28th Sep 2024 Hamilton Academical 1 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Championship - game 7)

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	John Rankin	Kris Doolan	37y, 9m, 17d

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Lee Kilday (0-1, 56 mins)
Connor Smith (0-1, 56 mins)
Jamie Barjonas		Aaron Muirhead; Harry Milne; Daniel O'Reilly; Kanayo Megwa

Euan Henderson (Steven Bradley, 71 mins); Oli Shaw (Nikolay Todorov, 88 mins); Connor Smith (Ben Williamson, 90+3 mins)		Terry Ablade (Ben Stanway, 32 mins); Luke McBeth (Logan Chalmers, 55 mins); Kyle Turner (Ricco Diack, 80 mins)

	Dean Lyness	Myles Roberts	22y, 9m, 19d
	Barry Maguire	Kanayo Megwa	20y, 6m, 23d
	Euan Henderson	Harry Milne	27y, 10m, 30d
	Lee Kilday	Luke McBeth	25y, 0m, 19d
	former Jag Sean McGinty	Aaron Muirhead	34y, 0m, 29d
	Jackson Longridge	Daniel O'Reilly	29y, 5m, 17d
	future Jag Scott Martin	Robbie Crawford	30y, 3m, 6d
	former Jag Jamie Barjonas	Kyle Turner	26y, 10m, 18d
	Kevin O'Hara	Brian Graham	36y, 10m, 5d
	Connor Smith	Terry Ablade	22y, 11m, 16d
	Oli Shaw	Aidan Fitzpatrick	23y, 6m, 8d

			27y, 3m, 21d

	Neil Stafford	Mason McCready	21y, 6m, 23d
	Steven Bradley	Casper Nilsson	20y, 10m, 2d
	Nikolay Todorov	Logan Chalmers	24y, 6m, 4d
	former Jag Ben Williamson	Liam Smith	20y, 11m, 0d
	Reghan Tumilty	Charlie Sayers	20y, 5m, 30d
	Liam Morgan	Lee Ashcroft	31y, 0m, 30d
	former Jag Stephen Hendrie	Ben Stanway	20y, 0m, 8d
		James Lyon	21y, 11m, 1d
		Ricco Diack	19y, 4m, 21d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Hamilton filled only 7 of their 9 allocated bench slots.
Cameron Telfer was a replacement for the advertised Chris Gentles as Assistant Referee.
The network erroneously lists Logan Chalmers as the 3rd booking, but it's clear from video evidence that it was Daniel O'Reilly (Chalmers was walking by as the card was flashed).

TTA report

Neither keeper had much to do in a poor match. It looked like heading for a stalemate until a self-inflicted free-kick led to the winning header (56) at which point Thistle finally woke up. Better attacking play (with 11 corners in the last half-hour) met with stiff Accies resistance so failed to produce a leveller. Why just the last half hour Thistle?

TTA man of the match

Almost a "no award" job, but at least BEN STANWAY played with a spring in the step and fire in the belly, and was always looking to be positive.

Media report

Andy McGilvray, 28-Sep-2024, Daily Record

Lee Kilday was Hamilton Accies' hero as he earned them a hard-fought Championship win over Partick Thistle at New Douglas Park. The defender headed in his first goal of the season in 56 minutes, moving Accies fifth in the table. But it was far from straight-forward, with Thistle giving as good as they got for large parts of the game. It wasn't exactly a classic in the first half, but there were chances. Accies striker Oli Shaw should have put his side ahead after mugging Aaron Muirhead nine minutes before the break, and Jamie Barjonas twice put shots just over the bar. At the other end Brian Graham struck a post, and Harry Milne and Kyle Turner both forced saves from Accies keeper Dean Lyness. The game somewhat livened up in the second half and Accies took the lead 10 minutes in through Kilday. Thistle threw everything they had at Hamilton as they searched for an equaliser, with Graham seeing a shot well saved, and Turner sending a shot just over, before Robbie Crawford saw a shot brilliantly saved by Lyness in stoppage time.

Hamilton head coach John Rankin made four changes from the side that drew 3-3 at Raith Rovers last weekend. Barry Maguire, Lee Kilday, Jamie Barjonas and Euan Henderson came in for Reghan Tumilty, Dare Olufunwa, Stephen Hendrie and Ben Williamson. Thistle boss Kris Doolan stuck with the side that beat Dunfermline 1-0 last Saturday.

Jamie Barjonas sent a shot over the top left corner in 10 minutes, following good set-up play by Oli Shaw and Connor Smith. Barjonas sent a dipping shot narrowly over the bar in 18 minutes as Accies continued to threaten. At the other end, Kyle Turner had a shot well parried by Dean Lyness n the Hamilton goal. Oli Shaw mugged Aaron Muirhead just outside the box in 36 minutes, but Myles Roberts spread himself well to save. Brian Graham hit the left post with a header moments later. Harry Milne had a shot well saved at the left post by Lyness in 39 minutes. Smith teed up Scott Martin for a shot at goal in 43 minutes, but his angled shot flew past the left post.

Martin went on a run in 52 minutes, but his shot was comfortably saved by Roberts at the right post. But Hamilton took the lead in 55 minutes when Kilday headed in a Smith free kick. Graham saw a shot well parried past the right post in 63 minutes following a good Thistle move. Turner sent a shot dipping just over the bar in 66 minutes as Thistle tried to pull level. Thistle sub Ben Stanway tried his luck with a shot from distance in 81 minutes, but saw it fly past the left post. Accies hit Thistle on the counter-attack in the last minute, with Smith and Martin, but they passed back to sub Nikolay Todorov, who fired well over. At the other end, Robbie Crawford saw a curling shot brilliantly pushed over by Lyness.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

If you look through the game the amount of corners, the amount of balls thrown into the box, probably we should get something, maybe needed a wee bit better quality on them. I think we looked better when we went to the 4 as opposed to the back 3. The unfortunate thing for us is that Luke McBeth has just walked off the pitch and they clip a ball in and score off it and apart from that they've probably not caused us anything, albeit Myles makes a save early doors. To be fair to Hamilton, they defended their box well. We keep trying to find different ways of peppering the box, finding different ways into the final third. I definitely think we looked better as a 4, we looked more comfortable, a better threat, but ultimately we just couldn't force that equaliser.

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