McLean holds nerve to lift Buddies
Kenny McLean scored a 95th-minute penalty to earn Tommy Craig his first Scottish Premiership points as St Mirren boss.
Saints appeared to be heading for a sixth consecutive Scottish Premiership defeat after Kris Doolan headed Partick Thistle into a deserved half-time lead after good wing from Steven Lawless.
But Callum Ball came off the bench to guide home Jeroen Tesselaar's cross on the hour mark to claim his first goal for the club and St Mirren looked a different team as they pushed for a winner.
It came deep into injury-time moments after Scott Fox had produced a brilliant one-handed stop to push away McLeane's 35-yard free-kick.
Jason Naismith tried to fire the ball back into the goalmouth but Abdul Osman stopped it with his hands at close range and referee Willie Collum immediately pointed to the spot.
McLean kept his composure to stroke his penalty straight down the middle as Fox dived to his right, finally giving Craig something to cheer.
Source: PA
