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matches:2022-23: ← 16game 1718 →

58y, 0m, 1d	Ian McCall	Dougie Imrie

David Mitchell; Harry Milne; Kevin Holt; Aaron Muirhead; Ross Docherty; Cole McKinnon; Brian Graham; Steven Lawless
Jamie Sneddon; Lee Hodson; Tunji Akinola; Darren Brownlie; Kyle Turner; Danny Mullen; Tony Weston; Aidan Fitzpatrick

Brian Graham (1-1, 27 mins); Kevin Holt (2-1, 34 mins); Aaron Muirhead (3-1, 55 mins); Scott Tiffoney (4-1, 77‎ mins); Anton Dowds (5-1, 84‎ mins)‎		Robbie Muirhead (0-1, 17 mins)
Jack McMillan (1-1, 27 mins); Cole McKinnon (2-1, 34 mins); Kevin Holt (3-1, 55 mins); Kyle Turner (4-1, 77‎ mins); none (5-1, 84‎ mins)‎		none (0-1, 17 mins)
Harry Milne; Jack McMillan		Grant Gillespie; Jaze Kabia

Cole McKinnon (Kyle Turner, HT); Cammy Smith (Scott Tiffoney, HT); Brian Graham (Anton Dowds, 73 mins); Jack McMillan (Lee Hodson, 80 mins); Stuart Bannigan (Danny Mullen, 80 mins)		Carlo Pignatiello (Darren Hynes, 69 mins); Grant Gillespie (Lewis McGregor, 83 mins); Jaze Kabia (Lewis McGrattan, 83 mins)

32y, 5m, 27d	David Mitchell	Brian Schwake
24y, 9m, 13d	Jack McMillan	Carlo Pignatiello
25y, 11m, 2d	Harry Milne	Alex King
29y, 8m, 6d	Kevin Holt	Darragh O'Connor
32y, 1m, 1d	Aaron Muirhead	Lewis Strapp
30y, 0m, 14d	Stuart Bannigan	Grant Gillespie
29y, 8m, 8d	Ross Docherty	Liam Grimshaw
19y, 8m, 2d	Cole McKinnon	Cameron Blues
34y, 10m, 8d	Brian Graham	Robbie Muirhead former Jag
27y, 1m, 7d	Cammy Smith	Robbie Crawford former Jag
31y, 5m, 19d	Steven Lawless	Jaze Kabia

28y, 10m, 20d

25y, 0m, 25d	Jamie Sneddon	Lawton Green
24y, 10m, 21d	Kyle Turner	Darren Hynes
24y, 1m, 5d	Scott Tiffoney	Lewis McGrattan
25y, 10m, 15d	Anton Dowds	Lewis McGregor
30y, 11m, 29d	Lee Hodson
19y, 0m, 14d	Tony Weston
23y, 10m, 10d	Tunji Akinola
27y, 7m, 0d	Danny Mullen
21y, 6m, 11d	Aidan Fitzpatrick

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Both sides generally in playing order. Morton filled only 4 of their 9 allocated bench slots.
	2932 (SPFL)

A well-taken free-kick (17) put a poor Morton side ahead but Thistle's reply was dominant. Graham got in front of his marker to head home a McMillan cross (27) then Holt climbed highest to finish off a cross. Muirhead slid in to score from 6 yards (55), Holt hit the bar from the spot (60). Tiffoney cut in from the left to score from close in (77). Dowds got the 5th following a corner (84).

Aidan Macdonald, 01-Oct-2022, The Herald

Ian McCall was bold in his team selection with wholesale changes from his line-up that fell to defeat against Falkirk in Challenge Cup duty. And it was worthwhile squad rotation as the Jags earned a dominant win to take them a point clear at the top of the Scottish Championship table.

The first chance of the game came almost immediately as Brian Graham hit the bar two minutes in with a header from a corner. After an initial flurry for the home side, the game settled into a steady rhythm. Ton striker Robbie Muirhead opened the scoring with a stunning free kick 17 minutes in. The rocket shot flew past the Thistle wall and gave goalkeeper David Mitchell no chance. After the away team took control for a short period of time, this dominance was eventually broken when Graham then levelled the match with his headed effort 10 minutes later. It was then a quickfire double from McCall’s side as Kevin Holt rose from a corner to give The Jags the lead. Morton goalscorer Muirhead then missed a guilt edge opportunity not long before half-time when he headed wide from close range.

After going into the break in front, the Thistle manager decided to make two substitutions, with the players who had been left out from the start with Tiffoney and Turner sent on. The Jags were then in cruise control as they went 3-1 up not long after the restart when Aaron Muirhead put the ball in the net. Misery was then almost compounded for the Greenock club when they conceded a penalty just moments after the third goal. However, Holt was unable to add to his tally as his attempt from the spot rattled the bar. It ended up not mattering, though, as substitute Tiffoney scored a great solo goal 12 minutes from the end. The result was then rounded off by another substitute, Anton Dowds, who scored with a rebound to finish a dominating performance from the home side.

Thistle manager Ian McCall insits the emphatic scoreline didn't flatter his side:

I do not think five goals flattered us, we could have scored more. This is the best squad I have had during my second spell here, so I was pleased with the performance. There was some deserved criticism after the Falkirk result last week, but I made 11 changes, so it was good to see us bounce back. Over the course of the season, you need to utilise your squad, and so far, I have been able to do that. We are a point clear, but our goal difference is also excellent. Our goal difference is miles ahead of anyone else's because we have scored a lot. I am pleased for our supporters because they created a great atmosphere today.

Morton boss Dougie Imrie cut a frustrated figure at full-time as he bemoaned costly defensive mistakes from his team:

If you do not defend properly, then you concede goals. The equaliser we concede is very poor. Up until today, we have been really good at defending set plays but given we are missing our two first-choice centre-backs, it becomes difficult. Thistle did not have to work for any of the goals they scored today and that is the most frustrating thing.

GOALS IN THIS TEAM!

● Kevin Holt spoils his 100% penalty conversion record and becomes the first Jag to miss the target from a regular-play penalty since Kris Doolan did so in a 2-1 League defeat at Falkirk in August, 2011.

● In League action, Anton Dowds scores his 4th goal, despite only having clocked up 134 minutes of play. One goal every 33½ minutes. If Anton was ever-present in the League and maintained his scoring ratio he'd already be on 21 goals for the season!

● Five different scorers for Thistle in the same match is a rarity; last seen when SIX different scorers were responsible for the 6-1 win home League win over Livingston in March 2013.

● In competitive action, Thistle have had 207 different scorers against Morton, a figure which is second only to the club-record (Clyde, 210).

● You'd have thought the combination of 5 different scorers and a missed penalty in the same match would be a unique occurrence but it has happened once before and, would you believe it, it was the very first time we'd ever been awarded a penalty, 3rd October 1891! John Cameron missed it at 0-0, but all forwards (Paul, Woods, Gilchrist, McCombie & Davie) scored in the 5-0 Glasgow Cup win at home to Cathcart.

● Thistle's current tally of 21 League goals is second only to Celtic (27) in the SPFL.

● With 21 goals in 8 League games, Thistle's current goals-per-game ratio (2.625) is on course to be the greatest figure since the free-scoring days of the 19th century. The record (3.389) was set in 1896-97. Keep an eye on it via our League summary table (sort by GF pg).

● Thistle's competitive goals & assists charts for the season are both looking healthy team-wise with 12 different players featuring in each chart, exceptionally widespread figures for this time of year.

● With his 15th consecutive competitive appearance, Kyle Turner overtakes his personal best run of 2021.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 competitive home games without defeat; 19th Jul 2022 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 3rd Mar 2020 to 5th Dec 2020. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 15 consecutive competitive appearances for Kyle Turner, 6th May 2022 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Kevin Holt - 26 games, 1st Mar 2022 to 17th Sep 2022. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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