16th Oct 1993 Dundee United 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Premier Division - game 12)

matches:1993-94: ← 18game 1920 →

	Ivan Golac	John Lambie	52y, 7m, 14d

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Craig Brewster (0-1, 41 mins); Scott Crabbe (2-2, 90 mins)		Callum Milne (1-1, 43 mins); Roddy Grant (2-1, 71 mins)

Dave Bowman (Scott Crabbe, HT); Craig Brewster (Paddy Connolly, 77 mins)

	Alan Main	Craig Nelson	22y, 4m, 18d
	John Clark	Bobby Law	27y, 9m, 22d
	Maurice Malpas	Callum Milne	28y, 1m, 19d
	Mark Perry	Gregg Watson	23y, 0m, 25d
	Brian Welsh	Willie Jamieson	30y, 5m, 19d
	Alex Cleland	Alex Taylor	31y, 4m, 3d
	Dave Bowman	George Shaw	24y, 8m, 6d
	Billy McKinlay	Albert Craig	31y, 9m, 13d
	future Jag Andy McLaren	Roddy Grant	27y, 1m, 0d
	Christian Dailly	Gerry Britton	22y, 11m, 26d
	Craig Brewster	Ian Cameron [i]	27y, 1m, 22d

			26y, 11m, 27d

	Guido Van De Kamp	Andy Murdoch	25y, 2m, 26d
	Paddy Connolly	Martin Clark	25y, 0m, 3d
	Scott Crabbe	David Byrne	32y, 7m, 11d

TTA report

Thistle had the better chances but it was United who went ahead against the run of play (41). Milne beat 3 men and chipped the keeper 2 minutes later. Thistle were on top for most of the second half and Grant scored from close in after a corner (71). They deserved better than a leveller from a rebound off the bar in added time.

Media report

18-Oct-1993, Glasgow Herald

PARTICK Thistle defender Callum Milne ought to have spent at least 50 per cent of the weekend celebrating two major milestones in his career after Saturday’s affair against Dundee United at Tannadice. As it turned out, just one was achieved as his Firhill mates failed narrowly to complete a memorable day after a 2-2 share with Ivan Golac’s hosts. The 28-year-old defender, who moved to Thistle from Hibs during the summer, stepped into the weekend’s action without a senior goal to his name after 10 years of stopping rather than scoring them at Easter Road. Super-confident Callum took just 43 minutes to fill that blank with a goal worthy of the admission money, only for part two of his aspirations to be dealt a cruel and late blow.

Thistle had headed east with the record of never having beaten Dundee United at Tannadice in 14 previous visits, and having won just one premier game against United in 30 attempts. But thanks to Milne’s super strike and a scrambled Roddy Grant goal after 71 minutes, things looked bright for a record-breaking day for John Lambie’s team — until they suffered inside the final 60 seconds of the action.

With referee Pocock looking at his watch, United’s combination of second half replacements, Paddy Connolly and Scott Crabbe, struck with ex-Hearts man Crabbe’s crucial addition to Craig Brewster’s first half opener for United to rescue a point the home side scarcely deserved. That left Firhill manager Lambie annoyed at his side’s failure to complete a Tannadice first, but he blamed himself rather than his player for the disappointment. “We should have had things sewn up by the interval on chances created but missed. But when United introduced Connolly as a substitute near the end, I should have taken measures to counter a player who has caused us problems in the past. I had the answer on the bench alongside me, but other things were happening at the time and I did not make the intended switch.” And Connolly it was who took full advantage by getting first to a loose ball in the danger area and blasting it against the underside of the crossbar. It fell to razor-sharp Crabbe, and that was that. Crabbe’s strike may have earned a late reprieve for United, but again fell far short of silencing the home side’s critics after the Tayside team’s latest disappointment. The Tangerine support have seen their side win just two league games from a round dozen completed, with eight others having been drawn.

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