31st Oct 2023 Partick Thistle 2 Ayr United 2 (SPFL Championship - game 11)

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Match Information

36y, 10m, 20d			Kris Doolan		Lee Bullen
Aaron Muirhead; Ben Williamson
Kieran Ngwenya; Tomi Adeloye
Brian Graham (1-0, 17 mins); Harry Milne (2-0, 47 mins)					Jamie Murphy (1-1, 19 mins); Jamie Murphy (2-2 pen 75 mins)
none (1-0, 17 mins); Steven Lawless (2-0, 47 mins)					Logan Chalmers (1-1, 19 mins); none (2-2 pen 75 mins)
Harry Milne
Stuart Bannigan (Blair Alston, 59 mins); Brian Graham (Tomi Adeloye, 90+5 mins); Ben Williamson (Zander MacKenzie, 90+5 mins)					Roy Syla (Jay Senga, 71 mins); Mark McKenzie (Fraser Bryden, 71 mins); Ahkeem Rose (Franny Amartey, 71 mins); Elicha Ahui (Finn Ecrepont, 82 mins)
26y, 1m, 25d			Jamie Sneddon		Charlie Albinson
23y, 6m, 30d			Wasiri Williams		Elicha Ahui
27y, 0m, 2d			Harry Milne		Patrick Reading
20y, 5m, 16d			Lewis Neilson		George Stanger
33y, 2m, 1d			Aaron Muirhead		Sean McGinty former Jag
31y, 1m, 14d			Stuart Bannigan		Roy Syla
23y, 2m, 0d			Kerr McInroy		Jack Young
32y, 6m, 19d			Steven Lawless		Logan Chalmers future Jag
35y, 11m, 8d			Brian Graham		Ahkeem Rose
19y, 1m, 11d			Ben Stanway		Mark McKenzie
22y, 2m, 24d			Ben Williamson		Jamie Murphy
26y, 9m, 8d
33y, 6m, 27d			David Mitchell		Robbie Mutch
31y, 7m, 8d			Blair Alston		Franny Amartey
26y, 5m, 27d			Wes McDonald		Paul Smith
21y, 0m, 4d			James Lyon		Finn Ecrepont
18y, 2m, 3d			Zander MacKenzie		Jay Senga
18y, 5m, 24d			Ricco Diack		Scott Tomlinson
27y, 8m, 14d			Tomi Adeloye		Fraser Bryden
					Dylan Watret

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Ayr filled 8 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Thistle filled only 7 of theirs.

Match Report

TTA report

Graham scored from 7 yards after McInroy's shot was spilled by the keeper (17) but poor defending at a corner saw the ball trundled in for 1-1 (19). Milne's tap-in (47) signalled improvements and Thistle looked the more likely until a soft penalty (75). Alston hit the post and off-side ruled out an Ayr “goal“ late on. A fair result but poor fare all round.

TTA man of the match

STEVEN LAWLESS was revved, but Thistle's engine continues to splutter, he must be so frustrated.

Media report

31-Oct-2023, bbc.co.uk

Jamie Murphy scored a brace as Ayr United twice came from behind to snatch a point away to Partick Thistle. The former Rangers winger got on the end of a Logan Chalmers cross just two minutes after Brian Graham had tapped home from close range. Kris Doolan's side would hit the front early in the second period when Harry Milne was left unmarked at a corner. But Ayr were level again when Fraser Bryden was brought down in the box and Murphy converted from the spot. Ayr thought they had won it at the death, but the linesman's flag was raised to deny Bryden's finish, meaning the sides are separated by three points, with Thistle in third and United in fourth.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

When you see the penalty back you see the foul on Aaron first and I can't understand how that goes un-noticed when you're so close, but the ref says there wasn't enough force to give the foul against Aaron. I felt as it the two goals we gave away were poor, and they were the only two lifts that Ayr United got. The first goal annoys me more than the penalty lick because it's a throw-in that we just don't pick up well enough, or quick enough. At 2-1, I felt as though we were the team that was going to score again, I felt we had good energy, felt that Kerr McInroy was taking a grip of the game from midfield. We probably stole a point at Queen's Park and unfortunately Ayr United have came here and stole a point.

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The Sun, 1st November, 2023

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Stats Watch

HALLOWEEN NIGHT HISTORY FOR THISTLE & GRAHAM

● In what's surely a post-Dingwall bam-up from some sick teuchter at the SFA, Ross Hardie, Ross MacLeod & Ross Nelson are the three match officials.

● There have been 21 afternoon kick-offs on 31st October (1885 to 2020) but history is made as Partick Thistle play on Halloween night for the first-time ever.

● Brian Graham becomes the first Jag in history to score 10 (TEN) competitive goals versus Ayr United.

● 61-goal Brian Graham enters the All-Time Top 30 of our competitive scorers chart.

● Thistle concede a penalty in a third consecutive match for the first time since August 2011. See our full historical list of every penalty faced.

● Thistle go 7 competitive home games without defeat versus Ayr United, 1 away from equalling the H2H record.

● Kris Doolan's Jags go 4 competitive games without a win for the first-time.

ongoing sequences:

● 36 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 18th Feb 2023 to date. (Longest run since: Aidan Fitzpatrick - 43 games, 3rd Dec 2022 to 21st Oct 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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