29th Aug 2026 Partick Thistle 0 Queen's Park 0 (SPFL Championship - game 4)

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42y, 2m, 24d	Mark Wilson	Sean Crighton

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Tsoanelo Letsosa		Carlo Pignatiello; Jack Wills

Tsoanelo Letsosa (Tony Watt, 55 mins); Oisin Smyth (Robbie Crawford, 74 mins); Ben Stanway (Ben Dempsey, 74 mins); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Ethan Ingram, 80 mins)		Magnus Mackenzie (Ben Brannan, 62 mins); Nikolay Todorov (Jack Hamilton, 62 mins); Michael Ruth (Lewis Stewart, 62 mins); Scott Martin (Zach Mauchin, 75 mins); Louis Longridge (Aiden McCallion, 80 mins)

21y, 11m, 3d	Liam McFarlane	Jack Wills
22y, 5m, 10d	Ben McPherson	Carlo Pignatiello
27y, 3m, 0d	Paddy Reading	Magnus Mackenzie
25y, 0m, 25d	Cale Loughrey	Euan Murray
31y, 4m, 18d	Daniel O'Reilly	Ricki Lamie
26y, 3m, 24d	Oisin Smyth	Louis Longridge
21y, 11m, 9d	Ben Stanway	Scott Martin former Jag
22y, 2m, 23d	Tsoanelo Letsosa	Aidan Connolly
30y, 11m, 9d	Alex Samuel	Michael Ruth
23y, 4m, 1d	Seb Drozd	Ross Mclean
25y, 5m, 9d	Aidan Fitzpatrick	Nikolay Todorov

25y, 3m, 18d

24y, 2m, 10d	Lewis Budinauckas	David Mitchell former Jag
24y, 7m, 1d	Cammy Logan	Zach Mauchin
26y, 9m, 4d	Ben Dempsey	Jack Hamilton
32y, 2m, 7d	Robbie Crawford	Lewis Stewart
23y, 4m, 13d	Ethan Ingram	Oliver Fisher
19y, 6m, 6d	Matthew Falconer	Tyrece McDonnell
32y, 8m, 0d	Tony Watt	Aiden McCallion
18y, 0m, 13d	Steven Docherty	Zebedee Lawson
17y, 4m, 6d	Josh Miller	Ben Brannan

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.

TTA report

When you have 76% possession, 19 corners, 20 shots (7 on target, but invariably straight at the keeper) and your keeper has no saves to make against a pointless team with 10 men behind the ball, making timewasting an art form, it's not your day. Thistle's finishing could have been more clinical but inevitably they just ran out of ideas.

TTA man of the match

It wasn't to be for the team on the day but SEB DROZD kept at it from start to finish, showed a lot of good energy, won many corners and was involved in most of the moves which led to chance creation.

Media report

29-Aug-2026, queensparkfc.com

QUEEN’S PARK ground out a point of the season in an exhausting shift from all 16 Spiders at the WrightKerr Stadium at Firhill. Jack Wills was on inspired form in goals – tipping a Ben McPherson drive onto the crossbar in the first half and denying former team-mate Seb Drozd in the second. He was not alone though as each and every player in Sean Crighton’s side put their bodies on the line and defended their way a draw. The first-team manager made two changes to the side which went down 2-0 at home to Stenhousemuir last week – and selected a formation that frustrated Partick on the final day of last season, and netted the same reward. Possession stats for the 90 minutes are heavily weighted in the home side’s favour, and the corner count 19-2 but the resolute Spiders defence ensured not one of the 20 shots Wills and co faced, found the net.

After a push forward from the Spiders there was a very early let-off as Alex Samuel fresh air swiped at a low ball across the box and spurned what would have been a certain opener with the visiting defence flat-footed. They re-grouped to turn in a stoic performance. Ben MacPherson lifted a flowing Jags move over the bar on 12 minutes but the Spiders had a chance of their own a minute later. Carlo Pignatiello’s ball into the edge of the area was knocked down by Nikolay Todorov. Michael Ruth took on possession and stepped into the box but was well-marshalled by Cale Loughrey. Wills held a low Aidan Fitzpatrick set-piece and on 35 minutes Ts’oanelo Letsosa sent an acrobatic effort over from 16 yards. Ricki Lamie and Euan Murray headed more danger clear in their centre-back role alongside Carlo Pignatiello. Michael Ruth’s half volley to a knock-down from Murray was gathered by Liam Macfarlane at the other end before Thistle pressure resumed. It was a full team effort keeping them out with Nikolay Todorov making some crucial interventions when back to muck in. Wills held a Drozd header close in and denied Ben Stanway at his near post either side of Ben McPherson rattling the crossbar before the interval – an effort later revealed to have been touched by the keeper onto the woodwork.

After the break Drozd went inches away from opening the scoring after turning Mackenzie in the box but his swerving shot swung the wrong way for the Spider-turned-Jag. His low cross was pushed out for a corner on 55 minutes by the keeper as Thistle kept up the same pressure they ended the first half with. But by the same token, the Spiders remained as resolute at the back as they had been throughout. Wills made another fantastic save to deny a Stanway diving header just before the hour then Sean Crighton rang the changes, adding Lewis Stewart and Jack Hamilton for Todorov and Ruth. Magnus Mackenzie also limped out with Ben Brannan on to replace him in a triple change after 61 minutes. Zach Mauchin was next to be pitched in as the Spiders backs were kept at the wall. The defender returned after 514 days through injury – almost as long as Thistle have gone without a home league defeat. He replaced Scott Martin who had cleared, hassled and harried his old club on his own return from a much shorter injury lay-off. A point seemed within Queen’s Park grasp with 15 to play – and Wills remained crucial to that, pushing an unchallenged Watt header out and then holding Loughrey’s effort. Watt sent a curling shot just around the post on the angle with five minutes to go and the Spiders picked up a corner with a minute and a half of the 90 to go. Ben Brannan struck from distance and the shot was deflected over and the corner cleared by the home side. Wills picked up a late booking for running the clock down after Mauchin was fouled taking the ball clear – but the keeper could be forgiven for his lack of urgency as one of 16 Spiders who had given everything for the hard-earned point.

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

I think everybody saw the way the game was panning out from the first two minutes, really. It’s a great compliment to us as a team that people recognise the dangers and they come in and sit so low. It’s up to us to try and come up with solutions to that. I was saying to the guys there, I’ve played in many games like that, particularly at Celtic where you need a bit of craft, a bit of guile, a wee bit of magic here and there to maybe unlock that kind of low block. I don’t think we were poor at unlocking that. I thought we got into the box plenty of times and we created plenty of chances. It’s just being clinical and it’s something that’s a recurring theme for us. I said before the game, taking from last season what we could do better this season, it’s definitely being clinical at the top end. There were games last season that we should have been out of sight, really should have been out of sight. We’re scrapping away and we’re still winning, maybe 2-1 or 3-2. There were very few comfortable afternoons and when you don’t take your chances, you end up getting a wee bit desperate at the end. But lots of it was good, we just couldn’t put the ball in the net.

Queen's Park manager Sean Crighton (speaking to queensparkfc.com):

I couldn’t be prouder. Last week I questioned them a wee bit and they’ve gone out and shown they are really together. A point on the board at the hardest place in the league can be a springboard now for us to use. We have to keep our feet on the ground and take it onto next week. I thought my team gave me absolutely everything. We played to a plan. We had to understand the team we were playing against and Partick Thistle are a very good side, with a very deep squad with very good players. I’m so happy for Jack, a lot of questions were asked when Cal Ferrie left. I didn’t ask them. I know Calum pushed Jack last season and I brought David Mitchell in over the summer for that reason – he’s an experienced goalkeeper to push him on. The goalkeeping department at the club are doing really well. Jack is a young goalkeeper but he played like an experienced goalkeeper today. I’m really pleased for him.

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