Partick Thistle Football Club

There are good days in football and there are bad days in football. This afternoon it was very much the case of the latter for Partick Thistle. Defending an unbeaten home record without a goal conceded Thistle went down to a 2-1 defeat against Raith Rovers.

After the match manager Ian McCall was in no mood to hide from the fact that what we were, on the day, beaten by a better team.

"We are really disappointed to have lost but we have to be clear about one thing. Raith Rovers thoroughly deserved their victory. Over the piece this season the players have done well and there have been very few occasions when we would say that they have let the supporters down. I thought though that today was a day when we let the supporters down."

"Raith Rovers had a clear game plan and they stuck to it and did really well. The thing that troubled me the most was the fact that they were more up for the game than we were. They were very spirited and competed for each and every ball. As I've said they full deserved their victory this afternoon."

"It might have been different had we gone in at half-time 1-0 up and it was a real blow to lose a goal so close to half-time but we have to acknowledge the fact that it would have been a travesty had we gone it at half-time a goal ahead."

"If we have perhaps learnt one lesson from today is that it's not all about playing attractive football to win games. Sometimes you have to battle to win a game of football and that is something that we didn't manage to do this afternoon. If you want to compete at the top end of the league and win titles then you need to win when you don't play well. Dundee by all accounts having been playing that well but they have been grinding out wins and draws."