Partick Thistle Football Club

PARTICK THISTLE 1, MORTON 0

FULL-TIME

90 mins+: Corcoran pushes the ball through to Lovell and his shot is deflected for a Thistle corner.

90 mins: The 90 minutes have come and gone. Into injury time now.

88 mins: A great block denies Steve Lovell a chance.

88 mins: Thistle are lucky bnot to be punished for an Ian Maxwell error.

85 mins: Jim McAlister snatches at a shot from 10 yards out and the ball goes well wide.

78 mins: A change for Thistle. Bryan Hodge on for Simon Donnelly.

76 mins: Chris Erskine tried to curl one in at the corner but it goes wide.

74 mins: GOAL THISTLE. Paul Cairney gathers the ball inside the Morton box before drilling a low shot into the corner of the net.

72 mins: Colin Stewart grabs hold of a Paul Paton cross just ahead of Simon Donnelly.

68 mins: A great run from Chris Erskine ends with his cut back for Simon Donnelly being cleared.

66 mins: A second change for Thistle. Chris Erskine coming on for Liam Buchanan.

63 mins: Tuffey saves bravely at the feet of Wake before McAlister sends a shot wide.

57 mins: Mark Corcoran wins Thistle another corner. Donnelly again though from the left this time. LIam Buchanan stoops to get ghis head to it but the ball bounces wide.

56 mins: Thistle corner. Donnelly goes across to the right to take it. It's a poor one though.

47 mins: A great run from Corcoran has the Thistle fans on their feet and there is an almighty scramble in the box before the ball is cleared.

We are back underway at Firhill.

Change for Thistle at half-time with Mark Corcoran coming on for Jamie Adams.

Crowd 2192 (away 418)

HALF-TIME

37 mins: Liam Buchanan picks out Jamie Adams at the back post but Adams shot is too high.

35 mins: Thistle struggling to create much in front of goal.

32 mins: Thistle win a fortunate corner. Donnelly to take it. John Robertson can't quite control the corner as it comes across and the danger is cleared.

24 mins: A great cross by Simon Donnelly is met by the head of Liam Buchanan but the header is straight at Stewart when if it had gone either side of him it surely would have been a goal.

19 mins: Another Morton corner. The near post corner is headed against the post by Paatalu. Morton looking very dangerous.

15 mins: Thistle only just clear the corner but it is another Morton corner. The referee blows for a free kick and a dangerous spell from Morton is over.

15 mins: A Paatalu shot is deflected over the bar by Ian Maxwell. Morton corner.

14 mins: Ball drops to Weatherston 12 yards out and he is denied by an excellent Tuffey save. Morton corner which is punched clear by Tuffey.

12 mins: Free kick for Thistle wide on the left but Morton clear.

11 mins: Paul Cairney sets up Jamie Adams but he is quickly closed down.

7 mins: With Steve Lovell available to his left Liam Buchanan elects to go towards goal himself and is tackled at the edge of the box.

6 mins: Thistle don't clear the corner properly and the ball falls to Brian Wake but he shoots over the bar.

5 mins: Morton win the game's first corner.

0 mins: It will be Thistle to kick-off and will be shooting towards the Morton fans in the first half.

PRE-MATCH NEWS: Ian McCall's first team selection of 2010 shows two changes from the side that drew with Queen of the South on Boxing Day. The injured Stephen McKeown misses out while Mark Corcoran drops to the bench. There are starting places for Ian Maxwell and Liam Buchanan.

If you are not at Firhill and not watching on TV pull up a seat and follow the action from Firhill tonight from the warmth of you fireside. Spare a thought though for this reporter who already has lost the feeling in his fingers and we are still 15 minutes away from kick-off. Expect even more typos than normal!