13th Jan 2024 Greenock Morton 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Championship - game 21)

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Match Information

			Dougie Imrie		Kris Doolan			37y, 1m, 2d
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Lewis Neilson (0-1, og 31 mins)					Ricco Diack (1-1, 75 mins)
Robbie Crawford (0-1, og 31 mins)					Scott Robinson (1-1, 75 mins)
Iain Wilson; Kirk Broadfoot; Tyler French; Jai Quitongo; Lewis Strapp					Stuart Bannigan; Steven Lawless; Aaron Muirhead; Scott Robinson; Ben Stanway; Luke McBeth
Iain Wilson (Jai Quitongo, 66 mins); Alan Power (Grant Gillespie, 77 mins); Robbie Muirhead (Michael Garrity, 86 mins)					Stuart Bannigan (Luke McBeth, 62 mins); Kerr McInroy (Scott Robinson, 62 mins); Brian Graham (Tomi Adeloye, 69 mins); Steven Lawless (Ricco Diack, 69 mins); Blair Alston (Ben Stanway, 78 mins)
			Ryan Mullen		Jamie Sneddon			26y, 4m, 7d
			Tyler French		Jack McMillan			26y, 0m, 26d
			Lewis Strapp		Harry Milne			27y, 2m, 15d
			Darragh O'Connor		Lewis Neilson			20y, 7m, 29d
			Kirk Broadfoot		Aaron Muirhead			33y, 4m, 14d
			Iain Wilson		Stuart Bannigan			31y, 3m, 27d
			Alan Power		Kerr McInroy			23y, 4m, 13d
			Cameron Blues		Steven Lawless			32y, 9m, 1d
			George Oakley		Brian Graham			36y, 1m, 21d
			former Jag Robbie Crawford		Blair Alston			31y, 9m, 21d
			former Jag Robbie Muirhead		Aidan Fitzpatrick			22y, 9m, 24d
								28y, 4m, 15d
			Sam Murdoch		Ross Stewart			28y, 9m, 3d
			Calum Waters		Wasiri Williams			23y, 9m, 12d
			Steven Boyd		Scott Robinson			31y, 10m, 1d
			former Jag Jai Quitongo		Luke McBeth			24y, 4m, 4d
			Lewis McGrattan		Daniel O'Reilly			28y, 9m, 2d
			Michael Garrity		Ben Stanway			19y, 3m, 24d
			Jack Bearne		Zander MacKenzie			18y, 4m, 16d
			Grant Gillespie		Ricco Diack			18y, 8m, 6d
			Alex King		Tomi Adeloye			27y, 10m, 27d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. The 'network' states that the first was an own goal by Thistle's Jack McMillan. Video evidence shows that Robbie Crawford's (sideways and clearly off-target) header rebounded from Lewis Neilson's knee and seems to have went straight into the net, bypassing McMillan who was in close attendance.

Match Report

TTA report

A foul every 3 minutes, 11 bookings (6 in the last 10 minutes). Morton away is seldom unpredictable. An off-target close-in header at a corner rebounded off Neilson's knee for an og (31). Morton had the better of the 1st half chances but 3 subs brought rewards when Diack finished off a passing move into the box with Robinson (75) then Adeloye hit the post.

TTA man of the match

All of the second half subs made a difference for the battle-weary starting eleven, none more so than RICCO DIACK who took his crucial goal magnificently. Not often you'll see an 18-year-old so physically capable in the den of jobbers and cloggers that is Cappielow.

Media report

13-Jan-2024, bbc.com

Partick Thistle fought back to secure a draw with Morton and consolidate third place in the Scottish Championship. Jack McMillan's own goal after Robbie Crawford had headed a Robbie Muirhead corner towards goal gave Morton the lead on 31 minutes. Substitute Ricco Diack slotted Thistle level with a quarter of an hour to go. And Tomi Adeloye almost won it for the visitors when his shot came back off the post and team-mate Ben Stanway also threatened. Thistle are eight points off Raith Rovers and nine clear of Airdrieonians. Morton are fifth, a point below Airdrie.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan:

It's a good point, especially when you fall behind. We wanted to win but all in all a good point. All the boys that came on off the bench offered something. I'm really pleased for Ricco. Tactically he's starting to really develop into a really good footballer.

Morton manager Dougie Imrie:

Certainly not what we wanted. We deserved all three points. We were well in front. When you don't kill teams off, it can always come back to bite you. When we've got our full quota of players, we'll be a match for anyone. It's good to see Robbie Crawford back on the scoresheet.

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Stats Watch

YELLOW CARD FRENZY

● Greenock Morton become the 6th club with whom we've hit the 250 game milestone in the competitive H2H. They follow on from Celtic, Rangers, Clyde, Kilmarnock & Airdrieonians.

● Stuart Bannigan hits the big EIGHT ZERO in Thistle career first-yellow cards today. Committed.

● It's a Thistle sub one-two as Scott Robinson assists Ricco Diack for the equaliser. It's back-to-back assists for Robinson, and 2-in-a-row for him at Cappielow!

● 6 first-yellows for Thistle players on the team-sheet matches our known club-record, first set in February 1993 vs. Falkirk. Similarly, 11 on both sides matches the known club-record set in January 2003 vs. Motherwell.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive home games without defeat; 31st Oct 2023 to date. (Longest run since: 12 games; 4th Mar 2023 to 26th Aug 2023. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 47 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 18th Feb 2023 to date. (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.)

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