Stewart’s strike secures three points for Dundee and sends Partick bottom
SCOTLAND’S youngest Member of Parliament Mhairi Black marked her 21st birthday with a visit to Firhill for yesterday’s clash with Dundee.
However, there was precious little to celebrate for the Partick Thistle supporters who joined the young SNP firebrand in the crowd as the Jags slipped to the bottom of the league after drawing yet another blank.
Thistle have now failed to find the target in seven of their eight matches this season, with a first victory of the new campaign still eluding them.
Alan Archibald’s men only had themselves to blame, hitting the woodwork three times and passing up a host of gilt-edged opportunities.
They controlled the majority of the match, only to be undone 13 minutes from the end, when the ever-improving Greg Stewart netted a sensational breakaway goal to claim all three points for the visitors.
It is now 11 games without a victory for the Maryhill outfit, who were left propping up the table after Kilmarnock defeated Dundee United at Tannadice.
‘I thought we created enough chances to win one or two games,’ said frustrated Thistle boss Archibald afterwards.
‘It was hard to see us hitting the woodwork three times and creating so many chances.
‘I think a bit of nervousness creeps in at the end as we went all out attack to win the game and they picked us off.’
Despite their lack of goals during the early weeks of the season there was certainly no shortage of confidence from Thistle as they stroked the ball around almost at will in the early stages.
Kris Doolan, the scorer of the only two goals they have mustered this term, went close to taking his tally to three midway through the first half when he almost broke the crossbar with an overhead kick.