-Dunn, 64 mins); Abdul Osman (Paul Paton, 64 mins); Mark Waddington (Shayne Lavery, 79 mins)
20y, 10m, 7d			Conor Hazard		David Mitchell future Jag
27y, 7m, 17d			Christie Elliott		Lewis Kidd
20y, 0m, 21d			James Penrice		Jordan McGhee
27y, 9m, 13d			Steven Saunders		Ross MacLean
25y, 5m, 1d			Sean McGinty		Tommy Robson future Jag
26y, 3m, 26d			Stuart Bannigan		Ian McShane
24y, 8m, 17d			Craig Slater		Zak Rudden future Jag
34y, 0m, 10d			Gary Harkins		Abdul Osman former Jag
32y, 1m, 1d			Kris Doolan		Paul Dixon
23y, 0m, 24d			Blair Spittal		Mark Waddington
25y, 0m, 8d			Miles Storey		Ciaran McKenna future Jag
26y, 1m, 1d
21y, 4m, 6d			Jamie Sneddon		Leo Fasan
31y, 11m, 4d			Chris Erskine		Aaron Muirhead former Jag
19y, 6m, 20d			Callum Wilson		Paul Paton former Jag
17y, 9m, 23d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Davis Keillor-Dunn
19y, 11m, 13d			Dan Jefferies		Kevin O'Hara
31y, 11m, 5d			Joe Cardle		Joe McKee
21y, 7m, 17d			Ally Roy		Shayne Lavery

notes

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

Match Report

TTA report

Falkirk were seldom out of their own half as Thistle dominated possession but they had no idea how to beat a massed defence until Spittal shot home a low Penrice cross (61). A good shout for a pen was denied then Harkins' (soft) 2nd yellow (74) let Falkirk take the initiative and the ball was bundled home (76).

Media report

Heather Dewar, 12-Jan-2019, bbc.com

Zak Rudden's late strike earned Falkirk a draw against Partick Thistle and kept them a point clear of their Scottish Championship relegation rivals. Rudden, whose loan deal from Rangers was extended in the hours before the game, followed up after Mark Waddington's effort was saved. Blair Spittal had put Gary Caldwell's side in front just after the hour, but then Gary Harkins was sent off. The result means Caldwell has won one of his 12 games, with Thistle bottom. Ray McKinnon's Falkirk - who took 1410 fans to Firhill - are just a point further ahead and occupy the relegation play-off spot, now six adrift of Alloa in eighth after their win over Morton.

Reaction

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

Think the referee has cost us points again. Every week there are poor decisions and it affected a game we were in control of. The red card gave them a huge boost. I think anyone at the game could see we were the better team and we should have gone on to win had it not been for a poor decision.

Falkirk manager Ray McKinnon (speaking to the BBC):

Overall, I'm happy to come away with a point- we've had two big away games in two weeks, we've picked up four points. I'm very satisfied with that. The sending off was possibly the turning point. That gave us the momentum, but we certainly deserved something out of the game.

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Sunday Post, 13th January, 2019

Sunday Post, 13th January, 2019

The Sun, 14th January, 2019

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Stats Watch

ANOTHER UNWANTED RECORD

● With his 6th goal of the season, Blair Spittal extends his lead to 2 at the top of our competitive goals chart for 2018-19. His goals/assists combi-total (10) is 4 ahead of his nearest team-mates (Erskine, Slater and Doolan), all of whom sit with 6.

● Gary Harkins becomes the first Thistle player to be sent-off since Danny Devine received a red-card at Easter Road in March, 2018.

● Thistle go 10 League games without defeat vs Falkirk (2011 to date), 1 away from equalling the H2H record (11) set in 1921.

● By contrast, 1 second-tier win in 15 equals the woeful club-record which was set in 1989-90.

● Thistle go SEVENTY games without back-to-back League wins, a run which, usually, occurs once in a blue-moon. Incredibly, it's the second such run in recent seasons following a similar fiasco (71) between 2013 and 2015. Prior to these, the only two other such runs were: 70 (1907-1910) and 77 (1912-1914). Four of the current crop have been involved in two of these horrendous runs; Chris Erskine, Christie Elliott, Kris Doolan and Stuart Bannigan.

ongoing sequences:

● 10 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.)

● 10 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.)

● 10 second-tier away games without a win to start off this season, 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 12 games; 11th Aug 1984 to 12th Jan 1985.)

● 11 second-tier away games without a win, 4th May 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 11th Sep 2004 to 9th Apr 2005. Club-record: 17 games; 16th Sep 1989 to 25th Aug 1990.)

● 38 consecutive competitive appearances for Blair Spittal, 31st Mar 2018 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Adam Barton - 54 games; 28th Dec 2016 to 3rd Feb 2018. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 70 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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