Partick Thistle Football Club

PARTICK THISTLE 0, AYR UNITED 1

FULL-TIME

90 mins: Into injury time now.

88 mins: Ayr corner.

87 mins: Chris Erskine's overhead kick is wide of goal.

83 mins: Nearly an equaliser. Donnelly rolls the ball into Burns but he hits the body of Samson.

78 mins: GOAL AYR Daniel McKay shows how it is done with an excellent curling shot.

77 mins: Burns' cross is cleared for a Thistle corner.

76 mins: Simon Donnelly collects a lovely through ball. He looks to everything right but his shot creeps wide of the post.

75 mins: Chris Erskine sends a shot wide of target. A rare second half chance for either side.

Crowd: 1,877

68 mins: Kieran Burns comes on for Kris Doolan.

64 mins: David Rowson's shot goes across goal and wide of the far post.

57 mins: Double switch for Thistle. Erskine and Donnelly for Cairney and Grehan.

55 mins: Samson clutches a Conroy free kick at his left hand post.

53 mins: Craig Samson reacts badly as Paul Paton goes for a loose ball. Boos all round as Paton collects a yellow card.

52 mins: Ayr corner.

51 mins: Martin Grehan sets up Kris Doolan and Doolan isn't too far off target with his shot.

50 mins: Ayr have the first corner of the second half.

48 mins: David Rowson creates room for himself but his shot was well off target.

Thistle kick the second half off.

Thistle will be unchanged for the second half.

Same old story. Plenty of chances but no goal.

HALF-TIME

40 mins: Ayr United have a corner.

35 mins: Nice move involving Doolan and Cairney but Grehan can only stab the ball tamely wide of goal.

33 mins: Ayr corner.

31 mins: Thistle keep the pressure on and have another corner. Cleared at the back post.

30 mins: Another a Thistle corner. Conroy again to take it. Headed clear.

28 mins: Thistle's first corner of the afternoon. Ryan Conroy to take it. John Robertson gets his head to the ball but he is stretching to do so and can't direct the ball.

27 mins: Ian Maxwell is short with a back pass and Tuffey has to look sharp to clear.

22 mins: What a ball from Bryan Hodge. Picks out Doolan from fully 35 yards leaving Doolan with just Samson to beat but Doolan sends the ball wide.

2o mins: Ayr corner.

17 mins: Paul Cairney's well struck shot from 25 yards out is just wide of Samson's right hand post.

15 mins: Kris Doolan heads Ryan Conroy's free kick back across goal but there is no touch from a Thistle player.

10 mins: Ayr win a corner on the left hand side. Cleared by John Robertson.

4 mins: Thistle break swiftly from the corner. Kris Doolan gets the better of the Ayr defender and squares to Paul Cairney who can't get any power behind his shot.

3 mins: Ayr win the game's first corner.

2 mins: A snap shot from Kris Doolan from the edge of the box clears the Ayr bar.

0 mins: Ayr kick-off. Thistle will be shooting towards the north stand in the first half.

PRE-MATCH NEWS: It's pretty breezy at Firhill but the sun is shining. Enough of the weather report and on with the team news. In the Thistle side their is a home debut for Martin Grehan who wears the number 9 jersey this afternoon. There is also a start for Kris Doolan. On the bench there is a slot for Kieran Burns who is included in the 16 for the first time for a home game. A fit again Martyn Corrigan also returns to take up a position on the bench.