3rd Oct 1992 Partick Thistle 2 Hibernian 2 (SFL Premier Division - game 11)

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51y, 7m, 1d	John Lambie	Alex Miller

Craig Nelson
Andy Murdoch

Ray Farningham (1-0, 20 mins); Ray Farningham (2-2, 81 mins)		Darren Jackson (1-1, 51 mins); Mickey Weir (1-2, 64 mins)

Albert Craig (Willie Jamieson, 54 mins); Paul Kinnaird (Mark McWalter, 75 mins)

21y, 4m, 5d	Craig Nelson	John Burridge
26y, 9m, 9d	Bobby Law	Willie Miller
29y, 10m, 27d	Don McVicar	Callum Milne future Jag
31y, 5m, 23d	Ray Farningham	Neil Orr
26y, 9m, 24d	Paul McLaughlin	Dave Beaumont
26y, 1m, 9d	Ian Cameron [i]	Murdo MacLeod future Jag
23y, 7m, 23d	George Shaw	Mickey Weir
30y, 9m, 0d	Albert Craig	Brian Hamilton future Jag
21y, 11m, 13d	Gerry Britton	Keith Wright
31y, 2m, 15d	Davie Irons	Darren Jackson
25y, 10m, 22d	Paul Kinnaird	Pat McGinlay

26y, 10m, 24d

29y, 5m, 6d	Willie Jamieson	Gareth Evans future Jag
24y, 3m, 13d	Mark McWalter	Billy Findlay

TTA report

Shaw missed an easy tap-in but Farningham scored from the resultant corner (20). Hibs improved their shooting after half-time and went 2-1 up (poor defending, 51 and caught out by a long ball, 64) but a brave diving header (81) gave Farningham his 2nd in a closely fought match. “Sting Ray Strike” (SM). Fair result.

Media report

05-Oct-1992, Glasgow Herald

Lambie has praise for Thistle’s minor miracle… THE fact that 8076 people handed over hard-earned pennies to watch Partick Thistle against Hibernian at the weekend was again proof that folk can do a lot worse than turn up in Maryhill for their football. With a record which shows points collected at a rate of one per game, Thistle may be regarded as an average side. Far from it. If anything, only plus marks can be given for Partick, both for their exertions over the first 11 matches of the term, and for the football they’ve played to achieve their current standing. And handing out those bonuses is their biggest critic and manager, John Lambie. He could feel disappointed on one or two counts on Saturday, namely at the goals given away, but even he had to give credit where it was deserved. “How can I really complain,” he said. “We’ve come through the first quarter of the season two points over our target. That’s great.” Praise indeed from the man who, minutes earlier, had slammed his charges as being “diabolical” and “unprofessional.” Those wrongs cost the players a double win bonus. Still, Lambie gets away with saying that kind of thing. For the moment though, these are happy times at Firhill, surpassing local expectations and defying the pre-season prediction voiced by others — that Thistle would start as the twelfth club and end there next May. Lambie has managed his minor miracle with a team which, he admits, could be better. George Shaw has hit goals and combined well with new partner Gerry Britton, while Ian Cameron’s arrival for only £75,000 was a great bit of business.

The one area that Lambie needs a body is in central defence, hence the reason Davie Irons has found himself converted, for the meantime, to being a centre back. Against Hibs, Irons blotted out Keith Wright during Saturday’s first period which Thistle controlled and led through Ray Farningham’s excellent strike. But Irons was hastily promoted into his more forward berth after Hibs came back into things when, first, Darren Jackson equalised, then Mickey Weir strolled in on Craig Nelson to shoot a second. Weir’s goal was cancelled out late on by Farningham’s gutsy diving header. For the ex-Dunfermline man, playing at the back isn’t as hard as making a starring role in the midfield madness. “It is quite easy playing there when mostly the play is in front of you,” said Irons. “//Against Celtic last week, Gerry Creaney and Andy Payton didn’t do too much switching and wandering around, whereas Wright and Jackson were all over the place.

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