5th Apr 1994 Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 1 (SFL Premier Division - game 37)

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53y, 1m, 3d	John Lambie	Willie Miller

David Byrne
Callum Milne

Roddy Grant (1-1, 41 mins)		Grant Tierney (0-1, og 8 mins)

		Ray McKinnon (Scott Thomson, 81 mins)

22y, 10m, 8d	Craig Nelson	John Burridge
33y, 1m, 0d	David Byrne	Stewart McKimmie
28y, 3m, 12d	Bobby Law	Hugh Robertson
23y, 6m, 15d	Gregg Watson	Paul Kane
32y, 5m, 25d	Grant Tierney	Alex McLeish
30y, 11m, 9d	Willie Jamieson	Brian Irvine
27y, 7m, 12d	Ian Cameron [i]	Eoin Jess
32y, 3m, 2d	Albert Craig	Lee Richardson
27y, 6m, 20d	Roddy Grant	Ray McKinnon
22y, 4m, 24d	Isaac English	Mixu Paatelainen
30y, 9m, 25d	Chic Charnley	Brian Grant

28y, 4m, 5d

25y, 8m, 16d	Andy Murdoch	Derek Stillie
25y, 2m, 3d	Andy M. Gibson	Jim Bett
31y, 3m, 19d	Bobby Barnes	Scott Thomson

TTA report

A Tierney headed OG (8) gave Aberdeen the lead but they never looked like going on to win. A scrappy first half ended with Grant deservedly equalising after a poor clearance (41). The keeper fumbled a Charnley shot early in the second half but a struggle in the mud and driving rain brought no further goals.

Media report

06-Apr-1994, Glasgow Herald

PARTICK THISTLE moved above Hearts last night and into seventh place after scoring both goals – they would do it the hard way – against an Aberdeen side who looked merely to be testing their reflexes. Roddy Grant delivered his 15th goal of the season to cancel an early blunder from team-mate Grant Tierney, and the relegation issue could well have been simplified in the process. Thistle now have a four-point lead over third-bottom St Johnstone, and a home victory for Hearts tonight at Tynecastle would go some way towards securing safety for both the Edinburgh and the Glasgow club. Aberdeen, meanwhile, although failing to recapture the level of performance they produced at Ibrox in their first of three Glasgow visits inside a week, could still point to good work from Eoin Jess, which bodes well for Hampden on Saturday. This match was always going to mean more to Thistle, as the eagle-eyed presence of Tommy Burns amongst a clutch of Premier Division managers served to illustrate.

Aberdeen looked almost leisurely, with Ray McKinnon given a wide brief on the left, and that made it all the more difficult to comprehend when an own goal gave them the lead after eight minutes. Hugh Robertson’s inswinging corner was accurately directed towards the near post, but as Jess rose for the header, Tierney, much to his embarrassment, turned the ball past a bewildered Craig Nelson in the Thistle goal. Thistle, perhaps inevitably, were thereafter invited by Aberdeen to press forward in an attempt to remedy their mistake. Two important saves in quick succession by John Burridge were required to keep them at bay. Stewart McKimmie’s mistake forced the goalkeeper to race off his line before foiling Isaac English, seconds after a Tierney header which took a close ricochet past had nearly made amends. In 18 minutes, a Chic Charnley free-kick was headed on by Willie Jamieson and broke out to Grant. The forward struck his low shot well, but Burridge flopped to his right to block. Grant, who had scored a late equaliser against Motherwell on Saturday, provided another vital goal four minutes from the break. David Byrne’s cross was back-headed out by Brian Irvine only as far as Grant, who, from some 12 yards, drove briskly home. Aberdeen performed cautiously after the interval, only Jess attempting to liven things up. A McKimmie drive which skimmed the crossbar was the closest they came to scoring again. Jess left Charnley dizzy on the turn before hitting the ball weakly at Nelson, while Kane simply snatched at his effort following Mixu Paatelainen’s lay-off. Willie Miller’s priorities – with Duncan Shearer having been held back from participating – gave him the chance to offer 22-year-old Scott Thomson a run up front on his debut.

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