17th Mar 1990 Falkirk 2 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL First Division - game 32)

matches:1989-90: ← 37game 3839 →

Match Information

			former PT manager Billy Lamont		John Lambie			49y, 0m, 15d
					Brian Gallacher
					Iain Jardine
Graham Hay (0-1, 20 mins); Paul Rutherford (0-2, 57 mins)
Stuart Burgess (Paul McKenzie, 59 mins); Steve Logan (Jim Cowell, 75 mins)					Alex Kennedy (David MacFarlane, 59 mins); John Mitchell (Isaac English, 78 mins)
			Gordon Marshall		Cammy Duncan			24y, 7m, 13d
			Peter Houston		Bobby Law			24y, 2m, 21d
			David Beaton		Bobby Smith			36y, 2m, 24d
			Graham Hay		Jim Kerr			31y, 2m, 0d
			Stuart Burgess		Gordon Rae			31y, 10m, 14d
			Gary Smith		Alex Kennedy			26y, 8m, 20d
			Steve Logan		John Mitchell			21y, 4m, 5d
			future Jag Peter Hetherston		Brian Gallacher			31y, 6m, 9d
			Paul Rutherford		Johnny Flood			29y, 2m, 20d
			Alex Rae		Brian Wright			31y, 5m, 12d
			future Jag Derek McWilliams		Gary Peebles			23y, 1m, 11d
								28y, 3m, 24d
			Jim Cowell		David MacFarlane			23y, 2m, 1d
			former Jag Paul McKenzie		Isaac English			18y, 4m, 5d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle were always 2nd best against a good Falkirk side. They took the lead with a 4-yard tap-in (20) and went close with scorching free-kicks. Thistle were more in the game in the second half and Mitchell hit the bar but a header from a corner was parried and knocked in for 2-0. Wright hit the post late on.

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League defeats; 3rd Feb 1990 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 27th Aug 1988 to 1st Oct 1988. Club-record: 14 defeats; 6th Apr 1912 to 25th Jan 1913.)

● 4 consecutive competitive away defeats; 3rd Feb 1990 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 27th Aug 1988 to 1st Oct 1988. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 13 away League games without a win; 16th Sep 1989 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 11th Sep 1976 to 13th Apr 1977. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 13 competitive away games without a win; 16th Sep 1989 to date. (Longest run since: 13 games; 11th Aug 1984 to 12th Jan 1985. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 20 consecutive competitive appearances for Cammy Duncan, 4th Nov 1989 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Calum Campbell - 31 games, 12th Aug 1989 to 28th Feb 1990. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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