27th Apr 2024 Partick Thistle 0 Ayr United 0 (SPFL Championship - game 35)

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Match Information

37y, 4m, 16d			Kris Doolan		Scott Brown
Kieran Ngwenya; Stuart Bannigan
Harry Milne; Ben Stanway
					Kurt Willoughby
Aaron Muirhead (Daniel O'Reilly, 61 mins); Scott Robinson (Blair Alston, 77 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Ricco Diack, 83 mins)					Jamie Murphy (Kurt Willoughby, 71 mins); Francis Amartey (Lucas McRoberts, 77 mins); Logan Chalmers (Scott Tomlinson, 89 mins)
34y, 0m, 23d			David Mitchell		Josh Clarke future Jag
26y, 4m, 9d			Jack McMillan		George Stanger
21y, 7m, 2d			Kieran Ngwenya		Frankie Musonda
24y, 7m, 18d			Luke McBeth		Jack Sanders
33y, 7m, 28d			Aaron Muirhead		Sean McGinty former Jag
31y, 7m, 10d			Stuart Bannigan		Ben Dempsey
20y, 11m, 12d			Lewis Neilson		Harry McHugh
32y, 1m, 16d			Scott Robinson		Logan Chalmers future Jag
36y, 5m, 4d			Brian Graham		Francis Amartey
23y, 7m, 27d			Kerr McInroy		Mark McKenzie
23y, 1m, 7d			Aidan Fitzpatrick		Jamie Murphy
28y, 0m, 5d
29y, 0m, 17d			Ross Stewart		Charlie Albinson
29y, 0m, 16d			Daniel O'Reilly		Kurt Willoughby
32y, 1m, 4d			Blair Alston		Aiden McGeady
18y, 7m, 30d			Zander MacKenzie		Paul Smith
18y, 11m, 20d			Ricco Diack		Scott Tomlinson
17y, 6m, 8d			Ché Campbell		Nathan McGinley former Jag
16y, 1m, 14d			Ceiran Loney		Lucas McRoberts

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Both sides filled only 7 of their 9 allocated bench slots.

Match Report

TTA report

There was no second half improvement unlike the previous week. A dull affair with clear-cut chances falling to Fitzpatrick, McInroy and Graham. Mitchell had some excellent saves as lively Ayr posed a threat but their forwards also lacked a scoring touch. 3rd place almost certainly secured; Ayr avoided a play-off so objectives mutually achieved.

TTA man of the match

There were no exceptional standouts in this dull affair, although the incoming Kieran Ngwenya at left-back was solid, and Luke McBeth was resolute. We give the nod to DAVID MITCHELL - good handling when called upon today and his recent record has been exceptional - no goals conceded from open play in 540 minutes!

Media report

27-Apr-2024, bbc.com

Partick Thistle all-but secured third in the Scottish Championship after a goalless draw with Ayr United. Last season's beaten Premiership play-off finalists lacked a cutting edge at Firhill, but the point should be enough to finish above Airdrionians with a game to play. The Glasgow side are three points ahead of their Lanarkshire rivals, but with a superior goal difference. The stalemate was also enough to secure safety for Scott Brown's side. Ayr close out the campaign at home to Dunfermline on Friday, while Thistle go to champions Dundee United.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

There was talk that there was not much riding on this game, but we wanted to secure third place, we wanted to win. Probably on another day we walk away with 2, 3 or 4 goals, but it's fine margins. Ayr didn't cause us too many problems - they had a couple of half-chances - but I thought we were very sound defensively which was good to see, and that's key for me just now coming into the play-offs because thinking back to last year we were built around being solid defensively and we look like that now. Whether we change shape or change personnel we still look solid and that's important.

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Sunday Post, 28th April, 2024

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Stats Watch

HUGE MILESTONE FOR BANNIGAN

● Jack McMillan registers his 100th appearance for Thistle in all competitions.

● It's huge congratulations to Stuart Bannigan who becomes just the 15th Jag in history to reach the 400 appearances mark in 'all competitions' (i.e. major and minor). The club will officially mark the 400 'major' appearances in 2 games time!

● It's just 1 goal conceded in 540 mins (a penalty!) and 3 consecutive clean-sheets for David Mitchell who is hunting down his personal best (4) set during the play-offs last term.

● In all competitions, Thistle go 8 home games without defeat versus Ayr United (2020 to date), matching the joint-club-record previously set from 1930-1937 and 1983-1989.

● Jags go two games without a booking for the first time since September 2022.

● Alas, an unprecedented two-in-one-season 'Grand Slam' is not-to-be for Brian Graham but, having scored in 3 of the 4 league games vs. Ayr United this term, he gets the consolation 'Hogan' joining Aidan Fitzpatrick who did likewise vs. Arbroath this season.

● Kris Doolan's Thistle remain unbeaten in 14 games played in the months of April and May.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive games without defeat, 16th Mar 2024 to date. (Longest run since: 11 games, 1st Apr 2023 to 1st Jun 2023. Joint club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976 & 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Jan 2001.)

● 29 games in 3rd place (30th Sep 2023 to date), an extension of the club-record for a position outwith outright top or bottom. Overall, it's the longest run since the club-record of 33 games in bottom pace (12th), set between 20th Sep 2003 and 15th May 2004.

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Lewis Neilson, 15th Sep 2023 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Steven Lawless - 60 games, 18th Feb 2023 to 6th Apr 2024. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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