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matches:2022-23: ← 12game 1314 →

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 (Kieran Shanks, 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, 14d	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

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Both sides generally in playing order. Arbroath filled only 5 of their 9 allocated bench slots.
	1960 (SPFL)

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.

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.

Thistle manager Ian McCall:

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:

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.

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