Sun 26 March, 2023
SWPL 1 
Petershill Park
Brownlie (46)
SWPL 1
Sun 26 March, 2023. Kick Off: - 13:00
Petershill Park
🎫 Tickets
Entry for this fixture is via pay at the gate. Cash and card are accepted.
Partick Thistle Men’s Season Ticket holders can gain entry to this fixture for only £5
Adults: £7
Concessions: £5
Mens Season Ticket Holder: £5
U16s: FREE
🎟️ Season Tickets
Season tickets are valid for this match. If you have already purchased your 22/23 season ticket you should have recieved your card.
Season tickets are still on sale priced at the great price of £60 or £40 if you already have a men’s season ticket.
Click HERE to purchase your season ticket
🏟 Stadium
Gates open at 12:15pm for the fixture and entry is through the turnstyles at the car park side of the ground.
🚗 Getting There
Bus:
Firstbus services 10, 24, 27, 88, 89, 89A, 89B and 90 all stop on Springburn Road, a stones throw from Petershill Park.
Train
Springburn and Barnhill are the nearest train stations, both just a 5 minute walk from the stadium. Both are serviced from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level by regular trains.
Car
Plenty of free car parking is available at Petershill Park. The post code for Petershill Park is G21 4DD and the complex can be accessed from Adamswell Street, at the rear of North Glasgow College.
🅿️ Parking
There is parking available for free at Petershill Park. Spectators should use the lower two levels of parking at the stadium.
🌮 Food and 🥤 Drink
The pie stall at Petershill Park will be open before kick off selling a variaty of food and drink. Payment is by cash only.
📺 Live Stream
The match will be streamed on BBC Sport Scotland Online
💻 Live Coverage
Live updates will be available on our Twitter account during the match.
🗣️ Post -Match
After the match we’ll have all the reaction from the Thistle camp on our Twitter and Facebook pages with Full match highlights and interviews on our YouTube Channel.
We’ll also have a full match photo gallery available after the game.
This Sunday 26th March, PTWFC take on Hearts at Petershill Park for a 13:00 kick off.
Thistle come off the back of a historic 1-0 victory against Dundee United in a match that secured our place in the top six of the SWPL. The girls put in an inspiring performance showing great determination to hold on and get the all-important 3 points that claimed their place.
A result here for Brian Graham’s side would be huge as we look to prove ourselves against the top teams in the division and it starts here.
📍Petershill Park
🕐Sun 26th March, 1pm
🎟️Adults: £7 / Cons: £5
🆓Kids Go Free!
🎫Mens ST Holders: £5
💳Pay at gate by cash or card
📺 BBC Sport Scotland
💻Updates on Twitter
💻️Highlights and reaction post match
Hearts have had a good season, picking up 40 points so far in the league from a possible 66.
Sitting in 4th position, they’ve earned their place within the top six as they sit two places and nine points above the jags in 6th. Having just been knocked out of the Scottish cup by Celtic, they’ll be looking to bounce straight back as they return to league competition.
Speaking of the Scottish Cup, the previous match between Hearts and PTWFC ended in a 4-1 victory for the Edinburgh side at Petershill Park following a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes with Clare Docherty picking up the only goal in the match for the Jags. The scoreline did not reflect the performance on the day and the girls are eager to get one back on the Jam Tarts heading into this game.
The match against Dundee United secured what could only have been described as a fantasy a year ago. The girls proved their doubters wrong and secured top six in the SWPL, a brilliant achievement considering the short amount of time the club has been around. Whilst we have achieved our goals and effectively the pressure is off, Brian Graham will certainly not go into these matches without putting up a fight and the manager will almost certainly have other targets as we approach the final ten games.
Cara Henderson scored her eighth goal of the season as she continues to impress in her first campaign in the SWPL1. The goal that secured our spot was a fantastic goal as well with on loan striker Abbie Ferguson, making an impact once again while putting a brilliant ball through for Henderson, who calmly slotted the ball past the United keeper. Brian Graham described the performance as difficult in the “good old Partick Thistle way” as the Jags had several chances that just could not find the back of the net. As well as this, a red card from Dundee United likely should have seen the orange side of Dundee concede more but the single goal at Gussie Park was enough to make history.
On the topic of making history, Abbie Ferguson became the first PTWFC player to receive a call up to the national squad whilst playing at the club as she received her call-up to the Scotland u19s squad. A fine reward for her fantastic form, showing how much she has improved from the start of the season up until now. Hopefully the first of many for our number 22.
Strong followings from the Red and Yellow Army so far this season have really helped our girls. Your support played a big part and helped us secure the top six and now we have our opportunity to bring the fight to some of the best clubs in the country, and that starts at Petershill on Sunday.
Rebecca McGowan and Cheryl McCulloch will likely remain out again for this fixture following their respective injuries against Rangers earlier in the season. Taylor McGlashan made her return to the bench against Dundee United as she continues to improve her fitness following her injury struggles. All our girls are raring to go out and impress against these massive clubs , and it will be up to our management team to select the best squad available as we approach this match against Hearts.
27th February 2022
HEARTS 2
(Anderson, 9′) (Hunter, 20′)
PARTICK THISTLE 4
(Taylor, 10′) (Falconer, 18′) (McCulloch, 47′) (McCann, 88′)
The reward for the outstanding achievement of securing a top six position in only our second season in the top flight is a demanding schedule of 10 further fixtures against the very best in the women’s game in Scotland. The first of those came against Hearts at Petershill Park.
It’s been an excellent season for Hearts, who sit 4th in the table. Twice during the first portion of the league season they defeated Thistle, as well as knocking The Jags out of the Scottish Cup. Each of those three games though had been tight affairs, the Scottish Cup tie going to extra-time, and so it proved to be tight in this game as well.
With Cheryl McCulloch sadly on the injured list, and on commentary duty, there was the welcome sight of longest serving player Taylor McGlashan returning to the side for only her second start of a season in which she has had her own prolonged injury worries. It was testament to McGlashan’s experience and talent that she stepped back into the heart of the Thistle defence as if she had never been away.
And there was no lack of work for McGlashan and her fellow defenders to do as Hearts started the better of the two teams.
Megan Cunningham did well to get a hand to Smith effort from a Timms cross and it took a quite magnificent blocking tackle from Clare Docherty to deny Rennie a chance as Hearts pressed for an early goal.
Gradually though Thistle got into their stride. A Rachel Donaldson shot from the edge of the box went wide of target and an Amy Bulloch free kick was flicked towards goal by Linzi Taylor, but her effort dropped wide for a goal kick despite Taylor’s appeals for a corner kick.
Thistle’s best move of the match involving Taylor, Abbie Ferguson and Imogen Longcake ended with the latter over hitting her cross, but these were encouraging signs for the home side.
There was a fright though for Thistle when Smith picked up the ball at the edge of the box, but her shot looped just over Cunningham’s crossbar.
Thistle’s best chance of a first half goal came with the half-time whistle approaching. Hearts, a little harshly it must be said, were penalised for their keeper collecting what the referee adjudged to be a pass back giving Thistle an indirect free kick inside the box. After a bit of discussion the free kick was tapped to Cara Henderson, but her effort struck the wall and the opportunity was lost.
After a goalless first half it took Hearts next to no time to open the scoring upon the restart. It was a disappointing goal to concede from Thistle’s perspective with Brownlie’s header from a Grant corner squeezing past Cunningham and into the net.
Hearts were close to doubling that lead when a Forsyth shot from outside the box struck the junction of post and crossbar.
It was anything but one way traffic and the longer the game went on the more Thistle pressed for an equaliser, an equaliser that would not have been undeserved. Ferguson came close with an effort from a Henderson cross from the right hand side and McGlashan nearly marked her comeback with a goal when she just failed to connect with a Donaldson free kick at the back post.
The closest though that we came to a Thistle equaliser was a Taylor free kick from just outside the box after a foul on Ferguson. Indeed it remains a mystery just how her free kick didn’t find the back of the net. The ball evaded the defensive wall, beat the keeper all ends up, but struck the inside of the post and stayed out with nobody able to scramble the loose ball home.
Hearts could have added a second as Thistle threw bodies forward in search of an equaliser. Substitute Rood broke clear but was forced wide and was unable to either find the net or a team mate.
The loss of a second goal though would have been incredibly harsh on a Thistle side that showed all the hallmarks of a side more than capable of being highly competitive in the top six before the season’s conclusion.
