27th Mar 2026 Partick Thistle 3 Ross County 1 (SPFL Championship - game 31)

matches:2025-26: ← 45game 4647 →

41y, 9m, 22d	Mark Wilson	Stuart Kettlewell

Paddy Reading; Robbie Crawford; Tsoanelo Letsosa
Cale Loughrey; Luke McBeth; Kyle Turner

Alex Samuel (1-1, 19 mins); Robbie Crawford (2-1, 25 mins); Ben McPherson (3-1, 45‎ mins)‎		Jamie Lindsay (0-1, 67 secs)
Robbie Crawford (1-1, 19 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (2-1, 25 mins); Ben Stanway (3-1, 45‎ mins)‎		none (0-1, 67 secs)
		Declan Gallagher

Aidan Fitzpatrick (Cale Loughrey, 64 mins); Alex Samuel (Ricco Diack, 64 mins); Ben Stanway (Kyle Turner, 71 mins); Ben McPherson (Fraser Taylor, 71 mins); Ethan Ingram (Cammy Logan, 77 mins)		Uche Ikpeazu (Jordan White, 24 mins); Akil Wright (James Scott, HT); Jamie Lindsay (Ryan Duncan, 66 mins); Jay Henderson (Jayden Carbon, 66 mins); Connor Randall (Len O'Sullivan, 79 mins)

23y, 9m, 8d	Lewis Budinauckas	Trevor Carson
22y, 11m, 11d	Ethan Ingram	Dylan Smith
26y, 9m, 26d	Paddy Reading	Connor Randall
30y, 11m, 16d	Daniel O'Reilly	Levis Pitan
32y, 6m, 26d	Lee Ashcroft	Declan Gallagher former Jag
31y, 9m, 5d	Robbie Crawford	Ross Docherty former Jag
21y, 9m, 21d	Tsoanelo Letsosa	Akil Wright
22y, 0m, 8d	Ben McPherson	Jay Henderson
30y, 6m, 7d	Alex Samuel	Uche Ikpeazu
21y, 6m, 7d	Ben Stanway	Kieran Phillips
25y, 0m, 7d	Aidan Fitzpatrick	Jamie Lindsay

26y, 4m, 2d

18y, 7m, 23d	Connor Storey	Brad Foster
24y, 1m, 27d	Cammy Logan	Ben Crompton
28y, 4m, 17d	Kyle Turner	Len O'Sullivan
35y, 6m, 24d	Gary Mackay-Steven	Dean Cornelius
20y, 10m, 20d	Ricco Diack	Jayden Carbon
26y, 6m, 18d	Luke McBeth	Alex Iacovitti
24y, 7m, 23d	Cale Loughrey	Jordan White
23y, 1m, 7d	Fraser Taylor	Ryan Duncan
19y, 1m, 4d	Matthew Falconer	James Scott

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Originally scheduled for 3.00pm on Saturday 28th March, but postponed to avoid clashing with Scotland vs. Japan at 5pm that day.

TTA report

An otherwise scrappy affair was redeemed by a brilliant passing move started by Lawless (on his own bye-line). 6 passes and 16 seconds later Smyth fired home a Chalmers cross from 6 yards (58). Neither team enjoyed much time on the ball and Thistle probably just deserved the win. County regretted missing 2 great chances early on - Clarke saving the day.

TTA man of the match

What a night for ROBBIE CRAWFORD, drove the play, covered a lot of ground and was always there when needed. A tremendous assist for the equaliser and it was fitting that he got his first league goal just 6 minutes later.

Media report

27-Mar-2026, Press & Journal

Ross County boss Stuart Kettlewell blasted his side’s poor decision making in their 3-1 defeat to Partick Thistle. The Staggies made a dream start after breaking the deadlock inside 82 seconds through Jamie Lindsay. But the visitors suffered a collapse with goals from Alex Samuel, Robbie Crawford and Ben McPherson putting the Maryhill Jags 3-1 up at the interval. The result leaves the Staggies one point above bottom of the table Airdrie having played one game more. They face the Diamonds at the Global Energy Stadium next Saturday in a match that could have a major impact in the battle to avoid relegation.

Reaction

Thistle manager Mark Wilson spoke to the press, transcribed via 'The Thistle'

I am really delighted because it’s been the end of quite a testing week for us. This time last week we were up against it with the injuries against St Johnstone and I was probably disappointed, as you know, that we couldn’t get a win. But to follow it up with a home and away win against really tough opposition, I’m so pleased for the players. And I think everything about tonight’s performance, you could just see what we are at this minute in time. We lose a goal, which can happen early on, but I think in times gone by Thistle teams might have struggled to turn that around. And I don’t think they even flinched for one minute. I think we just got back to it and stuck to the plan and it was a terrific first-half performance. And then I thought the second half was really controlled. Again, we have to make changes because we are managing the squad. Just the versatility of players and knowing I can trust them to go in certain positions and their job is great for me as a coach. I couldn’t be more pleased for the guys and I can just see what it means to them in the dressing room. Again, they are all in it together, they all like each other’s company. And I think if you do that, it’s half the battle in this game and you can really see it taking place on the pitch.

County manager Stuart Kettlewell (speaking to the Press & Journal):

It’s the age-old story of the season that our poor choices and decision making has cost us dearly. It disappoints me when you see so much experience, which a lot of people have alluded to, and guys who have certainly performed at a far better level than what we’re showing at this moment in time. When you make those poor choices, we’re not a team that responds well to it. I wish I could bottle something up and give it to the players that we show a reaction and a hunger. When it goes to 1-1, we’re still well in the game, but the goal we conceded seemed to plant a real thought of negativity in us — from there it becomes a real uphill struggle. I still reiterate the fact that I believe we’ve got enough to get ourselves out of trouble — but not on the basis of what we start to do after we score that first goal. When Partick Thistle got their equaliser, that frailty and naivety starts to fester from within our group. If players are going to make such poor choices throughout games and that’s going to snowball and spook us — that’s going to be a problem. The game against Airdrie next week, we could become really emotional about it but the clear message from me is that our decision making and response to adversity has to be better.

HOODOO BUSTER!

● For the second game in a row, Ross County make the Quickest goals (against) list, albeit 67 secs is an improvement on 19 secs from the last time around.

● It's TEN for the season for Alex Samuel and, for the first time since 2012-13, Thistle have FOUR scorers in double figures in all competitions! The club-record (5) was set in 1928-29 and 1953-54.

● It's 14 assists for Aidan Fitzpatrick in all comps this season, equalling Kyle Turner's record 14, set in 2022-23. One more for the highest tally since our assists records began in 2012-13.

● Robbie Crawford gets his first league goal for Thistle, his 6th in all competitions.

● You wait 22 years for your first senior goal then get 2 in 4 days. Well done to Ben McPherson!

● For only the second time this decade, Thistle score 3 first half league goals. The (3-0) 5-0 over Falkirk in April 2021 resulted in a league title!

● It's now 8 come from behind wins in 'All Games' for Thistle in 2025-26, the highest tally since the joint all-time record season (9) in 2005-06.

● In all of history (28 games before tonight) Thistle had never won 2-in-a-row at home to Ross County in the league. Mark Wilson has done it in his first 2 games. The hoodoo-buster strikes again!

● It's now 4 consecutive home wins versus Ross County in all competitions, extending the H2H record.

ongoing sequences:

● 9 League games without defeat, 24th Jan 2026 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 9th Aug 2025 to 21st Oct 2025. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 17 home League games without defeat; 25th Apr 2025 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002. Joint club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911 & 29th Aug 1970 to 6th Nov 1971.)

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Paddy Reading, 4th Oct 2025 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Aidan Fitzpatrick - 45 games, 11th Mar 2025 to 17th Jan 2026. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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