20th Oct 1987 Dumbarton 4 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 15)

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Match Information

			Mark Clougherty		Billy Lamont			51y, 5m, 8d
					Rikki Ferguson; Alan Pirie; John Mitchell
					John Brough; Kenny Watson; Jamie Doyle
Owen Coyle (0-1, pen 24 mins); Owen Coyle (1-2, 66 mins); Stuart MacIver (1-3, 72 mins); Gerry McCoy (2-4, 90 mins)					Ian McDonald (1-1, 30 mins); Brian Scrimgeour (2-3, 73 mins)
Jim Rooney (Stuart MacIver)					Pat Kelly (Alan Logan, 35 mins); Alan Pirie (Jackie Rafferty, 2nd half)
			former Jag Gordon Arthur		Rikki Ferguson			31y, 2m, 12d
			Steve McCahill		John McCormack			32y, 5m, 25d
			Don McNeil		John Workman			21y, 3m, 23d
			former Jag Alan Kay		Alan Dinnie			24y, 5m, 6d
			future Jag Ray Montgomerie		Budgie McGhie			25y, 11m, 7d
			Dave Martin		Brian Scrimgeour			28y, 2m, 9d
			Jim Rooney		Pat Kelly			19y, 8m, 16d
			Pat McGowan		Alan Pirie			22y, 7m, 23d
			Peter Houston		Eddie Gallagher			22y, 10m, 29d
			former Jag Gerry McCoy		Ian McDonald			28y, 9m, 24d
			Owen Coyle		John Mitchell			18y, 11m, 8d
								25y, 1m, 20d
			Stevie Gow		Jackie Rafferty			21y, 5m, 17d
			Stuart MacIver		Alan Logan			26y, 2m, 28d

Match Report

TTA report

O Coyle scored with a pen (24) but Thistle fought back and McDonald headed in a Gallagher cross (30). Coyle scored again (66) with the Thistle defence caught square then a defensive shambles made it 3-1 (72). Scrimgeour reduced the lead (73) and it was all Thistle until Dumbarton's 4th goal (90).

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Daily Record, 21st October, 1987

PTFC Match Programme, 27th October, 1987

Stats Watch

● 31-year-old Rikki Ferguson plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Brian Scrimgeour scores his only goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 27 consecutive competitive appearances for Ian McDonald, 10th Mar 1987 to date. (Longest run since: Joe Carson - 33 games, 28th Sep 1985 to 19th Apr 1986. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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