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55y, 4m, 1d	Ian McCall	Mark Kerr former Jag

Darren Brownlie; Joe Cardle; Dario Zanatta
Sean McGinty; Steven Saunders; Alex Jones

Brian Graham (1-0, 33 mins)		Alan Forrest (1-1, pen 52 mins)
Joe Cardle (1-0, 33 mins)		none (1-1, pen 52 mins)
Brian Graham; Lee O'Connor; Joe Cardle‎		Daniel Harvie; Aaron Muirhead; Ross Docherty

Darian MacKinnon (Jamie Barjonas, 58 mins); Dario Zanatta (Zak Rudden, 70 mins)		Michael Moffat (Scott Tiffoney, 59 mins); Mark Kerr (Luke McCowan, 65 mins); Ross Docherty (Grant Gillespie, 89 mins)

32y, 7m, 3d	Scott Fox	Ross Doohan
19y, 6m, 3d	Lee O'Connor	Jordan Houston
21y, 1m, 9d	James Penrice	Daniel Harvie
26y, 10m, 11d	Tam O'Ware	Steven Bell future Jag
25y, 9m, 21d	Darren Brownlie	Aaron Muirhead former Jag
34y, 3m, 22d	Darian MacKinnon	Mark Kerr former Jag
27y, 4m, 14d	Stuart Bannigan	Ross Docherty future Jag
32y, 11m, 24d	Joe Cardle	Stephen Kelly
32y, 2m, 8d	Brian Graham	Aaron Drinan
21y, 11m, 14d	Reece Cole	Michael Moffat
22y, 8m, 7d	Dario Zanatta	Alan Forrest

27y, 0m, 12d

22y, 4m, 25d	Jamie Sneddon	Ellis Hare-Reid
25y, 4m, 3d	Alex Jones	Sam Roscoe
21y, 8m, 15d	Shea Gordon	Luke McCowan
24y, 4m, 20d	Tommy Robson	Scott Tiffoney future Jag
21y, 0m, 7d	Jamie Barjonas	Mark McKenzie
19y, 11m, 25d	Zak Rudden	Leon Murphy
28y, 9m, 28d	Mitch Austin	Grant Gillespie

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Both sides generally in playing order.
	2416 (SPFL)

Ayr had the best of things for the first 20 mins then a dipping volley by Cole seemed to get Thistle going. A dink by Cardle to the back post was finished off by Graham (33). Ayr started the 2nd half on the offensive and a pen put them level (52). A stalemate developed, the keepers seldom troubled and 1-1 was appropriate.

Alan Forrest's penalty stretched Ayr United's unbeaten run to four games in a Scottish Championship draw with Partick Thistle. The winger converted his ninth of the season after Lee O'Connor was judged to have fouled him just after half-time. Brian Graham had earlier tucked away Joe Cardle's cross from close range to make it two goals in two games since signing from Ross County. Reece Cole had gone close with another curling effort for the Thistle. Ian McCall's side are now one point adrift of Alloa Athletic at the bottom, with Graham's second goal in two games for Thistle the first Ayr have conceded in four matches.

Kenny Crawford, 31-Jan-2020, bbc.com

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall (speaking to ptfc.co.uk

I didn’t think it was a penalty. I’m not saying Alan Forrest dived or anything like that, he’s not that type of player, it just wasn’t a penalty. In that respect we are a bit gutted we didn’t get all three points. I thought we dominated the first half, particularly after the first 15 minutes. We got our goal from Brian and went in at half time. The second half was a bit more even but neither goalkeeper had anything really to do. We had a really good chance through Joe Cardle in the first half that we should be looking to score and Dario Zanatta has had a good one in the second half. It’s a point, we’re gutted but it’s a point.

We’ve got to remember Ayr are sitting in the top four for a reason, they have a number of special players who can turn a game but I thought our players stood up to the test and that most of the new boys did well. Darren Brownlie came into the starting line up and did well for his first game and I thought Lee O’Connor was good as well. The ones we’re excited about are Zak Rudden and Brian Graham up front. Zak injured his thigh in the warm up last week but we can’t wait to get them on the pitch together, I think you saw in the 20 odd minutes they had together that there could be a really exciting partnership there.

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