| Date | Saturday, 30 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish League Division 1 |
| Fixture/Score | Partick Thistle 3:2 Ross County |
| Venue | Firhill Stadium |
| Referee | Crawford Allan |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Scott Leitch |
| Starting 11 | 1: Craig Samson, 2: Alexander Keddie 1 1, 3: Andrew Dowie, 4: Hugh Robertson, 5: Gary Irvine 1, 6: Mark McCulloch, 7: Don (JNR) Cowie, 8: Kevin McKinlay 1 (1 pen), 9: Sean Higgins 1, 10: Derek Adams, 11: Michael Gardyne |
| Bench | 0: Joseph Malin, 0: Alexander Williams, 0: Martin Scott, 0: Fergus Tiernan, 0: Craig Gunn |
| Partick Thistle | |
| Manager | Dick Campbell |
| Starting 11 | Kenny Arthur, Craig Sives, Scott McCulloch, Darren Brady 1, Scott Boyd, Derek Young, James Gibson, Simon Donnelly, Pat Keogh, Mark Roberts, Adam Strachan |
| Bench | Jonny Tuffey, Sandy Hodge, Steven Campbell, Graham Gibson, Stephen McConalogue |
| Attendance | 2,120 |
| Match Report | Ross County Goal Scorers: Kevin McKinlay (14' Pen.) Alex Keddie (81') Ross County Substitutions: Craig Gunn for Michael Gardyne (59') Martin Scott for Craig Gunn (83') Ross County Cautions: Alexander Keddie (34') Sean Higgins (36') Gary Irvine (67') Partick Thistle Goal Scorers: Scott McCulloch (33' 84') Stephen McConalogue (90') Partick Thistle Substitutions: Graham Gibson for Derek Young (59') Stephen McConalogue for Adam Strachan (75') Steven Campbell for Craig Sives (89') Partick Thistle Caution: Darren Brady (72') Report from the BBC. Partick Thistle 3 Ross County 2 Partick edged out Ross County with a stoppage-time winner in a five-goal thriller at Firhill. County took the lead on 14 minutes when Kevin McKinlay scored from the penalty spot after Gary Irvine was felled. Thistle levelled through McCulloch's controversial retaken free-kick (33) before Alex Keddie's header (81) put the visitors back in front. McCulloch scored his second (84) direct from a corner, before Stephen McConalogue scored from six yards. |