2017–18 Partick Thistle F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Partick Thistle's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Partick Thistle

2017–18 season
Chairman	David Beattie
Manager	Alan Archibald
Stadium	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow (Capacity: 10,102)
Scottish Premiership	11th (Relegated via play-offs)
League Cup	Quarter Finals, lost to Rangers
Scottish Cup	Fifth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorer	League: 2 players (7) All: Kris Doolan (11)
Highest home attendance	8,264 v Rangers Scottish Premiership (15 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	2,185 v Stranraer League Cup (29 July 2017)
Average home league attendance	4,441
Home colours Away colours

Season Summary

Thistle competed in the 2017–18 Scottish League Cup where they finished second in Group H behind Livingston by 1 point and qualified for the Second Round. In the second round they surpassed St Johnstone and in the Quarter Finals took Rangers to extra time after Kris Doolan scored an injury time equaliser to make it 1-1, however lost 3-1 after extra time.[2] Partick Thistle also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they lost in an away tie to Celtic in the fifth round.[3] They ended the season being relegated from the Premiership via the play-offs, dropping to the Scottish Championship.[4]

Competitions

Scottish Premiership

5 August 2017 1	Hibernian	3 – 1	Partick Thistle	Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Boyle  14' Whittaker  33' Ambrose  45+1' S.Murray  52' (pen.) McGinn  84'	Report	Erskine  7' 70' Bannigan  34' Elliott  55'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 17,634 Referee: Nick Walsh

11 August 2017 2	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Bannigan  71'	Report	Ntcham  25' Tierney  86'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 8,041 Referee: Andrew Dallas

19 August 2017 3	St Johnstone	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	O'Halloran  33'	Report	Lawless  44' Storey  86'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Barry Cook

26 August 2017 4	Partick Thistle	3 – 4	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Erskine  8' Doolan  13' Keown  54'  49'  90+1' Turnbull  68'	Report	Christie  5' McLean  42' (pen.) Wright  52' Rooney  84'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,768 Referee: Bobby Madden

9 September 2017 5	Ross County	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Dingwall
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Davies  45' Kelly  58' Routis  61' Schalk  86' (pen.)	Report	Devine  7' Spittal  22'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: John Beaton

15 September 2017 6	Partick Thistle	2 – 2	Rangers	Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McGinn  45' Keown  46' Spittal  50' Erskine  60' 67' Turnbull  79' Elliott  83' Bannigan  88'	Report	Morelos  19' Dorrans  77'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 8,264 Referee: Willie Collum

23 September 2017 7	Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
16:00 BST (UTC+1)	Spittal  18' Devine  88'	Report	Berra  35' Walker  75' Callachan  80'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,671 Referee: Don Robertson

30 September 2017 8	Motherwell	3 – 0	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hartley  7' Tanner  56' Bowman  82'	Report	Černý  6' Barton  33' Lawless  85' Edwards  87'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,692 Referee: Greg Aitken

14 October 2017 9	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Barton  13'	Report	Boyd  39' Frizzell  63' Taylor  81'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,662 Referee: Kevin Clancy

21 October 2017 10	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Černý  21' Turnbull  45' Edwards  75' 81' Keown  90' Storey  90+2'	Report	Leitch-Smith  8'22' Deacon  59' O'Dea  83'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Euan Anderson

24 October 2017 11	Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	Partick Thistle	Hamilton
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Boyd  14'	Report	Keown  45' Turnbull  65'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Steven McLean

28 October 2017 12	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Storey  74'	Report	Craig  45+1'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,870 Referee: John Beaton

4 November 2017 13	Rangers	3 – 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McCrorie  30' Candeias  39' Windass  47'	Report	Doolan  60' Devine  82'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,502 Referee: Willie Collum

19 November 2017 14	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Gonçalves  54' Brandon  71'	Report	Barton  8' Doolan  85' Devine  86'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,999 Referee: Andrew Dallas

25 November 2017 P	Celtic	P – P	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Partick Thistle

2 December 2017 15	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Turnbull  47'	Report	Barton  48' (o.g.)	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Craig Thomson

9 December 2017 16	Kilmarnock	5 – 1	Partick Thistle	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Boyd  12', 79' (pen.) Brophy  20', 65' Keown  60' (o.g.)	Report	Erskine  16' Edwards  65' Turnbull  79' McGinn  89'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,339 Referee: Bobby Madden

13 December 2017 17	Partick Thistle	3 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Spittal  16' Edwards  22' Sammon  28' McGinn  90+2'	Report	Bowman  56' 70' Tanner  79'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Don Robertson

16 December 2017 18	Dundee	3 – 0	Partick Thistle	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Moussa  19' (pen), 65' (pen) O'Hara  35'	Report		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,101 Referee: Greg Aitken

20 December 2017 19	Celtic	2 – 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
GMT (UTC)	Armstrong  35' Tierney  67'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,187 Referee: Alan Muir

23 December 2017 20	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Hamilton	Glasgow
15:00	Keown  26'	BBC Report		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Bobby Madden

27 December 2017 21	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	Aberdeen
	Rooney  61'	BBC Report	Devine  86'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 14,830 Referee: Euan Anderson

30 December 2017 22	Ross County	0 – 2	Partick Thistle	Dingwall
15:00 GMT		BBC Report	Doolan  35' Sammon  86'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 2,870 Referee: Stephen Finnie

23 January 2018 23	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
	Sammon  34' (pen.)	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Sinclair  55' (pen.) Griffiths  70'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 6,920 Referee: John Beaton

27 January 2018 24	St Johnstone	1 – 3	Partick	Perth
15:00	Craig  74' (pen.)	BBC Report	Lawless  13' Sammon  64' Edwards  90+4'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,848 Referee: Gavin Duncan

3 February 2018 25	Motherwell	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Tait  52' McHugh  66' Çiftçi  79'	Report	Osman  43' Doolan  53' McGinn  61' Dumbuya  74' Edwards  89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,607 Referee: Nick Walsh

6 February 2018 26	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Rangers	Glasgow
19:45		BBC Report	Windass  39' Tavernier  58'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,332 Referee: Alan Muir

17 February 2018 27	Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Dundee	Glasgow
	Sammon  42'	BBC Report	Murray  84', 90'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,267 Referee: William Collum

24 February 2018 28	Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	Hamilton
	Sarris  9' Rojano  11' Imrie  41' Ferguson  56' Jenkins  69' Templeton  90'	BBC Report	Sammon  9' (pen) Osman  85' Erskine  88'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Walsh

10 March 2018 29	Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Elliott  84'	BBC Report		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,931 Referee: Greg Aitken

17 March 2018 30	Heart of Midlothian	3 – 0	Partick Thistle	Edinburgh
15:00	Lafferty  17' Naismith  21' Souttar  44'	BBC Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,179 Referee: Anderson

31 March 2018 31	Hibernian	2 – 0	Partick Thistle	Edinburgh
	Maclaren  71' Hanlon  76'	BBC Sport	Devine	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 17,497 Referee: Dallas

3 April 2018 32	Ross County	4 – 0	Partick Thistle	Dingwall
	Lindsay  14' Schalk  35', 56', 72' Draper  41'	BBC Report	Keown  65'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,944 Referee: William Collum

7 April 2018 33	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
	Elliott  64'	Report	Findlay  35' Mulumbu  48'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,662 Referee: Kevin Clancy

21 April 2018 34	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Hamilton	Firhill Stadium
	Doolan  64' Edwards  72'	Report	Templeton  43'	Attendance: 3,839 Referee: John Beaton

28 April 2018 35	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
	Shaughnessy  39'	Report	Sammon  89' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Alan Muir

4 May 2018 36	Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
	Erskine  21'	Report	Mckay  42'	Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Kevin Clancy

8 May 2018 37	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Motherwell	Firhill Stadium
	Edwards  90+1'	Report	Bowman  60' 75' Campbell  67'	Attendance: 3,320 Referee: Bobby Madden

12 May 2018 38	Dundee	0 – 1	Partick Thistle	Dens Park
		Report	Doolan  63'	Attendance: 6,756 Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership Play-off Final

17 May 2018 First leg	Livingston	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	Livingston
19:45	Jacobs  13' Byrne  42' Thompson  45+1' Pittman  74'	BBC Report	Doolan  10' Devine  51'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 5,469 Referee: Craig Thomson

20 May 2018 Second leg	Partick Thistle	0 – 1 (1–3 agg.)	Livingston	Glasgow
15:30	Elliott  4' Barton  31'	BBC Report	Thompson  32' Jacobs  46' Lithgow  90'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,122 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

15 July 2017 1	Livingston	1 – 1 (3 – 1 p)	Partick Thistle	Livingston
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Jacobs  46' Mackin  87'	Report	Erskine  14' Devine  90+1'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Kevin Clancy
	Penalties
	Mackin J.Mullin Jacobs		Bannigan Elliot Spittal Doolan

22 July 2017 2	Partick Thistle	5 – 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Doolan  12' Lawless  23', 33' Spittal  38', 59' Bannigan  43' Osman  47'  58'	Report	Baird  37' Smith  46'	Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Stephen Finnie

25 July 2017 3	Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Partick Thistle	Airdrie
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	D.Cairns  55'	Report	Doolan  10' Spittal  40'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 1,255 Referee: Don Robertson

29 July 2017 4	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Stranraer	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Elliot  87'	Report		Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 2,185 Referee: John Beaton

Knockout stage

8 August 2017 Second round	St Johnstone	0 – 3	Partick Thistle	Perth
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Lawless  50' (pen.) Edwards  62' Erskine  90' Nisbet  90+2'	Report	O'Halloran  23' Davidson  82' Foster  85'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Euan Anderson

19 September 2017 Quarter Final	Partick Thistle	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Rangers	Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Lawless  13' Doolan  90+1' Elliott  109'	Report	Peña  55' Candeias  94' Herrera  99' Hodson  114'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 7,394 Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Challenge Cup

15 August 2017 First Round	Partick Thistle U20s	6 – 1	Stirling University	Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McLaughlin  15', 57', 79'  22' M.Lamont  52' Nisbet  60' Fitzpatrick  67' Penrice  90'	Report	Lyons  75'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Referee: Stewart Luke

1 September 2017 Second Round	Stranraer	2 – 0	Partick Thistle U20s	Stranraer
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Wallace  33' D.Stoney  90+1'	Report	McCarthy  57' M.Lamont  72'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 228 Referee: Steven Reid

Scottish Cup

20 January 2018 Fourth round	Queen of the South	1 – 2	Partick Thistle	Dumfries
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Dykes  51' Fergusson  55'	BBC Report	Sammon  42', 81' McGinn  68'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Collum

10 February 2018 Fifth round	Celtic	3 – 2	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
	Forrest  3', 10', 54'	BBC Sport	Doolan  20' Sammon  84'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,191 Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Tomáš Černý	43	0	36	0	2	0	5	0
2	DF		Mustapha Dumbuya	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Callum Booth	20	0	12+2	0	2	0	4	0
4	DF		Baily Cargill	19	0	18	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Niall Keown	33	2	30	2	1	0	1+1	0
6	MF		Abdul Osman	18	0	12+1	0	1+1	0	3	0
7	MF		Blair Spittal	42	6	25+10	4	2	0	5	2
8	MF		Stuart Bannigan	12	0	4+2	0	0	0	3+3	0
9	FW		Kris Doolan	42	11	20+15	7	1+1	1	3+2	3
10	MF		Chris Erskine	36	7	20+9	5	2	0	5	2
11	MF		Steven Lawless	36	4	23+6	1	1	0	6	3
12	GK		Ryan Scully	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF		Adam Barton	43	0	29+6	0	2	0	6	0
14	DF		Christie Elliott	24	1	18	0	0	0	6	1
15	DF		Danny Devine	34	0	27	0	1	0	6	0
16	DF		Paul McGinn	31	0	27+1	0	2	0	1	0
18	FW		Conor Sammon	36	10	22+11	7	1+1	3	1	0
19	MF		Ryan Edwards	46	5	31+7	4	2	0	4+2	1
23	GK		Jamie Sneddon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Andrew McCarthy	20	0	11+5	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
31	MF		Callum Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Martin Woods	21	0	18+2	0	1	0	0	0
39	FW		Miles Storey	35	2	24+11	2	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
4	DF		Jordan Turnbull	21	0	19	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF		Milan Nitrianský	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Kevin Nisbet	12	0	0+6	0	0	0	2+4	0
21	DF		James Penrice	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF		Gary Fraser	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Neil McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

• Scottish Premiership matches includes play-off games against Livingston.

Goal scorers

Ranking	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Kris Doolan	7	1	3	11
2	FW		18	Conor Sammon	7	3	0	10
3	MF		7	Blair Spittal	4	0	3	7
4	MF		10	Chris Erskine	5	0	2	7
5	MF		19	Ryan Edwards	4	0	1	5
	MF		11	Steven Lawless	1	0	3	4
7	DF		5	Niall Keown	2	0	0	2
	FW		39	Miles Storey	2	0	0	2
9	DF		14	Christie Elliott	0	0	1	1
TOTALS					32	4	13	49

Disciplinary record

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
GK		1	Tomáš Černý	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		2	Mustapha Dumbuya	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		3	Callum Booth	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		4	Jordan Turnbull	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF		4	Baily Cargill	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		5	Niall Keown	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
MF		6	Abdul Osman	3	0	0	0	2	1	5	1
MF		8	Stuart Bannigan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
FW		9	Kris Doolan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		10	Chris Erskine	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
MF		11	Steven Lawless	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
MF		13	Adam Barton	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF		14	Christie Elliott	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
DF		15	Danny Devine	8	1	1	0	1	0	10	1
DF		16	Paul McGinn	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
FW		18	Conor Sammon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		19	Ryan Edwards	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
FW		20	Kevin Nisbet	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF		21	James Penrice	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		22	Gary Fraser	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		24	Andrew McCarthy	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF		37	Martin Woods	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW		39	Miles Storey	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
TOTALS				78	3	2	0	7	1	87	4

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8	St Johnstone	38	12	10	16	42	53	−11	46
9	Dundee	38	11	6	21	36	57	−21	39
10	Hamilton Academical	38	9	6	23	47	68	−21	33
11	Partick Thistle (R)	38	8	9	21	31	61	−30	33	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Ross County (R)	38	6	11	21	40	62	−22	29	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).[5]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	PAR	STM	AIR	STR
1	Livingston (Q)	4	3	1	0	0	8	3	+5	11	Qualification for the Second Round		—	p1–1	—	2–0	—
2	Partick Thistle (Q)	4	3	0	1	0	9	2	+7	10			—	—	5–0	—	1–0
3	St Mirren	4	2	0	0	2	9	7	+2	6			0–1	—	—	5–0	—
4	Airdrieonians	4	1	0	0	3	4	10	−6	3			—	1–2	—	—	3–1
5	Stranraer	4	0	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0			2–4	—	1–4	—	—

Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Transfers

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 15 June 2017 GK Jamie Sneddon Cowdenbeath Free[8] 15 June 2017 MF Blair Spittal Dundee United Free[8] 1 July 2017 DF Niall Keown Reading Undisclosed[9] 4 August 2017 DF Milan Nitrianský Bohemians 1905 Free[10] 11 August 2017 FW Miles Storey Aberdeen Undisclosed[11] 31 August 2017 DF Paul McGinn Chesterfield Free[12] 27 October 2017 MF Martin Woods Ross County Free[13]

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee 24 May 2017 FW David Amoo Cambridge United Free[14][15] 31 May 2017 DF Dominic Docherty Queen's Park Free[16] 31 May 2017 DF Matthew McInally Cowdenbeath Free[17] 31 May 2017 DF Michael McMullin Albion Rovers Free[16] 31 May 2017 MF Sean Welsh Falkirk Free[14][18] 22 June 2017 DF Liam Lindsay Barnsley Undisclosed[19] 26 June 2017 MF David Wilson Dumbarton Free[14][20] 3 July 2017 GK Mark Ridgers Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free[14][21] 5 July 2017 FW Ade Azeez Cambridge United Undisclosed[22] 2 January 2018 MF Sean Welsh Falkirk Free[23] 31 January 2018 DF Milan Nitrianský České Budějovice Free[24]

Loans in Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From 31 July 2017[25] End of season DF Jordan Turnbull Coventry City 11 August 2017[11] End of season FW Conor Sammon Heart of Midlothian 23 January 2018[26] End of season DF Baily Cargill Bournemouth

Loans out Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To 31 August 2017[27] FW Mark Lamont Clyde 17 August 2017[28] End of season FW Neil McLaughlin Stirling Albion 18 August 2017[29] 7 January 2018 DF James Penrice Livingston 22 January 2018[30] End of season FW Kevin Nisbet Dumbarton 13 March 2018[31] 21 May 2018 DF Gary Fraser Greenock Morton

See also

• List of Partick Thistle F.C. seasons

Notes

References

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