7th Aug 1993 Hibernian 0 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL Premier Division - game 1)

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	Alex Miller	John Lambie	52y, 5m, 5d

		Neil McKilligan; Grant Tierney; Martin Clark; Ian Cameron [i]; Isaac English
		Kevin McKee; Gregg Watson; John Crumplin; Roddy Grant; Paul Kinnaird



Billy Findlay (Danny Lennon, 63 mins); Darren Jackson (Mark McGraw, 83 mins)

	Jim Leighton	Craig Nelson	22y, 2m, 10d
	Willie Miller	Neil McKilligan	19y, 7m, 5d
	Joe Tortolano	Bobby Law	27y, 7m, 14d
	Tommy McIntyre	Willie Jamieson	30y, 3m, 11d
	Steven Tweed	Grant Tierney	31y, 9m, 27d
	Gordon Hunter	Martin Clark	24y, 9m, 25d
	Kevin McAllister	David Byrne	32y, 5m, 2d
	future Jag Brian Hamilton	Albert Craig	31y, 7m, 4d
	Keith Wright	Gerry Britton	22y, 9m, 18d
	Darren Jackson	Ian Cameron [i]	26y, 11m, 14d
	Billy Findlay	Isaac English	21y, 8m, 26d

			26y, 6m, 12d

	Chris Reid	Andy Murdoch	25y, 0m, 18d
	Mark McGraw	Roddy Grant	26y, 10m, 22d
	future Jag Danny Lennon	Alex Taylor	31y, 1m, 25d

TTA report

The season began as 92/93 finished - Easter Rd. Thistle started with a 5-3-2 formation. It was a poor game that seldom rose above mediocrity. Britton, Byrne and Cameron all went close and Nelson was the busier keeper. Hibs came more into things but the defence was solid an it ended in a comfortable draw.

Media report

09-Aug-1993, Glasgow Herald

Hibs’ problem is still unsolved… ON the face of it, the portents all looked good for Hibernian. Manager Alex Miller’s two summer signings, Jim Leighton and Kevin McAllister, performed like genuine assets at Easter Road on Saturday. But when the books were balanced after a 0-0 draw with Partick Thistle, the same old frustrating mix sent the Edinburgh supporters back home, still disillusioned. On the final day of last season Hibs huffed and puffed their way to defeat by the Firhill side after having dominated play without scoring. It was the same on Saturday. McAllister was entitled to believe that he had made the difference on Saturday. His trickery on both flanks caused Thistle continuous problems, but again there was no end product by way of pay-off. Leighton, too, paid his way. His experience was a constant aid to a recast Hibs defence which was troubled by Partick only from a long way out.

Miller was in no doubt where the problem lay when summing up his team’s inability to find the net, just as they had done in pre-season friendlies against Leeds United and Luton Town. It was almost £1m of front-line talent, Darren Jackson and Keith Wright, who took the brunt of his criticism. Both men involved Hibs’ biggest outlay in terms of transfer cash, but at this early stage were struggling in front of goal. Thistle can claim some of the credit for that. In Grant Tierney, Willie Jamieson, and Martin Clark they had a central defensive triangle that will frustrate the best strikers in the country. Manager John Lambie revealed afterwards that the Firhill club’s bank manager stood between him and two signings on the eve of the opening day. He has had talks with Dundee’s released striker Duncan Campbell and had agreed a fee of £45,000 with Miller for Hibs full back Callum Milne. But the man in the grey suit said “no” and now Lambie will have to wait until the transfer tribunal places a value on David Irons, after his move to St Johnstone in the summer.

Early in the match Wright missed a chance in the air, and Jackson struck Craig Nelson’s knees from eight yards, but Thistle had the resilience to strike back before the interval. The pattern was the same in the second half when Nelson leaped to his left to save from McAllister, and then arched back to touch a net-bound header from Tom McIntyre over the crossbar. Late in the match Thistle again regrouped and Leighton was dealing comfortably with difficult drives from Ian Cameron, Isaac English, and Gerry Britton. Almost inevitably, it was Leighton and Nelson who had the last laugh.

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