Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Arbroath
The Lichties lost out at Firhill this afternoon. Arbroath made a really bright and positive start but Brian Graham’s deflected effort from a free kick gave the visitors the lead in the 16th minute.
The Arbroath heads didn’t go down and Arbroath were finding lots of space down the channels and playing some good football from front to back but just couldn’t trouble Sneddon.
Despite being on top the Lichties suffered another blow just before half time when Dale Hilson fell from onto the ground from height after going for a header and had to leave the field with what looked like a rib injury.
Half Time – Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Arbroath
Possession – Partick Thistle 47% – 53% Arbroath
Total Shots – Partick Thistle 3 – 6 Arbroath
On Target – Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Arbroath
Off Target – Partick Thistle 2 – 4 Arbroath
Blocked – Partick Thistle 0 – 0 Arbroath
Corners – Partick Thistle 3 – 1 Arbroath
Fouls Committed – Partick Thistle 5 – 6 Arbroath
The second half hadn’t really sparked into the best of matches but Arbroath were still in it, but what looked like a foul on Dylan Tait in the centre circle wasn’t given and Partick raced on towards the Arbroath goal with Kyle Turned netting in the 79th minute.
Thomas O’Brien and David Gold were both forced off with injury midway through the second half.
The goal killed the game, and the home side got their third in the 84th minute when a flicked on corner kick was headed in by Harry Milne who had been voted the home Man of the Match.
Milne was even on hand to acrobatically deny substitute Bobby Linn a late consolation and he somehow headed the ball off the line whilst jumping backwards.
A scoreline which didn’t reflect the true nature of the game, but the Lichties are still search for another win.
Full Time – Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Arbroath
Full Time – Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Arbroath
Possession – Partick Thistle 48% – 52% Arbroath
Total Shots – Partick Thistle 9 – 11 Arbroath
On Target – Partick Thistle 4 – 3Arbroath
Off Target – Partick Thistle 4 – 8 Arbroath
Blocked – Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Arbroath
Corners – Partick Thistle 5 – 2 Arbroath
Fouls Committed – Partick Thistle 9 – 12 Arbroath
Partick Thistle
1 – Jame Sneddon
2 – Jack McMillan
3 – Harry Milne
5 – Darren Brownlie
6 – Kyle Turner
9 – Brian Graham (Dowds 72)
11 – Steven Lawless (Weston 85)
15 – Cole McKinnon (Bannigan 45)
16 – Lee Hodson
21 – Aidan Fitzpatrick (Tiffoney 60)
22 – Aaron Muirhead (c)
Partick Thistle Substitutes
7 – Scott Tiffoney – 21; 60th
8 – Stuart Bannigan – 15; 45th
10 – Anton Dowds – 9; 72nd
14 – Cammy Smith
17 – Tony Weston – 11; 85th
19 – Danny Mullen
26 – Ben Stanway
29 – Zander MacKenzie
31 – David Mitchell (GK)
Goals – Graham 16, Turner 79, Milne 84
Arbroath
1 – Derek Gaston
2 – Marcel Oakley
3 – Colin Hamilton
4 – Ricky Little
5 – Thomas O’Brien (c) (Bitsindou 69)
7 – David Gold (Shanks 69)
15 – Dylan Tait
23 – Scott Allan
8 – Michael McKenna
9 – Dale Hilson (Fosu 44)
22 – Florent Hoti (Linn 73)
Arbroath Substitutes
11 – Bobby Linn – 22; 73rd
12 – Scott Stewart
16 – Kieran Shanks – 7; 69th
17 – Deri Corfe
19 – Kareem Isiaka
20 – Scott Bitsindou – 5; 69th
27 – Daniel Fosu – 9; 44th
21 – Cammy Gill (GK)
Yellow Cards – Hamilton 64, Tait 83, Bitsindou 90
Attendance – 2839
Officials;
Referee; Lloyd Wilson
Assistant Referee 1: Ross MacLeod
Assistant Referee 2: Paul McAvinue
