30th Nov 2024 Queen's Park 2 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

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	Callum Davidson	Kris Doolan	37y, 11m, 19d

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Louis Longridge (1-1, 34 mins); Roddy MacGregor (1-2, 42 mins)		Robbie Crawford (1-0, 12 mins); Will Tizzard (2-2, og 64 mins)
Zak Rudden (1-1, 34 mins); Ryan Duncan (1-2, 42 mins)		Brian Graham (1-0, 12 mins); Logan Chalmers (2-2, og 64 mins)
Dom Thomas; Jack Thomson; Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia		Daniel O'Reilly; Lee Ashcroft; Stuart Bannigan

Roddy MacGregor (Josh Hinds, 72 mins); Jack Turner (Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia, 78 mins); Zak Rudden (Liam McLeish, 97 mins); Ryan Duncan (Josh Scott, 100 mins)		Aidan Fitzpatrick (Terry Ablade, 74 mins); Robbie Crawford (Luke McBeth, 92 mins); Brian Graham (Steven Lawless, 96 mins); Scott Robinson (Ricco Diack, 114 mins)

	Calum Ferrie	Myles Roberts	22y, 11m, 21d
	Louis Longridge	Kyle Turner	27y, 0m, 20d
	Ryan Duncan	Harry Milne	28y, 1m, 1d
	Henry Fieldson	Daniel O'Reilly	29y, 7m, 19d
	Will Tizzard	Lee Ashcroft	31y, 3m, 1d
	Cammy Kerr	Stuart Bannigan	32y, 2m, 13d
	Jack Thomson	Robbie Crawford	30y, 5m, 8d
	Roddy MacGregor	Logan Chalmers	24y, 8m, 6d
	former Jag Zak Rudden	Brian Graham	37y, 0m, 7d
	Dom Thomas	Scott Robinson	32y, 8m, 19d
	Jack Turner	Aidan Fitzpatrick	23y, 8m, 10d

			29y, 0m, 25d

	Jack Wills	David Mitchell	34y, 7m, 26d
	Zach Mauchin	Steven Lawless	33y, 7m, 18d
	Josh Scott	Liam Smith	21y, 1m, 2d
	former Jag Sean Welsh	Terry Ablade	23y, 1m, 18d
	Max Thompson	Luke McBeth	25y, 2m, 21d
	Liam McLeish	Charlie Sayers	20y, 8m, 1d
	Josh Hinds	James Lyon	22y, 1m, 3d
	Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia	Ricco Diack	19y, 6m, 23d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Only 8 subs are allowed in this season's Scottish Cup so both benches are at full allocation.
Kick-off slightly delayed due to technical issues amongst the match officials.

TTA report

Crawford gave Thistle the lead from a pass by Graham (12). Failure to create/take chances ultimately proved fatal. Queens scored with one of their few attempts on goal (34) then a header (42) put Thistle behind. A headed og put them level (64). McBeth rattled the bar in ET then the pens settled things. The Queens keeper was outstanding.

TTA man of the match

It was another super-efficient performance from STUART BANNIGAN with virtually no balls wasted and a lot of positivity in his forward range.

Media report

30-Nov-2024, ptfc.co.uk

Kris Doolan’s side drew 2-2 but ultimately were defeated 7-6 on penalties and exited the Scottish Cup at Hampden against Queen’s Park. Goals came from Robbie Crawford and an own goal from Will Tizzard but was not enough to see The Jags progress into the next round. An unchanged starting eleven for The Jags came two weeks on from an exciting 5-1 win over Hamilton Academical with David Mitchell making a return to the squad for the first time since July with Aaron Muirhead missing out through injury.

A promising start for The Jags came when Scott Robinson put the ball in the back of the net inside the first two minutes but was ruled out by the linesman’s offside flag. A terrific block from Lee Ashcroft shortly afterwards cancelled out Zak Rudden’s attempt on goal receiving plenty of praise from the travelling Thistle support. Thistle continued to press with Brian Graham heading the ball down to ROBBIE CRAWFORD whose shot found the back of the net giving The Jags a one goal lead on minute 11. After the goal the Thistle press continued with Logan Chalmers going close and from the resultant corner Robinson flicked on for Graham, but his header flew just over the bar. Thistle held most of the possession inside the first 15 minutes giving the opposition little to no time to breathe. Aidan Fitzpatrick’s headed flick on to Chalmers nearly gave Thistle a two-goal advantage but was kept out by the opposition keeper’s legs. Another near attempt from Chalmers and Dan O’Reilly were stopped once again by Callum Ferrie as Thistle continued to be on top.

Thistle then had a penalty shout after Fitzpatrick’s pass found Chalmers who was brought down by the opposing defender, but the referee chose not to give it and waved play on. A deflected attempt from Fitzpatrick and follow up by Robinson nearly gave the fans more to celebrate but denied by that man Ferrie. Chalmers floated a ball over to Harry Milne whose header found the arms of the opposition keeper. Graham picked up the ball just outside the halfway leading to passes between him and Stuart Bannigan before his attempt on goal saw the ball fingertipped past for a corner. From the dead-ball O’Reilly’s cross found Robinson’s head was straight at the keeper. The opposition then scored on minute 33 as Zak Rudden set up Louis Longridge whose shot deflected off Ashcroft and beat Myles Roberts before nestling in the back of the net. Not long after the goal Roberts kept out a shot from Longridge once again. Brian Graham’s shot went over the bar after a promising breakthrough which Chalmers and Bannigan contributed to. The opposition continued to pry after a corner with attempts from Zak Rudden before a cross lead to Roddy MacGregor’s header finding the back of the net make it 2-1 on minute 41. Opposition keeper Ferrie denied Thistle once again before Fieldson’s clearance kept out Milne and Graham just before halftime.

Early into the second Milne’s cross led to a corner where Kyle Turner’s attempt from outside the box went over the bar. Queen’s Park forward Rudden had a go on goal a few minutes later and drifted wide of the post. Harry Milne’s header deflected off the post as Thistle prosed an attack following a Turner free kick. Just before the hour mark bookings came Thistle’s way after O’ Reilly and Ashcroft’s tackles. With Roberts fingertipping a shot past for a corner. A thunderous attempt from Jack Thomson lead to another fine save from Roberts as the ball went out for a further Queen’s Park corner. On 63 minutes it was 2-2 as Chalmers whipped in a cross and Tizzard’s header found the back of his own net to and not long after the goal Thistle showed more promise as Turner’s delicate cross could not find a Thistle player and went out for a goal kick. Another attempt from Chalmers went over the bar after Thistle picked the ball up in the middle of the park. Turner’s pass found Crawford whose attempt was blocked and put out for a corner. Following the corner Graham’s shot was also blocked by a Queen’s Park defender. Following a handball shout for the opposition Thomas’s shot is high and wide and didn’t faze Roberts. Substitute Terry Ablade’s header went just wide of the post following a great cross from Chalmers as Thistle continued to look on the up and push for a late winner. Queen’s Park’s Thomas decided to shoot from outside the box and his shot went cruising past the post causing Roberts to not even move. Four minutes of added time was awarded as Brian Graham went down inside the box, but referee waved play on. As Graham was still on the ground Myles Roberts produced a terrific save to deny the opposition a late winner.

First half of extra time began in the Cup as Thomas’s effort arrived safely in the hands of Roberts in the first few minutes of the first half. Cameron Kerr’s effort was blocked resulting in a Queen’s Park corner, but nothing came off the back of it. The second half of extra time got underway as substitute Luke McBeth’s shot from outside the box ricocheted off the crossbar as Thistle showed promise going forward. Steven Lawless stood over a free kick as multiple Thistle attempts eventually led to a Thistle corner with Ashcroft’s header going straight into the path of keeper Ferrie. Thomson’s low shot from outside the box didn’t phase Roberts too much as it went straight into his arms. Lawless played in substitute Ricco Diack who’s cross couldn’t reach Ablade as Thistle continued to show promise of a goal. Joshua Scott’s cross for Queen’s Park took a deflection and was saved by Myles Roberts as it went out for a corner. In the last-minute of normal time Ashcroft’s header clipped the bar and went over following a cross from the left-hand side. 16 penalties were taken, Calum Ferrie saved from Logan Chalmers and Myles Roberts levelled by saving from Rocco Hickey-Fogaccia. Daniel O'Reilly's penalty - the 15th in the contest - was saved, before Queen’s Park settled it at 7-6, with Josh Scott scored the winning penalty to see Partick Thistle out of the Scottish Cup.

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Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan (speaking to Jagzone):

We were up against a goalkeeper today who was in unbelievable form, I couldn't believe some of the saves he made. It wasn't that our finishing was poor or that we didn't create chances. He was making double-triple saves within 2-3 seconds. Sometimes you don't get what you're due in football, but what we can't do is allow it to derail any of our thoughts. What we have to do is look at the chances we created and our patterns of play - especially in that first half - everything that we tried to put into place was working. We hit the bar twice later on too with McBeth and Ashcroft. I think if we'd got a second when we were one nil up the game would've looked completely different. It was a great game if you're a neutral, but we're deflated, obviously, that we're out of the cup but, like I've just said to them in there, I don't think we'll see another game like that this season.

OUT WITH THE MINNOWS - EARLIEST EXIT IN 130 YEARS

● Thistle's 133rd Scottish Cup campaign gets underway with a Glasgow derby versus Queen's Park, as it did last year. It's the 35th time the campaign has begun and ended on the same day, and the first to do so since December 2013.

● Robbie Crawford becomes the first Jag since Jim Melrose in 1978 to score at Hampden Park in the Scottish Cup.

● Will Tizzard is the first opposition player to score for Thistle in the Scottish Cup since Murray Brown (East Stirlingshire) in January 2000.

● For the 15th time, Thistle go into extra-time in the Scottish Cup. We've now exited three times in this scenario, including each of the last 2 seasons.

● For the first time in history, Thistle exit the Scottish Cup on penalties, following the 3 shoot-out wins in 2006, 2008 & 2023.

● Thistle have yet to win a Scottish Cup match at Hampden Park and now have 10 failed attempts, 1909 to date.

● For the first time in 72 years, Partick Thistle will not feature in the Scottish Cup Round of 32. Second tier Hamilton Accies pulled off a shock 1st Round win at Firhill way back in 1952, denying Thistle their standard place.

● 30th November is our earliest Scottish Cup knock-out date in 130 years. Non-league Annbank dumped us out on 22nd September 1894.

● The latest disaster for the class of '24 sees them become the first Partick Thistle team this century to fall at the first hurdle in each of the three cups. John McVeigh's strugglers of 1997-98 were the last to do so.

ongoing sequences:

● 12 home League games without defeat; 16th Mar 2024 to date. (Longest run since: 12 games; 22nd Sep 2007 to 1st Apr 2008. Joint club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911 & 29th Aug 1970 to 6th Nov 1971.)

● 20 consecutive competitive appearances for Kyle Turner, 13th Jul 2024 to date. (Longest run since: Luke McBeth - 21 games, 7th May 2024 to 2nd Nov 2024. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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