21st Oct 1995 Aberdeen 3 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL Premier Division - game 9)

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Match Information

			Roy Aitken		Murdo MacLeod			37y, 0m, 27d
					Kevin McKee; Rod McDonald; Murdo MacLeod
					Harry Curran; Tommy Turner; Derek McWilliams
Albert Craig (0-1, og 25 mins); Eoin Jess (0-2, 54 mins); Paul Bernard (0-3, 79 mins)
Stewart McKimmie (Scott Thomson, 62 mins)					Rod McDonald (Andy M. Gibson, 62 mins); Murdo MacLeod (Derek McWilliams, 70 mins); Kevin McKee (Ian Cameron [i], 80 mins)
			Michael Watt		Nicky Walker			33y, 0m, 22d
			Stewart McKimmie		Alan Dinnie			32y, 5m, 7d
			Stephen Glass		Callum Milne			30y, 1m, 24d
			Brian Grant		Kevin McKee			29y, 4m, 11d
			John Inglis		Steve Welsh			27y, 6m, 2d
			Gary Smith		Gregg Watson			25y, 1m, 0d
			Joe Miller		Rod McDonald			28y, 7m, 1d
			Duncan Shearer		Albert Craig			33y, 9m, 18d
			Paul Bernard		Stephen Docherty			19y, 8m, 3d
			former Jag Billy Dodds		Murdo MacLeod			37y, 0m, 27d
			Eoin Jess		Tom Smith			22y, 0m, 9d
								28y, 11m, 21d
			Theo Snelders		n-a
			Scott Thomson		Andy M. Gibson			26y, 8m, 19d
			future Jag Peter Hetherston		Derek McWilliams			29y, 9m, 5d
					Ian Cameron [i]			29y, 1m, 27d

Match Report

TTA report

3rd v 9th. Player-Manager MacLeod made his only competitive appearance. The outcome was never in doubt and Thistle seldom threatened. A Craig headed OG at a corner (25) set Aberdeen on their way. Thistle offered virtually nothing apart from long range efforts late on and 2 more goals (54 and 79) finished things off.

Media report

Scott Davie, 22-Oct-1995, Scotland on Sunday

EOIN JESS showed maturity in the way he controlled the game from central midfield, showing a previously unhinted at appetite for working hard in the unglamorous parts of the field to gain possession before producing some sublime touches to unlock what was, admittedly, a rather poor Partick Thistle team…

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Scotland on Sunday, 22nd October, 1995

Daily Record, 23rd October, 1995

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Stats Watch

● 37-year-old Murdo MacLeod makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive away defeats; 20th Sep 1995 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 3rd Feb 1990 to 17th Mar 1990. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 6 League games without a win; 23rd Sep 1995 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 26th Nov 1994 to 14th Jan 1995. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 7 competitive games without a win, 20th Sep 1995 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games, 20th Aug 1994 to 8th Oct 1994. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 37 consecutive competitive appearances for Steve Welsh, 26th Dec 1994 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Willie Jamieson - 43 games, 30th Nov 1993 to 26th Nov 1994. 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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