Match Preview
After an eventful few days we get back to talking about events on the field today with a trip through to East End Park for a fixture with a Dunfermline side that, thanks in no small measure to back to back Fife derby wins against Raith Rovers, are firmly back in a title challenge.
Our own immediate ambitions are a little more modest. Namely to halt a depressing run of 1-0 defeats and record a morale boosting victory before we make an all too welcome return to Firhill.
As always www.ptfc.co.uk caught up with manager Ian McCall for the latest team news.
"There really isn't too much to report with little change from the weekend in terms of player availability. Martyn Corrigan and Greg Shields miss out while Ian Maxwell is struggling after picking up a knock at the weekend. With three games to play in the space of seven days Ian though may not have featured tonight against Dunfermline in any case."
"Ian Maxwell aside then we will be travelling through to Dunfermline with the same squad that we had for Saturday's match with Morton. That means that youngsters Kieran Burns and Ross McGeough are again part of the squad."
"The last three games have been bitterly disappointing for all concerned and it is difficult to find anything new to say. I'm not looking for excuses and I know that the Thistle fans are fed up hearing it, I'm fed up saying it, but each of those three matches could easily have ended up going the other way. If they had then we would also be alongside Dunfermline trying to ensure an exciting finish to the season. It's all been just so very frustrating."
"We go through to Dunfermline tonight though with a positive approach and tonight we simply must take our chances when they come along. The two great chances we created in the second half at Morton were the result of good play so it's not as if we haven't been playing good football at times. The problem has been in taking advantage of that. A fact that everyone, players, coaching staff and supporters, are only too aware of."
Partick Thistle Stats
Current Form - Last Five Games
W D L F A
1 0 4 2 5
Scorers Season 2009/2010
Liam Buchanan 13
Paul Cairney 8
Simon Donnelly 8
Mark Corcoran 4
Bryan Hodge 3
Chris Erskine 3
Steve Lovell 3
Jamie Adams 2
Kris Doolan 2
Jim Hamilton 2
Alan Archibald 1
Paul Paton 1
David Rowson 1
Last Game
Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division
Saturday March 20th 2010
Morton 1, Partick Thistle 0
Dunfermline Stats
Current Form - Last Five Games
W D L F A
4 1 0 10 4
Scorers Season 2009/2010
Andy Kirk 17
Willie Gibson 9
Joe Cardle 7
David Graham 6
Steven Bell 5
Steven McDougall 4
Nick Phinn 4
Graham Bayne 3
Own Goals 3
Gary Mason 2
Callum Woods 2
Alex Burke 1
Neil McGregor 1
Last Game
Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division
Saturday March 20th 2010
Raith Rovers 1, Dunfermline Athletic 2
Last Meeting
Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division
Saturday January 23rd 2010
Partick Thistle 1, Dunfermline Athletic 4
Teams
Thistle: Tuffey, Paton (Erskine), Archibald, Shields, Robertson, Maxwell, Cairney, Rowson, Corcoran, Donnelly (Buchanan), Conroy (Lovell).
Dunfermline: Fleming, Ross, McCann, Bell, McGregor, Dowie, Gibson (Woods), Phinn, McDougall (Cardle), Kirk, Graham.
Scorers
Thistle: Buchanan (87)
Dunfermline: Cardle (48, 71, 82), Woods (83)
Crowd: 2,607
Match Details
Irn-Bru Scottish League First Division
Tuesday March 23rd 2010
Dunfermline Athletic v Partick Thistle
Kick-off: 7:45pm
This evening the Thistle support have been allocated the South East Section of the East End Park Main Stand.
Prices
Prices
Adults: £16
Concessions: £10
Under 12s: £5
Travel
By Supporters Bus
By Car
Car Parking is available in a large car park adjoining the East End of the ground and there are also facilities in various side streets. Multi-storey car parking approximately 10 minutes walk from ground.
By Bus
Buses destined for Kelty, Perth, St. Andrews and Kirkcaldy all pass close to East End Park.
By Train
There is a regular train service from Edinburgh to either Dunfermline Town or Dunfermline Queen Margaret Stations. The ground is a 15 minute walk from either Station.
Other First Division Fixtures
Dundee v Queen of the South
Morton v Raith Rovers
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Airdrie United
Match Officials
Referee: Crawford Allan
Assistant Referees: Brian McGarry and Stuart Stevenson
