8th Jul 1995 Metz 1 Partick Thistle 0 (Intertoto Cup Group 6 - game 3)

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Match Information

			Joël Muller		John Lambie			54y, 4m, 6d
					Paul Kinnaird
					Rod McDonald
Cyrille Pouget (0-1, 55 mins)
Patrick Mboma (Samba N’Diaye, HT); Jocelyn Blanchard (Didier Lang, 63 mins); Magalhaes Isaias (Rigobert Song, 83 mins)					Wayne Foster (Tommy Turner, 74 mins); Paul Kinnaird (Kevin McKee, 85 mins)
			Jacques Songo'o		Nicky Walker			32y, 9m, 9d
			Pascal Pierre		Alan Dinnie			32y, 1m, 24d
			Sylvain Kastendeuch		Stevie Pittman			27y, 11m, 20d
			Philippe Gaillot		Gregg Watson			24y, 9m, 17d
			David Terrier		Steve Welsh			27y, 2m, 19d
			Jocelyn Blanchard		Tom Smith			21y, 8m, 26d
			Magalhaes Isaias		Derek McWilliams			29y, 5m, 22d
			Cyril Serredszum		Albert Craig			33y, 6m, 5d
			Patrick Mboma		Roddy Grant			28y, 9m, 22d
			Robert Pirès		Wayne Foster			31y, 9m, 27d
			Cyrille Pouget		Paul Kinnaird			28y, 7m, 27d
								28y, 11m, 27d
			Olivier Tingry		Mark Cairns			25y, 9m, 13d
			Rigobert Song		Tommy Turner			31y, 8m, 27d
			Didier Lang		Kevin McKee			29y, 0m, 28d
			Samba N’Diaye		Callum Milne			29y, 10m, 11d
			Stéphane Adam		Scott Ramsay			19y, 9m, 6d

Match Report

TTA report

On an energy-sapping evening (80 degrees at 8pm) Thistle took some time to acclimatise and were lucky it was 0-0 at half-time. Metz scored (56) when a cross was rifled in. McWilliams rounded the keeper but hit the post as the team visibly wilted in the heat. There was no way back. Fine saves by Walker followed.

Media report

Rab Christie, 09-Jul-1995, Scotland on Sunday

The Jags legions enjoyed a few Kronenburgs and went to the ground. They were even more jubilant as Metz midfielder Isaias began by wellying two free kicks over Nicky Walker's bar. Local forward Pouget was booked for diving, then come-back kid Kinnaird was in la Iivre for dissent. The teams turned goalless, the Maryhill faithful belted out La Marseillaise. After 53 minutes Metz scored the kind of goal they had been threatening all evening. Exposed on the left, Thistle gave Pouget space from seven yards. No bother. The Jags bounced right back and almost from the kick-off McWilliams hit a post. Isaias was booked, Thistle sent on Turner and McKee, but Metz remained superior. In the words of a bus favourite “It's A Heartache, Following The Partick.” Ah well… only 18 hours till I'm home.

(see 'Scrapbook' tab for full report)

Podcast

Draw, Lose or Draw return with a special podcast commemorating the 25th anniversary of Partick Thistle's last ever shot at European glory, the 1995 Intertoto Cup. We look into the mythical creature that is the Intertoto Cup, how Thistle inexplicably shambled into a qualification place, and what the fans thought of this bizarre tournament. Then it's time to get your sun block and travellers cheques sorted as we are away to Austria and France for games against LASK Linz and Metz, and return to Firhill replete with clinking bags from duty free for matches against Keflavik and NK Zagreb. Hear all the tales of punch ups, lost luggage, ill-advised offside passes and maybe the odd can or two of cheap French lager out the local Carrefour in the park. We then conclude the podcast by asking the immortal question… When UEFA come to their senses and bring back the greatest tournament in continental football history, the Intertoto Cup, where do you want Thistle to go? This episode of the Draw, Lose or Draw podcast was narrated by Matt Greer, edited by David Forrest and George Twigg and was written by David Forrest and Matt Greer. The contributors in alphabetical order were Kieran Ashton, David Forrest, Matt Greer, Brian Greig, Jamie McDonald, Stephen Mulrine, Marc Wallace, Brian Welsh and Richard Wilson (of the Yugoslav Football Podcast, available on all streaming platforms). (24-Jun-2020)

Scrapbook

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Daily Record, 4th July, 1995

The Scotsman, 8th July, 1995

Match Ticket, 8th July, 1995

Official Team Sheet, 8th July, 1995

Scotland on Sunday, 9th July, 1995

Sunday Mail, 9th July, 1995

The Sun, 10th July, 1995

Evening Times, 10th July, 1995

The Scotsman, 10th July, 1995

Daily Record, 10th July, 1995

Daily Record, 10th July, 1995

Daily Record, 11th July, 1995

Gallery

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• All set to go from Cowcaddens…

• "Well, fancy meeting you lot here…"

• A day for chilling.

• Keeping it cool.

• It's beer o'clock.

• 2% sightseeing, 98% beer.

• Soaking up the sun.

• Taps aff weather.

• Well, it was a hot day.

• A nicely decorated hotel.

• Basically, the Tartan Army in disguise.

• Representing the country.

• An easy shift for some.

• A colourful bunch.

• Getting ready to march.

• The Firhill boys are in town. Na na na…

• "We are Thistle, we are"

• "Nous descendez dans la rue" (O Grade level D French, but we had a go…)

• We brought our own roof, just in case.

• Under the red and yellow roof.

• Here we go.

• "What a shitey home support" (it was a big love-in really…)

• The Jags-eye view.

• We will follow the Thistle…

• Wearing the stripes.

• "Oui love you" said the Record as the Jags fans party on.

• Been a long night and day, time for a wee seat.

• Half-time, nil nil.

• Watson takes it…

• Rodee… for the heid!

• Tom Smith in the French press.

• Close but no cigar.

• Jags skipper Albert Craig salutes the fans.

• Undeterred in defeat, the Jaggy masses, still going strong…

Video Highlights

Option 1: Match Highlights

(credits: Barbarian981 / TF1 )

Option 2: Over Land & Sea Documentary

(credits: Partick Thistle FC / 41 Sports Media )

Option 3: Jags In Metz (Slideshow)

(credit (music): "Ça plane pour moi" by Whyte Horses.)

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Stats Watch

● 28-year-old Roddy Grant plays his last game for Thistle.

● Metz become the first French side to play Thistle.

● France becomes the twentieth country to provide opponents for Thistle.

● Metz become the 132nd club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

ongoing sequences:

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Steve Welsh, 26th Dec 1994 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Albert Craig - 25 games, 3rd Dec 1994 to 6th May 1995. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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