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matches:2019-20: ← 09game 1011 →

	Stewart Petrie	Gary Caldwell	37y, 4m, 26d

		Scott Fox; James Penrice; Tam O'Ware; Mouhamed Niang; Raffaele De Vita; Reece Cole; Joe Cardle
		Jamie Sneddon; Ben Hall; Cammy Palmer; Stuart Bannigan; Shea Gordon; Alex Jones; Dario Zanatta

		Joe Cardle (1-0, 2 mins); Kenny Miller (2-0, 53 mins)
		James Penrice (1-0, 2 mins); Ryan Williamson (2-0, 53 mins)
Seán Dillon; Iain Campbell		Sean McGinty

Josh Skelly (Craig Johnston, 56 mins); Ross Campbell (Terry Masson, 71 mins); Graham Webster (Martin Rennie, 71 mins)		Reece Cole (Ben Hall, 77 mins); Tommy Robson (Lewis Mansell, 80 mins); Mouhamed Niang (Dean Watson, 86 mins)

	former Jag Aaron Lennox	Scott Fox	32y, 2m, 10d
	Cammy Ballantyne	Ryan Williamson	23y, 5m, 24d
	Kerr Waddell	James Penrice	20y, 8m, 16d
	Seán Dillon	Tam O'Ware	26y, 5m, 18d
	Iain Campbell	Sean McGinty	26y, 0m, 27d
	Matty Allan	Mouhamed Niang	19y, 10m, 30d
	Graham Webster	Raffaele De Vita	31y, 11m, 15d
	Lewis Milne	Reece Cole	21y, 6m, 21d
	Ross Campbell	Kenny Miller	39y, 8m, 15d
	future Jag Blair Lyons	Joe Cardle	32y, 7m, 0d
	Josh Skelly	Tommy Robson	23y, 11m, 27d

			27y, 1m, 22d

	Allan Fleming	Jamie Sneddon	22y, 0m, 1d
	Terry Masson	Ben Hall	22y, 7m, 22d
	Paul Watson	Lewis Mansell	21y, 11m, 18d
	Martin Rennie	Andy Rodden	17y, 11m, 6d
	Russell McLean	Dean Watson	17y, 0m, 28d
	Craig Johnston	Bradley Renfrew	17y, 5m, 22d
	Liam Callaghan	Steven Saunders	28y, 5m, 8d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Both sides generally in playing order.
	831 (SPFL)

A comfortable enough win but on possession and chances, it should have been more convincing. Cardle scored at the back post (2) after fine build-up play then he set up the overlapping Williamson for Miller to head in his cross (53). Cole's free-kick from 20 yards hit the bar (64) but there were no more goals.

A professional performance saw Thistle run out relatively comfortable victors at Links Park against Montrose in the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup tie. Goals from Joe Cardle and Kenny Miller were enough to see the Jags into the next round. Midway through the first half there was a heated exchange between Kenny Miller and his own back four which seemed to spark life back into the Jags performance. Although disharmony is not something he wants to see, Caldwell did admit that he wouldn’t mind seeing a bit more of that from his side. Next up for Thistle is Arbroath on Friday night as Caldwell’s side return to league action. The Jags boss knows league form has not been good enough so far but is determined to turn the form around.

Gary spoke to ptfc.co.uk after the match and started by singing the praises of his side:

We’re delighted with the win and with the professional aspects of the performance. It’s a bit of a cliché but these games are never easy. Playing lower league teams you find they’re always up for it, as the underdogs they have nothing to lose which makes it difficult. We got off to a fantastic start and scored a brilliant goal but after that I do think we could have been better in terms of our possession of the ball. We were a bit sloppy at times but it’s not easy and the pitch was very dry but we’re very happy to be in the next round. I think sometimes we’re too nice, I’m delighted to see that in our game occasionally. We’re on the pitch to win and do well and in order to do that we must demand the most from each other. If that requires some harsh words then so be it. When we get off the pitch we can discuss and analyse but sometimes that is the spark we need. We go into our next game and we know we need to win a game of football, it’s as simple as that. Confidence is good, we played well against Ayr and had the result taken away from us as a result of two red cards, we’ve won the game today and we need to take those positives into the match on Friday night.

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