Dundee take on Partick Thistle in Glasgow their next Ladbrokes Championship game and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Partick Thistle v Dundee FC
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Championship
DATE: Saturday 21st December 2019
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: The Energy Check Stadium at Firhill
Ticketing Information
Tickets are available now from the Dundee FC Ticket Office (inside Dundee Direct).
Prices are as follows –
Adults – £20
Concessions (Over 65s, students, disabled and carer) – £15
Under 16s – £5
Tickets will be on sale in the Ticket Office until Friday at 5pm.
Dundee fans will be housed in the Jackie Husband Stand. Entry is via Ticket. There will be Ticket booth adjacent to the turnstile.
Tickets for the wheelchair section, situated in the Jackie Husband Stand, will be available to purchase (cash only) on the day from the red disabled access gate.
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1876
STADIUM: The Energy Check Stadium at Firhill
CAPACITY: 10,102
PITCH SIZE: 105m x 68m
MANAGER: Ian McCall
NICKNAMES: The Jags, The Maryhill Magyars
MASCOT: Kingsley
CLUB COLOURS: Red, yellow and black
HONOURS: Scottish Cup winners: 1920/21
Scottish League Cup winners: 1971/72
Scottish League Division Two (second tier) winners: 1896/97,
1899/1900, 1970/71
Scottish League First Division (second tier) winners: 1975/76
2001/02, 2012/13
Scottish League Second Division (third tier) winners: 2000/01
Glasgow Cup winners: 1935, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1981, 1989
RECORD WIN: 16-0 v Royal Albert, Scottish Cup 1st Round, 17/1/1931
CLUB WEBSITE: www.ptfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address for Sat-Nav is Firhill Stadium, 80 Firhill Road, Glasgow, G20 7AL
By Car:
For travel by car, go to AA Route Planner Great Britain. Enter your postcode and then that of Firhill Stadium (G20 7AL). A map detailing the location of the ground is also below. There is free on-street parking on Garscube Road and adjacent streets on route to the stadium
By Train:
There are two main line train stations in Glasgow, Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central and trains from Dundee will arrive at Glasgow Queen Street.
Buchanan Street Underground station is next to Glasgow Queen Street and both Kelvinbridge and St George’s Cross stations are within 15 minutes’ walk of Firhill.
By Bus:
From Glasgow City Centre bus nos. 60, 60A and 61 will take you to Garscube Road, adjacent to Firhill Road.
For further details go to www.firstgroup.com/greaterglasgow
Head to Head v Partick Thistle
LEAGUE: Won 86, Drawn 50, Lost 69
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 8, Drawn 3, Lost 1
LEAGUE CUP: Won 6, Drawn 2, Lost 9
TOTALS: Won 100, Drawn 55, Lost 79
Last Five Dundee v Partick Thistle Meetings
- 19/10/2019 | Home | Championship | Lost 3-1 | 5,010 | McGowan
- 12/5/2018 | Home | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 6,756
- 17/2/2018 | Away | Premiership | Won 2-1 | 4,267 | Murray (2)
- 16/12/2017 | Home | Premiership | Won 3-0 | 5,101 | Moussa (2), O’Hara
- 21/10/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 2-1 | 3,358 | Leitch-Smith
Last Meeting
Dundee lost 3-1 against Partick Thistle at the Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park in October, throwing away all the points from a winning position. The Dee were comfortably on top in the first half and held a deserved half time lead through Paul McGowan’s goal. Thistle reorganised at half time and were unrecognisable in the second half. However, it took a defensive collapse in the last few minutes to let the Jags take the points as they ran in three goals from Kenny Miller, Shea Gordon and Lewis Mansell.
Dundee FC: Hamilton, McGhee, Forster, Meekings (c), Marshall, Byrne (Robertson 60),, Dorrans, McDaid, McGowan (McPake 73), Mackie (Todd 65), Hemmings
Unused subs: Ferrie (gk), Kerr, Todd, Nelson, McPake, Johnson, Robertson.
Goal: McGowan (25).
Partick Thistle: Fox, Willamson, Saunders, McGinty (c), Penrice
Kakay (Harkins 77), O’Ware(Gordon at half time), Bannigan, Cardle, Miller, De Vita (Mansell at half time)
Unused subs: Sneddon (gk), Robson, Palmer, Slater.
Goals: Miller (85), Gordon (88), (Mansell 90+1).
Booked: Bannigan (foul on Hemmings), Saunders (foul on McGowan), Kakay (foul on Robertson).
Attendance: 5,010 (427 away supporters).
Referee: David Munro. Assistants: Paul O’Neill, Craig Macrae.
Partick Thistle’s Season So Far
Partick’s season started with a 1-0 Betfred Cup win over Airdrieonians before travelling to Airdrie’s Excelsior for the next match where they beat Queens Park 2-1, whose Hampden Stadium was undergoing work on its pitch.
A visit to Premiership Hamilton ended 2-2, with Accies taking the bonus point in the shoot out but a 3-2 win over former tenants Clyde was enough to win the group after Hamilton had lost on penalties to Queens Park.
Thistle would go on to reach the Betfred Cup quarters after an impressive 3-2 win over Premiership Ross County but they would exit the competition after a 5-0 defeat at Celtic Park.
However Partick Championship season would start poorly with back to back 3-2 defeats to Ayr and Morton and then a 2-1 loss at home to United and picked up their first point away at Alloa at the end of August.
September started with a 2-0 Challenge Cup win at Montrose but in the league a draw at Arbroath and a 3-0 defeat to Dunfermline at Firhill would cost manager Gary Caldwell his job.
Partick turned to former Jag Ian McCall to take charge and his first match after leaving Ayr was a decent 3-1 win up at Inverness.
McCall’s first game back in Maryhill however was a 1-0 home loss to Queen of the South but the followed that up with a 2-0 win over Connah’s Quay in the Challenge Cup and then a 3-1 winat Dens.
Partick them lost three in a row to Arbroath, United and Ayr before wins over Morton in the league, Stenhousemuir in the Challenge Cup quarters and Penicuik Thistle in the Scottish Cup.
Partick’s league form continues to be erratic as a draw with Alloa and a 5-1 defeat to Dunfermline sent them bottom but subsequent wins over Queen of the South and Inverness have moved them up to eighth.
Top Scorers
PARTICK THISTLE: Miller 9; Gordon 6; Cardle, Cole 4; Saunders, Brannigan, Zanatta 3; De Vita, Palmer, Saunders, Williamson, Robson, Penrice. Mansell, Harkins, Slater, Saunders, Jones 1
DUNDEE: Johnson 7; Hemmings 6; Nelson 4: McDaid, McGowan 3; McGhee 2; Ness, Mackie, Kerr 1
Match Officials
REFEREE: Bobby Madden
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Joe Lawson
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Eddie Ferguson
Match Programme
The Partick Thistle official match programme ‘Matchday’ is a 48 page full colour edition which features two pages on the visitors.
It will be available in and around the ground priced £3 but if you can’t make the game but want a programme, it can be purchased from the Partick Thistle website.
Eating and Drinking at Firhill
The licensed Aitken Suite, at the north end of the Colin Weir Stand is open for hot bar food and refreshments pre-match and away fans and children are both welcome.
Inside the ground there are food kiosks situated around the ground serving a selection of pies, sausage rolls, snacks and hot and cold drinks from McGhees Family Bakers.
The prices are as follows:
Scotch Pie: £2.20
Skinny Scotch Pie: £2.20
Steak & Ale Pie: £2.50
Mr Singh’s Curry Pie: £2.50
Cheesy Bean Pie: £2.20
Jumbo Sausage Roll: £2.00
Hot Drinks: £2.00
Irn Bru / Diet Irn Bru: £2.00
Water / Capri Sun: £1.50
Chocolate: 90p
Crisps: 80p
How To Watch
Fans in the UK can sign up to DeeTV for a monthly fee of £5.99 or an annual fee of £59.99 which will give them access to live audio of Ladbrokes Championship games, full match replays and highlights, behind the scenes content and exclusive interviews.
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DeeTV on Saturday while a shorter highlights package will be available to on Sunday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DeeTV from Wednesday.
