11th Mar 2025 Queen's Park 0 Partick Thistle 2 (SPFL Championship - game 28)

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	Callum Davidson	Brian Graham	37y, 3m, 16d
		Mark Wilson	40y, 9m, 6d

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		Logan Chalmers (1-0, 5‎ mins)‎; Alex Jakubiak (2-0, 90‎+‎2 mins)
		Brian Graham (1-0, 5‎ mins)‎; Logan Chalmers (2-0, 90‎+‎2 mins)
		Kanayo Megwa; Stuart Bannigan; Luke McBeth; Kyle Turner

Jadan Raymond (Kyle Hurst, 61 mins); Reece Evans (Roddy MacGregor, 61 mins); Louis Longridge (Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia, 74 mins); Leon King (Seb Drozd, 86 mins)		Scott Martin (Kyle Turner, 12 mins); Robbie Crawford (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 68 mins); Josh Reid (Sean Kelly, 83 mins); Brian Graham (Alex Jakubiak, 83 mins)

	Calum Ferrie	Lewis Budinauckas	22y, 8m, 20d
	former Jag Adam Devine	Kanayo Megwa	21y, 0m, 6d
	Ryan Duncan	Josh Reid	22y, 10m, 8d
	Will Tizzard	Daniel O'Reilly	29y, 11m, 0d
	Ben Jackson	Lee Ashcroft	31y, 6m, 10d
	Leon King	Luke McBeth	25y, 6m, 2d
	Louis Longridge	Stuart Bannigan	32y, 5m, 22d
	Jack Turner	Scott Martin	27y, 11m, 10d
	former Jag Zak Rudden	Brian Graham	37y, 3m, 16d
	Jadan Raymond	Robbie Crawford	30y, 8m, 17d
	Reece Evans	Logan Chalmers	24y, 11m, 15d

			27y, 10m, 26d

	Jack Wills	David Mitchell	34y, 11m, 7d
	n-a	Luis Cameron	17y, 11m, 1d
	former Jag Sean Welsh	Sean Kelly	31y, 4m, 10d
	Kyle Hurst	Kyle Turner	27y, 4m, 1d
	Roddy MacGregor	Alex Jakubiak	28y, 6m, 12d
	Josh Hinds	Aidan Fitzpatrick	23y, 11m, 19d
	Seb Drozd	Zander MacKenzie	19y, 6m, 11d
	Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia	Matthew Falconer	18y, 0m, 16d
	Timam Scott
	Jay McGarva

notes

Originally scheduled for Saturday 8th March. Put back 3 days due to QP's appearance in the Scottish Cup QF.
Both sides generally in playing order.
Thistle filled 8 of their 9 allocated bench slots and listed 2 sub goalies.

TTA report

Both teams enjoyed spells of possession but there were few real chances created. Graham's pass to Chalmers was brilliantly fired home in the top corner (5). Bannigan hit the post from 20 yards. Chalmers crossed from the right and Jakubiak swept home to put the points safe (90+2). Steadily improving. Still 4th.

TTA man of the match

LOGAN CHALMERS is oozing confidence these days and he's a real dangerman to all opponents. Superb technique for the goal and his late assist for Jakubiak's killer blow really electrified the Jags support. A match-winning performance.

Media report

David Forrest, 11-Mar-2025, ptfc.co.uk

Partick Thistle struck a positive blow in the battle for the play-off places with a 2-0 win at Hampden Park against city rivals Queen’s Park. Goals from Logan Chalmers and Alex Jakubiak ensured the Jags returned to The Wyre Stadium at Firhill with the Glasgow Derby bragging rights. Thistle named an unchanged side from the 1-1 draw at home to Livingston ten days ago. Ben Stanway was the only absentee from the bench, having picked up an injury earlier in the day. It was a Tuesday night clash under the lights of the National Stadium, after the original tie was rearranged from Saturday due to QP’s involvement in the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals. The two sides met for the sixteenth time in three seasons, with Thistle knowing a win over the Hampden side would see them go eight points ahead of their hosts and seven in front of nearest rivals Morton.

It was a dream start for the Maryhill men, taking the lead after just four minutes when Brian Graham intercepted a loose pass out from goalkeeper Calum Ferrie. Graham then fired across the box to Chalmers who launched a rocket over Ferrie and into the net from about 15 yards out. Thistle were then forced into an early change after Scott Martin appeared to take a knock upon conceding a free kick. Martin was unable to continue, with Kyle Turner taking his place. The game then settled into a rhythm, with Queen’s having plenty of possession, but rarely threatening Lewis Budinauckas in the Thistle goal. Thistle turned things around, penning The Spiders into their own half and the pressure nearly brought a second goal on 26 minutes as an errant backpass saw Ferrie forced to claw the ball away to prevent an own goal. On 34 minutes, another lovely cross into the box from Josh Reid saw Graham flick on a header, with Kanayo Megwa unable to get anything on it as the ball travelled wide. Four minutes later, Stuart Bannigan came agonisingly close to doubling the lead. His long-range effort got the better of Ferrie but clipped the post as Thistle continued to mount the pressure. Graham also nearly got on the scoresheet, as he flicked on a cross from the right hand side, but Ferrie was able to get to the attempt with ease. Four minutes of stoppage time saw a late surge from QP, but Thistle held strong, taking a 1-0 lead down the tunnel.

Queen’s came out the traps early on, desperate to grab an equaliser. An early home free kick came to nothing, as did a resultant corner. Eight minutes after the restart, Chalmers had the ball in the back of the net, after picking up a lovely pass from Graham. Unfortunately, the assistant’s flag was up and it was deemed offside. With twenty-five minutes to go, Thistle had a sustained period of possession in the QP final third. Megwa had a lot of joy down the right-hand side, pinging crosses in, whilst Bannigan controlled the ball well, distributing from the outside of the box as Callum Davidson’s side struggled to get a sniff of the ball. Dan O’Reilly stung the gloves of Ferrie with a long-range effort, but no one was able to get on it quickly enough to convert. Shortly after, Ferrie was called into action again, fisting away a Kyle Turner corner. 79 minutes in, Graham got his head to Dan O’Reilly’s free kick, but once again, the offside flag went up. A nervy finish saw Thistle appeal for a handball and a penalty, but the referee ignored their pleas, waving on play. The matter was settled in stoppage time when Chalmers broke through on the right-hand side, getting to the edge of the box. Chalmers then tracked the ball back over to the path of substitute Alex Jakubiak who fired home to the delight of the sizable Thistle contingent in the away end. Jakubiak’s second Thistle goal came a mere 1047 days after his first against Ayr in April 2022.

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Partick Thistle interim co-manager Mark Wilson (speaking to Jagzone):

Very happy with that because I thought we were controlled and that's the message we've been trying to get through to the players, about taking our time in the build-up, maybe having that extra pass just to be more comfortable in the game. I thought the boys did that incredibly well in the first half - it always helps when you get an early goal and it was a touch of magic from Logan again. But even after that I thought we were controlled in everything we did, even defending, I thought we looked comfortable, and then we made subs at the right time because we've got another big game coming up at the weekend. Those subs gave us life again, and obviously it was great to see Jak come on and get the second goal.

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