19th Sep 2020 Partick Thistle 3 BSC Glasgow 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

55y, 11m, 20d			Ian McCall		Stephen Swift
Jamie Sneddon; Ryan Williamson; Richard Foster; Ciaran McKenna; Rhys Breen; Blair Lyons; Salim Kouider-Aissa; Charlie Reilly
Scott Fox; Tommy Robson; Tam O'Ware; Darren Brownlie; Lewis Mayo; James Penrice; Reece Cole; Zak Rudden
Stuart Bannigan (1-0, 10 mins); Brian Graham (2-0, 53 mins); Connor Murray (3-0, 80 mins)
none (1-0, 10 mins); Ciaran McKenna (2-0, 53 mins); Shea Gordon (3-0, 80 mins)
					Jamie McCormack
Richard Foster (Andy Rodden, HT); Rhys Breen (Tam O'Ware, HT); Stuart Bannigan (Ross Docherty, HT); Blair Lyons (Connor Murray, HT); Charlie Reilly (Joe Cardle, 57 mins); Salim Kouider-Aissa (Mouhamed Niang, 57 mins)					Arran Ross (Conor McBrearty, 51 mins); Ryan Tierney (Alexander Easdale, 60 mins); Jamie McCormack (Jamie Ballantyne, 60 mins); Jamie Mills (Declan Fitzpatrick, 60 mins); Ross Lindsay (Ben Reilly, 69 mins); Jamie Hamilton (Cammy MacNair, 69 mins)
23y, 0m, 13d			Jamie Sneddon		Stephen Barr
24y, 6m, 5d			Ryan Williamson		Jamie McCormack
35y, 1m, 19d			Richard Foster		Jamie Mills
22y, 5m, 25d			Ciaran McKenna		Ross Smith
20y, 5m, 13d			Rhys Breen		Arran Ross
28y, 0m, 2d			Stuart Bannigan		Ross Lindsay
22y, 4m, 3d			Shea Gordon		Jamie Hamilton
23y, 11m, 27d			Blair Lyons		Michael Anderson
32y, 9m, 27d			Brian Graham		Ryan Tierney
24y, 5m, 28d			Salim Kouider-Aissa		Alfie Agyeman
18y, 9m, 14d			Charlie Reilly		Ross Lyon
25y, 1m, 4d
21y, 5m, 18d			Kieran Wright		Saul McDermott
27y, 5m, 30d			Tam O'Ware		Jamie Ballantyne
33y, 7m, 12d			Joe Cardle		Declan Fitzpatrick
23y, 4m, 26d			Connor Murray		Conor McBrearty
20y, 11m, 11d			Mouhamed Niang		Ben Reilly
27y, 7m, 27d			Ross Docherty		Alexander Easdale
18y, 11m, 18d			Andy Rodden		Cammy MacNair

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Charlie Reilly played as a trialist for Thistle. Played closed-doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Match Report

TTA report

193 days later…A Bannigan free-kick from just outside the box put Thistle ahead (10). Graham hit the post but he doubled the lead beating the off-side trap to lift the ball over the keeper (53). Cardle skewed his shot wide then Murray finished off a good move through the middle (80). Comfortable game time.

Media report

19-Sep-2023, ptfc.co.uk

Can you please forgive this writer for feeling a little emotional right now. Six long months have passed since a Thistle side were last in action here at Firhill. This afternoon five players make their first Firhill starts as a Jag, the 5 being Blair Lyons, Rhys Breen, Ciaran McKenna, Richard Foster and Salim Kouider-Aissa. The Jags starting eleven also includes one trialist. Stuart Bannigan's 10th minute free kick separates the teams at half-time. Thistle have had the better of things with Graham coming the closest to a second goal when his effort struck the post but BSC have not been without a threat and Sneddon had to tip a Tierney header over the bar. In the end, Thistle start their pre-season build up with a comfortable win against Lowland League BSC Glasgow, who ensured Thistle faced a competitive 90 minutes of football.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall (speaking to Jagzone):

It's the first proper game for quite a while, I thought the fitness levels were good. I was frustrated, I kept thinking back to the Queen of the South and Dunfermline games when we could have scored 3/4 goals and we could have scored 7 or 8 today, though usually 3-0 is ok. There were a lot of good signs as well as a lot of things to work on; we're still searching for what we feel is the shape we're going to play. There were a few people missing as well, but listen, it's all about just getting minutes in their legs and for that it was good.

Stats Watch

MIND THE GAP

● The opening game of the 146th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● Thistle's return to action after 193 days is only the second longest close season of all-time, the gap between the first two 1876 seasons being 413 days!

● The 193 day gap is second only to the cross-season club-record of 413 days without a known game, a bit of a "black hole" record set back in 1877.

● 19th September is the latest start to any Thistle season since 1877.

● For the first time since 4th January 2015 (a 2-2 draw at home to Dundee United) there are 10 Scots in Thistle's starting line-up. You need to rewind to 1st September 2012 (a 4-0 win at home to Hamilton) to find our last Scottish eleven.

● 18-year-old Andy Rodden makes his Thistle debut.

● 18-year-old Charlie Reilly makes his Thistle debut (as a trialist).

● 20-year-old Rhys Breen makes his Thistle debut.

● 22-year-old Ciaran McKenna makes his Thistle debut.

● 23-year-old Blair Lyons makes his Thistle debut.

● 23-year-old Connor Murray makes his Thistle debut. Following on from Brian Graham back in January, Connor becomes the second player this year to join our scoring debutants club.

● 24-year-old Salim Kouider-Aissa makes his Thistle debut.

● 27-year-old Ross Docherty makes his Thistle debut.

● 35-year-old Richard Foster makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive games without a home win; 21st Dec 2019 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 27th Aug 2016 to 9th Dec 2016. Club-record: 13 games; 13th Apr 1988 to 3rd Dec 1988.)

● 8 League games without a win; 4th Jan 2020 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 28th Sep 2018 to 1st Dec 2018. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 10 competitive games without a win, 4th Jan 2020 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.)

● 14 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 3rd Aug 2019 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 14th Nov 2009 to 18th Sep 2010. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 14 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 13th Sep 2019 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 4th Nov 2017 to 28th Apr 2018. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for James Penrice, 7th Sep 2019 to date. (Longest run since: Kenny Miller - 32 games, 13th Jul 2019 to 18th Jan 2020. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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