Dundee take on Partick Thistle at the Energy Check Stadium at Firhill on Saturday and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Partick Thistle v Dundee
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Premiership
DATE: Saturday 21st October 2017
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Energy Check Stadium at Firhill
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1876
STADIUM: Energy Check Stadium at Firhill
CAPACITY: 10,102
PITCH SIZE: 105m x 68m
MANAGER: Alan Archibald
CHAIRMAN: David Beattie
NICKNAMES: The Jags, The Maryhill Magyars
MASCOTS: Kingsley
CLUB COLOURS: Red, yellow and black
HONOURS: Scottish Cup winners: 1920/21
Scottish League Cup: 1971/72
Scottish League Division Two (second tier): 1896/97, 1899/1900,
1970/71
Scottish League First Division (second tier): 1975/76, 2001/02,
2012/13
Scottish League Second Division (third tier): 2000/01
Glasgow Cup: 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
Match Officials
REFEREE: Euan Anderson
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Jordon Stokoe
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Andrew McWilliam
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Greg Aitken
Head to Head v Partick Thistle
LEAGUE: Won 84, Drawn 50, Lost 66
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 8, Drawn 3, Lost 1
LEAGUE CUP: Won 6, Drawn 2, Lost 9
TOTALS: Won 98, Drawn 55, Lost 76
Last Five Dundee v Partick Thistle Meetings
1/3/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 5,326
28/12/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 3,758
26/10/2016 | Home | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 4,783
23/4/2016 | Away | Premiership | Won 2-1 | 2,769 | Hemmings (2)
16/1/2016 | Away | Premiership | Won 4-2 | 3,222 | Hemmings, Harkins (2), Stewart
Last Meeting
Dundee couldn’t sustain their recent fine form and went down to a 1-0 defeat by Partick Thistle at Dens Park last March. The visitors had the edge in a poor game, which they won through an unfortunate first half own goal by Julen Etxabeguren. The Basque defender had a miserable night, being stretchered off in the second half. The Dark Blues might have grabbed a point in a late flurry of pressure, but over the full match they could have no complaints about the outcome.
Dundee FC: Bain, Kerr, Etxabeguren (Gadzhalov 68), O’Dea (c), Holt, O’Hara, McGowan, Vincent, Wighton (Williams 68) Ojamaa (El Bakhtaoui 64), Haber
Unused subs: Gourlay (gk), Hateley, Ross, Gomis
Partick Thistle: Cerny, Keown, Devine, Lindsay, Elliott, Edwards, Osman, Barton, Booth, Doolan (Azeez 85), Erskine (Lawless 76)
Unused subs: Ridgers (gk), Amoo, Nisbet, McCarthy.
Goals: Etxabeguren og (29).
Booked: Barton (foul on McGowan), Erskine (kicking the ball away).
Attendance: 5,328 (362 aways fans).
Referee: John Beaton. Assistants: Dougie Potter, Joseph Lawson. Fourth official: David Lowe
Partick Thistle’s Season So Far
Partick’s opened their season with a 1-1 draw in the Betfred Cup and despite losing the bonus point, recovered to qualify from their section with wins against St Mirren, Airdrie and Stranraer, with the 5-0 home with over The Buddies looking particularly impressive.
An excellent 3-0 win in Perth in the second round set up a quarter-final tie with Rangers and after the match to extra time with an injury time equaliser, their Glasgow neighbours finally progressed with a 3-1 win.
Partick couldn’t replicate their League Cup form in the Premiership and sit bottom with just three points from three draws with Ross County, Rangers and Hearts. The Jags’ league campaign started with a 3-1 defeat to newly promoted Hibernian at Easter Road and it took them until September to pick up their first points.
However draws at Firhill against Hearts and Rangers with have given Thistle some hope but they go into the Dundee match with a disappointing 2-0 home defeat to Kilmarnock who had been propping up the Premiership with Partick.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 6; El Bahktaoui 4; Hendry, Leitch-Smith, Waddell 2
PARTICK THISTLE: Spittal 6; Erskine 5; Doolan 4; Lawless 3
Ticketing Information
Dundee fans will seated in the Colin Weir Stand and the match is pay at the gate with cash only facilities.
The prices for the match are as follows:
Adults – £22
Concessions (Over 65s, students, disabled and carer) – £15
Under 16s – £5
Disabled supporters qualify for a concession rate and you receive a free ticket for your nominated carer. Tickets for the wheelchair section, situated in the Colin Weir Stand, will be available to purchase (cash only) on the day from the red disabled access gate.
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
Match Programme
The Partick Thistle official match programme ‘Matchday’ will be available in and around the ground priced £3.
If you can’t make the game but want a programme, it can be purchased from the Partick Thistle website.
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on Saturday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to view 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 Thursday.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game
