Hamilton Accies driven by Partick revenge mission, says boss Stuart Taylor after thrashing Thistle

Hamilton boss Stuart Taylor revealed his players' desire to avenge a heavy defeat to Partick earlier in the season was their inspiration for thrashing Thistle at Firhill.

Accies cruised to a 4-0 win over the Jags thanks to Andy Ryan's double, plus strikes from David Moyo and Andy Winter.

It inflicted the heaviest defeat of the season on Partick, as Accies claimed their first success over Ian McCall's men after two defeats and a draw previously.

And Taylor confessed his players were driven to succeed by the painful 6-1 thumping his side suffered at home back in October.

He revealed: "It was something the lads brought up before the game.

"They felt it [the 6-1 defeat] should be a motivation for today to go and get a win because we've done really well against Partick in the past and come away with only a point until today.

"Going in at half-time they spoke about remembering how sore it was for our supporters, so they wanted to go out and get more goals - and we went one better by going and getting a clean sheet as well.

"In fairness to the lads that was their motivation and I was over the moon for them that they achieved what they set out to get."

Partick's atrocious Firhill surface didn't make for free-flowing football, but Taylor was well-aware that would be the case and praised his players for how they handled it against a Jags side missing a number of key players through injury, including top scorer Brian Graham.

Taylor added: "We knew coming here that we had to play the pitch and play a different type of way.

"And I'll be the first person to admit there wasn't an ounce of football played.

"But we had to make sure it was an Arbroath-like performance from us, where we were winning battles and second balls, and putting