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Media report

20-Jul-2019, ptfc.co.uk

Partick Thistle continued their Betfred Cup campaign this afternoon against Hamilton Accies at the FOYS Stadium as the group’s two top-ranked teams went head-to-head. Thistle hit the front first as Ryan Williamson bagged his first Jags goal on 16 minutes but the visitors’ lead lasted for but 60 seconds as Ross Cunningham immediately struck back for the hosts. Cunningham was on target once again eight minutes into the second half before Shea Gordon restored parity with 17 minutes to play. Hamilton did have a penalty in the 75th minute but Aaron McGowan blazed it over, sending the teams to a full set of spot kicks from which Accies emerged victorious by six converted penalties to five.

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Jags boss, Gary Caldwell, spoke to Jagzone after the final whistle, beginning with a summary of the match from his point of view:

I think it was an entertaining game of football for neutrals. I thought we played well; especially in the first half when we really dominated the game. We should have been in front at half-time but, second half, they changed their shape and we were too slow in getting to grips with that which is the big lesson we learn from the game. After some time though, we did work it out and I felt we were the stronger team for the last 15 minutes and we really caused them problems late on. We put three strikers on the park and tried to win the game, unfortunately, we weren’t able to but I was still pleased with the display.

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