10th Aug 2024 Raith Rovers 1 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Championship - game 2)

matches:2024-25: ← 06game 0708 →

	Colin Cameron	Kris Doolan	37y, 7m, 30d
	John Potter

		no changes
		no changes

Dylan Easton (1-0, pen 27 mins)
none (1-0, pen 27 mins)
Josh Mullin; Shaun Byrne; Ross Matthews; Kai Montagu		Robbie Crawford; Harry Milne
		Scott Robinson (@ 0-1, 76 mins)
Lewis Gibson (Aidan Connolly, 67 mins); Dylan Easton (Kai Montagu, 87 mins)		Logan Chalmers (Ricco Diack, 60 mins); Robbie Crawford (Ben Stanway, 84 mins); Wasiri Williams (Lee Ashcroft, 84 mins); Lee Ashcroft (Zander MacKenzie, 90+3 mins)

	Kevin Dąbrowski	Myles Roberts	22y, 8m, 1d
	Ross Matthews	Wasiri Williams	24y, 4m, 9d
	Lewis Stevenson	Harry Milne	27y, 9m, 12d
	Liam Dick	Luke McBeth	24y, 11m, 1d
	Euan Murray	Daniel O'Reilly	29y, 3m, 30d
	Sam Stanton	Kyle Turner	26y, 9m, 0d
	Shaun Byrne	Robbie Crawford	30y, 1m, 19d
	Lewis Gibson	Logan Chalmers	24y, 4m, 17d
	Callum Smith	Brian Graham	36y, 8m, 18d
	Josh Mullin	Scott Robinson	32y, 4m, 30d
	Dylan Easton	Aidan Fitzpatrick	23y, 4m, 21d

			27y, 6m, 13d

	Andrew McNeil	Mason McCready	21y, 5m, 5d
	Kieran Freeman	Charlie Sayers	20y, 4m, 12d
	Aidan Connolly	Lee Ashcroft	30y, 11m, 12d
	Kai Montagu	Ben Stanway	19y, 10m, 21d
	Jake Nicholson	James Lyon	21y, 9m, 14d
		Zander MacKenzie	18y, 11m, 13d
		Ricco Diack	19y, 3m, 3d

notes

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

TTA report

A penalty proved to be the winner (foul by Williams, 27). Thistle looked the more likely but, in truth, didn't carry enough threat and the Raith keeper had some fine saves. Robinson's stamp earned a straight red (76) but, even so, Thistle continued to have spells on top. More rub of the green and a clinical finish would be welcome.

TTA man of the match

It was another very assured performance from DANIEL O'REILLY in the heart of defence, who cancelled out threats with very little fuss.

Media report

10-Aug-2024, raithrovers.net

Stark’s Park’s first taste of the 2024/25 championship season ended with success on Saturday, with Raith coming out on the right side of a 1-0 scoreline against Partick Thistle. Rovers started the match slowly, whilst Partick piled on the pressure in the first 15 minutes. Raith’s defence was called into action as they successfully defended three Partick corners in quick succession. As the game went on, Raith gradually started to come into the game as they began advancing into their opponents final third. After a few corners of their own, the match still looked like anyone’s game as it remained goalless.

The deciding factor of the afternoon came soon enough however, after some clinical play down the right side from Josh Mullin led to the winger bursting into the penalty area. Mullin collided with the Partick defence, but play went on as the ball found its way to Raith’s Lewis Gibson, who was also brought down as he attempted to control the ball. Penalty Rovers. Dylan Easton took the responsibility of penalty taker, and cooly dispatched his attempt as he slotted the ball away into the bottom right-hand corner. Raith were a goal to the good just over 25 minutes into the game. Both sides continued to test each other, with Partick coming close twice after a goal-mouth scramble harmlessly rolled out for a goal-kick. Dabrowski kept Raith ahead after Partick Skipper Brian Graham unleashed a half-volley from the edge of Raith’s box; an effort denied through an acrobatic save from Raith’s Keeper.

Both sides produced some good chances early on into the second half, with Raith continually advancing well down the left flank. Partick came close with a free shot from the edge of Raith’s box, which ended up in the safe hands of the Raith Keeper. The match started to heat up as the second half progressed, with protests being launched continuously at the afternoon’s referee. With bookings being dished out to both teams, the match reached its boiling point in the 76th minute, just ten minutes after Aidan Connoly was substituted onto the pitch. Aiming to win a dead ball in the middle of the park, Connoly raced to beat his opposing counterpart to the ball. Partick’s Stephen Robinson unleashed a dangerous challenge on Connolly, which led to the midfielder being dismissed from the match via a straight red card. Partick now found themselves goal and a man down with around 25 minutes still to be played. Thistle continued to threaten, but Raith came centimetres away from burying the game with a second after Josh Mullin curled an effort onto the bar. After some good game-management, the final whistle blew, earning Raith their first win of the season.

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Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

Dąbrówki's made a few terrific saves as he always seems to do here and I still felt, even with ten men, we never fell out of the game. It's a sore one to come up here and be the better team and still get nothing. We're hurting, but we do have to create a wee bit more and we need to be a wee bit more clinical in there as well. We've got talented forward players, no question, but sometimes it's about getting that to click. We defended reasonably well, although their penalty was a comedy of errors that rattles through the full backline, so it's just that bit of awareness about what's happening around about us, that wee bit of sharpness maybe. I never felt like we were under huge amounts of pressure from them, and you when you come to Stark's Park you need to play well to stop their threats going forward.

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