7th Nov 2020 Partick Thistle 2 Falkirk 2 (SPFL League One - game 4)

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56y, 1m, 8d	Ian McCall	Lee Miller
		David McCracken

Ryan Williamson; Connor Murray; Joe Cardle
Richard Foster; Mouhamed Niang; Shea Gordon

Joe Cardle (1-1, 66 mins); Brian Graham (2-1, 68 mins)		James Penrice (0-1, og 13 mins); ‎Charlie Telfer (2-2, 88 mins)
Brian Graham (1-1, 66 mins); Joe Cardle (2-1, 68 mins)		Callumn Morrison (0-1, 13 mins); Conor Sammon (2-2, 88 mins)
Ryan Williamson; Rhys Breen		Gary Miller

Connor Murray (Blair Lyons, 70 mins); Joe Cardle (Shea Gordon, 86 mins)‎		Anton Dowds (Josh Todd, 60 mins)‎; Robbie Leitch (Sean Kelly, 76 mins)‎; Blair Alston (Charlie Telfer, 76 mins)‎; Akeel Francis (Conor Sammon, 85 mins)

21y, 7m, 6d	Kieran Wright	Peter Morrison
24y, 7m, 24d	Ryan Williamson	Scott Mercer
21y, 10m, 16d	James Penrice	Paul Dixon
26y, 6m, 28d	Darren Brownlie	Ben Hall former Jag
20y, 7m, 1d	Rhys Breen	Mark Durnan
28y, 1m, 21d	Stuart Bannigan	Gary Miller former Jag
27y, 9m, 15d	Ross Docherty	Blair Alston future Jag
23y, 6m, 14d	Connor Murray	Robbie Leitch
32y, 11m, 15d	Brian Graham	Callumn Morrison
33y, 9m, 0d	Joe Cardle	Anton Dowds future Jag
24y, 10m, 19d	Blair Spittal	Akeel Francis

26y, 0m, 11d

17y, 8m, 2d	Mason McCready	Jay Cantley
24y, 1m, 15d	Blair Lyons	Josh Todd
22y, 5m, 22d	Shea Gordon	Conor Sammon former Jag
18y, 11m, 2d	Charlie Reilly	Euan Deveney
21y, 0m, 30d	Mouhamed Niang	Aidan Laverty
35y, 3m, 7d	Richard Foster	Charlie Telfer
		Blair Sneddon
		Sean Kelly‎ former Jag

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Thistle filled only 6 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Falkirk filled 8 of theirs.
Jay Cantley was a trialist sub goalkeeper for Falkirk.
Played closed-doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Callumn Morrison is widely credited with Falkirk's opening goal, but the video evidence clearly shows his touch was taking the ball to the side and that James Penrice was fully responsible for directing the ball into the net for a flukey o.g.

TTA report

Penrice's block spun beyond Wright for a freak opener (13) then Graham's saved pen denied Thistle a leveller (15). Falkirk hit the post nearing half-time. A better second half saw Docherty waste a good chance (47) but 2 close-in headers by Cardle and Graham (66 and 68) made it 2-1. Falkirk scored from close in (88).

Media report

Jordan Carlisle, 07-Nov-2020, nottheoldfirm.com

The two League One promotion hopefuls looked content to feel each other out in the opening stages but the visitors took the lead in the 13th minute in bizarre fashion. Callumn Morrison was credited with the goal but the Bairns attacker benefitted from a huge slice of luck, as after a coming together on the edge of the area with James Penrice, the ball looped into the top left corner beyond a helplessly wrong-footed Kieran Wright. The Jags had a chance to level things up almost immediately when the marauding Ryan Williamson was brought down in the box but Graham’s spot-kick was beaten away by a diving PJ Morrison. Thistle dominated the ball for the remainder of the half but Falkirk continued to threaten on the break and Anton Dowds struck the post just prior to the interval following an error in possession from Williamson.

The hosts started the second half with purpose but initially struggled to find the breakthrough with Ross Docherty and Brian Graham both squandering chances following set-pieces. An equaliser was coming, though, and it eventually arrived in the 66th minute, with Joe Cardle nodding home from a Graham knockdown. Ian McCall’s men weren’t content with a point, though, and they struck again two minutes later, when Graham headed a volleyed cross from the outstanding Cardle beyond a scrambling Morrison. Thistle weren’t able to close out the win, though, and substitute Telfer hammered home from inside the area in the 88th minute to earn his side a valuable point.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall (speaking to Jagzone):

It’s frustrating to drop points to a late goal again but I thought the boys did well today and I was proud of the performance. To fall behind so early to a freak goal like that one was tough but we came back into it and were on top for long spells. We had a couple of good chances at one-nil with the penalty and one that Ross Docherty had from four yards out but we kept pushing and got our goals deservedly. I have to give Joe Cardle a mention, it was a brilliant performance by him today with his goal and assist and that’s the sort of creativity we need every week. After half-time I felt we dominated large parts of it, moving the ball around the pitch well and we were the better team by far. Docherty has that chance from Joe Cardle’s free-kick that he should have buried but then we get our goals and they were two well-worked goals, I thought. We got a little bit nervy towards the end in the final 10 or 15 minutes as we try to see it out. They started to control a bit more of the ball and got the goal which comes from a deflected cross but it’s a good finish to be fair. As I’ve said already, we had big moments in the game and if we take our chances such as the penalty and some of our clear-cut opportunities either side of half-time then we could have been out of sight by the point they equalised.

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