William Hill Championship
Sat 12 October, 2024. Kick Off: - 15:00
Wyre Stadium at Firhill, Glasgow
Ticketing Information:
Adults – £22
Concessions* – £16
Under 16s – £6
*(Over 65s, students, supporters with disabilities including carer, 16-18 year olds)
CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKET ONLINE THROUGH FANBASE
Home fans can also purchase tickets by phoning 0141 579 1971 or by visiting the Firhill Road Executive Offices during office hours.
Falkirk supporters will be located in the Colin Weir Stand for this fixture.
Provision will be made at the Jackie Husband ticket office for home supporters without bank cards or online access to use cash to purchase tickets for this game starting from 1:30pm on matchday.
Matchday in the Aitken Suite
The Aitken Suite, located within the Colin Weir Stand, will be open as a supporters’ bar for Saturday’s game against Falkirk at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill and will show Scotland’s Nations League clash with Croatia on the suite’s big screens from 5pm, as broadcast live on Viaplay’s YouTube channel.
Open to home and away supporters, the family-friendly supporters’ bar will have food on offer with Boss Catering providing the pre-match grub from opening, at 12pm, until 2pm.
We’ll also have a selection of Glasgow Beer Works products available for purchase so if you haven’t had the chance to sample the 1971 lager, there is no better opportunity than ahead of kick-off.
The suite will re-open after the game showing the Croatia v Scotland game live before closing at 7pm.
The Aitken Suite is a family-friendly supporters’ bar so children and family groups are very welcome.
Entry to the Aitken Suite is available through the main entrance of the Colin Weir Stand.
Livestream
The livestream of this week’s match against Falkirk will be available to fans worldwide, including within the U.K. and Ireland!
Stream subscribers can add the game to their account as normal for free – for more info on how to add games to your account click HERE.
If you aren’t already a stream subscriber, you can purchase a monthly or annual streaming subscription by clicking HERE.
The game will also be available to watch for non-subscribers with a pay-per-view pass which can be bought online now for £12 – click HERE to buy yours!
To find out more about how to buy a PPV pass, click HERE.
PTFC Matchday Programme
The PTFC Matchday Programme returns this weekend with issue five of 2024/25!
This week’s edition, with Kyle Turner on the cover, includes an in-depth chat with Luke McBeth, a look at Jags who’ve featured for Scotland, some Thistle quizzing and more.
You can purchase your copy for just £3 from our matchday sellers around the Wyre Stadium at Firhill.
If you can’t make the game today, the programme is available to buy online through Curtis Sport.
Thistle Taxi
The Thistle Taxi will be at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill in the build-up to Saturday’s game against Falkirk for use by any older or less able supporters, free of charge.
The distinctive red and yellow taxi will be taking supporters from the bottom of McParland Way to the Jackie Husband Stand Reception, starting at 1:30pm.
The Thistle Taxi, kindly provided by club sponsor Glasgow Taxis, can seat up to six people and will be making multiple trips ahead of kick off.
PlayerZone
There will be no PlayerZone after this weekend’s match against Falkirk.
This is because the Aitken Suite is anticipated to be busier than usual post-match with the Croatia v Scotland game being shown from 5pm.
The PlayerZone will return next Saturday after our fixture against Airdrieonians.
Brian Graham's goal just two minutes after Falkirk took a deserved lead sees Thistle escape from this game with a point/
O'Reilly's header from the Chalmers corner drops wide.
Man of the Match: Myles Roberts
Adams shoots over the Thistle bar.
Hogarth does well to intercept a driven Stanway cross.
Diack collects a yellow card for putting the ball in the net after being flagged for offside.
Diack gets in behind the Falkirk defence to collect a Fitzpatrick pass but is flagged for offside.
It's a good corner too from Fitzpatrick but Hogarth gets a strong hand to the ball to get it clear.
A Thistle corner!
Henderson's header from Spencer's corner is well wide of goal.
Spencer's shot from outside the Thistle box is always on the rise and clears the bar.
Milne makes a great block to deny Adams.
Ashcroft gets just enough on the ball to get the corner away from goal. Agyreman picks it up on the right crosses for Adams to flick the ball against the Thistle post.
A superb flick from Milne gets Fitzpatrick clear down the left but his cross is poor.
Another near thing as a Falkirk shot goes wide of goal.
O'Reilly nearly puts the ball into his own net when clearing a cross.
Graham clears the ball from the Thistle box.
The corner is cleared but the direction of play is still towards the Thistle goal.
A magnificent save from Roberts keeps the score at 1-1.
Thistle level in next to no time. Graham's shot from outside the box beats Hogarth.
The only surprise about this is that it has taken 58 minutes to come. Thistle are wide open as Ross goes through the middle and makes no mistake with a cool finish.
Ashcroft blocks after Falkirk take a quick corner. They pick up the ball again on the right and Adams delivers a low cross that Roberts collects.
It's a poor free kick from Miller and Thistle clear but with every Thistle player back defending Falkirk just pick the ball up again.
Falkirk win a free kick wide on the right following a foul from Turner.
Fitzpatrick's corner is well defended at the front post.
Turner's shot takes a deflection and Thistle have a corner.
Miller takes the free kick and it brushes the Thistle bar on the way over.
Free kick on the edge of the Thistle box.
Back underway. No changes from Thistle at the break.
A McBeth pass is just a shade too far in front of Crawford and Hogarth gathers.
Roberts makes a really good one handed save to keep the ball out with Megwa on hand to clear before the loose ball can be knocked into the net.
it's an easy catch for Roberts from Spencer's corner.
Graham hits the bar after collecting a Robinson pass but the flag is up for offside against the Thistle captain.
Fitzpatrick and Turner work a short corner but it is easily dealt with by the Falkirk defence.
A McBeth shot is deflected wide of goal for Thistle's first corner of the game.
The corner is cleared but Falkirk remain on the attack.
Falkirk take a short corner this time but can't work an opening.
Roberts pushes away a Tait shot.
Turner flights the free kick into the box looking for O'Reilly. The ball comes off the top of the head of the Thistle defender and out for a goal kick.
Turner is caught late and Thistle have a free kick about 35 yards from the Falkirk goal.
The free kick goes low into the Thistle box but a timely intervention from Milne removes any danger to the Thistle goal.
It's a Falkirk free kick near the right hand corner of the Thistle box.
Miller takes the corner. It goes to the back post where McCann's header clips the top of the Thistle bar on its way over.
Ross skies a shot high over the Thistle crossbar.
A great bit of skill from Fitzpatrick gets him into a good position wide on the right but his cross is poor and Falkirk clear.
A free kick from side the Thistle half drops to Graham. It's at best a half chance and he sends the ball high over the bar.
Some slick passing from Falkirk ends up with a chance for Nesbitt but his shot is just wide of Roberts' right hand post. Just as well as that looked like sneaking into the corner.
Falkirk have started well and they have a free kick deep inside the Thistle half.
Roberts does well to push away a Tait effort.
Thistle kick-off. Shooting towards the John Lambie Stand.
We've had kinds of weather so far today. Right now the sun is shining bright over a magnificent looking Firhill playing surface.
The Thistle side that will start the game on that surface shows just the one change from the side that drew with Livingston last Saturday.
Scott Robinson starts this one after a sub appearance 7 days ago on his return from injury. Ricco Diack is the player that drops to the bench.