Damon Gray

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Damon Gray

● Damon Gray, 2008 (SNS) Damon Ian Gray was born on Monday, 11th July, 1988, in Newcastle upon Tyne. The 5' 9 (11st 9lbs) forward temporarily transferred to Ian McCall's Thistle on Thursday, 21st February, 2008, from his parent club, Hibernian. Aged 19, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 23rd February, 2008, in a 0-0 draw at home to Queen of the South in the SFL First Division. Damon scored his first two goals for Thistle on Saturday, 1st March, 2008, in a 4-1 win away to Clyde in the SFL First Division. He scored the last of his 8 goals on Saturday, 9th August, 2008, in a 1-0 win away to Airdrie United in the SFL First Division. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 8th November, 2008, in a 2-0 win at home to Clyde in the SFL First Division, having appeared as a Jag on 29 occasions. Damon's club-list included Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Berwick Rangers, Östersunds, Kelty Hearts and Ballingry Rovers.

Every Goal

compiled from our All Games criteria.

19y, 7m, 19d		01.03.2008 Clyde [a] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 26)
19y, 7m, 22d		04.03.2008 Livingston [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 27)
19y, 8m, 8d		19.03.2008 Rangers [a] D1-1 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)
20y, 0m, 15d		26.07.2008 Queen's Park [h] W2-1 (Challenge Cup 1st Round)
20y, 0m, 25d		05.08.2008 Forfar Athletic [h] W4-3 (League Cup 1st Round) aet
20y, 0m, 29d		09.08.2008 Airdrie United [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 2)

Who put the ball in the Rangers net?

Damon featured at #17 in our Top 25 countdown here on The Thistle Archive →

19.03.2008 Rangers [a] D1-1 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)
Damon Gray (1-0, 67 mins)

With Walter Smith’s all-conquering side gunning for an unprecedented quadruple, Thistle’s run in the 2007-08 Scottish Cup looked set to end at the Quarter Final stage when we were drawn to play at Ibrox. On the night of Wednesday, 19th March, 2008 Ian McCall’s side proved to be stubborn opponents, eventually being disappointed in only coming away with a 1-1 draw and a replay. For a brief moment midway through the second half, a dream run to Hampden seemed like a very real possibility, courtesy of our tricky wee on-loan Geordie from Hibernian. Just 11 months earlier, he had made his Hibs debut in a Scottish Cup semi-final tie against Dunfermline at Hampden Park, and he did his utmost to make it a memorable double…

With the deadlock unbroken in the 67th minute, Gary Harkins played a clever ball down the right-hand side of the box, and a perfectly-timed run by Damon Gray gave him a one-on-one opportunity against Allan McGregor in the Rangers goal. With vison and skill, Damon lifted the ball from a tight angle in precisely the right way to evade the best efforts of the advancing ‘keeper, and the ball nestled in the back of the Rangers net, sparking wild scenes of celebration amongst the huge Thistle contingent behind the goal, matched equally by virtually the entire Thistle team who moved in, themselves ecstatic to be received in a mass of red n yellow adulation.

Referee Iain Brines also got into the spirit by waving a yellow card at Damon in celebration. What a guy.

From that night onwards, every Thistle fan can instantly visualise the “Damon Gray end” in conversations relating to Ibrox.

Unforgettable!