14th Jul 2026 Forfar Athletic 0 Partick Thistle 4 (League Cup Group E - game 2)

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Match Information

			Jim Weir		Mark Wilson			42y, 1m, 9d
					Jamie Low; Cale loughrey; Matthew Falconer; Alex Samuel; Seb Drozd; Euan Henderson
					Paddy Reading; Lee Ashcroft; Oisin Smyth; Tony Watt; Gary Mackay-Steven; Aidan Fitzpatrick
					Seb Drozd (1-0, pen 4‎ mins); Alex Samuel (2-0, 6 mins); Daniel O'Reilly (3-0, 16‎ mins); Tsoanelo Letsosa (4-0, 90‎+‎1 mins)
					none (1-0, pen 4‎ mins); Euan Henderson (2-0, 6 mins); Euan Henderson (3-0, 16‎ mins); Gary Mackay-Steven (4-0, 90‎+‎1 mins)
Mackenzie Lemon					Jamie Low
Adam Livingstone (Matthew Allan, 28 mins); Adam Brown (Jamie Richardson, HT); Jake Dolzanski (Tyler Gadsen, 49 mins); Aiden Haddow (Callum Wilson, 49 mins); Scott Shepherd (Jack Corr, 74 mins)					Daniel O'Reilly (Liam Dolan, 61 mins); Alex Samuel (Thomas Horn, 61 mins); Seb Drozd (Aidan Fitzpatrick, 69 mins); Euan Henderson (Gary Mackay-Steven, 69 mins); Robbie Crawford (Steven Docherty, 73 mins)
			Marc McCallum		Lewis Budinauckas			24y, 0m, 25d
			Aron Lynas		Cammy Logan			24y, 5m, 16d
			Adam Livingstone		Jamie Low			18y, 9m, 14d
			Jake Dolzanski		Cale Loughrey			24y, 11m, 10d
			Angus Mailer		Daniel O'Reilly			31y, 3m, 3d
			Aaron Arnott		Robbie Crawford			32y, 0m, 22d
			Mackenzie Lemon		Matthew Falconer			19y, 4m, 21d
			former Jag Blair Alston		Tsoanelo Letsosa			22y, 1m, 8d
			Scott Shepherd		Alex Samuel			30y, 9m, 24d
			Adam Brown		Seb Drozd			23y, 2m, 16d
			Aiden Haddow		Euan Henderson			26y, 0m, 15d
								25y, 2m, 10d
			Neil Stafford		Connor Storey			18y, 11m, 10d
			Matthew Allan		Paddy Reading			27y, 1m, 15d
			Ross MacLean		Oisin Smyth			26y, 2m, 9d
			Jamie Richardson		Gary Mackay-Steven			35y, 10m, 13d
			former Jag Callum Wilson		Aidan Fitzpatrick			25y, 3m, 24d
			Tyler Gadsen		Liam Dolan			17y, 2m, 17d
			Jack Corr		Steven Docherty			17y, 10m, 28d
			Mark Whatley		Thomas Horn			19y, 6m, 3d

notes

Both sides generally in playing order. Both sides filled 8 of their 9 allocated bench slots.

Match Report

TTA report

Drozd converted a pen (trip), Samuel volleyed in a Henderson corner from 6 yards and O'Reilly headed in another corner all inside 16 minutes. The match was effectively over and allowed Thistle the luxury of bringing on three youngsters in the 2nd half. Lets'osa rounded the keeper set up by Mackay-Steven to put icing on the cake (90+1).

TTA man of the match

SEB DROZD is loving his football at Firhill, and doesn't it show? He was wired from the get go, winning and converting a penalty, and continued to cause problems for Forfar down the right before coming off for a well-earned break midway through the second half.

Media report

14-Jul-2026, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle make 6 changes for this evening's Premier Sports Cup tie against Forfar Athletic. Into the side come Seb Drozd, Alex Samuel, Euan Henderson, Cale Loughrey, Mathew Falconer and Jamie Low. Paddy Reading, Oisin Smyth, Gary Mackay-Steven and Aidan Fitzpatrick start on the bench while Lee Ashcroft and Tony Watt sit this one out.

01’ Penlalty Thistle. Early penalty as Drozd is tripped. 02’ Goal Thistle! Drozd takes the penalty himself and sends it to the keeper's right. The keeper goes the right way but the spot kick is well placed and finds the corner. 03’ Samuel's shot is touched round the post by McCallum. 04’ Lets'osa shot is deflected wide. 05’ Goal Thistle! First of the season for Alex Samuel as he connects with a Henderson corner and steers the ball into the far corner. 10’ Drozd goes deep with the corner. O'Reilly heads back towards goal and Falconer flicks the ball wide of the post. 13’ Drozd cuts in the from the right touchline but drags his shot wide of goal. 14’ The referee plays advantage after a foul on Lets'osa and Henderson nearly adds a third for Thistle but McCallum pushes away his shot from the edge of the box. 16’ Goal Thistle! Henderson lifts the corner to the back post where it finds the head of O'Reilly and the captain for the night heads a third goal for Thistle. 19’ Logan crosses from the right and Samuel flicks the ball towards goal but McCallum makes a fairly comfortable save. 20’ Drozd is fouled near the right hand corner of the Forfar box.

21’ That should be a fourth. Henderson takes the free kick and Loughrey heads over the bar. 24’ Drozd touches the ball back to Falconer. There isn't enough power in Falconer's shot though to test the Forfar keeper. 28’ Crawford is really unlucky not to find the net from a tight angle as Thistle continue to press for goals. 31’ A Samuel shot is saved. 31’ Chance for Forfar but Alston's effort is straight at Budinauckas. 33’ Alston with another effort but this one rolls well wide of goal. 35’ Slick play from Thistle but nobody can convert Lets'osa's cut back. 36’ Lets'osa climbs high to reach a Logan cross but can't keep his header down. 41’ Drozd is again fouled and Thistle have a free kick at the right corner of the box. 42’ Henderson takes the free kick and again it nearly produces a goal as O'Reilly under pressure from a defender nods wide. Half Time Report; Thistle take control early of this match and lead by three at the interval.

50’ Henderson lifts the ball over the defence for Falconer. Falconer's finish though goes well wide of goal. 53’ McCallum is able to watch a Henderson shot go wide of his right hand post. 66’ Lemon has a shot from the edge of the box for Forfar that isn't too far wide of Budinauckas' left hand post. 68’ A Horn header from a Fitzpatrick free kick is wide of goal. 70’ Wilson sees a shot go just wide of goal. 71’ Horn make a dart to the front post to meet the Fitzpatrick corner but his header is wide. 72’ Steven Docherty comes on to make his first team debut. 78’ Forfar will finish the game with 10 men as Alston goes off injured and all their permitted sub breaks used. 90’ Goal Thistle! Lets'osa smashes the ball home after he takes the ball round the keeper. Full Time Report; Thistle secure the win with three early first half goals. Lets'osa adds a fourth right on full-time to make it ten goals for Thistle from two Premier Sports group matches.

Reaction

Thistle assistant manager Alex Rae (speaking to Jagzone):

We started the game really brightly and managed to get two goals in five minutes and we're trying to emphasise the importance of getting off to a fast start, of being aggressive and getting on the front foot. We played a lot of really nice football, especially in the first half, and we managed to get a lot of minutes into guys as well. Jamie Low's came in and done well tonight, we had Matty in the middle of the park and Tom up top and I thought young Doc came in and was very energetic. It's pleasing because we want to try and integrate the youth into what we're trying to do, but they've got to be ready and when they get the opportunity they've got to showcase.

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Stats Watch

A RECORD-MAKING DAY

● For the first time in history Jags have opened the competitive action with penalty goals in the first two games. 1911 also opened with 2 Thistle pens, but one was missed.

● In 'All Games' Seb Drozd becomes the first Jag since Steven Lawless (2012) to score in his first 3 Thistle matches.

● After 2 competitive games, Thistle have 8 different scorers on the board, theoretically an unprecedented occurrence, although missing scorers in the 1880s make it impossible to say for certain.

● For just the second time in history PTFC open with 4 clean-sheets in 'All Games'. The club-record (5) was set in 1994.

● In 'All Games', Lewis Budinauckas becomes our first-ever keeper to open the season with 4 consecutive clean-sheets.

● Thistle go 16 competitive games without defeat versus Forfar Athletic (1999 to date), one of three H2H record runs being extended.

ongoing sequences:

● 11 competitive home games without defeat; 17th Jan 2026 to date. (Longest run since: 12 games; 4th Mar 2023 to 26th Aug 2023. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)

● 14 League games without defeat, 24th Jan 2026 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 19th Jan 2013 to 16th Aug 2013. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for Robbie Crawford, 24th Jan 2026 to date. (Longest run since: Paddy Reading - 33 games, 4th Oct 2025 to 18th Apr 2026. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 19 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.)

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