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matches:2018-19: ← 29game 3031 →

36y, 9m, 7d	Gary Caldwell	Stevie Farrell

Aidan Fitzpatrick; Joe Cardle; Ally Roy
Gary Harkins; Kris Doolan; Miles Storey

Aidan Fitzpatrick (1-0, 17 mins), Joe Cardle (2-0, 50 mins), Steven Saunders (3-1, 74 mins), Blair Spittal (4-1, 81 mins)		PJ Crossan (2-1, 52 mins)
Joe Cardle (1-0, 17 mins), none (2-0, 50 mins), Stuart Bannigan (3-1, 74 mins), none (4-1, 81 mins)		none (2-1, 52 mins)
		Adam Cummins; Jamie Hamill

Ally Roy (Kris Doolan, 61 mins); Craig Slater (Gary Harkins, 70 mins); Joe Cardle (Souleymane Coulibaly, 85 mins)		Mark Lamont (Grant Anderson, 70 mins); Conor O'Keefe (Cameron Elliott, 78 mins)

20y, 10m, 14d	Conor Hazard	Max Currie
27y, 7m, 24d	Christie Elliott	David Brownlie
20y, 0m, 28d	James Penrice	Connor McManus
27y, 9m, 20d	Steven Saunders	Mark Lamont
25y, 5m, 8d	Sean McGinty	Kyle Turner future Jag
26y, 4m, 2d	Stuart Bannigan	David Smith
24y, 8m, 24d	Craig Slater	Innes Cameron
17y, 9m, 30d	Aidan Fitzpatrick	PJ Crossan
31y, 11m, 12d	Joe Cardle	Jamie Hamill
23y, 1m, 0d	Blair Spittal	Adam Cummins
21y, 7m, 24d	Ally Roy	Conor O'Keefe

24y, 3m, 23d

21y, 4m, 13d	Jamie Sneddon	Lyle Avci
32y, 1m, 8d	Kris Doolan	Chris McGowan
34y, 0m, 17d	Gary Harkins	Andy McDonald
20y, 2m, 30d	Andy McCarthy	Grant Anderson
25y, 0m, 15d	Miles Storey	Cameron Elliott
19y, 6m, 27d	Callum Wilson
24y, 0m, 24d	Souleymane Coulibaly

	Teamlines derived from PTFC. Thistle generally in playing order, opposition in squad number order. Stranraer filled only 5 of their 7 allocated bench slots.
	2254 (PTFC)

FITZY ROCKIN' THE STATS

● Thistle's 127th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

● Gary Caldwell fields the youngest starting line-up of his reign (24y, 3m, 23d). Thistle's two youngest sides of 2018-19 have registered two cup wins over Stranraer by nine goals to one on aggregate.

● 17-year-old Aidan Fitzpatrick scores his third goal for Thistle vs. Stranraer already; only Frank Coulston (5) has netted more often for the Jags against the Blues.

● Aidan has registered a goal or an assist every 107 minutes for Thistle in 2018-19, a return ratio which is second only to Joe Cardle (60 mins) and streets ahead of his nearest team-mates, Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo (202 mins), Blair Spittal (210 mins) and Chris Erskine (215 mins).

● Joe Cardle scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Steven Saunders scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Blair Spittal, player of the month for December, nets his 7th competitive goal of the season, extending his lead at the top of our scoring charts to 3.

● Thistle remain unbeaten in all 9 of their Cup matches versus Stranraer, a run which stretches from 1938 to date.

ongoing sequences:

● 10 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.)

● 10 competitive away games without a win; 25th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 19th Aug 2017 to 27th Dec 2017. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 10 second-tier away games without a win to start off this season, 4th Aug 2018 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 12 games; 11th Aug 1984 to 12th Jan 1985.)

● 11 second-tier away games without a win, 4th May 2013 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 11th Sep 2004 to 9th Apr 2005. Club-record: 17 games; 16th Sep 1989 to 25th Aug 1990.)

● 39 consecutive competitive appearances for Blair Spittal, 31st Mar 2018 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Adam Barton - 54 games; 28th Dec 2016 to 3rd Feb 2018. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

● 70 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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