16th Mar 2024 Partick Thistle 2 Greenock Morton 1 (SPFL Championship - game 29)

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Match Information

37y, 3m, 5d			Kris Doolan		Dougie Imrie
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Brian Graham (1-0, 28 mins); Scott Robinson (2-0, 52 mins)					Robbie Muirhead (2-1, 90+4 mins)
none (1-0, 28 mins); Jack McMillan (2-0, 52 mins)					Darragh O'Connor (2-1, 90+4 mins)
Lewis Neilson; Jack McMillan					Kirk Broadfoot; Lewis Strapp
Kerr McInroy (Stuart Bannigan, 72 mins); Scott Robinson (Ben Stanway, 87 mins); Lewis Neilson (Blair Alston, 87 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Kieran Ngwenya, 90+1 mins); Steven Lawless (Zander MacKenzie, 90+1 mins)					Grant Gillespie (Lewis McGrattan, 56 mins); Alan Power (Michael Garrity, 56 mins); Lewis Strapp (Calum Waters, 71 mins); Tyler French (Jack Bearne, 71 mins)
33y, 11m, 12d			David Mitchell		Ryan Mullen
26y, 2m, 27d			Jack McMillan		Tyler French
27y, 4m, 16d			Harry Milne		Lewis Strapp
24y, 6m, 7d			Luke McBeth		Darragh O'Connor
33y, 6m, 15d			Aaron Muirhead		Kirk Broadfoot
20y, 10m, 1d			Lewis Neilson		Jack Baird
23y, 6m, 14d			Kerr McInroy		Alan Power
32y, 11m, 4d			Steven Lawless		Cameron Blues
36y, 3m, 22d			Brian Graham		Robbie Muirhead former Jag
32y, 0m, 5d			Scott Robinson		Robbie Crawford former Jag
22y, 11m, 25d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Grant Gillespie
28y, 7m, 1d
28y, 11m, 6d			Ross Stewart		Sam Murdoch
31y, 5m, 28d			Stuart Bannigan		Calum Waters
21y, 5m, 20d			Kieran Ngwenya		Lewis McGrattan
31y, 11m, 22d			Blair Alston		Michael Garrity
19y, 5m, 25d			Ben Stanway		Jack Bearne
18y, 6m, 17d			Zander MacKenzie
18y, 10m, 9d			Ricco Diack

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Thistle filled only 7 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Morton filled only 5 of theirs.

Match Report

TTA report

Mitchell made a good save early on but increasingly Thistle looked the more likely to score. Graham's 25-yard low shot put them ahead (28). A low cross by McMillan was finished off by Robinson from 6 yards (52) and overall, Thistle deserved more goals. One did come but at the wrong end with a header close in (90+4) to spoil the clean sheet.

TTA man of the match

He's hitting some great form lately and SCOTT ROBINSON was outstanding. He's all types of midfielder, never giving opponents peace for a second, and always crafting in the final third. His goal was the icing on the cake.

Media report

16-Mar-2024, Press Association

Partick Thistle got their play-off bid back on track as they ended a run of eight cinch Championship games without a win with a 2-1 victory at home to Morton. A first-half goal from Brian Graham and Scott Robinson’s second-half strike moved the third-placed hosts six points clear of their opponents, who dropped out of the top four.

Graham, the 36-year-old striker playing against the club with whom he began his career, had already warmed the palms of visiting goalkeeper Ryan Mullen when he struck after 28 minutes, receiving the ball before firing a low shot into the corner from long range.

Partick goalkeeper David Mitchell saved a Robbie Muirhead effort at the start of the second half. But Robinson doubled the hosts lead in the 52nd minute, adding the finishing touch to Jack McMillan’s low cross. Morton pulled a goal back deep into added time when Muirhead headed home from close range, but it was too little too late.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

We know Luke McBeth can play centre back, that's why we brought him here, because he's versatile, and likewise Lewis Neilson is versatile, and flipping the two boys over gave us a wee bit of a different look. McBeth was superb and Aaron Muirhead too, even though he was asked to play on the left hand side, the two of them together were dominant in the air which, on a game like today was important, and then you have a third centre back sitting in front to sweep away any second balls. On the attacking side, the 4-1-4-1 gives us numbers up the pitch, and it gives us a central threat. I don't want us to just be attacking down the sides - the goals are in the middle, so if it's busy down one side, there's space somewhere else, so having guys like McInroy in there - who will take shots from distance - and Robinson - who will get in the box - makes a big difference. Their workrate today was superb.

Greenock Morton manager Dougie Imrie (speaking to the 'TonTV):

Disappointed to lose the game today, I thought it was a good opportunity to come here and pick up points today. Partick haven't been in the best of form recently, but credit to them, they took their two goals well when they came along but we had some good opportunities today and on another day we could have got something out of the game.

Video Highlights

(credit: 'TonTV )

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Stats Watch

GRAHAM SINKS THE 'TON

● In all competitions, we've now seen a first half goal in 24 consecutive Partick Thistle matches, the longest such run since 1959 (25).

● It's now 9 goals for Brian Graham in the first 12 competitive games of 2024. Outstanding.

● 21-goal Brian Graham matches his personal-best tally for Thistle in all competitions, set just last season. Just one more goal will mean that he's improved his tally each and every season as a Jag.

● 17-goal Brian Graham extends his lead as top scorer in the SPFL Championship. He's bidding to become only the fourth Jag to hit 20 league goals in the post-war period. The only three to date are: Maurice Johnston (22, 1982-83), Frank Coulston (21, 1970-71) & Willie Sharp (22, 1953-54).

● Scott Robinson has scored or assisted in 3 of the 4 league games against Morton this season.

● Deep into stoppage time, Morton end their run of 529 minutes without a goal.

● Thistle get their first league win in 70 days, and it's now 10 points out of 12 against Morton.

● Jags remain 3rd, which is where they've been since 30th September 2023!

ongoing sequences:

● 57 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 18th Feb 2023 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Blair Spittal - 57 games, 31st Mar 2018 to 4th May 2019. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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