9th Mar 1993 Airdrieonians 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Premier Division - game 33)

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Match Information

			Alex MacDonald		John Lambie			52y, 0m, 7d
					George Shaw
					Leigh Palin
Chris Honor (1-1, 48 mins); Owen Coyle (1-2, 80 mins)					Ian Cameron [i] (1-0, pen 30 mins); Davie Irons (2-2, 90 mins)
Kenny Black (@ 2-2, 89 mins); Alan Lawrence (@ 2-2, 90 mins)					George Shaw (@ 1-1, 75 mins)
Wes Reid (Alan Lawrence, 66 mins)					Julian Broddle (Colin McGlashan)
			Willie McCulloch		Craig Nelson			21y, 9m, 9d
			Walter Kidd		Bobby Law			27y, 2m, 13d
			future Jag Sandy Stewart		Don McVicar			30y, 4m, 3d
			Jimmy Sandison		Albert Craig			31y, 2m, 6d
			Chris Honor		Willie Jamieson			29y, 10m, 10d
			Kenny Black		Davie Irons			31y, 7m, 19d
			future Jag Jimmy Boyle		George Shaw			24y, 0m, 27d
			Wes Reid		Ray Farningham			31y, 10m, 27d
			Justin Fashanu		Gerry Britton			22y, 4m, 17d
			Paul Jack		Julian Broddle			28y, 4m, 8d
			Owen Coyle		Ian Cameron [i]			26y, 6m, 13d
								27y, 9m, 1d
			future Jag Alan Lawrence		Leigh Palin			27y, 5m, 25d
			Davie Kirkwood		Colin McGlashan			28y, 11m, 20d

Match Report

TTA report

3 red/6 yellow cards. Cameron scored (pen, 30). Airdrie levelled (48). Shaw was inexplicably sent off (off the ball incident, 75). Coyle scored (80). Black was sent off (2nd yellow) and Irons scored from the (deflected) free-kick (89) before Airdrie's 2nd red card (lunge on Nelson, 90). Raw meat football!

Media report

10-Mar-1993, Glasgow Herald

Three off but honours even… SURVIVAL being the name of the game, no-one was paying much homage to the beautiful game at Broomfield. But few were falling asleep, either. When three players are sent off and three others booked, there is no time to look for the niceties. The net result of as hectic a night’s football, or something close to it, as we will see, was a point apiece, a satisfactory result for Thistle but one that leaves Airdrie with an immense task to get out of the “R” zone. Yet until the last minute they looked as if they had accomplished a marvellous comeback. Having been a goal down they had gone 2-1 ahead, taking advantage of the sending off of George Shaw 15 minutes from time. But then they lost Kenny Black who was sent off at that point and then Thistle equalised. And completing the most remarkable last minute of this, or another season, Airdrie’s substitute Alan Lawrence was sent off for a foul on Thistle keeper Craig Nelson.

John Martin, Airdrie’s regular keeper, had to miss out because of injury, the first time in 12 years that he has not been fit enough to take his place. Willie McCulloch, who came in, must have wondered if he had been done any favours as his defensive colleagues made some alarming errors. He looked as if he had lost a goal as early as eight minutes when Gerry Britton pushed the ball past him, but the Thistle man was just offside. However, if Airdrie were sloppy at the back, young Thistle keeper Nelson nearly presented the home side with a goal. Davie Irons passed the ball towards Nelson who took his eye off it, miskicked, and was relieved when Jack shot past. Then in 30 minutes, Airdrie gave away a penalty. Don MacVicar sent over a long throw-in and, as Britton rose, he was hampered by Justin Fashanu. Referee Ian Taylor booked Walter Kidd and Chris Honor for protesting before Ian Cameron made a good job of the spot kick. Then Fashanu had his name taken for dissent.

The bookings continued after the interval when Shaw had his name taken for a foul on Kidd, and Black was booked — his thirteenth of the season — after he downed Shaw. Between those, however, Airdrie managed to equalise. Honor finished off the move with a header after Fashanu had nodded a Black free kick into goal. In 66 minutes Airdrie put on Alan Lawrence for Wes Reid just before Gerry Britton became the second Thistle player to have his name taken. A sending off seemed inevitable, but when it came, it mystified everyone, maybe even Shaw who was the man to take the walk in 75 minutes. It was only after the stand-side linesman drew the referee over and pointed out an incident unseen by the rest of us that Shaw was booked a second time and had to leave the field. Ten minutes from time Airdrie took advantage of their extra man when Coyle headed home a Fashanu cross. In the last minute Black who had been booked earlier was sent off after he fouled Albert Craig. And from the free kick Thistle moved forward and Irons hit a shot which was deflected into the net.

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The Sun, 10th March, 1993

Stats Watch

● Thistle make their last-ever visit to Broomfield.

● Davie Irons scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive games without a win, 30th Jan 1993 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 10th Nov 1992 to 9th Jan 1993. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 7 League games without a win; 30th Jan 1993 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 10th Nov 1992 to 2nd Jan 1993. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 9 away League games without a win; 28th Nov 1992 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 16th Sep 1989 to 25th Aug 1990. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 9 competitive away games without a win; 28th Nov 1992 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 16th Sep 1989 to 28th Apr 1990. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 11 consecutive competitive appearances for Gerry Britton, 26th Dec 1992 to date. (Longest run since: Don McVicar - 12 games, 28th Nov 1992 to 13th Feb 1993. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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