9th Jul 2014 F.C. Pinatar 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Friendly)

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	José Carlos Trasante	Alan Archibald	36y, 11m, 26d

		Paul Gallacher; Jordan Mustoe; Carl Magnay; Darren Barr; Aaron Muirhead; Stuart Bannigan; David Wilson [ii]; Steven Lawless; Ryan Stevenson
		Scott Fox; Lee Mair; Conrad Balatoni; Gabriel Piccolo; Gary Fraser; James Craigen; Chris Erskine; Lyle Taylor; Christie Elliott

Daniel Sánchez Coki (0-1, 28 mins)		Gary Fraser (1-1, 74 mins); Declan McDaid (2-1, 78 mins); Declan McDaid (3-1, 85 mins)
? (0-1, 28 mins)		? (1-1, 74 mins); ? (2-1, 78 mins); Steven Lawless (3-1, 85 mins)
Nelson Correa; Oscar

? (Oscar)		Carl Magnay (Conrad Balatoni, HT); Aaron Muirhead (Gary Fraser, HT); David Wilson [ii] (James Craigen, HT); Jordan McMillan (Christie Elliott, HT); Stuart Bannigan (Declan McDaid, 53 mins); Ryan Stevenson (Chris Duggan, 58 mins); Kallum Higginbotham (Dale Keenan, 66 mins); Darren Barr (Liam Lindsay, 74 mins)

	Manu Vidal	Paul Gallacher	34y, 10m, 23d
	Pepe Sánchez	Jordan McMillan	25y, 8m, 23d
	Mario Martínez	Jordan Mustoe	23y, 5m, 11d
	Santi Garcia	Carl Magnay	25y, 5m, 19d
	Cristian Muñoz	Darren Barr	29y, 3m, 22d
	Dani Momprevil	Aaron Muirhead	23y, 10m, 9d
	Dani Pana	Stuart Bannigan	21y, 9m, 22d
	Ramón Navas	David Wilson [ii]	19y, 10m, 3d
	Daniel Sánchez Coki	Steven Lawless	23y, 2m, 27d
	Yago Castro	Ryan Stevenson	29y, 10m, 15d
	Nelson Correa	Kallum Higginbotham	25y, 0m, 24d

			25y, 8m, 6d

	Alex	Scott Fox	27y, 0m, 11d
	Oscar	Conrad Balatoni	23y, 5m, 12d
	Pedro Conesa	Christie Elliott	23y, 1m, 13d
	Pedri	Gary Fraser	20y, 0m, 7d
	Vicente Zaragoza	Dale Keenan	20y, 0m, 12d
	Manu Costa	Declan McDaid	18y, 7m, 17d
	Javi Rodriguez	James Craigen	23y, 3m, 11d
	Cristian Muñoz	Chris Duggan	20y, 5m, 9d
	Miguel Laborda	Liam Lindsay	18y, 8m, 27d
	Fernando Verdu

notes

Jordan Mustoe, Carl Magnay and Darren Barr all play as trialists.
Kick off was 6.00pm UK time.
On 9th July 2014, the small mediterranean town of San Pedro del Pinatar, population 24,000, played host to the first ever match between a Spanish club and Partick Thistle. Pinatar Arena (founded in 2010 as Fútbol Club Pinatar) provided the opposition. In 2013-14, at the fourth time of asking, they had finished 3rd in the “Preferente Autonómica”, an 18 club regional League in Murcia; the fifth tier of Spanish football. They were six points behind the champions, EF Alhama. In 2014-15 they would compete in the “Tercera División”, the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system, which features a mind-boggling 361 teams divided into 18 regional groups. F.C. Pinatar would play in Group 13 (Region of Murcia). For the first time, they were now able to compete in Copa Federación, a Cup competition for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes featuring sides who have failed to qualify or have been eliminated in the first round of the Copa del Rey. At the time of the match, with the demise of the town's historical club, Pinatar Club de Fútbol (who were liquidated in the summer of 2013), F.C. Pinatar were the only señor outfit in town. At this time, season tickets for F.C. Pinatar cost between 30 and 50 Euros. The match kicked-off the pre-season for both clubs.
The ptfc.co.uk report credits Yago Castro with the Pinatar goal but I've gone with the match report filed at cartagenaactualidad.com which seems quite knowledgeable and states: “Coki's goal, following a great action of the Argentine Yago, put the home side ahead”. The Pinatar twitter also credited Coki with the goal.

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TTA report

Thistle started well but they fell behind to a scrappy goal (28). A good second half saw Fraser's 35-yard free-kick well saved and another from 25 yards hit the keeper's legs. He scored with a drive from 20 yards (74). Sub McDaid beat 3 men in a mazy run for 2-1 (78) and from close in (85) from a cross for the win.

Media report

09-Jul-2014, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle marked their first pre-season game with a win in Spain against recently promoted FC Pinatar Arena. The Scots started the game well, dominating possession during the early stages of the first half. Despite seeing a lot of the ball the team from Maryhill were unable to create more than a couple of clear chances and shortly before half time fell behind to a scrappy goal scored by striker Yago Castro. Following two great saves by Gallacher Yago was on hand to poke the ball into the net on 29 minutes. Having started to link up well before the break, with Muirhead and Lawless combining to put Stevenson through on goal, the Jags would be justified in feeling a little hard done by as the half time whistle blew.

With FC Pinatar making several changes during the break the cracks soon began to show and it wasn’t long before the chances started to come. First Gary Fraser hit a wicked free kick from fully 35 yards which was well saved by the keeper. Minutes later Thistle were awarded another free kick just outside the box. This time Higginbotham stood up to hit it but, in a move straight off the training ground, laid it off to Fraser who again smashed a shot only to see the ball ricochet off a defender’s legs. Two yellow cards followed for FC Pinatar players before Fraser again stepped up and wasn’t to be denied a third time. Picking the ball up deep in the opposition half he lashed a shot from more then twenty yards low down to the keeper’s right. With Thistle making several changes as the second half wore on it was one of their young players, Declan McDaid, that really made the difference. Picking up the ball shortly after having come on he went on a mazy run, beating three Pinatar players before putting the ball past the goalie via a defender’s deflection. Having put Thistle into the lead it was McDaid again who gave them a two goal cushion. After a wonderfully weighted ball from Steven Lawless, who played the full 90 minutes, McDaid slotted home from close range. Another youngster, Chris Duggan, also had a chance late on but couldn’t add to Thistle’s tally and the game finished in a 3-1 victory for Thistle. A special thanks goes to the 40 or so Thistle fans who supported the team throughout the 90 minutes.

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