16th Jul 2022 Partick Thistle 0 Motherwell 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

57y, 9m, 16d			Ian McCall		Graham Alexander
Jamie Sneddon; Darren Brownlie; Tunji Akinola; Ben Stanway; Cole McKinnon; Tony Weston; Aidan Fitzpatrick
David Mitchell; Kevin Holt; Aaron Muirhead; Ross Docherty; Brian Graham; Cammy Smith; Kyle Turner
					Joseph Efford (0-1, 57 mins)
					Blair Spittal (0-1, 57 mins)
Stuart Bannigan (James Lyon, 28 mins); Jamie Sneddon (David Mitchell, HT); Steven Lawless (Cammy Smith, HT); Jack McMillan (Ross Docherty, 61 mins); Harry Milne (Zander MacKenzie, 61 mins); Ben Stanway (Brian Graham, 75 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Ji Stevenson, 82 mins)					Josh Morris (Ross Tierney, HT); Liam Kelly (Aston Oxborough, 56 mins); Joseph Efford (Sean Goss, 63 mins); Barry Maguire (Sondre Solholm Johansen, 69 mins); Max Johnston (Dean Cornelius, 76 mins)
24y, 10m, 10d			Jamie Sneddon		Liam Kelly
24y, 6m, 28d			Jack McMillan		Jake Carroll former Jag
25y, 8m, 17d			Harry Milne		Ricki Lamie
28y, 3m, 6d			Darren Brownlie		Bevis Mugabi
23y, 7m, 25d			Tunji Akinola		Barry Maguire
29y, 9m, 29d			Stuart Bannigan		Blair Spittal former Jag
17y, 9m, 26d			Ben Stanway		Callum Slattery
19y, 5m, 17d			Cole McKinnon		Joseph Efford
18y, 9m, 29d			Tony Weston		Max Johnston
21y, 3m, 26d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Josh Morris
31y, 3m, 4d			Steven Lawless		Connor Shields
24y, 1m, 21d
32y, 3m, 12d			David Mitchell		Aston Oxborough
24y, 8m, 6d			Kyle Turner		Stephen O'Donnell former Jag
34y, 7m, 23d			Brian Graham		Sondre Solholm Johansen
26y, 10m, 22d			Cammy Smith		Dean Cornelius
16y, 6m, 27d			Gallagher Lennon		Ross Tierney
29y, 5m, 23d			Ross Docherty		Sean Goss
17y, 4m, 10d			Duncan Laird		Robert Mahon
19y, 8m, 19d			James Lyon
16y, 10m, 18d			Zander MacKenzie
16y, 11m, 17d			Ji Stevenson

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, Motherwell in shirt number order. Aston Oxborough played as a trialist for Motherwell.

Match Report

TTA report

There was valuable game time but little else against top-flight Motherwell in this decidedly "low-key" affair. A deflected clearance was shot home (57) but the reality was Thistle never looked like getting anything from the match. Better finishing by Motherwell would have seen them deservedly increase the margin of the defeat.

Media report

Andy McGilvray, 16-Jul-2021, Daily Record

Graham Alexander's side prepared for their Euro adventure with a comfortable win over Thistle. Joe Efford was Motherwell's hero as they prepared for their Europa Conference League qualifier with a routine friendly win over Partick Thistle at Firhill. The Championship side started well and looked lively, but Motherwell quickly took a grip of the game and carved some decent chances in the first half that they probably should have taken. That said, it took them until the 59th minute before Efford's strike made the breakthrough, and it came from an error in Thistle's defence, rather than magic created by the Premiership side. They will undoubtedly face a tougher test when Sligo Rovers visit Fir Park on Thursday evening in the second qualifying round.

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall made seven changes to the side that beat Kilmarnock 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the Premier Sports Cup on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Jamie Sneddon, Darren Brownlie, Tunji Akinola, Cole McKinnon, Ben Stanway, Aidan Fitzpatrick and Tony Weston replaced David Mitchell (GK), Aaron Muirhead, Kevin Holt, Ross Docherty, Kyle Turner, Cammy Smith and Brian Graham. Motherwell boss Graham Alexander handed starts to new signings Blair Spittal and Joe Morris. Trialist goalkeeper Aston Oxborough, previously with Norwich City, was on the bench. A major red flag for Motherwell fans was the omission of striker Kevin van Veen, who has been heavily linked with a move back to the Netherlands.

The first half wasn't much to write home about and was played very much like the friendly it was, but Motherwell had some decent efforts, and Joe Efford had a header off the post. Thistle did a lot of the early running, but without forcing Liam Kelly into a save. It took a while for the game to get going and Thistle looked the more likely in the opening stages. Their best chance came in 13 minutes when a Fitzpatrick corner from the right was headed past the near post corner by Stuart Bannigan. At the other end, Callum Slattery sent a drive past the right post from distance in 16 minutes. Motherwell created a decent chance in 22 minutes when Joe Efford was sent down the left and he blazed in a low cross that was just too far ahead of Connor Shields, sliding in. Two minutes later Blair Spittal and Efford combined to set up new signing Joe Morris, but he could only find the left side-netting. The visitors nearly took the lead in bizarre circumstances in 31 minutes when Spittal pounced on a slack pass-back, and his shot looked to be heading wide, but was then nearly carried over his own line by a Thistle defender, who halted it in time. From a free kick wide on the right, Motherwell went close again when Efford's header hit the left post.

Motherwell looked more lively in the second half, and got their goal, but didn't really push themselves too hard, perhaps with an eye on Thursday's tie. They went close again in 49 minutes when Spittal's free kick from the left was headed just over by Jake Carroll at the near post. Spittal tried his luck with a daisy-cutter in 52 minutes, but sub keeper David Mitchell took it at the second attempt. There was little surprise when Motherwell took the lead in 59 minutes, and even less shock that Efford got them off the mark when he pounced on a botched clearance that left him with just Mitchell to beat, and the striker confidently slotted low into the net. Motherwell tried to double their lead in 77 minutes when Spittal's cross from the left was flicked over the bar by Shields.

Reaction

Thistle coach Alan Archibald (speaking to Jagzone):

It was a bit stop-start, took us a bit of time to get into the game, getting an injury to Stuart didn't help. But it was a great workout in terms of getting the guys the minutes that they needed - young Cole and Tony and the other young boys, it was great for them. Big Daz got 90 minutes which was excellent. It was fantastic for him as he's been out for such a long time. Won every header bar the last 5 minutes when he was probably a wee bit fatigued. It'll do him the world of good.

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FIRHILL DROUGHT CONTINUES

● It's now more than 8 months since Thistle scored twice at Firhill.

ongoing sequences:

● 1 goal or less in 18 consecutive competitive home games, an extension of the club-record.

● 23 consecutive competitive appearances for Stuart Bannigan, 14th Jan 2022 to date. (Longest run since: Jamie Sneddon - 41 games, 28th Aug 2021 to 9th Jul 2022. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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