25th Feb 1995 Dundee United 2 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL Premier Division - game 24)

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Match Information

			Ivan Golac		John Lambie			53y, 11m, 23d
					Alan Dinnie; Stevie Pittman; Gregg Watson; Rod McDonald; Albert Craig; Ian Cameron [i]; Alex Taylor
					Kevin McKee; Callum Milne; Grant Tierney; David Byrne; Tom Smith; Andy M. Gibson; Chic Charnley
Craig Brewster (0-1, 46 mins); Sergio Gomes (0-2, 90 mins)
					Alan Dinnie (@ 0-1, 81 mins)
Billy McKinlay (Jerren Nixon, 58 mins); Craig Brewster (Scott Crabbe, 68 mins)					Tommy Turner (Derek McWilliams, 73 mins); Ian Cameron [i] (Grant Tierney, 85 mins)
			Kelham O'Hanlon		Mark Cairns			25y, 5m, 0d
			Jim McInally		Alan Dinnie			31y, 9m, 11d
			Maurice Malpas		Stevie Pittman			27y, 7m, 7d
			David Hannah		Gregg Watson			24y, 5m, 4d
			Gordan Petrić		Steve Welsh			26y, 10m, 6d
			Brian Welsh		Tommy Turner			31y, 4m, 14d
			Dave Bowman		Rod McDonald			27y, 11m, 5d
			Billy McKinlay		Albert Craig			33y, 1m, 22d
			Sergio Gomes		Wayne Foster			31y, 5m, 14d
			Craig Brewster		Ian Cameron [i]			28y, 6m, 1d
			Christian Dailly		Alex Taylor			32y, 8m, 12d
								29y, 2m, 14d
			Henrik Jørgensen		Mark Hutton			19y, 2m, 27d
			Jerren Nixon		Derek McWilliams			29y, 1m, 9d
			Scott Crabbe		Grant Tierney			33y, 4m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle had the better of the first half but had no luck up front. United scored (46) with Thistle defenders looking for hand ball. Wasted chances and good goalkeeping to deny McDonald and Cameron prevented an equaliser then Dinnie was sent off (81) for a disgraceful lunge and United got their 2nd (90).

Media report

27-Feb-1995, Glasgow Herald

IVAN GOLAC’S United have long been accused of treading, sights fixed high, with feet of clay. But this was the week they got down to basics, grinding maximum points first from Falkirk and now Partick Thistle, to step from the relegation mire. For United, now mid-table, a place in Europe may no longer be unrealistic. Thistle, however, will be looking to the Inter-Toto Cup to provide a happy footnote to their fading adventure in the top flight.

Thistle fielded new goalkeeper Cairns, in place of injured Walker, and after just three minutes the debutant passed his first test. Intercepting Cameron’s hesitant midfield ball, Brewster played in Sergio from the halfway line and Cairns leapt to field the Brazilian’s high cross. The bottom club rattled Ivan Golac’s side after 10 minutes, however, when Cameron’s deep free-kick was headed goalwards by McDonald forcing Malpas to dive in to deny Turner on the line. Towards the end of a half in which Brewster’s low free-kick, tipped to safety by Cairns was their only real threat, McKinlay dropped deep to rouse the home side. He sent in Sergio to skip goalwards but the Brazilian was tackled 10 yards out.

One minute after the restart, however, a Petric header from a McKinlay corner fell to Hannah. Brewster inadvertently blocked his team-mates’ shot before making amends and prodding in the opener himself. After 85 minutes, Dinnie was sent-off for a tackle on McInally and to complete Thistle’s misery, Sergio turned in an injury time Nixon corner.

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Evening Times, 25th February, 1995

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ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for Albert Craig, 3rd Dec 1994 to date. (Longest run since: Ian Cameron [i] - 18 games, 17th Sep 1994 to 21st Jan 1995. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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