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matches:2020-21: ← 23game 2425 →

	Micky Mellon	Ian McCall	56y, 6m, 4d

		Kieran Wright; Ciaran McKenna; Richard Foster; Darren Brownlie; Shea Gordon; Brian Graham; Scott Tiffoney
		Jamie Sneddon; Ryan Williamson; James Penrice; Steven Bell; Ross MacIver; Zak Rudden; Connor Murray

Lawrence Shankland (1-1, 78 mins); Nicky Clark (1-2, 90+1 mins)		Scott Tiffoney (1-0, 25 mins)
none (1-1, 78 mins); Mark Reynolds (1-2, 90+1 mins)		none (1-0, 25 mins)
		Ross Docherty

Jamie Robson (Logan Chalmers, 62 mins); Jeando Fuchs (Nicky Clark, 67 mins); Marc McNulty (Peter Pawlett, 86 mins)		Joe Cardle (Connor Murray, 57 mins); Scott Tiffoney (James Penrice, 74 mins); Brian Graham (Zak Rudden, 81 mins)

	Deniz Mehmet	Kieran Wright	22y, 0m, 2d
	Luke Bolton	Ciaran McKenna	23y, 0m, 9d
	Jamie Robson	Richard Foster	35y, 8m, 3d
	Ryan Edwards	Darren Brownlie	26y, 11m, 24d
	Mark Reynolds	Mouhamed Niang	21y, 5m, 26d
	Calum Butcher	Stuart Bannigan	28y, 6m, 17d
	Jeando Fuchs	Ross Docherty	28y, 2m, 11d
	Ian Harkes	Shea Gordon	22y, 10m, 18d
	Lawrence Shankland	Brian Graham	33y, 4m, 11d
	Marc McNulty	Scott Tiffoney	22y, 7m, 8d
	Adrián Spörle	Joe Cardle	34y, 1m, 27d

			27y, 2m, 4d

	Benjamin Siegrist	Jamie Sneddon	23y, 6m, 28d
	Mark Connolly	James Penrice	22y, 3m, 12d
	Peter Pawlett	James Lyon	18y, 5m, 7d
	Nicky Clark	Andy Rodden	19y, 6m, 2d
	Logan Chalmers	Ryan Williamson	25y, 0m, 20d
	Louis Appéré	Connor Murray	23y, 11m, 10d
	Leyton Bisland	Zak Rudden	21y, 1m, 28d
	Kerr Smith	Ross MacIver	22y, 1m, 6d
	Lennon Walker	Gospel Ocholi	17y, 11m, 25d

	Teamlines derived from PTFC / BBC. Both sides generally in playing order.
	Originally scheduled for Saturday, 30th January, 2021, held back due to the Scottish Cup being suspended for several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
	0 (played closed-doors due to the coronavirus pandemic)

Neither keeper had much to do before Tiffoney headed in following a long throw (25). Thistle (in a 1921 commemorative strip) should have gone in 2-up, Graham missing from 6 yards (45). When Niang failed to clear it was 1-1 (78) then a deliberate push on Niang caused a collision with Wright and led to tap-in (90+1).

Andrew Southwick, 03-Apr-2021, bbc.com

Nicky Clark's added-time goal averted a Scottish Cup shock for Dundee United at home to League 1 Partick Thistle. The Scottish Premiership side had to fight back after going behind following a dominant first-half from Thistle that included Scott Tiffoney heading them in front. Thistle had other chances to increase the lead, but two defensive errors from Mouhamed Niang was their undoing. Lawrence Shankland equalised before Clark knocked in a last-gasp winner. Micky Mellon's side will find out their fourth-round opponents in Sunday's draw.

It was Thistle who dominated from the start. Tiffoney shot past and Shea Gordon had a strong shout for a penalty when goalkeeper Deniz Mehmet raced from goal and halted his progress. And their pressure paid off when they took advantage of dreadful defending to take the lead. Ciaran McKenna's throw in met the head of two United defenders, who simply diverted it into the path of Tiffoney, who had an easy header in front of goal. Headers from Calum Butcher and Adrian Sporle didn't cause too many problems for visiting goalkeeper Kieran Wright, and Ian McCall's side had two huge chances to double their lead before the break. Gordon's cut-back laid the ball on a plate for Brian Graham, but he slid his effort the wrong side of the post from the edge of the six-yard box. Then a free-kick was allowed to drift through the United defence and Gordon was on to it, but was always stretching and couldn't direct the ball on target.

United had been very much second best, but they leapt out of the traps after the break. Shankland cut inside Niang and had a shot blocked, then Marc McNulty's effort on the rebound deflected over. Then Shankland broke free to get onto McNulty's through ball but goalkeeper Wright got a leg to it. From Ian Harkes' corner, McNulty's shot on the turn was cleared on the line by Stuart Bannigan, who then blocked Mark Reynolds on the rebound. United appealed that the ball was over the line but it was inconclusive. Once Partick had withstood the brief onslaught they began to look comfortable, but they allowed United to level far too easily. Niang put his foot on the ball inside the box, but mis-controlled it then lost his balance, and Shankland pounced. And Sengalese defender Niang was at fault again when he allowed Clark to push him off the ball all too easily, allowing the United man to take the ball past him and easily finish to break Thistle hearts.

Dundee United manager Micky Mellon:

We played at a good tempo but just needed a bit more quality. But we showed the resilience you need to win a cup tie.

Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall:

At half-time we should have been leading two, three, maybe even four goals. And we felt we had a really good shout for a penalty, it looked like stonewall. At half-time we were a bit gutted because it was only 1-0 because it should have been over.

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