26th Oct 2024 Queen's Park 0 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Championship - game 11)

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	Callum Davidson	Kris Doolan	37y, 10m, 15d

		no changes
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		Logan Chalmers (1-0, 14 mins)
		none (1-0, 14 mins)
Louis Longridge		Kyle Turner

Jack Turner (Seb Drozd, 70 mins); Louis Longridge (Liam McLeish, 74 mins); Cammy Kerr (Zach Mauchin, 81 mins); Ryan Duncan (Josh Hinds, 81 mins)		Scott Robinson (Luke McBeth, 61 mins); Kyle Turner (Robbie Crawford, 70 mins); Brian Graham (Ricco Diack, 85 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Liam Smith, 85 mins)

	Calum Ferrie	Myles Roberts	22y, 10m, 17d
	Cammy Kerr	Kanayo Megwa	20y, 7m, 21d
	Henry Fieldson	Harry Milne	27y, 11m, 27d
	Dane Murray	Daniel O'Reilly	29y, 6m, 15d
	Will Tizzard	Lee Ashcroft	31y, 1m, 27d
	former Jag Sean Welsh	Stuart Bannigan	32y, 1m, 9d
	Roddy MacGregor	Kyle Turner	26y, 11m, 16d
	Louis Longridge	Logan Chalmers	24y, 7m, 2d
	former Jag Zak Rudden	Brian Graham	36y, 11m, 3d
	Jack Turner	Scott Robinson	32y, 7m, 15d
	Ryan Duncan	Aidan Fitzpatrick	23y, 7m, 6d

			28y, 1m, 3d

	Jack Wills	Mason McCready	21y, 7m, 21d
	Zach Mauchin	Aaron Muirhead	34y, 1m, 26d
	Liam McLeish	Robbie Crawford	30y, 4m, 4d
	Josh Hinds	Liam Smith	20y, 11m, 28d
	Seb Drozd	Luke McBeth	25y, 1m, 17d
	Reece Evans	Charlie Sayers	20y, 6m, 27d
	Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia	Ben Stanway	20y, 1m, 6d
	Magnus MacKenzie	James Lyon	21y, 11m, 29d
	Darryl Carrick	Ricco Diack	19y, 5m, 19d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.

TTA report

Loads of effort by both teams brought relatively few chances. Chalmers rammed the ball home (14) when the keeper dropped a back post header with Graham in attendance. Queens had more of the play after h-t but Roberts was equal to anything they created. A dubious off-side denied Graham a headed goal and a chance to see the game out more comfortably.

TTA man of the match

Another premier class performance from HARRY MILNE, always there for his team-mates and a persistent tormentor of the opposition. Played a key role in both the goal and the "goal" that was ruled out for offside.

Media report

26-Oct-2024, queensparkfc.co.uk

Despite long spells of possession, Queen’s Park were narrowly defeated by city rivals Partick Thistle, at what was ultimately a rain soaked National Stadium. Head Coach Callum Davidson welcomed back Jack Turner to the Spiders’ starting line-up, replacing Liam McLeish who moved to the substitutes bench. Partick Thistle were unchanged from the side which won 2-1 at home to Airdrie the previous week.

It was a cagey start, as both teams probed looking to make a positive impact from the first whistle. The first real opportunity for the home side came in 12 minutes. A long ball up the middle created panic in the Thistle defence, with Zak Rudden battling to gain possession and run clear. Unfortunately for Queen’s fans, Zak failed to get the ball fully under control and the chance was lost. Queen’s were made to pay just a minute later when Thistle took the lead. The Queen’s defence failed to deal with a high cross into the box. First to react to the loose ball was Logan Chalmers who fired home from close range, scoring his first goal for The Jags. The home side controlled much of the play for the next period, with a shot from Roddy McGregor after half an hour deflected for a corner, which the Thistle defence comfortably cleared. Visiting keeper Myles Roberts made a smart save in 38 minutes, and from the resultant corner a header from Will Tizzard sailed over the bar. Both sides battled hard, however there was no more scoring when referee Napier blew for half time.

The general flow of play continued as the first half ended, with the home side, now attacking the Mount Florida end of The National Stadium, keeping the pressure on the visiting defence. Keeper Myles Roberts saved a shot low down to his left two minutes in, and 5 minutes later a MacGregor free kick for the Spiders didn’t trouble the visiting defence. A short corner from Queen’s nearly caught out the Jags defence after 55 minutes, however the snap shot from Sean Welsh didn’t hit the target. With nearly an hour played, a rampaging run forward by Queen’s centre half Dane Murray gave the Thistle defence something new to contend with, however the resulting corner was cleared. Shortly after, Thistle created their first real chance of the second half, forcing Queen’s keeper Calum Ferrie into a good save low down to his right. Brian Graham had the ball in the home net after 62 minutes, however the celebrations of the large travelling support were cut short as the assistant’s flag was raised and the goal was chalked off. Both sides made a number of substitutions in an effort to freshen things up, however neither keeper was over worked as the clock moved towards 90 minutes. Despite a minimum of five additional minutes being announced, there was no further scoring and Thistle went back across the city with the three points.

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Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

Queen's Park are a good side, they were unbeaten the last 7 games, they were confident, they know the pitch, they know the way they want to play and pass the ball about, so we knew that we'd have to stay stand up to that and I thought we did. I thought defensively we were solid and we worked really hard without the ball and when we had it we still looked threatening. We got the winner and we could have scored another couple. I felt as if our shape was good, it's hard work, everybody has to work hard, but bringing on fresh legs really helped to see the game out.

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