Partick Thistle Football Club

RAITH ROVERS 1, PARTICK THISTLE 1

FULL-TIME

90mins+: Nearly a Thistle winner. Hodge sets up Doolan but Doolan is too high with his shot.

90 mins+: Casalinuovo heads a Davidson cross over the bar.

90 mins: Kris Doolan shots across the face of the Rovers goal.

87 mins: Magnificent point blank save from Tuffey to deny Casalinuovo a goal.

84 mins: GOAL THISTLEThistle press and win a corner. The ball bobs about and Doolan heads home from close range.

83 mins: RED CARD The numbers are evened up when Mark Campbell is sent off after the linesman spots a clash with Jim Hamilton who is booked.

74 mins: A final Thistle change. Jim Hamilton comes on for David Rowson.

71 mins: It's nearly a second but this time Tuffey blocks Casalinuovo's shot.

67 mins: GOAL ROVERS Rovers corner as the pressure mounts. Sloan swings the ball in and Casalinuovo heads home.

65 mins: Tuffey is well placed to save from Williamson and Raith start to put Thistle under pressure.

64 mins: Casalinuovo is just inches wide with a powerful shot from the edge of the Thistle box.

62 mins: There are no takers for a Tade cross into the Thistle box.

59 mins: Doolan takes advantage of a slip in the Raith defence but Thistle's lack of numbers means no support and his shot is off target.

57 mins: Thistle corner. Paul Cairney goes across to take and Alan Archibald's header drifts wide. Thistle fans starting to show their voices.

56 mins: A second Thistle change. Kris Doolan on for Mark Corcoran.

54 mins: Corcoran flashes a shot wide but Thistle are showing plenty of spirit at the start of the second half.

49 mins: Raith corner. Walker takes but Tuffey grabs the ball.

47 mins: A half chance for Raith but Casalinuovo can't direct his shot on target.

We are back under way.

Thistle make a half-time change with Bryan Hodge coming on for Simon Donnelly.

A call for a qualified SFA referee goes out over the Stark's Park PA system.

With Thistle down to ten men a long second half looks to be in prospect. The inquest into what exactly Buchanan did to merit a red card is sure to be the subject of much after match debate.

HALF-TIME

40 mins: RED CARD Liam Buchanan is sent off in strange circumstances. We assume something off the ball but it is far from clear.

38 mins: Thistle corner but the home defence again have an easy job of clearing.

36 mins: Rovers nearly opened the scoring. Williamson takes the ball round Tuffey but Paul Cairney is on hand to make a timely goal line clearance.

33 mins: Williamson is forced to head behind as Thistle win another corner kick. Still no clear cut opening though and McGurn easily catches this Donnelly corner.

29 mins: Buchanan wins Thistle a corner. Donnelly goes across to take and Raith head clear for another Thistle corner.

24 mins: With Raith's Hill on the ground after a clash with Corcoran Buchanan makes progress towards the Raith goal but can only drag his shot wide of the far post.

20 mins: The pace of Tade on the break takes him past Paton butyinstead of shooting for goal Tade squares the ball and Thistle manage to snuff out the danger.

18 mins: A Buchanan shot is blocked for a Thistle corner.

15 mins: A Paton tackle denies Smith a scoring opportunity but Rovers have a corner. Tade has a free header from that corner but is off balance and heads well wide.

14 mins: Darren Smith tests Jonny Tuffey with a low drive which the Thistle keeper does well to get hold of.

12 mins: Paul Paton wins Thistle a corner.

11 mins: Tade goes down in the box but referee McDermott ignores Raith's appeals for a penalty and Tade is instead booked for diving.

8 mins: Thistle win a corner when an Erskine header from a Donnelly cross takes a deflection but Donnelly's corner is cleared.

6 mins: Raith Rovers win the game's first corner kick. Tuffey punches clear Walker's corner.

0 mins: In near perfect conditions Thistle kick the game off.