cinch Premiership Play-Off
Fri 17 May, 2024. Kick Off: - 19:45
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Match Information:
Ticketing Information:
Thistle Supporters will be located in the North Stand. Prices for tickets are as follows:
Adult – £24
Senior Citizen (Over 65) – £16
Under 21 – £16
Disabled – Priced as per age group
Under 16 – £10
Under 12 – £6
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There is NO cash gate in operation at Stark’s Park on matchday and we encourage all supporters to purchase tickets online in advance of kick off.
Tickets can be printed off and scanned at the turnstiles or scanned from your smartphone.
Supporters’ Buses:
City Centre Branch:
Pick ups:
Q Club – 16:15
Station Bar – 16:30
For seats call Duncan 07979496154 or e-mail
John Lambie Jordanhill Branch:
Pick ups:
Jordanhill Station – 17:20
Thornwood Bar – 17:25
Prices:
Adults – £22
Concessions – £16
Booking is essential and priority will be given to former members and regulars.
To make a booking contact Iain on 07779668357 or
North-West Branch:
The North-West Branch is now fully booked
Pick ups:
Milngavie Railway Station – 17:15
Esquire House, Anniesland – 17:35
Maryhill Community Central Halls – 17:50
When booking it is essential that you state:
1. Pick-up point and
2. Fare category (Full or concession)
Fares:
Full fare – £22.00
Concessions* – £16.00
Primary School age – Free when accompanied by an adult
* 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.
Rovers Win 4-3 on penalties
Vaughan - Scores (4-3)
Diack - Misses (3-3)
Easton - Scores (3-3)
McMillan - Misses (3-2 Thistle)
Hamilton - Scores (3-2 Thistle)
Graham - Scores (3-1 Thistle)
Turner - Scores (2-1 Thistle)
McBeth - Scores (2-0 Thistle)
Brown - Saved (1-0 Thistle)
Stanway - Scores (1-0 Thistle)
Scores
Thistle free kick inside the Raith half.
One minute additional time.
The corner is cleared before Raith win a free kick at the edge of their own box.
Thistle so close as Milne's deflected shot is saved.
Graham is penalised for a foul inside the box. The ball does end up in the Raith net but the whistle had long since sounded.
An Easton shot is blocked.
Corner goes deep again and is cleared.
Milne can't keep his header down from the Fitzpatrick corner and Raith have a goal kick.
I'm shaking and I'm not sure that is just the chill air that is causing that.
The corner goes deep. A header comes in and drops just wide.
One minute additional time to be played.
Neilson gets a cross in but the flag goes up for offside against Graham.
McMillan is down with cramp.
A Diack shot is deflected and Dabrowski saves.
Dabrowski spills a low Neilson cross and just for a second the ball is loose inside the Raith box but it is cleared before a Thistle player can get to it.
A Stanton shot is blocked.
Vaughan drags a shot wide. His reaction suggests he feels that he could have done better.
Milne is back on.
Harry Milne needs some treatment. He looks fine but will need to leave the field as Thistle have some defending to do.
Neilson isn't far away with a shot with the outside of his foot that looked as if it might sneak in at the corner.
Glorious chance for Graham but he sends it over the bar.
Milne is fouled and Thistle will have a chance to get the ball into the box.
Injury time will be extended a little longer as Robinson receives some treatment.
Minimum of 3 minutes additional time to be played.
The corner goes out for a Thistle goal kick.
Turner's free kick is flicked away from goal and out for a Raith throw.
Raith free kick deep inside the Thistle half.
McBeth has the ball at his feet within sight of goal. There is no Airdrie repeat this time as his effort goes wide.
There's not a lot of quality to the football right now but boy it is tense.
Is somebody grabbing a winner in the time left or do we have 30 more minutes of this to come?
A tame effort from Hamilton trickles wide of Mitchell's left hand post.
Into the final ten minutes. Neither side look remotely like settling for extra-time.
Stanton's shot looks destined for the back of the net but is blocked magnificently by a Thistle defender. Not quite sure who from our vantage point.
Fitzpatrick's corner goes deep and is cleared.
Milne's driven shot is saved by Dabrowski with the ball thumped clear for a Thistle throw.
Shouts, from the Thistle fans behind the goal at any rate, for a tug on Fitzpatrick and a Thistle penalty.
Break in play as Alston receives some treatment.
Brown lets fly from long range. His shot is off target but not by much.
Alston takes the free kick and puts it into a dangerous area but the ball is cleared.
Fitzpatrick is fouled near the left touchline. Plenty of Thistle bodies in the box waiting for the free kick.
Vaughan drags a shot across the face of the Thistle goal and well wide.
A Turner shot has Mitchell scrambling a little but he holds on and saves.
Dabrowski claims the corner.
McMillan's header is pushed over the bar.
This time the corner is cleared without incident. McMillan picks the ball up and he finds Fitzpatrick who rather wastes a chance to test the Raoith defence.
O'Reilly's net bound shot is cleared for another corner.
Stanton picks up the ball midway inside the Thistle half. He is able to advance to near the edge of the box and his shot isn't too far over Mitchell's crossbar.
Brown lifts a shot over the Thistle crossbar.
Graham flicks his head at Fitzpatrick's corner but that takes the ball away from goal and out for a goal kick.
Turner's corner is headed powerfully clear by McBeth.
Back underway. No changes from Thistle at the break.
Tie level at 3-3.
The tie is level once more. Graham's flick is collected by Alston. His first shot is saved but he is there to collect the rebound and slot the ball home. What a play-off semi-final Blair Alston is having.
Minimum of one minute additional time to be played.
On the turn Robinson fizzes a shot wide of goal with Graham just unable to reach as the ball flies past him.
Fitzpatrick sends over a cross but there is nobody in the box to get on the end of it.
Under a bit of pressure, Dabrowski claims Fitzpatrick's corner.
Robinson's shot is deflected wide of goal.
Alston is caught late and looks to be in a bit of pain. He's back on his feet though without the need of further treatment.
Rovers' pressure pays off and they level on the night and nudge ahead on aggregate once more. A cross comes over from the left and Matthews steals in to head home at the back post.
Thistle are being penned in at the moment.
Graham clears the corner.
Chance for Thistle at the free kick but the ball is blocked.
Fitzpatrick is fouled and Thistle have a free kick near the edge of the box on the left in line with the 6 yard box.
Alston takes the free kick. It seems to go through the wall and beats Dabrowski. The tie is level again.
Robinson's shot strikes a hand and Thistle have a free kick in sight of the Raith goal.
Alston has Thistle's first effort on goal. He's a long way out and the shot is always drifting a little wide of goal.
Turner's low corner finds Brown. Hiss shot is blocked and spins into the air. It's knocked on again and Vaughan sends a shot wide of the Thistle goal.
Brown catches McBeth late and is perhaps a shade fortunate not to get the game's first yellow card.
A Robinson run on the counter attack is halted at the edge of the Raith box.
Thistle get the game underway and will shoot towards the home end in the first half.
Kick-off is now just a little under 15 minutes away and the travelling army of Thistle fans are just starting to exercise their vocal chords.
They will be watching a Thistle team that shows three changes from Tuesday night.
In come Stuart Bannigan, Dan O'Reilly and Blair Alston.
Lewis Neilson, Ben Stanway and Kerr McInroy are the three that make way for them.
Remember, as if you needed reminding, Rovers lead by a single goal from the first leg.
If the aggregate score is level after 90 minutes there will be 30 minutes of extra-time and, if still level, penalties to decide which side progresses to next week's Final where either Ross County or St Johnstone lie in wait.