9th Aug 2025 Partick Thistle v Greenock Morton (SPFL Championship - game 2)rton (SPFL Championship - game 19)

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41y, 2m, 4d	Mark Wilson	Dougie Imrie

Josh Clarke; Ben Stanway
Lewis Budinauckas; Tsoanelo Letsosa

Logan Chalmers (1-1, pen 50 mins)‎		Ali Crawford (0-1, 33 mins)
none (1-1, pen 50 mins)‎		Eamonn Brophy (0-1, 33 mins)
Robbie Crawford; Ben Stanway; Lee Ashcroft		‎Kian Taylor; Iain Wilson

Luke McBeth (Tsoanelo Letsosa, HT); Cammy Logan (Ben McPherson, 71 mins); Ben Stanway (Zander MacKenzie, 85 mins)		Cameron Blues (Owen Moffat, 68 mins); Kian Taylor (Kerr Robertson, 68 mins); Tomi Adeloye (Michael O'Halloran, 68 mins); Eamonn Brophy (Zak McKay, 77 mins); Ali Crawford (Michael Garrity, 85 mins)

21y, 0m, 12d	Josh Clarke	James Storer
23y, 6m, 12d	Cammy Logan	Cammy Ballantyne
26y, 2m, 11d	Paddy Reading	Zak Delaney
30y, 3m, 29d	Daniel O'Reilly	Kris Moore
31y, 11m, 11d	Lee Ashcroft	Jackson Longridge
25y, 11m, 0d	Luke McBeth	Iain Wilson
20y, 10m, 20d	Ben Stanway	Cameron Blues
31y, 1m, 18d	Robbie Crawford	Ali Crawford
31y, 7m, 11d	Tony Watt	Tomi Adeloye former Jag
25y, 4m, 16d	Logan Chalmers	Eamonn Brophy
24y, 4m, 20d	Aidan Fitzpatrick	Kian Taylor

26y, 6m, 29d

23y, 1m, 21d	Lewis Budinauckas	Sam Murdoch
34y, 3m, 28d	Steven Lawless	Dylan Corr
19y, 11m, 12d	Zander MacKenzie	Sonny Hart
21y, 4m, 21d	Ben McPherson	Owen Moffat
18y, 6m, 29d	Thomas Horn	Zak McKay
18y, 5m, 17d	Matthew Falconer	Michael Garrity
21y, 2m, 3d	Tsoanelo Letsosa	Kerr Robertson
		Michael O'Halloran

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Thistle filled only 7 of their 9 allocated bench slots, whilst Morton filled 8 of theirs.
There was a minute's applause before kick-off to mark the recent passing of Robert Reid.

TTA report

The swirling, blustery wind made life difficult for both teams. A poor pass by McBeth set up a 60-yard break and Morton took the lead (33). They also hit the bar and Chalmers hit the post. A penalty when Lets'osa was "fouled" was converted by Chalmers (50). Thistle's best spell was the middle third of the 90 but the lack of a striker was glaringly obvious. Fair result.

TTA man of the match

It was another unconvincing day for Thistle all round, but TSOANELO LETSOSA for one was revved up after being left to simmer on the bench for the last half hour at Perth last week and the opening 45 of this one. His quick feet and turn of pace at last caused problems for Morton, not least when he drew the point-earning penalty, albeit it was the wrong decision by the referee. The proverbial impact sub.

Media report

David Forrest, 09-Aug-2025, ptfc.co.uk

Partick Thistle secured their first point of the 2025/26 Scottish Championship season, coming from behind to draw 1-1 with Greenock Morton at their Wyre Stadium at Firhill home on Saturday. Goals from Ali Crawford and Logan Chalmers saw the spoils shared at in a tough, methodical battle. Two men dropped out from the side that lost to St Johnstone last week, with Ben Stanway replacing Ts’oanelo Lets’osa in midfield, while Josh Clarke was handed his Thistle debut in goals as Lewis Budinauckas moved to the bench.

Both teams struggled to adapt to the blustery conditions early on, with the Jags’ best chance early on coming from a wind-assisted Logan Chalmers free kick that flew within a whisker of the back post. Outside of some lively play on the left wing from Aidan Fitzpatrick, Thistle failed to create much of note as Morton asserted themselves. Howls for a Morton penalty were ignored as former Jag Tomi Adeloye went to the deck as Luke McBeth attempted to clear a cross from Zak Delaney. Thistle would soon rue their lack of creativity as Morton took the lead on 32 minutes. The ball was given away in midfield, and that allowed Cammy Ballantyne to charge down the right and played it inside to Eamonn Brophy. Brophy then teed up an unmarked Crawford to fire home from seven yards and give Morton the lead. Zak Delaney saw a header hit the home bar twice after a flick out save from Clarke with Kristan Moore nodding against the woodwork from the resultant corner. This seemed to wake up Thistle and Chalmers raced to the other end, finding himself in a good position to equalise, only for his effort to come off the post, with no one in position to capitalise on the rebound. Ben Stanway then came close minutes before half time, as a Chalmers cross to the back post found its way to him, but he was unable to get anything on the ball as Morton went down the tunnel in the lead.

Mark Wilson made a change at half-time, with Ts’oanelo Lets’osa coming on for Luke McBeth, and making an immediate impact. The Lesotho national immediately started causing Morton problems down Thistle’s left-hand side, bursting his way into the Morton box to pick up a Tony Watt pass. The resultant challenge from Jackson Longridge was deemed sufficient enough for referee Calum Scott to point to the spot. CHALMERS then stepped up to take the spot kick, dispatching it with ease past Morton keeper James Storer. With the wind in their sails, Thistle should have taken the lead minutes later. Chalmers managed to pick up the ball from a Morton corner and launch the ball forward for Fitzpatrick, completely unopposed in tons of space. Fitzpatrick found himself one-on-one with Morton keeper Storer, but after the ball failed to settle, Fitzpatrick sent his shot wide under pressure from a retreating defender. With twenty minutes left on the clock, Ben McPherson made his debut in red and yellow, having joined on loan from Celtic earlier in the week, replacing Cammy Logan at right-back. McPherson looked energetic in his time on the pitch and will hope to build on this with further minutes in future games.

Despite Partick Thistle going for the winner late on, they found very little opportunities to break the deadlock as the game petered out. A long distance shot from Dan O’Reilly that whistled just past offered the best hope for Thistle, but it could not provide a winner. Morton had a chance to wrap it up late on as Owen Moffat found himself through one-on-one with Thistle debutant Clarke. Fortunately for the Jags, Clarke pulled off a superb save to ensure the score stayed level and Thistle walked away with a point. Partick Thistle return to action in the Premier Sports Cup next Saturday, when we take on Ayr United at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill. Mark Wilson will hope his men can return to winning ways in the last 16 of a competition which has been a happy hunting ground for the Jags this season.

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Partick Thistle manager Mark Wilson (speaking to the media c/o 'The Thistle'

It's frustrating from my point of view. I think the conditions made it a wee bit tricky in the first period but we were just a wee bit untidy if I'm honest. We started to cause our own problems really and then started being a wee bit hesitant. Morton obviously built up a wee bit of momentum with set pieces and stuff, so that kind of puts your backs up against it a wee bit. Then we lose a ridiculous goal – it’s a poor pass from Luke [McBeth] in the middle of the pitch, then we were exposed - so much could happen before the ball actually lands at the feet of Ali Crawford for the goal. So, really poor from that point of view but then we actually took a wee bit of a grip, we started moving the ball from side to side like we spoke about and then using our wide players and our full-backs. I think two or three times the ball was flashed across the six-yard box and you've just not got anybody there to knock it in. It’s something we work on constantly in training and we should have had three tap-ins. So it was a tough one at half-time, but I've got to give the players credit. I think it's difficult being at home, you're 1-0 down, first home game - it then becomes about mentality and are they brave enough to keep playing the way we want to play. I thought they did that and they got the reward and the goal, but we just needed to be better at the top end.

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