17th Nov 2018 Falkirk 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Championship - game 14)

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	Ray McKinnon	Gary Caldwell	36y, 7m, 5d

		Jamie Sneddon
		Cammy Bell

Joe McKee (1-1, 59 mins)		Craig Slater (1-0, 57 mins)
Paul Paton (1-1, 59 mins)		Stuart Bannigan (1-0, 57 mins)
Paul Paton

Ruben Sammut (Marcus Haber, 60 mins); Dennon Lewis (Tom Dallison, 72 mins)		Miles Storey (Tam Scobbie, 65 mins); Jai Quitongo (Chris Erskine, 72 mins)

	Leo Fasan	Jamie Sneddon	21y, 2m, 11d
	Lewis Kidd	Christie Elliott	27y, 5m, 22d
	Jordan McGhee	James Penrice	19y, 10m, 26d
	former Jag Paul Paton	Niall Keown	23y, 7m, 12d
	Ruben Sammut	Sean McGinty	25y, 3m, 6d
	Dennon Lewis	Stuart Bannigan	26y, 2m, 0d
	future Jag Tommy Robson	Craig Slater	24y, 6m, 22d
	Scott Harrison	Blair Spittal	22y, 10m, 29d
	Patrick Brough	Kris Doolan	31y, 11m, 6d
	Joe McKee	Jai Quitongo	21y, 2m, 3d
	Andy Irving	Miles Storey	24y, 10m, 13d

			24y, 5m, 16d

	future Jag David Mitchell	Jamie Stevenson	17y, 8m, 4d
	Tom Dallison	Chris Erskine	31y, 9m, 9d
	former Jag Mustapha Dumbuya	Jack Storer	20y, 10m, 15d
	Marcus Haber	Andy McCarthy	20y, 0m, 28d
	Mark Russell	Aidan Fitzpatrick	17y, 7m, 28d
	Marky Munro	Tam Scobbie	30y, 7m, 17d
	Jason Jarvis	Brice Ntambwe	25y, 6m, 19d

notes

Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order.

TTA report

An instantly forgettable first half ended 1-1 (shots on target). Thistle's possession was ponderous and side to side until Slater fired home a low shot from 20 yards (57). Poor defending saw Falkirk poke the ball over Sneddon (59). Ultra defensive Falkirk came out to play and both teams had late spells of pressure.

Media report

Jane Lewis, 17-Nov-2018, bbc.com

Falkirk and Partick Thistle could not be separated as they both remain in the bottom two in the Championship. Craig Slater gave Thistle a second-half lead, but within a minute Falkirk were level through Joe McKee. It means Falkirk stay at the foot of the Championship, with Gary Caldwell's side just two points above them. It's Thistle's first league point since in almost two months, but Caldwell is still searching for his first win since taking charge.

Injury to key players affected both sides in the build up to this one, and 25 minutes before kick-off Thistle lost goalkeeper Cammy Bell who injured himself in the warm-up. With both teams looking nervy early on, this game offered very little in the first half. Thistle enjoyed greater possession, but to little impact.

The visitors started the second half as they did the first, but they had a bit more about them and they were duly rewarded when the ball fell to Slatter and he fired low in to the corner. But Falkirk produced an immediate response. McKee's toe poked the ball past Jamie Sneddon. The goals livened this match up, and both teams seemed to gain confidence, with further chances at either end. Blair Spitall almost made it 2 -1 to the visitors with a well taken free-kick 25 yards out, but Leonardo Fasan got his finger tips to it. And Fasan again did well to keep out Kris Doolan's glancing header. In the final minutes Ton Dallison's header was deflected wide for Falkirk.

Reaction

Partick Thistle manager Gary Caldwell (speaking to the BBC):

It was an outstanding performance away from home, a high pressure game, the bravery in possession, the control of the goal, the understanding of how we wanted to play, a fantastic performance. I think anyone at the game would say we should have won the game. They [Falkirk] will probably admit that as well.

Falkirk manager Ray McKinnon (speaking to the BBC):

Going into the game with the three players missing I probably would have taken a point. The players they worked their socks off, they worked extremely hard. We had to play in a certain manner today and we did that. They limited Partick Thistle to virtually nothing, and then a great response when we lost the goal.

CRAZY DRAWLESS RUN ENDS

● Craig Slater scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle's strange sequence of 24 competitive games without a draw (8th May 2018 to 10th November 2018) comes to an end, 3 shy of equalling the 120-year-old record of 27 games.

● Jags go 9 League games without defeat vs. Bairns, 2011 to date. The H2H record (11) was set in 1921.

● Thistle have now won only TWO of their last FIFTY away games in the League.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive home defeats; 6th Oct 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 30th Jan 2015 to 21st Feb 2015. Club-record: 10 defeats; 5th Dec 1908 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 4 consecutive home League defeats; 6th Oct 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 7th May 2017 to 26th Aug 2017. Club-record: 10 defeats; 5th Dec 1908 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 7 away League games without a win; 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 18th Mar 2017 to 27th Dec 2017. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 7 competitive away games without a win; 25th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 3rd Feb 2018 to 28th Apr 2018. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 8 competitive games without a win, 28th Sep 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 3rd Feb 2018 to 7th Apr 2018. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 8 League games without a win; 28th Sep 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 3rd Feb 2018 to 7th Apr 2018. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 31 consecutive competitive appearances for Blair Spittal, 31st Mar 2018 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Ryan Edwards - 35 games; 8th Aug 2017 to 3rd Apr 2018. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 63 games since back-to-back League wins, 11th Mar 2017 to date. (Longest run since: 71 games; 16th Apr 2013 to 14th Mar 2015. Club-record: 77 games; 2nd Nov 1912 to 5th Dec 1914.)

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