30th Aug 2022 Partick Thistle 1 Arbroath 0 (League Cup 2nd Round)

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Match Information

57y, 11m, 0d			Ian McCall		Dick Campbell former PT manager
Aaron Muirhead; Kyle Turner; Anton Dowds
Tunji Akinola; Cole McKinnon; Brian Graham
Aidan Fitzpatrick (1-0, 83 mins)
Steven Lawless (1-0, 83 mins)
Stuart Bannigan; Jack McMillan; Kyle Turner					Dale Hilson; Michael McKenna
Stuart Bannigan (Cole McKinnon, 53 mins); Scott Tiffoney (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 71 mins); Jack McMillan (Brian Graham, 71 mins); Anton Dowds (Danny Mullen, 76 mins)					Jason Thomson (James Craigen, 53 mins); Bobby Linn (Deri Corfe, 60 mins); Dale Hilson (Dylan Paterson, 84 mins); Daniel Fosu (Kieran Shanks, 84 mins)
32y, 4m, 26d			David Mitchell		Derek Gaston
24y, 8m, 12d			Jack McMillan		Scott Stewart
25y, 10m, 1d			Harry Milne		Mason Hancock
29y, 7m, 5d			Kevin Holt		Ricky Little former Jag
32y, 0m, 0d			Aaron Muirhead		Jason Thomson
29y, 11m, 13d			Stuart Bannigan		Michael McKenna
29y, 7m, 7d			Ross Docherty		Keaghan Jacobs
24y, 9m, 20d			Kyle Turner		Bobby Linn
25y, 9m, 11d			Anton Dowds		Dale Hilson
31y, 4m, 18d			Steven Lawless		Scott Allan
24y, 0m, 4d			Scott Tiffoney		Daniel Fosu
28y, 2m, 8d
24y, 11m, 24d			Jamie Sneddon		Cammy Gill
28y, 4m, 20d			Darren Brownlie		Dylan Paterson
34y, 9m, 7d			Brian Graham		Kieran Shanks
27y, 0m, 6d			Cammy Smith		Deri Corfe
19y, 7m, 1d			Cole McKinnon		James Craigen former Jag
18y, 11m, 13d			Tony Weston
23y, 9m, 9d			Tunji Akinola
27y, 5m, 29d			Danny Mullen
21y, 5m, 10d			Aidan Fitzpatrick

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.

Match Report

TTA report

Good saves, blocked shots and off-target shooting by Thistle were frustrating but Fitzpatrick's header from a Lawless cross (83) finally broke the deadlock. Arbroath showed little in attack until the goal and a fine save by Mitchell/clearance off the line by Milne was their only real attacking move as they looked for an equaliser. It never came - deservedly so.

Media report

James Cairney, 30-Aug-2021, Glagow Times

AIDAN FITZPATRICK came off the bench to nod in the winning goal ten minutes from time to send Partick Thistle through to the quarter-finals of the Premier Sports Cup as the Maryhill outfit secured a late but deserved win over Dick Campbell’s men. Arbroath were low on confidence heading into the encounter, without a league win in five attempts to far this season, and the visitors played like it as they ceded possession, sat deep and absorbed wave after wave of Jags attack.

The men from Gayfield struggled to break out of their own half and truly threaten Ian McCall’s side and there was an air of inevitability about Fitzpatrick’s winner. Steven Lawless reacted well to hoover up a loose ball deep in the Arbroath half and showed good composure to pick out substitute Fitzpatrick, whose cushioned header lofted over Derek Gaston and into the back of the net to book Thistle’s place in the hat for this evening’s draw.

The majority of the cup tie at Firhill was one-way traffic. Anton Dowds found himself presented with a few decent opportunities but failed to make the most of them and Scott Tiffoney fluffed the occasional half-chance as Thistle attempted to make their supremacy count. Fitzpatrick’s late intervention drew a sigh of relief from the home crowd but there was still one hairy moment thereafter when Harry Milne’s goal-line clearance denied a certain equaliser after the away side had struck the woodwork moments earlier.

Reaction

Thistle manager Ian McCall (speaking to the Glasgow Times):

We had some good chances and missed some sitters but credit to Arbroath – they put their bodies son the line and their ‘keeper made some great saves. Ironically, David Mitchell also made a great save right at the end to prevent extra time but that’s football. I was delighted when our goal finally came. Ultimately, it’s a cup tie and you just want to go through. If Arbroath had dominated us and we’d still won 1-0 I’d be just as delighted as I am now.

Arbroath manager Dick Campbell (speaking to the Glasgow Times):

I have no complaints as Partick were by far the better side. Never in your life would you believe the side I put out as there were six or seven players missing. We didn't create anything until the last few minutes but I have no complaints. Partick are on a high just now but the good thing is we get the chance to play them again and we will get that chance on Saturday. Hopefully we will bring a few players in before that and have a few of the injured boys back.

Scrapbook

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Daily Record, 31st August, 2022

The Sun, 31st August, 2022

Video Highlights

Option 1: fans-eye view of the Jags action

• A Thistle Archive production

Option 2: pitchside cam

(credits: Partick Thistle / Ewan Waddell )

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Stats Watch

HERITAGE

● Jack McMillan is substituted late on and loses his 100% game time record for the season. He was the last-man standing in that regard.

● Aidan Fitzpatrick hits double figures in our competitive goals chart.

● David Mitchell registers his first competitive clean-sheet at the 8th attempt.

● Thistle defeat Arbroath in competitive action for the first time in 21 years, ending the H2H record run of 9 without a win.

● By sheer contrast to the above, Thistle's cup record vs. Arbroath remains unblemished; P13 W10 D3 L0, 1937 to date.

● On the final whistle, Partick Thistle FC became only the 5th Scottish club to have qualified for the Quarter Final stage of the League Cup in all nine decades of the tournament's existence, 1940s to 2020s. Heritage.

● For the record, the other QF permanents are Dundee, Dundee United, Hibernian & Rangers. Aberdeen became the 6th after extra-time on the same night. Heart of Midlothian are the only other contenders in waiting.

● Thistle progress to their nineteenth League Cup Quarter Final.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive home games without defeat; 19th Jul 2022 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 20th Mar 2021 to 29th Apr 2021. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Kevin Holt, 1st Mar 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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