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matches:2022-23: ← 42game 4344 →

	former Jag Billy Dodds	Kris Doolan	36y, 3m, 13d

		Harry Milne
		Lee Hodson

Nathan Shaw (0-1, 50 mins)
Jay Henderson (0-1, 50 mins)
Zak Delaney; Lewis Hyde; Ben Woods		Harry Milne
Sean Welsh (@ 0-1, 56 mins)
Nathan Shaw (Ben Woods, 69 mins); Billy McKay (Daniel Mackay, 69 mins); Jay Henderson (Aaron Doran, 85 mins); Lewis Hyde (Steven Boyd, 90+3 mins)		Steven Lawless (Anton Dowds, 56 mins); Harry Milne (Lee Hodson, 60 mins); Stuart Bannigan (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 79 mins); Kyle Turner (Danny Mullen, 79 mins)

	former Jag Mark Ridgers	David Mitchell	32y, 11m, 20d
	David Carson	Jack McMillan	25y, 3m, 6d
	Cameron Harper	Harry Milne	26y, 4m, 23d
	Robbie Deas	Kevin Holt	30y, 1m, 27d
	Zak Delaney	Darren Brownlie	28y, 11m, 14d
	former Jag Sean Welsh	Stuart Bannigan	30y, 6m, 7d
	Scott Allardice	Ross Docherty	30y, 2m, 1d
	Jay Henderson	Steven Lawless	31y, 11m, 12d
	Billy McKay	Brian Graham	35y, 4m, 1d
	Nathan Shaw	Kyle Turner	25y, 4m, 14d
	Lewis Hyde	Scott Tiffoney	24y, 6m, 26d

			29y, 2m, 27d

	Cammy Mackay	Jamie Sneddon	25y, 6m, 18d
	Aaron Doran	Anton Dowds	26y, 4m, 5d
	Daniel MacKay	Cammy Smith	27y, 7m, 0d
	Austin Samuels	Lee Hodson	31y, 5m, 22d
	Ben Woods	Danny Mullen	28y, 0m, 23d
	Steven Boyd	Aidan Fitzpatrick	22y, 0m, 4d
		Billy Owens	19y, 9m, 18d
		Zander MacKenzie	17y, 6m, 24d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / SPFL. Both sides generally in playing order. Inverness filled only 6 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Thistle filled 8 of theirs.
	Originally scheduled for Saturday, 25th March, 2023. Brought forward as live game for BBC Scotland.
	2075 (SPFL)

Excellent saves denied Graham and Tiffoney as Thistle enjoyed a good spell before h-t. A poor pass out of defence by Brownlie gifted ICT a cross that was turned in (50). Ex-JAG Welsh was red-carded (56) but constant pressure failed to produce a goal. The quality of crosses was poor and the keeper wasn't tested enough.

Clive Lindsay, 24-Mar-2023, bbc.com

Ten-man Inverness Caledonian Thistle ended fourth-top Partick Thistle's six-game unbeaten run to move up to sixth in the Scottish Championship. Caley Thistle survived more than 30 minutes a man down after Sean Welsh was shown a straight red card for a professional foul on Scott Tiffoney. It came shortly after Nathan Shaw's close-range finish from a cross from fellow midfielder Jay Henderson. Both goalkeepers produced fine saves before the deadlock was broken. And home number one Mark Ridgers followed that up by denying Brian Graham two more times as the striker sought a 15th goal of the season. Caley Thistle's third consecutive 1-0 win over the Glasgow side means they are unbeaten in five at home to Partick and resurrects their own promotion play-off hopes.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager Billy Dodds:

We knew we had to win tonight or the playoff dreams were probably over. We say the word proud a lot in the dressing rooms but I am tonight as we had to win it the hard way. We started well, then they took control as we just started launching it straight away, I'd have liked us to pass it a bit more. We had to hang on. I dont have to [see the red card challenge again], it’s cynical, it’s a trip. I want to move on from it as we’ve had a lot of hard luck, and I know everyone had but we probably have more than most, and I'd rather move on as if I say something I'll get into trouble. We’ll be appealing it.

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan:

It was a tough game as we expected, but it's taken for us to almost give away a goal to give a team a lift that we can't really afford to do. It's 7 games it's taken for us to do that, for a team to break us down. And we threw everything at Inverness, if you look at the team that's on at the end, we've thrown the kitchen sink at them. I felt if we'd got one we'd probably have went on and got a second, but they defended well and threw everything in front of the ball as you'd expect them to do. We just couldn't get that equaliser and we can't ask any more and it's about getting a reaction now in the next game, which I'm sure the boys will.

GOAL DROUGHT

● PT and ICT meet for the 8th consecutive time in a non-Saturday fixture, matching the club-record; Celtic (8, 2013-2015), Glentoran (8, 1904-1996) and Queen's Park (8, 1950-1956). The current run of 5 consecutive Fridays is unprecedented!

● In an historical first for a Thistle game, two players who've registered hauls of four for Thistle (Billy Dodds & Kris Doolan) face off as opposing managers.

● After 7 games, Kris Doolan's Jags have yet to concede a first half goal, and it's 8-in-a-row for the club overall.

● Sean Welsh becomes the 23rd man to have both played for Thistle and been sent off against Thistle. He's the second of this season, following on from Joe Cardle. In chronological order of first sending off, the full list reads: Norrie Davidson, Bobby Houston, Colin Jackson, Jimmy Bone, Barney McGee, Dougie Mills, Donald Park, Brian Wright, Gareth Evans, Paul McGrillen, Billy Dodds, Albert Craig, Andy Roddie, Derek Ferguson, Paul Walker, Barry Elliot, James Grady, James Gibson, Eddie Forrest, Steven Anderson, Gary Miller, Joe Cardle and Sean Welsh.

● More than 13 years have passed since Thistle came back for so much as a share of the spoils when trailing to a 10-man team. They last did so in a 2-2 League draw at Ross County in October, 2009.

● 5 competitive away games without a win at Inverness is an unwanted first in Partick Thistle's history.

● It's now 3 League games without a goal for Thistle and you need to rewind back to 2010 to find a longer run (5) in the second tier.

ongoing sequences:

● 40 consecutive competitive appearances for Jack McMillan, 9th Jul 2022 to date, a new personal best. (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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