William Hill Championship
Fri 7 August, 2026. Kick Off: - 19:30
The WrightKerrStadium at Firhill, Glasgow
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Partick Thistle put on a scintillating performance as they defeated Livingston 2-0 in their Scottish Championship encounter at the newly christened WrightKerr Stadium at Firhill on Friday night.
There were three changes to the starting XI from the previous Saturday’s 1-0 win against Greenock Morton at Cappielow with Seb Drozd, Alex Samuel and Ben McPherson all coming in for Gary Mackay-Steven, Tony Watt and Cammy Logan.
Ethan Ingram missed out due to a head knock sustained in Inverclyde, but the bench was bolstered by Ben Dempsey’s first appearance on a Thistle team sheet and the return of Ben Stanway, who signed a new one-year deal with the club last week.
The Thistle Ultras greeted the side as they entered the field with another of their innovative tifo displays, this time emblazoned with the credo “You have a choice in this city, choose wisely”.
It didn’t take long for the deadlock to be broken, with the Jags opening the scoring on the three-minute mark. Some exquisite play down the right-hand side from Drozd and McPherson saw the latter pass towards Crawford near the penalty spot, with his back to the goal.
Instead of trying to hit it on the spin, Crawford went for an audacious back heel that no one expected, particularly Livi ‘keeper Jerome Prior. With Prior marooned at the other side of the goal, Crawford’s shot trundled over the line to draw first blood for the home side.
Livingston’s defence struggled to contain Drozd in the early going, with the dynamic forward causing no end of hassle. Two minutes after the opener, Drozd nearly made it 2-0 with a chance from the edge of the area. He could consider himself unlucky not to, with his chance skipping just wide of the post. On ten minutes, Drozd was at it again, firing a cross into the box that had Livi’s back line scrambling to clear.
Thistle were in the mood and threatening on both flanks, with Aidan Fitzpatrick also stirring the pot. The winger picked out Reading with a cutback which was cut out and cleared by Livi defender Mitchell Robertson. The resultant corner was taken short, landing with Fitzpatrick, but his shot was deflected out by a diving Tyrese Sinclair.
Fitzpatrick went close again on 22 minutes when Drozd drilled a cross over to him at the back post, but his header was off target, sailing wide.
The following fifteen minutes saw little of note, as Thistle continued to turn the screw, but failed to produce anything to truly threaten Prior in the Livi goal.
After offering very little going forward all half, Livingston had a rare chance at goal on 35 minutes when a Dan O’Reilly clearance was intercepted by Scott Pittman on the edge of the area. Pittman had a pop at goal, rattling the crossbar after dipping down, with little to trouble McFarlane in goals.
Mark Wilson’s men soon broke forward on the counter, with Fitzpatrick finding Smyth in a dangerous position on 38 minutes, only for the ex-St. Mirren man to be denied by an excellent stop from Prior.
A succession of Thistle corners followed, with Livi fighting for their lives at the back to keep the deficit down until the 42nd minute when the Jags doubled their lead. Some more lovely link-up play with Drozd saw Fitzpatrick try and thread home from a tight angle, only for the ball to take a handy deflection off Livi’s Cammy MacPherson as it rolled in for 2-0.
It was nothing short of what Thistle deserved following a dominant first half display that saw Livi bring almost nothing to the table, constantly under pressure from the likes of Drozd and Fitzpatrick on the flanks.
Half-Time – Partick Thistle 2 Livingston 0
Livingston manager Glenn Whelan turned to his bench at half time; with Graham Carey hooked in favour of newly signed Dutch import Bradly Van Hoeven.
The change seemed to work, with Livi showing more attacking prowess in the opening ten minutes of the second half than they had in the entire first period. Van Hoeven set up Scott Pittman almost straight from the restart, but Pittman ballooned the chance over the bar.
Not long after, Oisin Smyth was called upon to header away a Van Hoeven corner. The ball was picked up by Babacar Fati, who crossed into the box for an unmarked Robertson but the centre-half headed well wide.
Shortly thereafter the stadium came to its feet in appreciation for Davy Mains, a longtime member of the Partick Thistle family who was a boardroom guest for the game. There was a minute’s applause for Mains in the 46th minute, in tribute of the number 46 given to Mains in the 2015/16 season when he was registered as a squad player, with the Ultras producing their second banner of the night in his honour.
The game turned on its head with the introduction of Ben Stanway on the hour, with last year’s Player of the Year receiving a rousing ovation from the Firhill faithful as he replaced goalscorer Crawford. Eight minutes later, Watt and Henderson came on, with Samuel and Fitzpatrick making way.
Henderson nearly got on the scoresheet instantly, driving a low cross across the face of goal which then hit the back post. Soon after, Lets’osa nipped into space as Thistle broke with a deadly counterattack but a sprawling block denied him his second goal in as many league matches.
With the three points all but secured, the tempo dropped as Logan replaced McPherson for the last 15 minutes. Neither side threatened in the latter stages, as the Jags eased themselves to the final whistle and a vital three points.
Full-Time – Partick Thistle 2 Livingston 0
With a pair of league wins secured, the Jags now get themselves ready for a trip to the capital next Sunday, when they take on Premiership side Hibernian at Easter Road in the Premier Sports Cup Last 16, with a 2pm kick-off.
Teams
Partick Thistle: Liam McFarlane; Paddy Reading, Daniel O’Reilly, Cale Loughrey, Ben McPherson (Cammy Logan, 79’); Robbie Crawford (Ben Stanway, 60’}, Oisin Smyth, Ts’oanelo Lets’osa; Sebastian Drozd, Alex Samuel (Tony Watt, 68’), Aidan Fitzpatrick (Euan Henderson, 68’).
Unused Substitutes: Lewis Budinauckas; Ben Dempsey, Gary Mackay-Steven, Matthew Falconer, Thomas Horn.
Livingston: Jerome Prior; Babacar Fati, Mitchell Robertson (Ryan McGowan, 57’), Brooklyn Kabongolo, Jordan Doherty; Cammy Palmer (Liam Polworth, 57’), Cammy MacPherson (Sam Culbert, 78’), Scott Pittman (Bruce Anderson, 57’); Graham Carey (Bradly Van Hoeven, HT), Robbie Muirhead, Tyrese Sinclair.
Unused Substitutes: Jack Hamilton; Cammy Kerr, Jack Wilkie, Aidan Denholm.
Referee: Dan McFarlane
Attendance: 3,939
By David Forrest
Fri 7 August, 2026
William Hill Championship 
The WrightKerrStadium at Firhill, Glasgow
Thistle go, overnight at least, top of the league after an impressive showing results in a 2-0 win over Livingston.
The scoring comes in the first half with goals from Robbie Crawford and Aidan Fitzpatrick.
Watt is fouled just outside the Livi box.
Man of the Match: Seb Drozd
McFarlane gets a hand to the corner before the referee spots a foul on O'Reilly.
Minimum of 3 minutes added time to be played.
Watt tries to lift the ball over Prior but he can't quite manage the required elevation.
A Sinclair shot goes wide of McFarlane's right hand post.
Safe hands from McFarlane as a long throw comes into the Thistle box.
McFarlane claims a low cross at the edge of his 6 yard box.
Sinclair just for a second get the wrong side of O'Reilly and is clear on goal. O'Reilly is quickly back though and makes an important block.
Watt gets his head to a Henderson free kick but the drops straight to Prior who collects.
Thistle deal with the initial corner but Livi remain on the attack and Thistle goal is under threat until the ball ends up in the arms of McFarlane.
Appeals for a Thistle penalty for handball after Watt's effort from Henderson's corner is blocked by a Livi body.
Loughrey clears and Thistle break. Lets'osa's shot is blocked for a corner.
A Henderson efforts rolls off the inside of the post. It breaks to Lets'osa but he can't hit target.
Sore one for McFarlane as he collides with the post collecting a high ball.
Drozd picks the ball up after Samuel wins an aerial battle. Drozd tests Prior but it is a fairly easy save for the keeper.
Fantastic reception for Ben Stanway who replaces Robbie Crawford who also receive an appreciative reaction.
Fati squares up to Drozd after the Thistle player fouls him.
Drozd turns Fati inside out and is unlucky to see his shot beaten away by Prior.
Anxious spell for Thistle. The ball is worked to the feet of Fati inside the Thistle box. He can't get enough power in his shot and McFarlane makes a comfortable save.
Thistle are nearly caught out by the Livi corner but Van Hoeven sees his shot from the edge of the box blocked,
Loughrey rolls a clever free kick into the feet of Smyth inside the Livi box but his cross is intercepted.
Smyth gets a strong head to Van Hoeven's corner. Livi pick the ball up again deep and when a cross comes into the box Robertson sends a header well wide of goal.
Lets'osa nearly takes the ball away from the feet of Prior but the Livi keeper clears.
Goals early and late in the first half have Thistle two to the good at the break.
The first a sublime flick from Crawford following a great move down the right, the second an effort from a tight angle from Fitzpatrick that somehow found the net.
It's not been all way one traffic. Far from it and Pittman was close for Livi with an effort that clipped the top of the Thistle crossbar.
Minimum of 1 minute additional time to be played.
After Drozd and Fitzpatrick link up from the tightest of angles, and how I'm not quite sure, Fitzpatrick squeezes the ball home.
The referee spots a push as Drozd's corner comes over and Livi have a free kick.
Drozd and Fitzpatrick work a short corner ands Fitzpatrick's drilled cross is turned behind for another corner.
Fitzpatrick slips the ball through to Reading and he is denied a goal by a good stop from Prior.
O'Reilly clears a cross but only as far as Pittman who from the edge of the box sees his shot clip the top of the Thistle crossbar.
Some good defending from Reading halts the progress of Carey but this is a good spell for Livi.
Carey swings the corner into a dangerous area but Thistle clear before Fitzpatrick is fouled at the edge of the Thistle box earning Thistle a free kick.
Crawford's foul on Sinclair earns his a yellow card. Seems a little on the harsh side.
Robertson has his arm round the neck of Samuel as Thistle try and break and it's a Thistle free kick midway inside the Livi half.
Drozd on the left lifts a cross to the back post where Fitzpatrick heads over.
Smyth gets his head ti Fitzpatrick's corner but his header doesn't threaten the Livi goal.
Sinclair and Palmer kind of get in each others way as a cross comes in from the right and Thistle are able to clear.
Thistle are again a threat from the corner and this time it is Fitzpatrick that sees a shot blocked by a defender.
It's a clever corner from Fitzpatrick that finds Reading at the corner of the box but his shot is blocked.
Livi are struggling to cope with Drozd at the moment although this time they do clear his cross.
Drozd is looking in the mood and his effort from the edge of the box goes just wide of Prior's left hand post.
It's a magnificent opener from Thistle. It starts with McPherson who finds Drozd. Drozd twists and turns and picks out McPherson on the overlap. He crosses and it is a sublime flick from Crawford that finds the net.
Carey whips in the corner and Robertson may feel he could have done better than tamely head over the bar.
Livi kick-off. Thistle shooting towards the John Lambie Stand in the first half.
It's the first league match of the season ay The WrightKerr Stadium at Firhill and Livingston are the visitors.
Both sides started the season with wins. While Thistle were beating Morton 1-0, Livingston won 2-0 at home to Queen's Park.
Mark Wilson has made three changes to his starting eleven from the Morton game. In come Seb Drozd, Alex Samuel and Ben McPherson.
There are places among the subs for Ben Dempsey and Ben Stanway.