20th Jul 2024 Edinburgh City 0 Partick Thistle 6 (League Cup Group G - game 2)

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Match Information

			Michael McIndoe		Kris Doolan			37y, 7m, 9d
					Lee Ashcroft; Stuart Bannigan; Scott Robinson
					Daniel O'Reilly; Aaron Muirhead; Ben Stanway
					Scott Robinson (1-0, 57 mins); Brian Graham (2-0, 69 mins); Harry Milne (3-0, 75 mins); Ricco Diack (4-0, 78 mins); Wasiri Williams (5-0, 85 mins); Kyle Turner (6-0, 90+1 mins)
					Lee Ashcroft (1-0, 57 mins); none (2-0, 69 mins); Brian Graham (3-0, 75 mins); Kyle Turner (4-0, 78 mins); none (5-0, 85 mins); none (6-0, 90+1 mins)
Struan Mair
Edin Lynch (Struan Mair, 57 mins); Shea Scally (Kodi McKinstry, 71 mins); Innes Lawson (Robbie Walker, 71 mins); James Stokes (Callum Pitt, 87 mins); Connor Young (Jake Rennie, 87 mins)					Logan Chalmers (Robbie Crawford, 63 mins); Scott Robinson (Ben Stanway, 71 mins); Luke McBeth (Aaron Muirhead, 71 mins); Lee Ashcroft (Daniel O'Reilly, 76 mins); Brian Graham (Ricco Diack, 76 mins)
			Dean Beveridge		David Mitchell			34y, 3m, 16d
			Shea Scally		Wasiri Williams			24y, 3m, 19d
			Quinn Mitchell		Harry Milne			27y, 8m, 21d
			Sam Gormley		Luke McBeth			24y, 10m, 11d
			Edin Lynch		Lee Ashcroft			30y, 10m, 21d
			Jon Robertson		Stuart Bannigan			31y, 10m, 3d
			Lewis McArthur		Kyle Turner			26y, 8m, 10d
			James Stokes		Logan Chalmers			24y, 3m, 26d
			Connor Young		Brian Graham			36y, 7m, 27d
			Sam Jones		Scott Robinson			32y, 4m, 9d
			Innes Lawson		Aidan Fitzpatrick			23y, 4m, 0d
								26y, 7m, 23d
			Sean Coyle		Mason McCready			21y, 4m, 15d
			Kodi McKinstry		Aaron Muirhead			33y, 10m, 20d
			Robbie Walker		Robbie Crawford			30y, 0m, 28d
			Jake Rennie		Daniel O'Reilly			29y, 3m, 9d
			Struan Mair		Ben Stanway			19y, 10m, 0d
			Callum Pitt		James Lyon			21y, 8m, 23d
					Zander MacKenzie			18y, 10m, 22d
					Sallu Turay			17y, 8m, 26d
					Ricco Diack			19y, 2m, 13d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. The OPTA network credits Lee Ashcroft with the assist for the first which is a bit of a stretch. His header forward was headed further forward by an Edinburgh City before landing in Scott Robinson's path, but we give him the extreme benefit of the doubt that it might still have reached Robinson. Bizarrely, OPTA award an assist to Kyle Turner for the second Thistle goal, despite there being two changes of direction for the ball after his corner. Lee Ashcroft's header was cleared off the line by a City defender before Brian Graham pounced on the rebound to prod it home, so it's clearly "no assist". Thistle's 5th goal gave cause for much debate. An Edinburgh City player's header spun back from the post and was possibly over the goal line, but no-one can be certain that the ball fully crossed before a Thistle boot made contact. Both Daniel O'Reilly and Wasiri Williams raced in to "make sure" and it was the boot and momentum of Wasiri Williams which was the most forceful and convincing as everyone seems to agree, so happy days!

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle gave out of their depth City 6 of the best in 34 2nd half minutes. Robinson latched on to a poor clearance (57), Graham poked home after a corner was cleared off the line (69), Milne's shot from 18 yards made it 3 (75), Diack finished off a Turner run along the by-line (78), Williams slid in for 5-0 (85) and Turner's free-kick made it 6 (90+1).

TTA man of the match

Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it's KYLE TURNER here, there and everywhere as a winger, inverted winger, midfield dynamo and ball winner. His two-footed assist for Ricco Diack's goal was world class, and his expertly curved free-kick goal at the end showed first class technique. A real stand out today.

Media report

20-Jul-2024, ptfc.co.uk

There wasn't much to report from the first half. Thistle dominated possession but City were happy to sit back and defend in depth. Thistle struggled to find space and created very little. It was felt that the tempo of the game would need to increase in the second half, as would Thistle's use of the ball in forward positions - thankfully it did. It had been a frustrating opening 45 minutes, but Thistle ran riot with six second half goals to record an easy win and maintain a 100% Premier Sports Cup record.

We got our first goal on 56. Robinson took advantage of an error and, finding himself clear on goal, he made no mistake as he slid the ball home. Thistle doubled their lead in the 68th minute. Ashcroft's header from Turner's corner was saved, but Graham was there to force the ball over the line. Five minutes later it was 3. A corner was cleared, but Thistle picked the ball up again, Bannigan chipping back towards the City box. Milne picked the ball up at the right edge of the box and his shot beat Beveridge, finding the bottom corner.

Diack was on for just 2 minutes when he found the target for the 4th goal. He found Turner who returned the ball to him, and Diack knocked it home for his first goal of the season. Thistle were coasting now, and two minutes later Crawford crashed a shot off the bar as Thistle pressed for a 5th goal. It came in the 84th minute though and it was one for the dubious goals panel. There was a race between O'Reilly and Wasiri to knock the ball over the line from about a yard out. Was was certainly claiming it, but O'Reilly might have got their first. We'll give it to Brian Graham! The rout was complete in the 90th minute when Kyle Turner made no mistake with a perfectly placed free kick as Thistle netted a 6th goal.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

We caused our own problems in the first half by running forward too early and crowding the box, it was just through eagerness and people desperate to score goals, so at half-time we spoke about staggering those runs, you've got to leave space for the likes of Scott Robinson, then wide players can come in off the side. You don't expect to come out and score six in the second half, but it's that type of game where as soon as you get one, you get two and your tails go up and you get even more, and it was all about players doing the right things at the right times.

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Stats Watch

A SECOND HALF RARITY

● Edinburgh City become the 147th club to meet Partick Thistle in competitive action, one for one matching Partick Thistle's history of 147 competition seasons.

● Thistle's last visit to Meadowbank Stadium (30th August 1995) resulted in qualification for the League Cup Quarter Final. Just saying.

● Brian Graham scores in a 3rd consecutive match and is the first Jag since Steven Lawless (2012) to open the season with such a run. The club-record (4) was set by Willie Paul (1892) and subsequently matched by Norrie McCredie (1951), Jim Melrose (1979), Chic Charnley (1990) and Scott McLean (2001).

● Wasiri Williams scores his first goal for Thistle.

● For only the 5th time in history, Thistle score 6 second half goals in a competitive away match. It's 31 years since the club-record (9) was registered away to Albion Rovers in the League Cup.

ongoing sequences:

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Aidan Fitzpatrick, 4th Nov 2023 to date. (Longest run since: Lewis Neilson - 39 games, 15th Sep 2023 to 17th May 2024. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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