William Hill Championship
Sat 30 August, 2025. Kick Off: - 15:00
Wyre Stadium at Firhill, Glasgow
Tickets
Prices:
Adults – £24
Concessions* – £18
Under 18s – £12
Under 16s – £10
Under 12s – £6
*(Over 65s, students, disabled supporters including carer)
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Home fans can also purchase tickets by phoning 0141 579 1971 or by visiting the Firhill Road Executive Offices during office hours.
Raith Rovers 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.
Livestream
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The Aitken Suite
The Aitken Suite, located within the Colin Weir Stand, will be open as a supporters’ bar for this game.
Open to home and away supporters, there will be food on offer with Boss Catering providing the pre-match grub from opening, at 12pm, until 2pm.
The Suite will re-open after the game until 7pm with the PlayerZone taking place shortly after the final whistle.
There will be live football on show in the Suite before and after the game with Middlesbrough v Sheffield United on from 12:30pm and Leeds v Newcastle United at 5:30pm.
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.
PlayerZone
The PlayerZone returns this weekend following our William Hill Championship game against Raith Rovers!
The PlayerZone gives Thistle fans of all ages the chance to meet members of the first team squad for autographs, photos or just a chat.
Anyone wishing to attend should make their way to the Aitken Suite in the Colin Weir Stand after full-time.
The players in attendance this week are:
Logan Chalmers
Paddy Reading
Thistle Taxi
The Thistle Taxi will be at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill in the build-up to Saturday’s game against Raith Rovers 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.
Partick Thistle grabbed all three points in a swashbuckling 3-2 victory over Raith Rovers in the William Hill Scottish Championship at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill on Saturday.
Thistle came into the tie off a superb 3-1 victory away to Ross County last week which saw County manager Don Cowie relieved of his duties in the aftermath.
There were no changes to the side which had triumphed up at Dingwall, but with the added bonus of Kyle Turner on the bench, returning to the matchday line-up after a substantial layoff through injury.
Thistle started hot and heavy, pressing Raith from the get-go, and it wasn’t long before the strategy paid off as the Jags raced into an early lead.
A sumptuous long ball from Ben Stanway found its way to Aidan Fitzpatrick, racing forward into the box. From there Fitzpatrick crossed low into the six yard box, allowing TONY WATT to stretch himself enough and hit home to make it 1-0 after six minutes.
The hard press continued to pay dividends as Mark Wilson’s side doubled their lead six minutes later. The ball found its way to FITZPATRICK in the box, who turned towards goal and drilled a lovely shot past Raith keeper Josh Rae into the far corner of the net for 2-0.
Raith were down, but not out, and soon they would strike back. Paul McMullan was caught by Lee Ashcroft in the box, with referee Peter Stuart blowing his whistle for a spot kick, which was promptly converted by Dylan Easton to reduce the deficit.
Raith eventually restored parity on 35 minutes. After toying with the offside trap multiple times before, McMullan got himself on the end of a ball which flew over the top of the Thistle backline. The angle was deemed to be too tight though for a shot, so he crossed over for Ross Matthews to dispatch home from a few yards out.
The sides went down the tunnel level, a fair outcome considering the chaotic nature of what had unfolded.
Half-Time – Partick Thistle 2 Raith Rovers 2
As the rain continued to pour down in Maryhill, the game became more cagey as both sides tried to take control of the game.
Raith’s Lewis Vaughan would soon pick up a yellow card after coming on. Vaughan went down in the box only to be booked for diving instead by the official who viewed it as an attempt to engineer a second Raith penalty.
Despite the frenetic pace, the goals looked to have dried up until the 74th minute, when the Jags regained the lead. A misplaced pass from the Raith defence was picked up by Fitzpatrick, who was able to square the ball over for LOGAN CHALMERS to hit home at the back post for 3-2.
Despite some late pressure from the Kirkcaldy side, Thistle showed grit and managed to hold their nerve, claiming the three points at the end of a highly entertaining encounter.
Full-Time – Partick Thistle 3 Raith Rovers 2
Partick Thistle now face an extended layoff with next week’s fixture away to Queen’s Park postponed due to international call-ups for Josh Clarke, Ben McPherson and Ts’oanelo Lets’osa. Thistle’s next game sees them return to the Wyre Stadium at Firhill to face Airdrieonians under the lights on Friday the 12th of September.
Partick Thistle; Josh Clarke; Paddy Reading, Lee Ashcroft, Dan O’Reilly, Ben McPherson; Robbie Crawford (Kyle Turner 73’), Ts’oanelo Lets’osa (Luke McBeth 80’), Ben Stanway, Logan Chalmers (Steven Lawless 80’), Aidan Fitzpatrick; Tony Watt (Alex Samuel 62’).
Unused Substitutes: Lewis Budinauckas; Cammy Logan, Zander MacKenzie, Thomas Horn, Matthew Falconer.
Raith Rovers: Josh Rae; Jordan Doherty, Callum Fordyce, Paul Hanlon; Scott Brown (Jack Hamilton 73’), Dylan Easton (Richard Chin 76’), Ross Matthews, Shaun Byrne, Lewis Stevenson; Josh Mullin (Lewis Vaughan 53’), Paul McMullan.
Unused Substitutes: Aidan Glavin; Jai Rowe, Ewan Wilson, Darragh O’Connor, Josh Gentles, Kai Montagu.
Referee: Peter Stuart
Attendance: 3,871
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Sat 30 August, 2025
William Hill Championship 
Wyre Stadium at Firhill, Glasgow
It's a five goal cracker at the Wyre Stadium at Firhill with Thistle, who had lost a two goal lead, securing the win thanks to a Logan Chalmers effort 15 minutes from the end.
Turner robs Rae of the ball but Rae recovers.
Fitzpatrick nearly seals the win but Rae is equal to his shot saving near his left hand post.
Into added time.
A side footed effort from Doherty is just an inch or so wide of Clarke's left hand post.
Man of the Match: Aidan Fitzpatrick
It's all happening as Clarke claws away a Matthews shot before McMullan crashes an effort off the Thistle crossbar.
Samuel looks to be caught late by Rae as both he and the Raith keeper try and get to the ball first. Play continues.
The ball is lifted towards Thistle's back post where Hamilton isn't able to get enough of a touch to direct the ball on target.
It's a poor free kick from Fitzpatrick but the ball remains deep inside the Raith half.
Fitzpatrick is fouled winning Thistle a free kick a few yards in from the touchline on the left.
Chance for McMullan at the corner of the Thistle box but he can do no better than sky a shot high over the crossbar.
Thistle are back in front. Fitzpatrick gathers a misplaced Raith pass inside the box squares to the back post where Chalmers fires home.
Fitzpatrick's corner is cleared.
Kyle Turner getting ready to come on.
A richly deserved yellow card for Vaughan who dives in the box looking for a penalty.
Crowd: 3,871
McMullan tries to bend a shot beyond Clarke but can't get enough, or any, curl on his shot and Thistle have a goal kick.
Chalmers' corner is headed clear.
Vaughan and Brown try and work a short corner routine but it comes to nothing.
O'Reilly is able to get a shot towards goal when the Chalmers corner falls near him but he is off balance and the ball doesn't threaten the Raith goal.
Back underway. No changes from either side.
An entertaining first half finished with the scores level at 2-2.
Thistle built up an early two goal lead but have been pegged back by a Raith side that were good value for their equaliser.
Ashcroft gets on the end of the Fitzpatrick corner and his header goes just over.
Matthews' foul on Crawford can't have been far away from being worthy of a red card.
Thistle clear the corner and try and break through Fitzpatrick who is penalised for a foul near the halfway line.
The game is level once more. McMullan is on the end of a ball over the top of the Thistle defence. It takes the ball round Clarke but looks as if he might find the angle he has far too tight. He manages t0 cross though for Matthews to find the finish inside the 6 yard box.
Easton is lying in a heap in the Thistle box looking for something.
Watt gets his head to a Crawford cross but it is a comfortable save for Rae.
Thistle elect not to go into the box with the free kick and instead work the ball to the right where Raith snuff out any danger.
Thistle free kick wide on the left.
Ashcroft is close to getting a decisive touch to the corner. It drops to Watt who tries to lift the ball back towards the back post but it drifts out for a goal kick.
Nearly a third for Thistle as Rae denies watt. The ball spins towards goal but hits the side netting with some Thistle fans thinking it had dropped in.
Easton makes no mistake as he sends Clarke one way and the ball into the opposite corner.
Ashcroft catches McMullan and Raith have a penalty.
It's two for Thistle. Fitzpatrick the creator of the first is the scorer of the second. He ;picks up the ball inside the box, turns towards goal and drills a shot past Rae into the far corner of the net.
Appeals for a Raith penalty as McMullan goes down under a challenge from Crawford. Referee Stuart isn't interested though.
Chalmers cuts in from the right and his shot from outside the box is just wide of Rae's left hand post.
Great start for Thistle. Fitzpatrick picks up a long ball forward uses his pace to burst into the box and crosses for Watt who at a stretch applies the required finish from inside the 6 yard box.
Frantic pace to the game and Rae does well to push away a Fitzpatrick cross after good play from Lets'osa.
Thistle kick off and are shooting towards the John Lambie Stand in the first half.
There is a familiar look to the Thistle side for today's fixture with Raith Rovers.
Given how well the team played in defeating Ross County seven days ago there is no real surprise that Head Coach Mark Wilson has selected the same starting eleven.
There is a change on the bench with the welcome return from injury of Kyle Turner.