Partick Thistle were quicker of the mark in the second half and it only took Donnelly six minutes to set up Partick Thistles third goal, a back heel in to the path of Gibson left him with only one thing to do, fire the ball in to the back of the net and make it three - nil. Yet, that was not enough for Thistle on fifty-five minutes another ex-Diamond, Darren Brady made it four - nil. He headed a looping ball past Stephen Robertson making it four and continuing the rout.
Nevertheless, with a fighting spirit evident for all to see Airdrie United continued to battle, the arrival of Brian McPhee saw spirits lifted and his usual fight for every ball gave us a glimmer of hope. Bryan Prunty being pulled down in the penalty box by Brown Ferguson went a long way to aiding our cause as well, Frickleton awarded us the penalty and Stephen McKeown fired home to get his opener for the season.
On seventy- eight minutes after the referee awarded Partick Thistle another free kick for a handball by Kevin Christie, Sandy decided it was time to give Neil McGowan a run out. The defence seemed to settle down a little and we looked comfortable for the remainder of the match. In his last throw of the dice with only five minutes to go, Stewart Taylor replaced Stephen McKeown and it took him only three minutes to make the score look a lot more respectable. Taylor and Prunty both chased the same ball in to the box; Taylor got there first but fired his shot against Kenny Arthur. Arthur was unable to hold on to the ball and the spill fell in front of Taylor again, he poked the ball under the body of the flailing Arthur and made the final score line four - two.