AS befitting her woman-of-the-people manifesto, Scotland's youngest member of parliament Mhairi Black choose the less than salubrious surroundings of Firhill to mark her 21st birthday.

The SNP firebrand and Partick Thistle fan opted to take in yesterday's Premiership match against Dundee and was given a rousing ovation at half-time when her presence was announced.

But, there was precious little to else celebrate for home supporters who joined her in the crowd as Alan Archibald's men slumped to the bottom of the league after drawing yet another blank.

Thistle have now failed to find the target in seven of their eight matches this season with a first victory of the new campaign still proving elusive.

If truth be told they only had themselves to blame after hitting the woodwork three times and passing up a host of terrific chances to register a desperately needed win.

They controlled the majority of the match only to be undone 13 minutes from the end when the ever-improving Greg Stewart netted a sensational break-away goal to claim all three points for the visitors.

It is now 11 games without a victory for the Maryhill outfit, who were left propping up the table after Kilmarnock secured a surprise triumph at Tannadice.

“I thought we created enough chances to win one or two games," said a frustrated Alan Archibald, the Thistle manager. “It was hard to see us hitting the woodwork three times and creating so many chances.

“I think a bit of nervousness creeps in as well at the end as we went all out attack to win the game and they picked us off. I have been here before and it is tough when you get punished for not taking your chances."

Asked if his team's adventurous approach which yielded a host of chances but still no goals was of any consolation Archibald added: “It is hard to take any positives when you are bottom of the league."

Despite their lack of goals during the early weeks of the season there was certainly no shortage of confidence from Thistle as they stroked the ball around almost at will in the early stages.

Kris Doolan, the scorer of the only two they have mustered this term, went close to taking his tally to three midway through the first half when he almost broke the crossbar with a stunning overhead kick.

In the dying minutes of the opening period, Ryan Stevenson really should have broken the deadlock when Robbie Muirhead released him and while he did crash a powerful drive beyond goalkeeper Scott Bain, his effort cannoned back off the inside of the post.

Stevenson passed up another glorious opportunity to give his side the lead at the start of the second period when he rose magnificently to connect with Mustapha Dumbuya's perfectly weighted cross only to be left holding his head in his hands once again when his header rattled the crossbar.

There was almost a sense of inevitability of what happened next with Thistle appearing more anxious as the clocked ticked down.

And with unlucky 13 minutes remaining Stewart showed them how it should be done, breaking from the half-way line before curling a superb low shot into the bottom corner.

Stewart said: “I wouldn’t say there was much in it but it wasn’t our best performance. We won’t complain after coming away from home and taking all three points. In football you make your own luck, I took the ball at the half-way line and just kept running before managing to put the ball into the far corner.

“Sometimes in football you need that wee bit of luck and Thistle were unlucky and we felt maybe it was going to be our day and when I had the chance I managed to take it. This season we have played some good stuff but come away with nothing so this time it’s good to do the opposite. We weren’t at our best but took the three points especially as we were desperate to take a win into next week’s game against Celtic.”