12th Oct 2019 Partick Thistle 2 Connah's Quay Nomads 0 (Challenge Cup 4th Round)

matches:2019-20: ← 15game 1617 →

55y, 0m, 12d	Ian McCall	Andy Morrison

James Penrice; Steven Saunders; Raffaele De Vita; Osman Kakay
Tommy Robson; Cammy Palmer; Shea Gordon; Dario Zanatta

Raffaele De Vita (1-0, 34 mins); James Penrice (2-0, 77 mins)
Ryan Williamson (1-0, 34 mins); Tommy Robson (2-0, 77 mins)


Joe Cardle (Tommy Robson, 70 mins); Raffaele De Vita (Craig Slater, 84 mins)		James Owen (Jamie Insall, 58 mins); John Disney (Sameron Dool, 80 mins); Callum Roberts (Kris Owens, 84 mins)

32y, 3m, 14d	Scott Fox	Lewis Brass
23y, 6m, 28d	Ryan Williamson	John Disney
20y, 9m, 20d	James Penrice	Callum Roberts
26y, 6m, 22d	Tam O'Ware	Priestly Farquharson
26y, 2m, 1d	Sean McGinty	George Horan
28y, 6m, 12d	Steven Saunders	Michael Bakare
27y, 0m, 25d	Stuart Bannigan	Callum Morris
32y, 8m, 5d	Joe Cardle	Michael Wilde
39y, 9m, 19d	Kenny Miller	Declan Poole
32y, 0m, 19d	Raffaele De Vita	Daniel Holmes
22y, 1m, 17d	Osman Kakay	James Owen

28y, 3m, 30d

22y, 1m, 6d	Jamie Sneddon	Eric Merner
22y, 8m, 26d	Ben Hall	Jamie Insall
34y, 9m, 10d	Gary Harkins	Conor Harwood
24y, 1m, 1d	Tommy Robson	Kris Owens
25y, 5m, 16d	Craig Slater	Sameron Dool
22y, 0m, 22d	Lewis Mansell

notes

Both sides generally in playing order.
Thistle filled only 6 of their 7 allocated bench slots, whilst Nomads filled only 5 of theirs.

TTA report

Saunders kicked clear (2), the defence at 6s and 7s. Thistle took time to master a team whose main threat came from long punts and long throws. De Vita (a near post header after a fine move on the right, 33) and Penrice (knocked in a low cut-back from a fine move down the left, 77) got the goals but a real team effort.

Media report

12-Oct-2019, ptfc.co.uk

After a tough examination by Connah’s Quay Nomads, Thistle progressed to the Quarter Finals of the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup courtesy of goals from James Penrice and Raffaele De Vita. Connah’s Quay proved to be stubborn opposition and it was a couple of moments of quality which saw the Jags through. There were strong performances throughout the side and the gaffer was pleased to emerge with a clean sheet and is keen that the cup journey continues even deeper into the tournament.

Reaction

A pleased Ian McCall spoke to Jagzone shortly after the full time whistle:

I thought we thoroughly deserved it. 2-0 didn’t flatter us. There was a lot of things to like about how we played in the first half and we didn’t get embroiled in how they wanted to play. I’ve got no issues with how they want to play. They play a system that suits them and gets them results so it was really, really pleasing to get a win. To have two wins out of the last three is a good start. At times you have to be very, very patient with the ball. You have to move the ball about, if you need to go back to the goalkeeper then you need to do that. They sat off and let us have the ball in our half of the pitch, sat deep and then pressed then. I thought we passed it well first half and stood up to them. It was terrific. I’m really, really pleased to get a win and a clean sheet at Firhill. I thought the two centre backs and Tam O’Ware stood up well to the aerial threat. Stuart Bannigan was wonderful. Kenny Miller was terrific for the entire game. He bough us a lot of fouls and got us out. I thought Osman Kakay did very well down the right as well. We lack a bit of pace but I thought him and Ryan Williamson were a real threat down the right hand side of the team. There wasn’t a single failure in the team today.

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