7th Nov 2025 Airdrieonians 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Championship - game 14)

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	former Jag Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	Mark Wilson	41y, 5m, 2d

		Kyle Turner
		Ben Stanway

Euan Henderson (0-1, 70 mins)		Oisin Smyth (1-1, 90‎+‎4 mins)
Sean McGinty (0-1, 70 mins)		Aidan Fitzpatrick (1-1, 90‎+‎4 mins)
Euan Henderson; Dean McMaster; Sean McGinty; Lewis Strapp; Cade Melrose‎

Jamie Barjonas (Jake Hastie, 65 mins); Lewis McGrattan (Liam McStarvick, 65 mins); Gavin Gallagher (Craig Ross, 77 mins); Chris Mochrie (Tate Xavier-Jones, 84 mins); Euan Henderson (Cammy Cooper, 84 mins)		Tsoanelo Letsosa (Sean McArdle, 60 mins); Logan Chalmers (Steven Lawless, 60 mins); Tony Watt (Alex Samuel, 71 mins); Kyle Turner (Daniel Gray, 79 mins)

	Cade Melrose	Josh Clarke	21y, 3m, 10d
	former Jag Cole McKinnon	Ben McPherson	21y, 7m, 19d
	Lewis Strapp	Paddy Reading	26y, 5m, 9d
	former Jag Sean McGinty	Daniel O'Reilly	30y, 6m, 27d
	Aidan Wilson	Luke McBeth	26y, 1m, 29d
	Dean McMaster	Oisin Smyth	25y, 6m, 2d
	Gavin Gallagher	Kyle Turner	27y, 11m, 28d
	Lewis McGrattan	Tsoanelo Letsosa	21y, 5m, 1d
	Chris Mochrie	Tony Watt	31y, 10m, 9d
	Euan Henderson	Logan Chalmers	25y, 7m, 14d
	former Jag Jamie Barjonas	Aidan Fitzpatrick	24y, 7m, 18d

			25y, 8m, 26d

	Andy McNeil	Lewis Budinauckas	23y, 4m, 19d
	Liam McStarvick	Cammy Logan	23y, 9m, 10d
	Tate Xavier-Jones	Alex Samuel	30y, 1m, 18d
	Craig Ross	Steven Lawless	34y, 6m, 26d
	Cammy Cooper	Sean McArdle	18y, 2m, 11d
	Dylan Williams	Ché Campbell	19y, 0m, 19d
	Cole Williams	Liam Dolan	16y, 6m, 11d
	former Jag Jake Hastie	Daniel Gray
	Mason Chisholm

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Thistle filled 8 of their 9 allocated bench slots.
Originally scheduled for 3.00pm on Saturday 8th November, brought forward for BBC Scotland.

TTA report

Floodlit robbery! Thistle scarcely deserved anything from a match in which bottom club Airdrie called the quick-tackling, fast-breaking tune. Clarke had a couple of excellent saves but generally neither keeper had much to do. A long throw was flicked on and fired home (70) but a Smith 25-yard shot was fumbled into the net by the young keeper (90+4).

TTA man of the match

Just as they did at Cappielow last month, big saves from JOSH CLARKE kept Thistle in it and, just as was the case at Cappielow, the team reaped the rewards with a stoppage time equaliser. A well deserved MOTM.

Media report

08-Nov-2025, ptfc.co.uk

Partick Thistle left it very, very late to sneak a goal against Airdrieonians at the Albert Bartlett Stadium however Oisin’s Smith strike secured a point in a 1-1 draw. Ben Stanway and Daniel Mackay joined Lee Ashcroft and Robbie Crawford on the side-lines with Kyle Turner coming into start in midfield with Academy striker Daniel Gray on the bench for a second time this season.

Turner kicked the game off, and the midfielder popped up in Airdrie’s 18-yard line 40 seconds later to accept a cross from Ben McPherson however he could not get a shot away. In three minutes, a kick-out from Josh Clarke was flicked on by Tony Watt and looked to have released Aidan Fitzpatrick with the wide-man’s progress only halted by the home defenders who had regrouped. Shortly afterwards Ts’oanelo Lets’osa looked to have been fouled as he raced towards the Diamonds’ goal however Referee Nicolson played advantage as the ball ran to Watt although he was surrounded by a posse of defenders that crowded him it. Airdrie raced to the other end, and it took a superb block from close-range by goalkeeper Clarke to deny Euan Henderson after a break from Chris Mochrie. The game settled into a pattern of both sides looking to attack however there were few openings being created.

Midway through the half Watt was on the end of a crunching tackle close to the half-way line and again advantage was played before Paddy Reading had a cross blocked. On 28 minutes a Jags corner caused problems in the Airdrie box with Cade Melrose forced to dive low and keep out a 14-yard effort from Turner. Nine minutes from the break a lighting break from Watt and Turner ended 20 yards out when Logan Chalmers was unable to gather a driven pass from Lets’osa. With two further minutes played Thistle pressed again and it took a last-ditch sliding tackle from Sean McGinty to stop Watt turning and shooting for Melrose’s goal after a clever slipped pass from Reading. Clever and quick play from Watt helped created Thistle’s best chance of the half as his throw in over McGinty’s head sent Chalmers scampering free and his low cross was about an inch away from the in-rushing Turner with Fitzpatrick firing it into the side-netting.

There were no changes from either side at the break with the hosts creating a half chance within a minute of the restart however Clarke was equal to Mochrie’s low drive. Chalmers quickly took the play to the other end and won a corner. The set piece was dealt with however Thistle soon threatened again with Melrose this time equal to a low drive from Fitzpatrick. Ten minutes into the second half Luke McBeth was in the right place twice in quick succession to clear as Airdrie looked to sneak in. On 57 minutes Lets’osa was blatantly fouled as he threatened to pierce the home defence with McGinty shown a yellow card. With 20 minutes left to play Airdrie took the lead when a long throw in from the right bobbled across Thistle’s box and landed at the feet of Henderson who slipped a shot into the far corner. The goal saw the Diamonds have their tails up and five minutes later Dan O’Reilly did well to block a Lewis Strapp effort at the expense of a corner after a darting run.

Gray was brought on for a debut to give the Jags’ more firepower and fellow replacement Alex Samuel lifted Thistle spirits with a strong run on the left and his driven cross was deflected over Melrose’s goal for a corner that fell to O’Reilly who could not get enough purchase on his shot. With Thistle going all out on attack Airdrie found a gap in 83 minutes with Clarke forced to race from his goal to deny Jake Hastie. Substitute Steven Lawless released Fitzpatrick on 84 minutes with a corner the result with this set-piece found the head of O’Reilly who found Reading but no further danger threatened. McPherson created the next danger with a surging run and cross that could not find any team-mates in the Airdrie box and as the game entered five minutes of added on time a well-advanced O’Reilly nodded over. Thistle continued to push and probe for a leveller, and their efforts were rewarded with SMYTH created space 25 yards out and fired low for goal. The shot looked set to be scooped up by Melrose however it had enough power to beat the shot-stopper and find the net.

Reaction

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

We didn’t really deserve anything from the game, if I’m being totally honest. We didn’t play well at all. Airdrie were by far the better team, they looked more dangerous. I think Josh [Clarke] kept us in the game at a crucial time [when denying Euan Henderson early on]. Sometimes you need a wee bit of luck in the season and I don’t like relying on luck too much. I said that to the guys, we need to be much better than we were tonight. But you take it because it’s a last-minute equaliser when you’re so poor in the game. But the boys have been terrific throughout. Last week [against Queen’s Park] they sustained an incredibly high level and we just fell below that tonight. I thought we actually started alright and it was kind of end-to-end. But the way the team’s been playing this year, we have a lot more control of the ball and we’re tidier in our passing. I thought there were just so many unforced errors from us. Of course, sometimes you can’t keep control of the ball. You just allow the opposition to mount attacks and give them the opportunity to put things down the side. And all of a sudden, you’re defending your box. So that was a real problem for us tonight. We just couldn’t connect as well as we have done in previous weeks. Even when we got beat a couple of weeks ago against Raith Rovers, we had much more control. Sometimes that can happen, you can lose two sloppy goals. But tonight, I never felt at any time there was anything coming. I know we have an absolutely glaring chance [for Aidan Fitzpatrick] in the first half, but that was kind of out of the blue. We never really troubled their goalie. So, there is a lot to be thinking about for myself in terms of the performance. Again, I don’t want to be too harsh because the players have been great. And again, they dug in, they hung in there. They didn’t lose the second goal, which always gives you a fighting chance at the end. And luckily enough, Oisin takes the shot on and it squirms in.

Airdrieonians caretaker-manager Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (speaking to The Daily Record):

I had to console Cade after the game, players make mistakes and we all move on together. It was unfortunate but he’ll bounce back quickly from it, I have no doubt about that. I just want the focus to be on team display which made me proud, it gives us something to build on and we now need to achieve a bit of consistency and not just be good for 45 minutes. I'm devastated by the result. It feels like a defeat with the last few kicks of the ball. I thought the boys were brilliant and got the gameplan down to a tee, it was just that last wee bit. We were brilliant in the first half and excellent in the second half. It is difficult just now, but there are so many positives to take from the game, in and out of possession, so we just need try and build on that to make it a consistent 90-minute performance. The frustration is that we have a chance at 1-0 to make it 2-0, we just weren't clinical. That is what we are onto the boys about all the time, being clincial around the box and taking your chances.

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