14th Nov 2025 Partick Thistle 2 St Mirren 1 (Steven Lawless Testimonial)

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41y, 5m, 9d	Mark Wilson	Stephen Robinson

Lewis Budinauckas; Cammy Logan; Liam Dolan; Lee Ashcroft; Scott Martin; Nick Lockhart; Alex Samuel; Daniel MacKay; Steven Lawless
Josh Clarke; Ben McPherson; Paddy Reading; Daniel O'Reilly; Oisin Smyth; Tsoanelo Letsosa; Tony Watt; Logan Chalmers; Aidan Fitzpatrick

Steven Lawless (1-1, pen 50 mins); Scott Martin (2-1, 80 mins)		Malik Dijksteel (0-1, pen 39 mins)
none (1-1, pen 50 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (2-1, 80 mins)		none (0-1, pen 39 mins)


Daniel MacKay (Daniel Gray, 26 mins); Lee Ashcroft (Liam Rooney, HT); Steven Lawless (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 61 mins); Nick Lockhart (Harry Weir, 64 mins); Alex Samuel (Gabriel Nosa, 64 mins); Lewis Budinauckas (Conor Storey, 64 mins); Kyle Turner (Tsoanelo Letsosa, 70 mins); Luke McBeth (Alex Mann, 70 mins)		Miguel Freckleton (Keanu Baccus, HT); Mikael Mandron (Declan John, HT); Liam Donnelly (Jayden Richardson, HT); Jalmaro Calvin (Marcus Fraser, 61 mins); Alex Gogić (Luke Douglas, 61 mins); Conor McMenamin (Jack Lavery, 70 mins); Malik Dijksteel (Josh Farqhuar, 70 mins); Tunmise Sobowale (Lyle Hunter, 75 mins); Ryan Mullen (Grant Tamoseviscous, 83 mins)

23y, 4m, 26d	Lewis Budinauckas	Ryan Mullen
23y, 9m, 17d	Cammy Logan	Tunmise Sobowale
16y, 6m, 18d	Liam Dolan	Scott Tanser
26y, 2m, 5d	Luke McBeth	Liam Donnelly former Jag
32y, 2m, 16d	Lee Ashcroft	Alex Gogić
28y, 7m, 13d	Scott Martin	Miguel Freckleton
28y, 0m, 4d	Kyle Turner	Fraser Taylor future Jag
18y, 6m, 26d	Nick Lockhart	Malik Dijksteel
30y, 1m, 25d	Alex Samuel	Mikael Mandron
25y, 7m, 21d	Logan Chalmers	Conor McMenamin
34y, 7m, 2d	Steven Lawless	Jalmaro Calvin

26y, 1m, 26d

18y, 3m, 10d	Connor Storey	Grant Tamoseviscous
26y, 5m, 16d	Paddy Reading	Marcus Fraser
25y, 7m, 21d	Logan Chalmers	Declan John
30y, 7m, 3d	Daniel O'Reilly	Jayden Richardson
24y, 7m, 25d	Aidan Fitzpatrick	Keanu Baccus
17y, 3m, 29d	Liam Rooney	Lyle Hunter
	Daniel Gray	Jack Lavery
17y, 10m, 15d	Harry Weir	Luke Douglas
17y, 9m, 17d	Gabriel Nosa	Josh Farqhuar
18y, 5m, 15d	Alex Mann
21y, 5m, 8d	Tsoanelo Letsosa

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.

TTA report

An unusually competitive testimonial for Stevie Lawless. Thistle took time to settle and St Mirren deservedly took the lead from the spot (39). Lawless tucked away his spot-kick (50) before a great 25-yard shot by Martin (80) beat the keeper for 2-1 just after Saints had hit the bar. Hosts of subs came on to add interest to an entertaining match.

TTA man of the match

It was great to see Stevie score and do well but, in the spirit of his wishes for a serious and proper testimonial, we give our man-of-the-match to SCOTT MARTIN who marked his 90-minute comeback by playing like a captain and scoring a fantastic winner.

Media report

14-Nov-2025, ptfc.co.uk

Partick Thistle enjoyed a 2-1 win over St Mirren in the Steven Lawless Testimonial Match at The Wyre Stadium at Firhill with the long serving Lawless netting as the Jags came back to win. Lawless captained a Jags side that included Lee Ashcroft after a short hiatus due to injury with Scott Martin and Daniel MacKay also on from the first whistle after much longer periods of absence.

Kyle Turner kicked things off and the Paisley men almost took the lead in the first minute with Thistle delighted to see Luke McBeth pop up a yard from goal to head a fierce drive wide. Mikael Mandron kept up the bright opening form the Saints with a turn and shot on three minutes that brought out a driving save from Lewis Budinauckas. Ten minutes in Alex Samuel produced a well struck drive from 25 yards that looked to have beaten Ryan Mullen until a late hand from the shot-stopper pushed the ball away with MacKay earning a corner when his cross from the loose ball was headed behind. Two minutes later Liam Dolan freed MacKay on the left and his low cross picked out Samuel who tried a side-foot finish from 16 yards however the ball slipped past. On 18 minutes Scott Tanser released Malik Dijksteel on the left and he skipped into the box before hitting a right foot shot that brought out another fine save from Budinauckas. Turner looked to be heading through on goal with half an hour played as he pressed the visiting defence into a mistake only for an unfortunate slip to end his progress. Five minutes later the home goal had an escape as Liam Donnelly fired for goal and the ball changed direction after two deflections before squeezing just past the post with Budinauckas diving frantically to his left. On 40 minutes St Mirren were awarded a penalty as Mandron fell to the ground after a challenge from Luke McBeth with Dijksteel converting from 12 yards out.

Liam Rooney came on at the break for Ashcroft and took up the left back position with Dolan heading to centre back with the new look defence grateful to Budinauckas for an early stop from a header. On 51 minutes a moment most of the crowd came to see happened after Samuel was barged by Fraser Taylor and referee Nicolson pointed to the penalty spot for the second time in the evening. There was only ever going to be one taker and LAWLESS despatched the ball home low with his left foot to tie the score. Thistle almost took the lead in the following minute when Nick Lockhart ghosted in to meet a cross from the right with his volley just pushed away by Mullen. Lawless was given a fine ovation on the hour mark as he was replaced by Aidan Fitzpatrick with his departure marking the start of a glut of replacements. The reshaped Jags continued to push their Premiership opponents with Gabriel Nosa creating danger and then Fitzpatrick swerving a low cross through the St Mirren box but finding no takers. The home goal had an escape on 82 minutes when Keanu Baccus nodded past substitute goalkeeper Connor Storey only for the ball to hit the bar with Taylor nodding the rebound well. Thistle raced to the other end and took the lead in sensational style when the ball was played back to MARTIN some 25 yards out and he thundered a drive high past Mullen. Storey did well to get down and keep out another Baccus header before pushing away a low shot. Fitzpatrick showed his powers of recovery as the game entered injury time as he raced back to concede a fruitless corner after one of his passes had been intercepted.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Mark Wilson (speaking to Jagzone):

I thoroughly enjoyed it, thought it was a really good game. When both teams put out reasonably strong teams and make it a competitive fixture it gives everybody what they want, the fans, the coaches and the players. We came under some real pressure in the first half but we worked our way back into the game and got a good victory, so the players should take confidence from that. Scott Martin's goal was outstanding and it was a dream moment, because there's been many dark moments for him I'm sure, it's been a long road back. It was also a dream moment for Stevie, it was a genuine penalty and he tucked it away brilliantly. He's managing a wee toe injury at the moment, but it was important that he got the ovation and we made sure he was the singular one coming off after that. He's been a wonderful servant over the course of two spells and a real bit of magic he can produce at any time, and he will contribute again this season.

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