Partick Thistle Football Club

PARTICK THISTLE 2, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 2

FULL-TIME

90 mins: Thistle corner. Paton to take. Headed clear. Ball played back in but the whistle goes for what we aren't quite sure.

89 mins: Great challenge from Reid to stop Buchanan in his tracks.

88 mins: Buchanan gatghers a long ball forward but his shot is weak and Hutton saves.

83 mins: Tuffey gets a touch to driven shot from Andrews. Queens corner. Headed off the line. Another Queens corner.

82 mins: Steve Lovell is booked.

80 mins: Double change for Thistle. Buchanan and Erskine on for Corcoran and Donnelly.

78 mins: GOAL QUEENS Queens corner. Robertson heads clear. The ball is returned into the box where Harris gathers and shoots into the corner of the net.

77 mins: Simion Donnelly is booked.

74 mins: John Robertson is forced to head a Holmes effort from fully 40 yards off the line after Tuffey's clearance is collected by the Queens player.

72 mins: Hodge pushes the ball through to Donnelly who sees his shot saved from Hutton. From the corner that follows John Robertson sees his header cleared off the line.

71 mins: Change for Thistle. Bryan Hodge comes on for Stephen McKeown.

70 mins: Thistle corner on the left. Donnelly to take it. Cleared only as far as David Rowson whose shot is deflected for another corner.

65 mins: Lovell shoots towards goal and Corcoran knocks the ball wide.

62 mins: Lovell to take and saved by Hutton. Loose ball breaks to Adams and GOAL THISTLE.

61 mins: PENALTY THISTLE. Mark Corcoran is hauled down by Craig Reid.

56 mins: GOAL QUEENS. The ball breaks into the path of Rocco Quinn who fires past Tuffey.

54 mins: Excellent covering play from Mark Corcoran as Paul Burns breaks clear.

50 mins: A Paul Cairney shot hits the inside of the Queens post and bounces straight into the arms of Hutton.

48 mins: Hutton grabs a flick from Lovell ahead of Simon Donnelly.

47 mins: Queens corner from the right hand side. McLaren to take. Andrews wins the header before a wild shot from Quinn goes over the bar.

Back under way at Firhill.

Crowd: 2766 with 364 away fans.

Thistle have been the better team but hold just a slender lead.

HALF-TIME

43 mins: Alan Archibald is booked.

39 mins: Queens Quinn is booked

37 mins: This time the corner is cleared.

36 mins: Queens corner. McLaren from the left hand side. Andrews getrs his head to and and Tuffey tips the ball over. Another Queens corner.

34 mins: Queens Jordan McMillan is booked.

30 mins: A Paul Cairney shot is pushed away by Hutton as Thistle search for a second goal.

28 mins: A Paton shot from 20 yards out just dips too late.

25 mins: Paul Paton fires over a delightful cross and Mark Corcoran is unlicky to see his header just clear the bar.

19 mins: A McKeown shot is blocked by the hands of Reid. Thistle free kick about 4 yards outside the box. GOAL THISTLE. Doonelly's free kick hits the wall, breaks to Lovell who rattles the post. It breaks to Paul Paton who fires home.

18 mins: McLaren crosses to Weatherston whose shot is blocked allowing Tuffey to grab the ball.

13 mins: Queens win the game's first corner. McLaren goes across to take it. Although Thistle scrmable the ball away the referee brings play back after a fould from Andrews.

7 mins: David Hutton just manages to punch clear a Paton cross ahead of Steve Lovell. Lovell requires treatment and play is held up.

4 mins: Thistle nearly catch Queens on a counter attack but Jamie Adams is tackled in the box.

1 mins: A long range Paul Paton effort is well wide of target.

0 mins: It is Thistle to kick-off and will be shooting towards the away end in the first half.

PRE-MATCH NEWS: Thistle return to action after a fortnight's absence and show one change from the team that started against Airdrie United. John Robertson starting in place of Ian Maxwell. On the bench a fit again Liam Buchanan is included.