4th May 2019 Queen of the South 0 Partick Thistle 3 (SPFL Championship - game 36)

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	Gary Naysmith	Gary Caldwell	37y, 0m, 22d

		Jack McMillan; Scott McDonald; Lewis Mansell
		Joe Cardle; Miles Storey; Gary Harkins

		Lewis Mansell (1-0, 14 mins); Scott McDonald (2-0, 44‎ mins); Stuart Bannigan (3-0, pen 73 mins)‎
		none (1-0, 14 mins); none (2-0, 44‎ mins); none (3-0, pen 73 mins)‎
Barry Maguire; Michael Doyle‎		Stuart Bannigan

Nicky Low (Darren Brownlie, HT); Andrew Stirling (Iain Wilson, 63 mins); Stephen Dobbie (Connor Murray, 77 mins)		Blair Spittal (Craig Slater, 66 mins); Lewis Mansell (Gary Harkins, 76 mins); Shea Gordon (Joe Cardle, 84 mins)

	Jack Leighfield	Jamie Sneddon	21y, 7m, 28d
	Scott Mercer	Christie Elliott	27y, 11m, 8d
	Jordan Marshall	James Penrice	20y, 4m, 12d
	Michael Doyle	Jack McMillan	21y, 4m, 16d
	Andrew Stirling	Steven Anderson	33y, 4m, 15d
	Kyle Jacobs	Sean McGinty	25y, 8m, 23d
	Josh Todd	Stuart Bannigan	26y, 7m, 17d
	Stephen Dobbie	Shea Gordon	20y, 11m, 18d
	Nicky Low	Scott McDonald	35y, 8m, 13d
	Lyndon Dykes	Lewis Mansell	21y, 7m, 14d
	Barry Maguire	Blair Spittal	23y, 4m, 15d

			25y, 4m, 2d

	Deniz Mehmet	Conor Hazard	21y, 1m, 29d
	Callum Fordyce	Kris Doolan	32y, 4m, 23d
	future Jag Darren Brownlie	Gary Harkins	34y, 4m, 2d
	Fraser Aird	Craig Slater	25y, 0m, 8d
	Ian McGrath	Aidan Fitzpatrick	18y, 1m, 14d
	future Jag Connor Murray	Joe Cardle	32y, 2m, 27d
	Iain Wilson	Steven Saunders	28y, 1m, 4d

notes

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

TTA report

Mansell's 1st goal for the club (top corner, close in 14), McDonald (pounced on loose ball, 44) and Bannigan's 1st ever pen for the club (foul, 73) confirmed Thistle's superiority. A brilliant save by Sneddon and Spittal's 35 yarder off the bar were second half delights. Play-offs avoided. Queens “qualified” for them instead.

Media report

04-May-2019, bbc.com

Manager Gary Naysmith has left Queen of the South after a home defeat by Partick Thistle left his side facing a play-off to stay in the Championship. Queens said they had "parted company" with the former Scotland defender because "our recent results haven't been good enough". Goals from Lewis Mansell, Scott McDonald and Stuart Bannigan propelled Thistle to sixth to avoid a play-off. Queens visit Montrose in Tuesday's play-off semi-final first leg. Raith Rovers host Forfar Athletic, who finished above fourth-place Montrose in League One, contest the other semi-final.

Mansell blasted his first goal of the season high into the net to give Thistle a 14th-minute lead at Palmerston Park. Former Celtic striker McDonald doubled the Glasgow side's lead from eight yards a minute before the interval - his seventh of the season. Thistle captain Bannigan scored from the penalty spot after McDonald was denied a goal by Barry Maguire's challenge. Stephen Dobbie, Queens' top scorer having returned from injury, and Lyndon Dykes had both missed half-chances for Queens before McDonald's goal, while Dykes was also denied by a fine Jamie Sneddon save before the third goal. The home side have now only won once in seven outings and their misery was complete with news of Alloa Athletic's 1-1 draw away to Ayr United that leaves Queens in second-bottom place above Falkirk on goal difference.

Reaction

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

We have a huge summer ahead of us to rebuild and ensure that we never find ourselves in this position again. One defeat in seven is form to win the league, we know what we are doing, the players who came in January made a big difference and the planning starts now for next season. This is a Premiership club and that is our aim.

Queen of the South manager Gary Naysmith (speaking to the BBC):

That was our worst performance of the season, in our biggest game of the season and it has got me scratching my head as I did not see it coming. We had our scout watching Montrose, we have done our homework and we will be prepared for them, but sometimes you just have to do the basics right and we did not do that today.

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