Buddies land on cloud nine
MIRREN MATCHES AS THEY WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME Thompson double and Newton strike floors Jags
Star Saint:
Steven
Thompson
The striker earns the nomination not just for his two goals but also for another tireless shift up front.
Match Facts
Score Partick Thistle 0 St Mirren 3
Scorers Thompson (16, 90+3), Newton (72)
Bookings Naismith (10), O’Donnell (15, 70), Goodwin (68) Red Carded O’Donnell (70)
Referee John Beaton
Attendance 4,946
Teams Partick Thistle: (4-2-3-1): Fox, O’Donnell, Taylor-Sinclair, Balatoni, Craigen, Bannigan (Muirhead 75), Doolan, Lawless (Forbes 66), Piccolo (Elliott 59), Osbourne, Higginbotham. Subs not used: Gallacher, McMillan, Baird, Kerr.
St Mirren: (4-1-3-1-1): Kello, Naismith (van Zanten 66), McAusland, Newton, Kelly, Goodwin (Harkins 80), McGregor, McGinn, Thompson, McGowan (Grainger 85), McLean. Subs not used: Cornell, Reilly, Bhoken, Caprice. to continue.
David van Zanten replaced the injured Naismith after 66 minutes, before Goodwin entered the notebook two minutes later for a foul on TaylorSinclair.
O’Donnell was sent for an early bath after 70 minutes, manhandling McGinn as he burst forward, earning the rightback his second caution of the day, followed by red.
Saints, though, made it 2-0, after 72 minutes, when Newton latched on to
McGowan’s threaded pass and slipped the ball under the onrushing Fox.
McGinn flicked a shot wide after the youngster picked up Newton’s cross from the right, before Danny Grainger replaced McGowan, with five minutes remaining.
Into injury time, and Thompson made it 3-0, latching on to Grainger’s pass, while Osbourne slipped at the crucial moment, allowing the Saints striker the time and space to pick his spot from 14 yards.