Sun 26 September, 2021
cinch Championship 
Stark's ParkDario Zanatta (21), Kyle Benedictus (63 pen, 77)
Brian Graham (86), Zak Rudden(90)
cinch Championship
Sun 26 September, 2021. Kick Off: - 15:00
Stark's Park
Tickets
Tickets for the fixture are now available for online purchase by Thistle supporters.
Tickets, which are for the McDermid Stand at the North end of the stadium, are priced as below:
Adults – £20
Over 65 – £13
Under 21 – £12
Under 16 – £8
Under 12 – £5
Tickets can be purchased by clicking here.
No tickets will be available for purchase from Firhill, with all ticket sales handled by Raith Rovers through online sale.
Sunday’s match will kick off at 3pm.
Supporters’ Buses:
City Centre Branch:
Pick ups:
Q Club – 11:45
Station Bar – 12:00
For seats call Duncan 07979496154 or e-mail
John Lambie Jordanhill Branch:
Pick ups:
Jordanhill Station – 12:30
Thornwood Bar – 12:35
Prices:
Adults – £16
Concessions – £10
Booking is essential and priority will be given to former members and regulars. Seating will be limited and face-coverings must worn: this follows instructions from the coach company.
To make a booking phone or e-mail Alistair on 07817612563 or Alternatively phone or e-mail Iain on 07779668357 or
North-West Branch:
Pick ups:
Milngavie Railway Station – 12:10
Esquire House, Anniesland – 12:30
Maryhill Community Central Halls – 12:45
Fares:
Full fare – £13
Concessions – £8
Please remember that the wearing of a face covering is mandatory at all times when on the North-West bus and will remain so until government guidelines are changed.
Live Stream
We face Raith Rovers at Stark’s Park this Sunday in our latest cinch Championship game and the home side will be providing a livestream of the match for fans who aren’t making the trip to Kirkcaldy.
The livestream is priced at £14 and PPV passes can be purchased online the day before the match.
To purchase the livestream, you must first register with RaithTV.
Audio Commentary
Our JagZone audio commentary service returns on Sunday with audio coverage of our cinch Championship match against Raith Rovers.
Join our commentary team on Sunday afternoon as they bring you comprehensive coverage of the match. The show gets underway at 2:30pm.
To listen to the broadcast, simply log in to your Jagzone account, click on the audio commentary tab and press the play button on the player.
The management team’s written previews and reactions are presented by The Jags Trust. You can keep up to date with the latest from The Jags Trust by visiting their website, www.jagstrust.com.
Partick Thistle look to get back to winning ways this weekend as they travel to Kirkcaldy to take on Raith Rovers in the cinch Championship. The Jags haven’t visited Stark’s Park since 2013 and they’ll be hoping to make it a winning return after consecutive defeats in the last fortnight. Just two points separate the sides heading into the contest with the Maryhill men knowing a win would maintain their top four status. Thistle assistant manager Alan Archibald spoke to ptfc.co.uk ahead of the trip:
“We’ve prepared well this week but it’s going to be another real tough game. They’re a team who are right behind us in the table and showed what they’re all about last season by getting into the play-offs.
“They’re a team who are quite unique in this league with the way they attack. Their full-backs are always on the front foot offering an added threat from the wide areas and they put you under a lot of pressure with that starting from the back.”
Archie took a second to reflect on last Saturday’s loss to Kilmarnock which represented Thistle’s third defeat of the Championship season.
“There were plenty of things to work on from that game. We felt we were on top to start the match but maybe just struggled to create chances. Killie came back into it towards the end of the first half but overall there wasn’t much in it before half-time.
“Coming out for the second half, we didn’t deal with them for whatever reason and they played extremely professionally once they got themselves in front. I think we look at both goals as ones we could have prevented but we now just have to get that out of our system and look to bounce back this week.”
Alan then highlighted the importance of getting more points on the board to ensure that Thistle don’t slip down the table as the teams just behind look to catch up.
“We’ve lost two in a row for the first time this season and you don’t want that to become three because with each loss it becomes harder to get back to winning football. The game against Kilmarnock was probably the most disappointing of the three losses we’ve had and I think we’ve seen this week that the boys are keen to put it right.
“This league is so competitive that one run of results one way or the other can make a massive difference to your league position and that’s the case for us too. We got ourselves up near the top early on but you need to keep winning to maintain that.”
Finally, Archie gave us an update on team news ahead of the game against the Rovers.
“There’s nothing new at the moment. Jake Hastie missed last week’s game after rolling his ankle but we’re not sure whether he’ll make Sunday; we’ll have to wait and see how he is tomorrow. Apart from that it’s as we were last weekend.”
Exclusive video interviews with Jamie Sneddon and Thistle assistant manager Alan Archibald will be available for JagZone subscribers to watch today – log in to view.
JagZone subscribers will be able to tune in to live audio commentary for our clash with Raith Rovers, starting at 2:30pm – click here to tune in.
There will also be a pay-per-view option provided by the home side, priced at £14, for any supporter who wishes to watch a livestream of the match – click here for more info.
We’ll have extended highlights and a full game replay of the fixture on JagZone following the game.
Article Copyright © 2021. Permission to use quotations from this article online is only granted subject to appropriate source credit and hyperlink to ptfc.co.uk.
The management team’s written previews and reactions are presented by The Jags Trust. You can keep up to date with the latest from The Jags Trust by visiting their website, www.jagstrust.com
Partick Thistle’s first competitive trip to Stark’s Park in eight years was an unsuccessful one this afternoon as the Jags fell to a 3-2 defeat against Raith Rovers. A first half goal from Dario Zanatta started the scoring before two second half Kyle Benedictus strikes put John McGlynn’s side firmly in control. Late goals from Brian Graham and Zak Rudden reduced the deficit to one but there wasn’t time for a Jags leveller as the Maryhill men suffered their third consecutive defeat. Thistle boss Ian McCall spoke to ptfc.co.uk following the final whistle:
“That was a really frustrating one because we showed late on that we can be dangerous but it was too little too late. We started the first half well and finished the game strongly but that spell in between cost us. At 1-0 you’re always in with a chance but we end up three down which is a mountain to climb.
“There were a couple of big decisions in terms of penalties that we didn’t get. I know the Thistle fans will have had a great view of them but that happens in football. We allow ourselves to get caught out at the other end and we give ourselves a long way back..”
The Maryhill men found themselves a goal down at the break and McCall was frustrated to be trailing after what he felt was a fairly even opening 45 minutes.
“We started pretty well but didn’t threaten too much which was disappointing. Saying that Kyle does have a shot off the bar which could have put us ahead, Jamie MacDonald has made a great save and Ross Docherty’s shot was just inches past so we did have chances. Raith were looking dangerous when they won the ball and they’ll feel that they might have had a penalty in the first half too but in general from open play we felt solid.
“Even after they went ahead we thought we looked pretty lively and Brian had a decent headed chance which could have made it 1-1 so we felt a bit hard done by to be behind at half-time.”
Today’s game represented the third consecutive away league match where Thistle have conceded three goals and the gaffer was left ruing the way his team conceded the goals today.
“We can pick faults in them from our side but at times you do have to realise that there are two teams on the park and Raith scored a good goal in their eyes with the first. We’ll be disappointed for it, especially as it was a set piece, but it was good movement and a finish from a player we know well. The second one is just quite unlucky with the way the penalty was given but the third one is a bit frustrating.
“As I said earlier, we felt relatively comfortable from open play but we’ve lost again today. We niow go into a busy October with a chance to finish the first quarter of the season on a high and that’s what we’ll be looking to do.”
Further reaction from Thistle manager Ian McCall will be available for JagZone subscribers to watch tonight – log in to view.
We’ll also have extended highlights and a full game replay of today’s match on JagZone tonight.
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