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 Partick Thistle v Dunfermline Athletic - Live Updates

Saturday 19th September 2009

PARTICK THISTLE 2, DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC 0

FULL-TIME

90mins+: A Phinn shot takes a touch for a Dunfermline corner but Thistle are easing their way to victory.

87 mins: Andy Dowie is booked for a foul on Corcoran.

85 mins: Dunfermline corner.

80 mins: Simon Donnelly is replaced to a tremendous ovation by Jim Hamilton.

79 mins: Woods fires towards goal but his shot is straight at Tuffey.

76 mins: A second change for Thistle. Boyle comes on for Erskine.

76 mins: Callum Woods is booked.

75 mins: Excellent tackle from John Robertson to clear a dangerous cross.

74 mins: Joe Cardle cuts inside but his shot is too high.

69 mins: GOAL THISTLE. A Cairney shot is saved by Fleming but Donnelly is on hand to nod the ball home.

65 mins: Thistle corner. On the left this time but Hodge again takes.

63 mins: An Archibald cross is cleared for a Thistle corner. Hodhe again takes and it nearly breaks to Ian Maxwell but Dunfermline clear.

62 mins: Fleming grabs a Donnelly lob right on his goal line.

61 mins: Corcoran's first involvement in the game is to very nearly beat Fleming to a headed pass back.

60 mins: Thistle's first change. Mark Corcoran comes on for Kris Doolan.

59 mins: Thistle corner. Hodge takes and although Maxwell gets his head to the ball it is a long way off target.

57 mins: Burke shoots from 25 yards and Tuffey produces an excellent save to tip the ball over the bar.

52 mins: Fleming beats Donnelly to a Bryan Hodge through ball.

50 mins: Bayne is able to get his head to a cross from the left but Tuffey is well placed and makes an easy save.

We're back under way at Firhill.

HALF-TIME

45 mins: A great Paton cross finds Doolan but under pressure Kris can't direct his header on target.

44 mins: A third Dunfermline corner in quick succession which Thistle only half clear. Dunfermline are pressing ahead of the half-time whistle.

42 mins: A Kirk effort from a Muirhead cross strikes the Thistle bar with Tuffey beaten.

38 mins: GOAL THISTLE. Paul Cairney collects a misdirected pass back, takes the ball round Fleming and plants the ball in the net.

37 mins: Simon Donnelly gets his head to a Paul Paton cross but can't get the ball on target.

32 mins: Bryan Hodge shoots from 30 yards but his shot always looks like finishing off target.

29 mins: Kris Doolan is fouled just a few yards outside the box. Four Thistle players stand over the ball. Donnelly takes it but his effort is too high.

27 mins: Just for a second a Bryan Hodge cross looks as if it might beat Fleming and end up in the net but it drifts wide of goal.

25 mins: Callum Woods tries a shot from distance but it is well over the bar.

21 mins: A Chris Erskine pass nearly plays in Kris Doolan.

20 mins: It's an even if a little untidy game so far with Paul Cairney at the heart at most of the better Thistle moves.

14 mins: Dunfermline win the game's first corner but Thistle eventually clear it.

13 mins: Paul Cairney turns at the edge of the box but Greg Fleming is equal to his shot and makes a save.

1 mins: Paul Cairney stumbles at the edge of the box but still manages to find Simon Donnelly and Donnelly isn't too far off target with his shot from the edge of the box.

0 mins: Dunfermline kick the game off.