23rd Jan 1996 Raith Rovers 0 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Premier Division - game 24)

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Match Information

			Jimmy Nicholl		Murdo MacLeod			37y, 3m, 30d
					Stevie Pittman; Rod McDonald
					Tom Smith; Stephen Docherty
					Rod McDonald (1-0, 73 mins); Rod McDonald (2-0, 89 mins)
Danny Lennon (Julian Broddle); Jason Dair (Davie Kirkwood)
			Scott Thomson		Nicky Walker			33y, 3m, 25d
			Ian McMillan		Alan Dinnie			32y, 8m, 9d
			Mark Humphries		Callum Milne			30y, 4m, 27d
			future Jag Danny Lennon		Stevie Pittman			28y, 6m, 5d
			Shaun Dennis		Steve Welsh			27y, 9m, 4d
			Davie Sinclair		Gregg Watson			25y, 4m, 2d
			Jason Dair		Billy Macdonald			19y, 4m, 6d
			Colin Cameron		Wayne Foster			32y, 4m, 12d
			future Jag Ally Graham		Nicky Henderson			26y, 11m, 15d
			Steve Crawford		Ian Cameron [i]			29y, 4m, 30d
			Tony Rougier		Rod McDonald			28y, 10m, 3d
								28y, 7m, 18d
			former Jag Julian Broddle		Stephen Docherty			19y, 11m, 5d
			Davie Kirkwood		Tom Smith			22y, 3m, 11d
			Ronnie Coyle		Charlie Adams			19y, 10m, 2d

Match Report

TTA report

Rovers (2 wins in 9 at home) seldom Walker. In contrast the home keeper had some fine saves to deny McDonald before half-time. He rolled the ball into the empty net when the keeper raced out and collided with a defender (73) and he turned in a Foster cross from 6 yards (89) to make made sure of the points.

Media report

Hugh Keevins, 24-Jan-1996, The Scotsman

It was a shade too early in the season for the whiff of fear to hang over Stark's Park, but in every other respect last night's Premier Division match in Kirkcaldy was a classic example of high-anxiety football. On a bitterly cold night before the Fifers' smallest crowd of the season, Rod McDonald celebrated only his second first team appearance this campaign by scoring twice in the second half. A ghastly mix-up in the Raith defence presented McDonald with the opening goal and his second, in the final minute, came as Raith pressed forward in search of a point. Rovers were a huge disappointment and could have no complaints about the outcome. Comfortably placed in midtable, it was hard to fathom why they looked so edgy but if they keep playing like this it won't be long before Raith are also dragged into the dogfight to avoid the drop.

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The Scotsman, 24th January, 1996

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● Goalie Nicky Walker keeps his last clean-sheet for Thistle.

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