30th Sep 2025 Queen's Park 0 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Championship - game 5)

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	Sean Crighton	Mark Wilson	41y, 3m, 25d

		Cammy Logan; Ben Stanway
		Paddy Reading; Oisin Smyth

		Tony Watt (1-0, 7 mins)
		Logan Chalmers (1-0, 7 mins)
Carlo Pignatiello; Tyrece McDonnell; Matthew Shiels; Grant Savoury		Cammy Logan; Ben Stanway; Daniel O'Reilly

Tyrece McDonnell (Seb Drozd, HT); Timam Scott (Grant Savoury, 65 mins); Aidan Connolly (Josiah Sowa, 65 mins); Louis Longridge (Ross McLean, 81 mins)		Cammy Logan (Kyle Turner, HT); Logan Chalmers (Alex Samuel, 63 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Luke McBeth, 63 mins); Tsoanelo Letsosa (Steven Lawless, 79 mins)

	Calum Ferrie	Josh Clarke	21y, 2m, 2d
	Carlo Pignatiello	Ben McPherson	21y, 6m, 11d
	Henry Fieldson	Cammy Logan	23y, 8m, 2d
	Charlie Fox	Daniel O'Reilly	30y, 5m, 19d
	Matthew Shiels	Lee Ashcroft	32y, 1m, 1d
	Aidan Connolly	Ben Stanway	21y, 0m, 10d
	Louis Longridge	Robbie Crawford	31y, 3m, 8d
	Roddy MacGregor	Tsoanelo Letsosa	21y, 3m, 24d
	Josh Fowler	Tony Watt	31y, 9m, 1d
	Timam Scott	Logan Chalmers	25y, 6m, 6d
	Tyrece McDonnell	Aidan Fitzpatrick	24y, 6m, 10d

			25y, 10m, 6d

	Jack Wills	Lewis Budinauckas	23y, 3m, 11d
	Euan Murray	Kyle Turner	27y, 10m, 20d
	Grant Savoury	Alex Samuel	30y, 0m, 10d
	Ricky Waugh	Steven Lawless	34y, 5m, 18d
	former Jag Aiden McGinlay	Luke McBeth	26y, 0m, 21d
	Ross McLean	Liam Dolan	16y, 5m, 3d
	Josiah Sowa
	Rocco Friel
	Seb Drozd

notes

Originally scheduled for 6th September 2025 when it was postponed due to international call-ups.
Both sides generally in playing order.
Thistle filled only 6 of their 9 allocated bench slots.

TTA report

A Watt header from a Chalmers cross (7) separated the teams in a tough encounter (7 bookings). There were only 3 shots on target (all for Thistle) in a match with a foul every 3 minutes. Little wonder neither team managed any sustained possession. The better "joined up" play came from Thistle however and the 3 points put them into 2nd place.

TTA man of the match

Operating in all four quarters, BEN McPHERSON was worth his weight in gold to the team tonight, using his attributes to great effect defensively and in attack, both at right back and left back. What a gem.

Media report

30-Sep-2025, ptfc.co.uk

Partick Thistle struck early through Tony Watt for a second game running and the striker’s header was enough to see off Queen’s Park 1-0 at The city Stadium on the south-side of Glasgow. Paddy Reading and Oisin Smyth missed out with minor knocks and that saw Cammy Logan and Ben Stanway returned to the starting line-up.

The hosts kicked proceedings off with the Jags in their usual formation with Logan in place on the left of their defence and Stanway deployed in midfield. Logan Chalmers, who had tried an extravagant pass out to Aidan Fitzpatrick moments earlier, won the game’s first corner on four minutes however Calum Ferrie in the home goal clutched the resultant dead ball. The Queen’s keeper kicked away quickly and set up a break that earned a corner at the other end which Henry Fieldson glanced over the Thistle bar. On seven minutes Watt nodded a pass right and that allowed Logan Chalmers, Ts’oanelo Lets’osa and Ben McPherson to skip forward. The initial thrust was repelled however Chalmers gathered the ball again on the right from McPherson and sent over a curling cross that was perfect for WATT to head home from 8 yards despite Ferrie’s best efforts. Seven minutes later a delightful move that started with a quick pass from Josh Clarke to Logan and involved a run forward and a delightful dummy from Lets’osa gave Chalmers a glimpse of goal with his net bound curling effort deflected wide by a despairing defensive leg. Fitzpatrick was soon felled as he darted forward 40 yards from home goal and the wide-man’s free-kick was met by Lee Ashcroft with his header flashing just past.

Midway through the half Watt nutmegged Matthew Shiels 25 yards out with the Spiders defender fouling the striker as he tried to skip past him to earn a booking. Dan O’Reilly’s free-kick was blocked by the defensive wall with Watt unable to turn in Chalmers’ resultant cross at the back post. Thirteen minutes from the break Logan combined with Watt to win a corner on the left that was flicked back towards goal by O’Reilly however there was no-one in Red and Yellow to turn the ball in. Watt showed great defensive qualities in 34 minutes when he rose under pressure to nod away a dangerous Aidan Connolly free-kick that was awarded after Logan picked up a yellow card. After a trip on Stanway had gone unnoticed Chalmers was unluckily penalised five minutes later to give Queen’s Park a shooting chance with McPherson using his head to block Tyrece McDonnell’s drive. As the game entered injury time a backheel from Chalmers kicked off a period of pressure in the home box however Watt could not force his second of the evening.

Logan was withdrawn at the break with Kyle Turner coming on and this move saw McPherson switch to the left. The second half got going when Chalmers and Lets’osa combined on the right with midfielder Lets’osa low drilled cross finding no takers. With 51 minutes played McPherson charged forward and picked out Watt with an outside of the foot pass however a corner was the only reward. A minute later another forward move on the left took the ball to the home 18-yard line where it was fed to Lets’osa who sent an angled drive inches past. A Queen’s break threatened danger on 56 minutes with O’Reilly moving smartly to block Josh Fowler’s powerful 18-yard drive. On 68 minutes Lets’osa came close for a second time after substitute Alex Samuel had slipped a pass to Watt who teed up the number 64 to send in an effort that Ferrie grabbed at the second attempt.

After a free-kick was awarded with three Thistle players lying on the ground Turner passed right for Lets’osa who picked out Samuel with a cross that was met by the head of Samuel however Ferrie was not overly troubled. Seb Drozd gave a reminder to the visitors that their lead was a slender one when he whipped in a free-kick after he had been fouled by O’Reilly with Clarke watching it carefully as it cleared his bar. There were loud Thistle appeals for a penalty on 84 minutes when Samuel looked to be bundled over as he tried to get on the end of a Turner free-kick however referee Turner did not blow his whistle. With two minutes left it looked like two for the Jags when McPherson left Charlie Fox in his wake and crossed low from the left. Samuel flicked onto Watt who hit a first time left foot shot only for Ferrie to drop to his right and save. Despite four minutes of added on time that included a dangerous free-kick that Clarke rose and collected Thistle headed back west with the three points.

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Partick Thistle manager Mark Wilson (speaking to 'The Thistle'

It’s a good run we are on and it’s now two away games where we’ve taken the points, so that isn’t easy. It was tough tonight and it was a tough watch but we managed to win in a different way. Some things didn’t roll for us but the important thing was we got the goal when we did. The boys at the back were terrific but it was a great team effort and we had to change shape a few times in there, so it’s a good three points. I’ve been there myself and those ones are good. You feel good about yourself, especially the guys at the back. The guys at the back plus the shift Tony [Watt] put in and Alex when he came on. Real physicality, sometimes you need to win like that. When I got appointed here I don’t think many people would have thought that we would have kind of started to get a rhythm and a flow and piece together these wins. I believed we could train well in pre-season and put in the right ideas but I understood the kind of thought behind it all. So it’s great that we’re landing here at the end of September and we’re up there, but of course the old cliche is there is a long way to go. October is going to be a busy month for us as well but looking at blocks of games, I’m pleased with how we’ve progressed. The cup game against Celtic was obviously a wee kick in the teeth, but a bonus for the club. But as long as we’re still up there then the fans are right to be happy. But what pleases me is 2-0 on Saturday and 1-0 today. Different performances, but two clean sheets and six points.

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