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Partick Thistle FC

William Hill Championship
Sat 8 February, 2025. Kick Off: - 15:00
The Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk

Ticket Information:

Away supporters will be seated in the North Stand for this fixture (unreserved seating).

Tickets are priced as follows:

Adult – £21

Concession – £16 (over 65/full time student)

Under 18 – £11

Under 12 – FREE

Click HERE to purchase your ticket online!

Any ambulant/wheelchair supporters can purchase tickets in advance by calling the home side on 01324 624121 or emailing  

Parking is available behind the North Stand priced at £5 cash per car on arrival.

 

Supporters’ Buses:

City Centre Branch:

Pick ups:

Q Club: 11.15

Station Bar: 11.30

For seats call Duncan 07979496154 or e-mail  

 

John Lambie Jordanhill Branch:

Pick-up:

Jordanhill Railway Station – 13:30

Thornwood Bar – 13:35

Prices:

Adults – £20

Concessions – £14

Booking is essential. To make a booking contact Iain on 07779668357 or e-mail  

 

North-West Branch:

Pick ups:

Milngavie Railway Station – 13:00

Esquire House, Anniesland – 13:20

Maryhill Community Central Halls – 13:35

When booking it is essential that you state:

  1. Pick-up point
  2. Fare category (Full or concession)

Fares:

Full fare – £20

Concessions* – £14

Primary School age – Free when accompanied by an adult

To book seats please email  

*Eligibility for concession fares:

  • Anyone in full time education (e.g., secondary school pupils, matriculated college or university students)
  • Anyone aged over 65 years
  • Anyone unwaged.
Falkirk
1
Nicky Hogarth
5
Liam Henderson
6
Coll Donaldson
8
Brad Spencer
18
Gary Oliver
20
Keelan Adams
21
Dylan Tait
22
Luke Graham
23
Ethan Ross
29
Calvin Millar
37
Scott Arfield
 
Subs
31
Ross Munro
2
Finn Yeats
3
Leon McCann
4
Tom Lang
10
Aidan Nesbitt
11
Alfredo Agyeman
16
Barney Stewart
24
Darragh O'Connor
26
Sean Mackie
Partick Thistle FC
Partick Thistle
1
David Mitchell
4
Scott Martin
8
Stuart Bannigan
9
Brian Graham
10
Logan Chalmers
18
Terry Ablade
19
Luke McBeth
20
Dan O'Reilly
23
Lee Ashcroft
36
Ben Stanway
30
Kanayo Megwa
 
Subs
38
Luis Cameron
5
Aaron Muirhead
6
Kyle Turner
7
Daniel McKay
14
Robbie Crawford
21
Aidan Fitzpatrick
29
Zander MacKenzie
39
Matthew Falconer
 
Subs
31
Ross Munro
2
Finn Yeats
3
Leon McCann
4
Tom Lang
10
Aidan Nesbitt
11
Alfredo Agyeman
16
Barney Stewart
24
Darragh O'Connor
26
Sean Mackie
 
Subs
38
Luis Cameron
5
Aaron Muirhead
6
Kyle Turner
7
Daniel McKay
14
Robbie Crawford
21
Aidan Fitzpatrick
29
Zander MacKenzie
39
Matthew Falconer
93’Full Time Report

It's a comfortable win for Falkirk but the controversial sending off of Brian Graham after 37 minutes was without doubt a pivotal moment in the game. 

 
93’Full Time
 
90’+01’

Falkirk close again as we go into additional time. 

 
90’

McCann isn't far away from adding a further goal with a long range effort that just clears the Thistle crossbar. 

90’Falkirk corner from the left
89’Thistle Booking - Aaron Muirhead
 
87’

Turner trips a Falkirk player and isn't booked. 

86’Falkirk corner from the right
 
84’

The corner is headed clear as far as Chalmers who from outside the box tries a first time volley that flies well wide of goal. 

84’Thistle corner from the left
83’Falkirk corner from the left
82’Thistle substitution: Aaron Muirhead replaces Lee Ashcroft
81’Falkirk corner from the right
 
79’

Crawford has to go off after treatment leaving Thistle, briefly, to play with 9. 

78’Falkirk substitution: Barney Stewart replaces Gary Oliver
75’Goal Falkirk! Leon McCann
Falkirk 5 - Thistle 2

It gets worse for Thistle. McCann is at the back post to head a cross in to the net. 

75’Thistle substitution: Zander MacKenzie replaces Terry Ablade
71’Falkirk substitution: Darragh O'Connor replaces Coll Donaldson
71’Falkirk substitution: Aidan Nesbitt replaces Scott Arfield
71’Falkirk substitution: Finn Yeats replaces Dylan Tait
 
70’

Mitchell makes a good stop to his left to prevent a further Falkirk goal. 

 
67’

Falkirk clear the second of Turner's two corners. 

67’Thistle corner from the left
66’Thistle corner from the left
65’Thistle substitution: Aidan Fitzpatrick replaces Scott Martin
65’Thistle substitution: Robbie Crawford replaces Ben Stanway
65’Thistle substitution: Kyle Turner replaces Kanayo Megwa
 
65’

Nearly a fifth for Falkirk but Ross' shot flashes just wide. 

 
60’

Bannigan tries to score straight from the restart but it is an easy save for Hogarth to make. 

59’Falkirk substitution: Leon McCann replaces Luke Graham
58’Goal Falkirk! Scott Arfield
Falkirk 4 - Thistle 2

Arfield completes his hat-trick as he emphatically slams the penalty home. 

57’Penalty Falkirk

The ball strikes Stanway. A hand apparently. 

57’Falkirk corner from the left
56’Falkirk corner from the right
 
51’

Crowd: 6,471. Just over 800 Thistle fans. 

 
47’

Falkirk work a short corner but Thistle clear. Chalmers has the ball on the halfway lines but there is a lack of numbers to support. 

47’Falkirk corner from the right
 
45’Kick-Off (2nd half)
45’+02’Half Time Report

Well that was quite the half of football. 

Thistle fall behind inside the first minute, battle back to lead 2-1. 

A penalty rebound restores parity before Brian Graham receives a second yellow card. 

Minutes later the home side go back in front. 

 
45’+02’Half-Time
44’Falkirk corner from the left
 
43’

Donaldson stretches out a leg to prevent a Martin pass from putting Chalmers clean through on goal. 

39’Goal Falkirk! Scott Arfield
Falkirk 3 - Thistle 2

With Thistle still reeling from the red card Arfield puts Falkirk back in front with a controlled finish low into the corner of the net. 

 
38’

Henderson sends a wild shot wide and high of the Thistle goal. 

36’Thistle Booking - Brian Graham

That's as soft as they come. Two yellow cards inside a few minutes for not very much leads to a red that referee Hardie almost seemed in a hurry to flash. 

There is a yellow card for Kris Doolan in the immediate aftermath. 

 

33’Goal Falkirk! Gary Oliver
Falkirk 2 - Thistle 2

Mitchell saves the Spencer penalty but the ball breaks to Oliver who slams the ball home to level the scores. 

32’Penalty Falkirk

A tug from Ablade brings Falkirk a clear penalty. 

32’Thistle Booking - Brian Graham
 
31’

A Chalmers free kick finds O'Reilly wide at the back post. He lifts the ball back towards goal and the ball lands on the top of the net. 

 
29’

Nearly a chance for Stanway but his touch is poor as a Megwa cut back comes into his path. 

 
28’

Donaldson has a shot from well outside the Thistle box. It's well enough struck but always swerving away from goal. 

23’Goal Thistle! Brian Graham
Falkirk 1 - Thistle 2

What a goal. It's Chalmers with the assist this time as he bursts into the box on the right and it is a quite magnificent flick from Graham that finds the net. 

 
22’

Graham heads clear Spencer's corner. 

21’Falkirk corner from the left
 
18’

Stanway has a shot that isn't too far off target. 

 
17’

It's one way traffic towards the Thistle goal at the moment. Miller gets away from O'Reilly who crosses for Arfield whose header is easily saved by Mitchell. 

 
14’

Mitchell needs to make a good stop at his left hand post to keep out a Ross shot. 

09’Goal Thistle! Logan Chalmers
Falkirk 1 - Thistle 1

Thistle's first meaningful attack produces an equaliser. Ablade's excellent pass finds Chalmers in the clear and he buries a low shot wide of Hogarth and into the net. 

 
07’

Thistle are seeing very little of the ball as Falkirk buzz about the Thistle half with intent. 

00’Goal Falkirk! Scott Arfield
Falkirk 1 - Thistle 0

Less than a minute on the clock and Thistle are behind. Ashcroft blocks Miller shot but is breaks to Arfield who fires home. 

 
00’Kick-Off
 
00’Introduction

Falkirk and Thistle have the William Hill Championship all to themselves this afternoon. 

Victory, or even a point, would see the home side go back to the top of the league. 

For Thistle the objective is to try and close the gap between Ayr at the top to 8 points. 

In Kris Doolan's starting eleven there is a debut for deadline day signing Scott Martin while there are also starts for Lee McBeth, Ben Stanway and Terry Ablade, the latter making a big impact from the bench last time out against Morton. 

On the bench there are welcome returns from injury for Daniel McKay, missing since the Premier Sports match at Motherwell back in July, and Zander MacKenzie. 

Match Report

Falkirk v Partick Thistle – 8th February 2025

Ten men Partick Thistle bounced back from going behind within a minute to leading at Falkirk before going down 5-2 to the Bairns at The Falkirk Stadium.

New signing Scott Martin was brought straight into the midfield, but there was no place in the squad for fellow deadline day new boy Ethan Drysdale with the Jags now without transfer window exits Harry Milne and Scott Robinson.

Luke McBeth, Ben Stanway, and Terry Ablade came into the starting eleven, while Zander Mackenzie and Daniel MacKay made their way back onto the bench after lengthy injuries – a first league involvement for the latter whilst Steven Lawless missed out with a knock.

Barely a minute into the game and the scoring was opened for the home side. On his homecoming, Scott Arfield could slink onto a loose ball just inside the box and slide it home after a brave block from Lee Ashcroft.

It was tied up again however by the 10th minute. Coming from almost nowhere, possession was turned over and away Thistle went down the left. Terry Ablade’s fantastic pinpoint curving pass along the ground beat the defensive line and found LOGAN CHALMERS who calm as you like took it into the box and slotted it firmly home across the keeper in front of the away fans.

Ethan Ross found himself with the ball around eight yards away from David Mitchell at a tight angle. He struck the ball goalward, but Mitchell did well to palm it away.

With the ball launched high up the pitch by Thistle, headers by Brian Graham and then the Falkirk defence had the ball in the air for some time before it landed nicely on Ben Stanway’s chest. He flicked it towards the box and had a pop at goal on the half-volley, but it wasn’t the desired connection and the ball went wide.

GRAHAM sent the away fans into raptures 25 minutes in when Chalmers’ low ball from the right was flicked across and into the goal from six yards to make it 2-1.

Coll Donaldson went for it in terms of getting an equaliser from range when he saw the space in front of him, thumping it toward the top left corner but it spun wide.

Shortly afterwards Kanayo Megwa’s pass drilled towards Stanway just behind the penalty spot looked perfectly set for a free crack at goal, but the fast ball bobbled off the midfielder’s foot and to a defender who could clear.

Graham was the first name in the referee’s book as he lurched into a Falkirk player’s back on the half-way line.

Things were brought once again back to level terms despite Mitchell’s very best efforts in the Thistle goal. He dived to his left and made a solid stop from Brad Spencer’s penalty after an Ablade challenge was penalised, but Gary Oliver was quickest onto the loose ball to put the rebound in the net.

Shortly after, Ross Hardie produced a second yellow card for Graham for looked like an innocuous challenge on the half-way line again and sent him off, with the captain’s armband going to Daniel O’Reilly.

A yellow was then dished out towards the Thistle dugout as Graham walked off.

Five minutes to go until half-time and the hosts took the lead, as Arfield scored his second in near identical fashion to his first.

Half time   –   Falkirk 3   Partick Thistle 2

With Ross looking like he was going to outpace the backline and get a chance at goal, Luke McBeth used his strength and size well to force him away and see the ball out for a goal kick.

A second penalty was awarded to Falkirk on the hour mark when the ball was blasted off of the hand of Stanway from close range inside the box, then McBeth was booked for his protests. Arfield converted to complete his hattrick.

A double dummy in the Thistle box left the space for Ross to crack the ball towards the opposite corner. Falkirk fans were off their seats, but it went just wide.

Around the 65-minute mark Kris Doolan turned to the bench with three changes at once – Stanway, Megwa, and Scott Martin made way for Kyle Turner, Aidan Fitzpatrick, and Robbie Crawford.

With 15 minutes left home substitute Leon McCann headed the ball in at the back post for the home sides fifth.

As Falkirk pressed again Mitchell’s strong hands turned out a shot from inside the area from Finn Yeats.

A few nice flicked passes around Thistle’s box worried the defenders but O’Reilly did well to outstretch his leg and kick it out for a corner.

Ross’ free kick from a little over 20 yards looked worrying as it dipped quickly but the jumping wall turned it over the bar.

A few more efforts had Mitchell fully stretched but soared over, and the match finished with a win for the 11 men of the home side.

Full time   –   Falkirk 5   Partick Thistle 2

 

Teams

Partick Thistle – David Mitchell, Kanayo Megwa (Kyle Turner 65’), Lee Ashcroft (Aaron Muirhead 83’), Luke McBeth, Dan O’Reilly, Scott Martin (Robbie Crawford 65’), Stuart Bannigan, Ben Stanway (Aidan Fitzpatrick 65’), Logan Chalmers, Terry Ablade (Zander Mackenzie 77’), Brian Graham.

Unused substitutes – Luis Cameron (GK), Daniel MacKay, Matthew Falconer.

 

Falkirk – Nicky Hogarth, Liam Henderson, Coll Donaldson (Darragh O’Connor 72’), Brad Spencer, Gary Oliver (Barney Stewart 80’), Keelan Adams, Dylan Tait (Finn Yeats 72’), Luke Graham (Leon McCann 60’), Ethan Ross, Calvin Miller, Scott Arfield (Aidan Nesbitt 72’).

Unused substitutes – Ross Munro (GK), Tom Lang, Alfredo Agyemang, Sean Mackie.

 

Referee – Ross Hardie

Crowd – 6,471

 

By Connor Steel

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