The Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup
Fri 14 February, 2020. Kick Off: - 19:45
The Energy Check Stadium at Firhill
Supporter Information:
Admission Details:
Adults – £15
Concessions – £10(senior citizens and students)
Under 16s – £5
Thistle’s Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup ties are NOT available on the 2019/20 Partick Thistle season ticket, but season ticket holders are able to add the game to their card.
Tickets will also be on sale ahead of kick off on the night.
Away Support
Raith Rovers supporters will be accommodated in the north end of the Jackie Husband Stand with Raith receiving an initial batch of tickets for pre-sale.
There will be cash gates available on the night for away supporters.
Match Programme v Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers are the Friday night visitors to the Energy Check Stadium at Firhill with a place in the final of the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup at stake.
Our matchday programme for the game will be available for just £3.
Included in the programme will be:
Copies of our matchday programme will be on sale around the Energy Check Stadium at Firhill ahead of kick off.
If you can’t make it along to the game, copies of the programme can be purchased online from our programme supplier, Curtis Sport, here.
PlayerZone v Raith Rovers
As this match is a evening fixture, there is no PlayerZone after the match.
Half-Time Draw
It will be Billy McGhie performing the half-time draw at the Energy Check Stadium at Firhill.
You can buy your draw tickets from our sellers around the ground ahead of the game.
JagZoneLIVE v Raith Rovers
Our audio commentary service, JagZoneLIVE, will be broadcasting live this Friday night as Thistle face off against Raith Rovers with a place in the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup final at stake
Join Michael Max and Christopher Dobie for all the build-up to the game with our commentary which will begin at 7:30pm, 15 minutes ahead of kick-off.
To listen to the broadcast, simply log in to your Jagzone account, click on the audio commentary tab and press the play button on the player.
Jagzone LIVE is only available to Jagzone subscribers so sign up here to listen to the show.
Thistle take on Raith Rovers in the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup tomorrow evening with a slot in the final at stake for both sides. Thistle manager Ian McCall spoke to ptfc.co.uk ahead of what could be a big night for the club.
“It’s an opportunity to get to a national cup final and that doesn’t come along too often. Our club hasn’t won it before and I think Alan Archibald’s team got to a final one year. We’ve reached a couple of semi finals before and when you get to this stage of the competition it’s great. When you get to the semis and the final, you want to go on and win it.
“If we get to the final we’ll probably take 5 or 6 thousand fans to the game and it will give everyone at the club a boost. It’ll be the same for Raith though, they’ll know what it presents. They will be as determined as us to reach the final so we know it’ll be a hard game.”
The gaffer knows that Raith will present a formidable task with the Fife club flying high in League One.
“I know it is different leagues but there is only one place between us if you look at it that way. I’ve got a lot of respect for John McGlynn and what he is doing at Raith. They will be very well organised so it won’t be easy. They’ve got two very experienced strikers who have done a lot in the game so it will be a very tough game.”
With home advantage in the tie, Ian is looking for Thistle to take the initiative in the tie.
“In our last home game against Ayr United we did well and probably should have won the game. We’re at home and the onus is on us to go and win it but Raith will be full of confidence with the league campaign that they have had.”
The manager is under no illusions the influence an appearance in a Cup Final can bring to the entire club.
“If we can get to the final it’ll give everyone at the club a lift, most importantly the supporters. They’ve had a tough couple of years and it would be a day for them to look forward to. We’ve got a big task ahead of us and we hope to use that as a catalyst but it will definitely be a tough game.”
Finally the gaffer updated us with team news.
“We’ve got a few of the new players that are cup tied and we’re still waiting for Zak Rudden to get fit. There will be three or four boys that we hope will go on to be regulars missing so it gives others a chance.”
More exclusive preview interviews with Scott Fox and Thistle assistant manager, Neil Scally, are now available to JagZone subscribers – log in to view.
Jagzone subscribers will also be able to watch extended highlights of the game.
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Thistle saw the opportunity of a place in the final of the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup pass them by this evening as League One side Raith Rovers took a thoroughly merited place in the showpiece final. The Jags fell two goals behind as Kyle Benedictus headed home from a corner with Regan Hendry adding a second after a number of good chances had been missed by the Fifers. Thistle grabbed a goal back but weren’t able to grab the second to force extra time. Ptfc.co.uk spoke to an under the weather, Ian McCall shortly after full time.
“I thought we played well in the first half and we should have scored with a couple of the opportunities we had. They had a set play and scored from it and I felt it was a bit of a travesty that we were getting beat at half time. We changed in the second half and went a bit gung ho, which left us a lot more exposed at the back. Raith had a couple of opportunities before they got a thoroughly merited second goal. We got a goal from Mansell but it was too little too late.”
For the second game in a row, Thistle conceded from a corner and the Jags gaffer was exasperated about his side not learning from set pieces.
“We’ve worked very hard on them this week as we know it is something that opponents have identified as a weakness in us. We brought everyone back to defend them but you’ve got to do your job and we didn’t do that.”
With the cup campaign over, the focus turns to 12 very big Ladbrokes Championship matches, starting next week with the visit of Dunfermline to the Energy Check Stadium at Firhill.
“We’re devasted because we had the chance to give the supporters the opportunity to go and enjoy a cup final and have a good day that they’d hopefully remember for a while. That’s gone now, we’ve got 12 defining games to go in the Ladbrokes Championship. We’ve got to go and win some games to stay in the league.”
Further reaction to today’s game from Alan Archibald and Lewis Mansell will be available to JagZone subscribers this evening – log in to view.
Jagzone subscribers will also be able to watch extended highlights of the game.
For a full list of all the great content you can access from just £5.99 per month as a Jagzone member, click here.
Article Copyright © 2020. Permission to use quotations from this article online is only granted subject to appropriate source credit and hyperlink to ptfc.co.uk.
Fri 14 February, 2020
The Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup 
The Energy Check Stadium at Firhill