26th Aug 2023 Partick Thistle 3 Queen's Park 1 (SPFL Championship - game 3)

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Match Information

36y, 8m, 15d			Kris Doolan		Robin Veldman
Jamie Sneddon; Lewis Neilson; Ben Stanway
David Mitchell; Wasiri Williams; Ben Williamson
Kerr McInroy (1-0, 26‎ mins); Brian Graham (2-0, 30‎ mins); Kerr McInroy (3-1, 57 mins)					Ruari Paton (2-1, 32‎ mins)
Aidan Fitzpatrick (1-0, 26‎ mins); Steven Lawless (2-0, 30‎ mins); Steven Lawless (3-1, 57 mins)					none (2-1, 32‎ mins)
Ben Stanway; Kerr McInroy					Alex Bannon; Charlie Fox
Aidan Fitzpatrick (Kieran Ngwenya, 72 mins); Kerr McInroy (Scott Robinson, 85 mins); Ben Stanway (Zander MacKenzie, 90 mins)					Cameron Bruce (Tommy Robson, HT); Jack Thomson (Patrick Jarrett, 77 mins); Barry Hepburn (Liam McLeish, 77 mins)
25y, 11m, 20d			Jamie Sneddon		Callan McKenna
25y, 8m, 8d			Jack McMillan		Ben McPherson
26y, 9m, 28d			Harry Milne		Cameron Bruce
20y, 3m, 11d			Lewis Neilson		Will Tizzard
32y, 11m, 27d			Aaron Muirhead		Charlie Fox
30y, 11m, 9d			Stuart Bannigan		Jack Spong
18y, 11m, 6d			Ben Stanway		Jack Thomson
32y, 4m, 14d			Steven Lawless		Jack Turner
35y, 9m, 3d			Brian Graham		Ruari Paton
22y, 11m, 26d			Kerr McInroy		Barry Hepburn
22y, 5m, 6d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Dom Thomas
26y, 10m, 6d
20y, 5m, 21d			Mason McCready		Calum Ferrie
20y, 11m, 1d			Kieran Ngwenya		Tommy Robson former Jag
31y, 5m, 14d			Scott Robinson		Alex Bannon
22y, 0m, 19d			Ben Williamson		Lewis Reid
31y, 5m, 3d			Blair Alston		Louis Longridge
26y, 3m, 22d			Wes McDonald		Ricky Waugh
20y, 9m, 30d			James Lyon		Patrick Jarrett
17y, 11m, 29d			Zander MacKenzie		Lucas McCormick
27y, 6m, 9d			Tomi Adeloye		Liam McLeish

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Whilst Steven Lawless is (conversationally) credited with an "assists hat-trick", the first came from Aidan Fitzpatrick. Thanks to Ewan Waddell's pitchside cam, we can see that the cross from Lawless was knocked on by Fitzpatrick, even if his touch was fairly incidental. OPTA and 'the network' have called this tricky one correctly.

Match Report

TTA report

An entertaining, open game against a good QP side. Ever-eager to have a go McInroy broke his duck from a pass by Lawless (26). Graham doubled the lead from a looping pass into the 6 yard box by Lawless (30). Thistle were caught cold 2 mins later but a defensive error was finished off by McInroy for 3-1 (57). Much improved. 3-set-ups Lawless MOTM.

TTA man of the match

STEVEN LAWLESS was Premier League, unplayable with his jinking, his footballing brain and his range of passing. Setting up three, he was at the root of all the best action.

Media report

Kenny Crawford, 26-Aug-2023, bbc.com

Partick Thistle kick-started their Scottish Championship season in style by beating Glasgow rivals and table-toppers Queen's Park. On-loan Kilmarnock midfielder Kerr McInroy side-footed in Steven Lawless's cut-back to put Thistle in front. Brian Graham doubled that lead with a lovely first-touch finish from another Lawless pass, but Ruari Paton fired in his seventh of the season to give the leaders hope. However McInroy lifted the ball neatly over Callan McKenna from Lawless's third assist to net his second of the match and move Thistle up to fifth in the division. Queen's Park stay two points clear at the summit, but have played a game more than Dundee United and Raith Rovers.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to the BBC):

Delighted with how we played on the front foot but also defensively as well. You see now hopefully that we've got the players playing in the way we want and we're still getting young players in there.

Queen's Park manager Robin Veldman (speaking to the BBC):

Disappointed because of a sloppy performance in possession and in creating chances, but also some good things in how we dealt with coming out in the second half and having some good spells.

Gallery

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Video Highlights

Option 1: extended highlights

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Option 2: gameday production

(credits: Partick Thistle / Ewan Waddell )

Option 3: fans-eye view of the Jags action

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Stats Watch

NEW CLUB-RECORD FOR DOOLAN

● Kerr McInroy scores his first goal for Thistle, and adds a second for good measure!

● These sides have went over 43 years without a draw against each other, an unlikely 24-game run.

● Kris Doolan sets a new Thistle managerial record. 12 competitive home games unbeaten at the beginning of a tenure goes one better than the 11 set by Alan Archibald in 2012.

ongoing sequences:

● 12 competitive home games without defeat; 4th Mar 2023 to date. (Longest run since: 13 games; 19th Jan 2013 to 27th Aug 2013. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 36 consecutive competitive appearances for Aidan Fitzpatrick, 3rd Dec 2022 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jack McMillan - 52 games, 9th Jul 2022 to 4th Jun 2023. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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