Tuesday 28th August, 2012 at 8:53pm
Thistle, tomorrow night take a six game unbeaten start to the season into a Scottish Communities League Cup tie with fellow First Division side Hamilton Accies. It’s a match that Thistle manager Jackie McNamara is very much looking forward to.
“It’s a big game for us and one that both teams will be desperate to win. Get through this round and there is the potential to get a game that would bring in some much needed funds in the next round. I think we would relish a chance to play against a side from the SPL but Hamilton will feel exactly the same.”
“The lads have done really well so far this season and we really want to keep our run going. We’re especially keen to do well in all the cup competitions this season as we suffered some real disappointments in the cups last season, including at Hamilton in the Ramsdens Cup. We lost that game to a dodgy decision late in the game and that was something that we felt aggrieved about.”
The manager, however, will be denied the opportunity to field the same side for the third game running.
“Hugh Murray is suspended after being sent off at Forfar in the last round. It’s a bit of a pain that Hugh won’t be available tomorrow night, especially given the circumstances surrounding the red card which we didn’t think was a red card offence.”
“Elsewhere David Rowson obviously will miss out again and we’ll need to wait on Alan Archibald who was feeling a bit of pain after Saturday’s game. We think he should be okay though. As should Sean Welsh, who took a kick to his foot during Saturday’s game. We took him off on Saturday largely as a precaution as the game was well on the way to being won at that point. That was the reason too that we took Steven Lawless off on Saturday. Steven had been unwell at the start of the week and was starting to feel a little tired. We thought it was the right thing to take him off and keep him fresh for tomorrow’s game and that was part of our thinking with Kris Doolan as well.”
Partick Thistle Stats
Current Form – Last Five Games
W D L F A
5 0 0 14 6
Scorers Season 2012-2013
Kris Doolan 4
Chris Erskine 4
Steven Lawless 3
Stuart Bannigan 2
Christie Elliott 1
Aaron Sinclair 1
Last Game
Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division
Saturday August 25th 2012
Partick Thistle 3, Dumbarton 0
Hamilton Accies Stats
Current Form – Last Five Games
W D L F A
1 1 3 3 5
Scorers Season 2012-2013
Ali Crawford 1
Darian MacKinnon 1
Jon Routledge 1
Last Game
Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division
Saturday August 25th 2012
Cowdenbeath 1, Hamilton Accies 0
Last Meeting
Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division
Saturday May 5th 2012
Hamilton Accies 2, Partick Thistle 2
Teams
Hamilton: Currie, McAlister, Kilday, Gillespie, Mensing, McLaughlin, Routledge, Redmond (Spence), McShane, Kirkpatrick (MacGregor), Longridge (Ryan).
Thistle: Fox, O’Donnell (Rowson), Bannigan, Robertson, Balatoni (Burns), Archibald, Welsh, Paton, Doolan, McGuigan, Erskine.
Scorers
Hamilton: Redmond (25), McShane (30)
Thistle: Bannigan (34), Welsh (43)
Crowd: 1,978
Match Details
Scottish Communities League Cup Second Round
Hamilton Accies v Partick Thistle
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Directions to New Douglas Park
Prices
Adults £12
Concessions £6
Match Officials
Referee: Stevie O’Reilly
Assistant Referees: Brian McGarry and Raymond White
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson
Other Fixtures
Scottish Communities League Cup Second Round
Livingston v Dumbarton
Ross County v Raith Rovers
Kilmarnock v Stenhousemuir
Queen of the South v Hibernian
Dunfermline Athletic v Montrose
