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00:00Thanks again Jonathan, we're hoping for a spectacle, not quite got it just yet, plenty of niggle, plenty of fouls, few goal mouth incidents, certainly no goals, hoping for a little bit more of a spark in this second half.
00:30Certainly the fans are doing their bits.
00:36So Air United will get us back underway.
00:48Jamie Murphy rolls it back to Scott McMahon who fires it long.
01:02Almost a carbon copy opening to the first period there without the head clash thankfully.
01:12I was just thinking the exact same thing as he got launched down there and you're almost grimacing thinking please not again.
01:24What a great wee VT with Brian Graham there at half time, got saved by the state of his front garden, he'll not be getting employed as the groundsman here any time soon.
01:34Too many jobs anyway.
01:40I want to say that when that was filmed it was too early in the year to be cutting your grass.
01:56Just giving it a wee out there.
02:12Fair old burst of pace there.
02:16No free kick.
02:22Nor there.
02:24Referee left the whistle in the dressing room perhaps.
02:28Saden puts Patrick, comes forward for Thistle.
02:31Good ball.
02:33Lawless.
02:34We're going to bring it under control back to Megua.
02:40Just lost the momentum there.
02:42Yeah, Bannigan couldn't get onto that.
02:44O'Reilly still has it though.
02:45And Bannigan slipping and...
02:47Freaking goes here United's way.
02:52Sent off on his last appearance here.
02:58What a great one, oopsie!
03:03Do everything!
03:09All that's good at all.
03:12I want to bet you can take a right way right now.
03:18I want to bet you can take it straight to me.
03:231-2 artık well and I want to.
03:25George Clarke to file this one forward.
03:33Both rises.
03:55McAllister certainly hope there is no ill effects following the head clash earlier on.
04:08He did get through the quarter-final of the playoffs last season, beating Airdrie,
04:30but succumbed to Wraith Rovers in the semis.
04:34Wraith Rovers going on to be quite comfortably beaten in the end by Ross County,
04:40as Thistle fans again object to David Dickinson's decision-making.
04:51I mean, you can understand, when you actually look at that, I'm not sure,
04:55I'm genuinely not sure whether Stephen Lawless does anything to constitute a foul.
05:02You look at it and you think, is it one of those where he sort of edges his way in and foots his hip in some?
05:08I don't think it was that at all.
05:10Turned up for Lawless and now Graham.
05:18Turned up again. Good play. Looking for Fitzpatrick.
05:22There's O'Reilly in support. It's a good challenge by McLennan.
05:34Always picks up again though. Graham onside.
05:38This will try to keep the pressure on here, it's Megua. Turned up, close down, well by Oakley.
05:44Just want to see Megua, there's been a couple of occasions, there's another one where, drop the shoulder, go and try and take the player on.
05:54Too quick and comfortable with playing it away from goal.
06:00Almost putting his side under unnecessary pressure.
06:06Manigan lifts it forwards. O'Reilly trying to help it out if it's Patrick.
06:08McMahon though turns it back to Clarke who clears.
06:10Good touch. Yeah.
06:12Good pass as well, here's Reuss driving into the area.
06:16almost putting his side under
06:19unnecessary pressure
06:21Mannigan
06:25lifts it forwards
06:26O'Reilly trying to help it out to Fitzpatrick
06:29McMahon though turns it back to Clark
06:32who clears
06:32good touch
06:35good pass as well
06:38and here's Roos
06:39driving into the area
06:41just couldn't pick out Murphy at the back post
06:44who's the only one he had to aim for
06:47but he's disappointed with himself
06:50yeah and you can understand why but
06:51you look at this as a great bit of play from Oakley
06:54brilliant touch
06:56plays it in the path for Roos
06:58but you can see as he's driving forward
07:00it starts to bobble around
07:01makes it more difficult to get that ball whipped in
07:04guys we're talking in the studio
07:17at half time whether the headband would be off
07:19and it would appear so
07:21Jonathan's
07:26guessing as to what was under it was
07:30bizarre
07:32probably his forehead
07:34that's exactly what I was thinking
07:35just to confirm
07:46there's Murphy
07:51hoisting it forwards
07:53forehead of Ashcroft
07:57meeting that one
07:58it's the break of the ball
08:13he's still going
08:28now he's got a free kick
08:29that's what happens when you
08:32try to be a bit more positive Michael
08:34exactly
08:36in that first half
08:40I remember a few occasions where
08:42just 30 yards from the byline
08:45type thing and
08:45throwing balls in or cutting back
08:48in this occasion he's got plenty
08:50bodies round him but
08:51as you said
08:52positive, direct
08:53looking to go and take them on
08:55and
08:57thoroughly deserves to get that free kick
09:00Turner and Fitzpatrick both over this free kick
09:07Brian Graham will be the principal target
09:11you'd have thought
09:12as Fitzpatrick moves away
09:14Turner's delivery
09:17it's Ashcroft who was closest to it for Thistle
09:20but it was a near United head
09:21they've got it
09:21half clear
09:23Fitzpatrick just
09:26shows way too much of that to Mackenzie
09:28who's
09:28able to shepherd it out of play
09:30good strength from him
09:32yeah it was good defending from Mackenzie
09:35there's a guy in your picture who
09:38you know for a number of years
09:40clearly got lots of ability
09:44a bit frustrating because with that ability
09:48you want him to go and
09:49change games and
09:51turn it on its head
09:53but
09:54I think
09:55you know the last season or so in particular
09:58it just hasn't done it enough
09:59and when you get to
10:04the latter stages
10:05and in the playoffs in particular
10:07you need the likes of
10:08Aidan Fitzpatrick to
10:10step up to the plate and deliver
10:11and if he does then
10:13you know
10:14Patrick Thistle
10:14stand a genuine chance of
10:18being able to
10:19navigate their way back to the top flight
10:21but they need the likes of him to
10:22to come up with big moments
10:24here's McLennan looking to provide one for
10:27Air United
10:27it's a good ball
10:28and there's the goal
10:29and it's Jamie Murphy
10:32who sneaks into the front post
10:35on the end of McLennan's excellent cross
10:38to spark Bedlam in the away end
10:41a fabulous finish from Jamie Murphy
10:43to give Air United the advantage
10:46well
10:49talk about big moments
10:51Jamie Murphy has just delivered one there
10:55but it's the delivery from wide
10:57Conor McLennan puts in a brilliant ball
11:00that allows Jamie Murphy to go and attack that
11:03look at the space though for McLennan
11:05as he comes out
11:06O'Reilly's too slow to get out
11:08he's doing nothing there
11:10absolutely nothing
11:11great run from Murphy across the face
11:13that ball whipped in at the near post
11:17great quality and that header
11:20fantastic from Murphy
11:21Lee Ashcroft at the near post
11:25just doesn't see the run coming
11:27on his blind side
11:29across the face of him
11:30and David Mitchell has no chance on the goal
11:33it's a wonderful goal from Air United
11:35the first real moment of quality
11:39I can remember from here
11:41and it's ended up in the back of the net
11:43Jamie Murphy rolling back the years
11:48they are not renowned necessarily
11:49for his heading ability
11:51but the run across the defender
11:53to the near post
11:54using all his experience there
11:56and the cross really put on a plate for him
12:00and Air United have what feels like
12:03a really big goal
12:04in the first leg of this quarterfinal
12:06but as that ball's going out to Conor McLennan
12:08Dan O'Reilly has got to be on his bike
12:11he's got to get out there quicker
12:13get in the face of Conor McLennan
12:15and make sure he can't lift his head
12:17and deliver that
12:18he just ambled out
12:19it was too easy
12:26Martin Thyssen looking for a response here
12:29and Luke the likelier of the sides
12:33if there was such a thing
12:35to get the goal
12:36but they find themselves behind
12:38there's Fitzpatrick
12:54looking for Graham just clipped it to
13:00far beyond the striker
13:02but it's quite good defender again
13:05I think it's McKenzie over on that far side
13:07he just manoeuvres
13:10Brian Graham out of the way
13:13and allows the ball to be able to drift through
13:14he'll be absolutely over the moon
13:20spoke about obviously wanting to get the game back to Somerset
13:23and be in the tie
13:24going truly in the tie
13:28right now
13:28commanding it at the moment with that score line
13:32no need to panic though
13:38it is only the one goal
13:39I'm sure
13:40Mark Wilson will be trying to hammer home that point
13:44to the players
13:45to just keep their wits about them
13:48just signalling for
13:50going to be substitutes to come back
13:53and it was Terry Avlady who's
13:54getting the call
13:56came up with a massive moment
13:59a couple of games back
14:02that winner against Falkirk in the 98th minute
14:05going to be called the pawn
14:11just shortly
14:32picked up by Dempsey
14:57McKenzie forced out the right
15:01well they need to watch it
15:16it's done well again
15:17against the right
15:18that's a couple of times
15:19it's going right up against the
15:22defender and
15:24beating him in the air
15:25there's McBeth
15:32driving away from the goal scorer
15:35Murphy
15:35good play from McBeth
15:40he was under a fair bit of pressure
15:41there
15:41MC the man penalised for that challenge
15:53on Crawford
15:54who is about to be replaced
15:57fear of the home support
16:08questioning
16:09why the card was not being
16:11brought out of David Nickerson's pocket
16:14there
16:14he was under a fair bit of pressure
16:28Crawford only now realising
16:29that he is the man who's going to make way
16:30for Terry Avlady
16:32his goal against Falkirk to win it
16:37it was just the second of his thistle career
16:40having moved in the summer on loan from Fulham
16:43can they make a similar impact to a couple of weeks back
16:50turner's taking it short to Lawless
16:59against Murphy here
17:01Slumwell
17:03Lawless gets another bite at it
17:05header comes in for McBeth
17:07Lawside flags up but Clark had denied him anyway
17:10yeah he gets down and gets a strong hand on it
17:16obviously it doesn't matter in the end
17:17but
17:17Lawless is
17:20whipped in a really good ball at the second
17:23time of asking there
17:25you can see McBeth he was offside
17:28he just wasn't able to get back
17:29onto an onside position
17:30good header
17:33good save
17:34Mark Olsen needs to
17:37you know I was talking before about Fitzpatrick
17:39over on this near side
17:40but
17:41the likes of Lawless as well
17:44you know he's got the ability
17:45he's got the quality to
17:46open teams up
17:47but he needs to get involved in the game
17:49more
17:49he's not been able to
17:50really influence it too much
17:52really influenced it too much
17:52missing the likes of Logan Chalmers
17:59this evening
18:01he was injured in that fall court game
18:04and the squad is looking a little bit light
18:09at the moment
18:10as it is you would have to say in terms of the numbers
18:13but
18:14here they come forward
18:16it's McLennan
18:17who created the opening goal
18:19he's trying to score the second himself there
18:21but he's crowded out in the end
18:23there's a bloody
18:26he's got a good first touch
18:28but he's just taking it too far away
18:30he got there in front of Agbert
18:38but just
18:38a little bit too heavy with the touch
18:42he knew himself
18:44might be quick
18:45but it wasn't that quick
18:46forward from Watshup
19:10with a stretch to cut that one out
19:13Ashcroft gets it out to O'Reilly
19:17helps it on
19:18O'Reilly's ball finds Graeme
19:29tries to reverse it
19:31just a little in a hurry
19:37I want to
19:42go down to some will say
19:44at worst
19:45level terms
20:01he's looking for options as well
20:26tries to clip it over the top
20:27for Ablade but McMahon read it well
20:30Murphy feeds it forward into an area
20:33but
20:34even someone as fleet of foot
20:36as Conor McLennan's not going to get there
20:38launched by Mitchell
20:44McMahon gets the better of Ablade
20:47Banning in though
20:47picks up the second ball
20:49and finds O'Reilly
20:51now it's Fitzpatrick
20:52come all the way through
20:57to Meguat
20:58sends it back in
21:01O'Reilly keeps it alive
21:04but Graeme couldn't bring it down
21:05frustration growing in the home support
21:13Agder's just gone down now
21:14we've seen just before there
21:18with Fitzpatrick
21:19just sizing up
21:20Dylan Watter
21:22doesn't always need to go and beat the opponent
21:24because he's got two great feet
21:26he whips one in with the left
21:27just a little bit too high
21:28but
21:28that's what they need
21:30they need those wide players
21:33to really go and affect it
21:34I don't think the
21:44injury tag bear happened
21:46in that moment
21:46I think he'd been keen to get treatment
21:48just shortly before that
21:50he'd be more than happy to take this scoreline down the road wouldn't he
22:05absolutely
22:06100%
22:07of course he would away from home
22:10in the playoffs
22:11taking a lead
22:13home with you
22:14he'd be over the moon
22:16looking for a first win in six years
22:32see you
22:33close here
22:34close here
22:38go
22:39go
22:41go
22:41go
22:41.
23:06forward from Reading, Oakley, got a hold off Macbeth, such a great striker, a holding
23:16player, bringing his teammates into play, George Oakley, Murphy now, Reading forward
23:32again, does get its way through to Murphy, Macbeth trotting back around to presumably rejoin
23:40the free shot there, there he is, Maclennan,
24:02Dempsey for Wartritt, young man who appears to have a very bright future in the game, running
24:12out to Murphy once more, slips it to Dempsey, Murphy, and was blocked by Macbeth, and Bruce
24:27can't get beyond O'Reilly, 5,250 inside Fairhill for this one, minority enjoying what they're
24:43seeing so far and almost enjoying it that bit more as Connor Maclennan lashes it past the post.
24:49Sorry, I was just going to say, that would have been an absolutely brilliant goal from
24:53Ayr, lovely bit of play, running off the ball there from Maclennan, laid in his path and
24:58he gets the strike away really quickly, right behind us and just cuts across it slightly,
25:04wondered whether it was going to nestle in the near side there, but just a couple of moments
25:10there from Ayr, previous to that as well, where they were starting to get a bit of control
25:15there, a bit of quality working up towards the edge of the box, they've not had a great
25:22degree of that in the game so far, and to be sitting 1-0 up and looking like they're grown
25:28into this, manager Scott Brown will be pretty happy, although concerned here obviously with
25:35another one of his players going down, Marco Roos this occasion.
25:40Ethan Walker is stripped and ready to come on, whether it's for Roos or another United player,
25:49remains to be seen.
25:55Sounds like it is going to be Roos who makes way, they can ill afford to lose any more players, so
26:03perhaps by taking Roos off now, ensures that he's available for Friday, and Ethan Walker
26:11who came on to score the late equaliser against Walker and then was sent off.
26:21Certainly a player who can make an impact, there's 20 minutes to do that here this evening.
26:33Riley, to Obladi, tries to nod it down to Graham, just over him, there is Walker, can't get
26:48Bjorn Banning in though and that allows Fitzpatrick to pick up Lawless, tries a little flick but
26:53doesn't quite come off.
26:57The difficulty for Patrick Thistle is that we're here United getting their noses in front, they're
27:02quite happy just to sit in that back five, make it difficult to break them down and
27:08and wait for potentially Patrick to overcommit.
27:12No free kick there, throw and tear United instead.
27:18He's the man who's made the difference tonight, Jamie Murphy.
27:30Seems like only yesterday was coming through the ranks at Motherwool, which perhaps says more about
27:34my advancing years than anything else.
27:38This club has just two of their last
27:4011 matches with the
27:43and the next, the next, the next, the next, the next, the next, the next, the next.
27:45They've lost just two of their last 11 matches.
28:09Goes to the bottom two, Erdrianakis.
28:17Certainly looking to avoid defeat tonight to give themselves a chance
28:22of progressing to take on Livingston in the semis.
28:28It just hasn't really happened for them this evening.
28:39It's a plea.
29:04The problem for Hardik Dissel as well, you look at that bench, Michael,
29:18they've already brought a bloody on.
29:21You wouldn't exactly say there are many other game-changers, if you like,
29:27on there to come on in and try and make that difference.
29:32Obviously the only other one that you'd be looking at would be Stanwy.
29:37He's still a fairly young guy, but he's got quality.
29:42But you're looking at how would you potentially incorporate him into the team
29:45and who you're going to be taking off to get him into an area of the park
29:48that can really affect it.
29:50Well, Thistle unhappy because they felt it was offside, which he probably was,
30:03but because he didn't go and try and play it, and Ashcroft did, the linesman didn't raise its flag.
30:08I can talk to you all day long about interfering on offsides.
30:18Oh, we'll do that another time, shall we?
30:20Yeah, I think so.
30:23And the reaction of the park that Thistle finds it could tell you it's subjective.
30:27Vladdy's done well initially then, runs into trouble, and Graham can't do any better.
30:33Vladdy had options left and right there if he just lifted his head.
30:46Thistle's bench, although it's a bit lighter numerically,
30:51they do have recognised players who have been over the course who could come on and potentially influence things.
30:59Curtis Mayne and Jay Henderson are, I think, about to come on.
31:07Thistle have got players down, stretching off all over the place.
31:15Here are the air duo.
31:21Jay Henderson, I mean, he was nominated for Championship Player of the Year.
31:27It's been terrific.
31:28To be able to bring him off to the bench at this stage is quite a luxury for Scott Brown.
31:34Jamie Murphy is one of the players to make weight.
31:37I don't think there's any question of that, especially when you consider the fact that it is a depleted squad and they've only got six on that bench.
31:49But there is quality, as you mentioned there, definite quality that you can see with these two subs that have been made.
31:57Guys that can really go and affect that game and potentially take an even bigger lead down to Somerset.
32:05So Curtis Mayne and Jay Henderson on for Oakley and Murphy for the final quarter of an hour.
32:15Other side leading by a goal to nil and looking to add to it here.
32:19McBear goes up and wins it, McClennan.
32:23Gives Walker into the arms of David Mitchell, looks to get Thistle going quickly.
32:29Fires up towards Obladi, well watched by Paddy Redding.
32:34Redding dealt with that really well, that was a wonderful pinged pass there from David Mitchell.
32:41Roles could test the decision, but it seemed to be grappling rather with the air clear.
32:56Nils are going quickly.
33:02Rear clear.
33:05Rear clear.
33:16Rear clear.
33:20Rear clear.
33:23Rear clear.
33:24McBeth clips out for the left-hand side for O'Reilly.
33:30Quickly forward for Agbair, who's penalised.
33:34He's going to be booked here.
33:42You can see if it's a fair bit of pain here.
33:54I think it's just that he's healed perhaps.
34:00He's been caught down his Achilles.
34:03I think that was what has caused the discomfort.
34:08And it is very painful when you get caught right on the heel.
34:16Obviously there's no cushioning at all, it's right on the bone.
34:18I think that's, I'm presuming that's what's happened.
34:24Yeah, he is in a fair bit of discomfort there, reading Fitzpatrick.
34:54He is prepared to come on.
34:56Ben Stanwy is prepared to come on.
35:00Ben Stanwy is prepared to come on.
35:06Hopefully Aidan Fitzpatrick can continue because he wasn't the player who was going to be replaced.
35:16In fact, Kyle Turner who's about to take the free kick could be his final act of the game as Fitzpatrick gingerly loops away.
35:26Eiris Turner firing it in.
35:28Eiris Turner firing it in.
35:30One by Agbert.
35:32One by Agbert.
35:34One by Agbert.
35:35One again, back in.
35:36Beham is coming back from an offside position.
35:38I think that's why he didn't really go for that.
35:40Fitzpatrick still in.
35:42A fair bit of pain down there.
35:44I tell you what though, Dempsey deals with it very well.
35:46He could easily have just put his head on it and it would have been falling back into a body full of players.
35:52Instead just lets it drift away and the goalkeeper, Josh Clarke can come and pick it up and it just takes away any real pressure.
36:16Clenning a little deeper now with Walker slightly more advanced.
36:26Clenning has been good tonight I think.
36:27Yeah.
36:28Dispossessed there though, in a pretty dangerous area, although Brian Graham will feel he could have done more with it.
36:43Paris.
37:05McBeth wants some movement ahead of him.
37:07McBeth wants some movement ahead of him, eventually just has to play a hopeful ball forward, comes out okay.
37:25I think this will have had to rethink their substitution plans in the light of that.
37:31Fitzpatrick injury, although here he is chasing the ball through from Banigan, walks it in the way, but he's limping heavily and he's going to be replaced by Stanwy shortly.
37:45He's done well there to get it to O'Reilly, he sends it in, Agbier gets a touch on it, Turner can't latch onto it, clear the lines.
37:57McBeth just have to be aware that Mane is at his back.
38:08Slutting through and going, I'm sure he'll be able to run all right.
38:11The substitution has just been delayed, perhaps they are just waiting to see if Fitzpatrick is going to be okay to run it off.
38:23It's the sort of one that, I imagine as soon as he stops it's going to just get worse, be very painful.
38:29But if he can keep moving then he may well be able to get himself through to the end of the game.
38:43Here he is, Turner takes over.
38:48And then O'Reilly cynically takes Watson out of play.
38:57David Dickinson has no option but to show the yellow car yet again.
39:02I think they've gone back to O'Reilly certainly in the book.
39:14Stanwy still waiting patiently to come on.
39:17That was a decent position Thistle found themselves in and then just some slack passing Michael.
39:23It comes to nothing.
39:26Yeah absolutely, it's just lacking quality and concentration in the final third to break United down.
39:38The last thing that Fitzpatrick wanted to do was come off in this near side and have to walk all the way round.
39:42But those are the rules so on comes Stanwy to replace him.
39:48The time very much against Patrick Thistle to be able to take this down to Somerset Park on Friday evening.
40:08That level pegging.
40:11There's Obladi, holds it up well, Lawless peels off.
40:19There's a good ball from Obladi, he's one on one.
40:22McKenzie comes across, still Lawless door, cross goal.
40:26And away by McMahon, Megua picks up.
40:29Plenty of bodies in there still, it's over Obladi and Agwehr makes the clearing header.
40:33Recognisingly close for Patrick Thistle there.
40:37Obladi does really well to begin with, to get Lawless away.
40:41O'Reilly's just picked that out of play.
40:46Because when it comes to Lawless, the ball gets played out and look at McKenzie.
40:58He does brilliantly to get back in and help out.
41:02Lawless still skips past, gets the ball in but wasn't able to pick out one of his teammates.
41:08Busy man, dishing out the yellow cards.
41:27I'm not sure I would say that it was a dirty, dirty game.
41:32Competitive, but certainly never gone over the top.
41:41These are all Mr Karate kick.
41:44And the biggest regional, the more Mr Karate kick.
41:47I'm not sure when it comes to the club starts.
41:50I don't know why we can't do that.
41:53But I think that's in the same way.
41:54I want to go and get the ball back to a fair game.
41:56I want to go and get the ball back to a fair game.
41:58Another game that made the ball back,
42:00the big ball back, I can get the ball back in and it's not a fair game.
42:03Cool, but we'll get the ball back in and it's not a fair game.
42:07It's not fair for us to get, I don't know why we can win.
42:09I don't have a fair game.
42:11All the way through to David Mitchell
42:17As much as A United will certainly go into the second leg
42:22His favourites if it finishes like this
42:24Michael, you wouldn't dismiss Thistle's chances of being able to turn it around, would you?
42:27Of course not
42:28I mean, look, you can see from the results
42:30Already this season between the teams
42:33It's all very tight
42:34One goal
42:36You can't go writing anyone off on
42:40A scoreline like that
42:42And it's the playoffs as well, there's so much to play for
42:46That
42:47Second leg's all to play for
42:51For both teams
42:53And you would imagine as it gets closer towards the end of that
42:56Things start to get a little bit more nervous
43:00And chances could potentially
43:03Open up
43:10Lost just twice here all season, Bartek Thistle
43:21Tidon Ferman and Hamilton Ackeys
43:26But they're on the brink of losing this one
43:30They'll have to put their heads together over the next couple of days
43:45And come up with a plan to turn this one round
43:48Man just sitting very deep for Air United
43:50Just moping things up at the back of the team
43:52And they're on the brink of the team
43:54Man just sitting very deep for Air United
43:58Just moping things up at the back there
44:02Man just sitting very deep for Air United, just moping things up at the back there.
44:32There's Main. Walker trying to slip it back through to him, but Mitchell has arrived to the threat.
44:56Riley fires it forward, goes Abladi, helps it forward again, Stanley will chase that, just seeing it out of plate, which gives me a chance, Michael, to ask you who you're plumping for for tonight's Man of the Match.
45:21I'm not so sure I'm plumping for them, but certainly in a game that's lacked loads of quality, that man there, Jimmy Murphy, has come up with a vital moment, a real quality moment.
45:33Great ball in from Conor McLennan and the header is what's separating the two sides at the moment.
45:39Jimmy Murphy, he's Man of the Match.
45:41Six minutes added on, a shake of the head from the man of the match there, which is hoping for a bit fewer, I would think.
46:06Would you concur and plump for him as well, Alistair?
46:08No, it's really, I don't get a say in it, so I don't even consider such things.
46:21Turner trying to bundle his way through and Stanley's shot blocked.
46:25It was a good block, I think it was Agbair there that got the block in.
46:31Stanley's got that, you know, he's got the ability, he's got an eye for goal.
46:36They're doing well there.
46:40He's out to O'Reilly.
46:41He'll fire it in, looking for Brian Graham, wins the header!
46:45Wide of target!
46:46Yeah, it's one of those ones that's agonisingly close.
46:54The goalkeeper's rooted to the spot, you can see Brian Graham there at the back.
46:58He just pushes the defender out of the way.
47:01Reading gets a good header on it, but he just can't steer it on target.
47:07You can see in that clip there, Josh Clarke's making his way across.
47:12And he's wrong-footed, he can't get himself back to cover the other angle.
47:19They've been on target, it's Nestle in the corner.
47:23Unfortunately for Partick Thistle, it's drifting past the post though.
47:26Well, I think it's good to say that it's going to be a yellow car.
47:38That is a certainty.
47:41There was no disputing that, that Jay Henderson would get the yellow car.
47:45Which leads in nicely to, they will remain nameless, but when I said it wasn't a dirty game,
47:52I had received a message from a Cormarnock supporter saying,
47:55it involves them, it's always dirty.
47:58Oh, it's contagious, that's outrageous.
48:00Yes, yes.
48:02Scottish football rivalry are live and kicking.
48:07I think I probably know exactly who that came from.
48:10I don't think there's any doubt you do.
48:12They don't hold their opinion in particularly high esteem, so...
48:19A wee Ayrshire Derby in the playoffs?
48:23Or in the top flight, perhaps?
48:25I think more likely in the top flight.
48:29Well, the Thistle fans shouted for a penalty.
48:32Stanley wanted one, but...
48:34But man, I think just too strong for him.
48:36Well, no, he's just, look, he's getting his body across.
48:46It's not a penalty kick.
48:50Stanley, yeah, he's been ushered out the way, but...
48:55No, McMahon, Marshall in the situation.
48:59Yeah, it was just when he put his left boot across at this one.
49:05Did Josh Clark show the yellow card for time wasting?
49:09He's feeling left out because he hadn't been booked yet.
49:14Is that up to nine now, is it?
49:16Nine yellow cards?
49:17Nine yellow cards?
49:36This'll pursue the equalizer.
49:39We've got defending to do here.
49:41Walker's getting up in support of Maine.
49:43If you can see him and find him,
49:45it's good defending.
49:46Mitchell's clearing stone, picked up by Dempsey, this touch allows Thistle to clear.
49:54Couple of minutes left for Thistle then, forward it goes to Obladi.
50:03Can you repeat the heroics of a couple of weeks back?
50:06Makes it to O'Reilly, Obladi once more.
50:09Looking to come inside, Agber.
50:15That's a good defender, Agber defended that, both occasions there really well.
50:25Well the Thistle fans round about us are in absolute uproar, as the referee points for what I assume is a throw-in rather than the Thistle free kick that they were all looking for.
50:35Well initially, Agber defends it, as I said, really well, gets his body across, wins the ball there.
50:41And then when it looks like Obladi's got away with it, he gets his leg round again.
50:47Do you know, I've got to say, as frustrating as it is for the home support, I can see why the referee played that one on.
50:55But the frustration comes from the fact that it has been so inconsistent the whole game.
51:00He's been blown for incidents like that.
51:02I mean, I guess that's the kind of challenge that you were calling to be allowed to go earlier in the game, wasn't it?
51:18Absolutely.
51:19But the fact, as you say, is that a lot of them were being whistled and the fact that that one wasn't was causing rage all around us.
51:29One final chance perhaps for Thistle to get it into the box and take it down all square to Ayrshire on Friday.
51:42Again, it's Agber reading the situation well and just dumping it clear.
51:55Final seconds, Reading gets his head to it.
51:59Referee's stopped play but Connor McLennan's off the park, I'm not sure.
52:21Play now continues but...
52:29Reilly's balling.
52:34Comes through to Megwa.
52:36Way beyond the six minutes.
52:38Connor McLennan way back on to help his side-defend here.
52:46Away by Wattrick.
52:48Come on, Ayrleigh.
52:52Stanwy.
52:53It's all over.
52:54The first leg.
52:55Goes in Ayr United's favour.
52:56It's a hard-earned victory thanks to one moment of quality.
53:09Connor McLennan with the cross.
53:12And Jamie Murphy with a flashing header past Stephen Mitchell to win it for Ayr United.
53:17And send those fans back down the road and fight Vettel ahead of Friday's second leg.
53:24Scott Brown will know it is far from over but they have put themselves in a really good position.
53:30And Thistle with a lot of work to do to avoid their season coming to an end.
53:36These sides will meet once more on Friday and do battle again.
53:46It wasn't a particularly pretty watch this one but Jamie Murphy came up with that winning moment to give his side the edge.
53:58And so Brian Graham will take his path at Thistle's side down to Somerset Park.
54:10Looking for a victory to turn this round after Ayr United win in their first attempt, first and 11 attempts of winning at Fairhill since August 2019.
54:23They will feel it is an overdue victory and a very timely one coming as it is the quarter-final of the play-off.
54:34And so at Fairhill this evening it finishes.
54:38The party...
54:39The party...