11th Nov 2023 Partick Thistle 2 Greenock Morton 1 (SPFL Championship - game 13)

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Match Information

36y, 11m, 0d			Kris Doolan		Dougie Imrie
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Kerr McInroy (1-0, 2‎ mins)‎; Blair Alston (2-1, 77 mins)					Grant Gillespie (1-1, pen 32 mins)
Steven Lawless (1-0, 2 mins)‎; Aidan Fitzpatrick (2-1, 77 mins)					none (1-1, pen 32 mins)
Brian Graham; Wasiri Williams; ‎Aidan Fitzpatrick‎					Jack Baird; Lewis McGrattan; Grant Gillespie
Brian Graham (@ 1-1, 74 mins)
Harry Milne (Jack McMillan, 20 mins); Kerr McInroy (Blair Alston, HT); Brian Graham (Tomi Adeloye, 73 mins); Ben Stanway (Ben Williamson, 80 mins)					Steven Boyd (Jack Bearne, 80 mins)
26y, 2m, 5d			Jamie Sneddon		Jamie MacDonald
23y, 7m, 10d			Wasiri Williams		Iain Wilson
27y, 0m, 13d			Harry Milne		Tyler French
20y, 5m, 27d			Lewis Neilson		Jack Baird
33y, 2m, 12d			Aaron Muirhead		Kirk Broadfoot
31y, 1m, 25d			Stuart Bannigan		Grant Gillespie
19y, 1m, 22d			Ben Stanway		Cameron Blues
32y, 6m, 30d			Steven Lawless		Lewis McGrattan
35y, 11m, 19d			Brian Graham		George Oakley
23y, 2m, 11d			Kerr McInroy		Robbie Crawford former Jag
22y, 7m, 22d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Steven Boyd
27y, 6m, 15d
33y, 7m, 7d			David Mitchell		Ryan Mullen
25y, 10m, 24d			Jack McMillan		Jack Bearne
22y, 3m, 4d			Ben Williamson		Mathew Davidson
31y, 7m, 19d			Blair Alston		Cameron Keay
26y, 6m, 7d			Wes McDonald
21y, 0m, 15d			James Lyon
18y, 2m, 14d			Zander MacKenzie
18y, 6m, 4d			Ricco Diack
27y, 8m, 25d			Tomi Adeloye

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Brian Graham was red-carded after being substituted, an unprecedented occurrence in Thistle's history.

Match Report

TTA report

A delightful 30-yard pass by Lawless set up McInroy (2). With a foul every 3 mins, 6 bookings and an inconsistent ref it was a tousy affair. Neither keeper was overworked despite some passages of good play. A pen levelled things (32). Already sub'd, Graham was red-carded (74, gestures to away support). Alston scored with a cheeky back-heel at the near post (77).

TTA man of the match

The ever-likely AIDAN FITZPATRICK was electric once again, and he needed every ounce of his skilful nous to rise above Morton's gang.

Media report

11-Nov-2023, bbc.co.uk

Partick Thistle fended off Greenock Morton with a late Blair Alston winner to consolidate third in the Scottish Championship. The hosts got off to a rapid start as Kerr McInroy fired past Jamie MacDonald inside three minutes. Morton pulled level from the spot as Grant Gillespie stroked home after Kirk Broadfoot was upended in the box. Brian Graham was shown a second yellow moments after being subbed off, but Alston soon fired Thistle's winner. Kris Doolan's side stay five points clear in third, while Morton remain bottom.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

It was really physical, there were tackles flying in, there was decisions for the referee to make all over the pitch. It's difficult then to play well, but I still felt as if we did. For large spells of the game we were the team who looked threatening, we looked after the ball and got some good patterns of play going. Great to see Jack back, linking up with Lawless. I was really pleased the way we managed the game when we went 2-1 up. We had plenty of experience ont he pitch at that point - Alston, Banzo, Aero, Lawless - guys who can really organize and I felt as though we shored things up. Whether you want to get after them or not, we were always going to come under pressure, but we stood up to it and Tomi and Fitzy helped us to break away brilliantly at times.

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Stats Watch

UNPRECEDENTED

● A penalty is awarded in a 5th consecutive Thistle game, an unprecedented occurrence in Thistle's history.

● Blair Alston scores his first goal for Thistle. A world class finish!

● Brian Graham is red carded just 1 minute after being subbed-off. We've seen a number of oncoming subs being sent-off, and we've seen a few players (Prudham, Donnelly, Milne) being sent-off post-match, but Graham uniquely stands as the first Thistle player in history to be red-carded after being subbed-off.

● Just as they did almost 4 years ago to the day, Thistle receive a red card with the score level, and go on to beat Morton by 2 goals to 1 at Firhill.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 competitive away games without defeat; 2nd Sep 2023 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 1st Apr 2023 to 18th Jul 2023. Club-record: 11 games; 29th Sep 1962 to 14th Mar 1963.)

● 38 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.)

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