20th Apr 1996 Kilmarnock 2 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Premier Division - game 34)

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Match Information

			Alex Totten		Murdo MacLeod			37y, 6m, 27d
					Callum Milne
					Kevin McKee
Mark Skilling (0-1, 63 mins); Tom Black (1-2, pen 84 mins)					Tommy Turner (1-1, 73 mins)
Paul Wright (Tom Brown, 84 mins); Steve Maskrey (Gary Holt, 85 mins); Jim McIntyre (Colin McKee, 86 mins)					Wayne Foster (Andy M. Gibson, 22 mins); Nicky Henderson (Tommy Turner, 68 mins); Billy Macdonald (Tom Smith, 84 mins)
			Dragoje Leković		Nicky Walker			33y, 6m, 22d
			Gus MacPherson		Callum Milne			30y, 7m, 24d
			Tom Black		Gregg Watson			25y, 6m, 30d
			future Jag Ray Montgomerie		Derek McWilliams			30y, 3m, 4d
			Derek Anderson		Jim Slavin			21y, 3m, 2d
			Mark Reilly		Steve Welsh			28y, 0m, 1d
			Ally Mitchell		Billy Macdonald			19y, 7m, 3d
			Mark Skilling		Wayne Foster			32y, 7m, 9d
			Paul Wright		Nicky Henderson			27y, 2m, 12d
			Jim McIntyre		Ian Cameron [i]			29y, 7m, 27d
			future Jag Steve Maskrey		Andy Lyons			29y, 6m, 1d
								27y, 11m, 26d
			Gary Holt		Tommy Turner			32y, 6m, 9d
			Tom Brown		Andy M. Gibson			27y, 2m, 18d
			future Jag Colin McKee		Tom Smith			22y, 6m, 8d

Match Report

TTA report

Henderson wasted a good chance from distance then Kilmarnock hit the post. Poor defending just after half-time led to an unmarked header (63) but Turner scored with a rebounded Lyons shot following a free-kick (73). Hopes were dashed when poor defending caused a pen (84). Thistle were condemned to a play-off.

Media report

21-Apr-1996, Sunday Mirror

Alex Totten's battlers ensured they would remain in the Premier Division. But Thistle now face the prospect of a nervy relegation play-off.

There was very little flowing football or entertainment in the first half. Thistle had the first chance when Nicky Henderson's 18-yard bullet flew wide. Fired-up Killie responded on 13 minutes when Jim McIntyre, who had scored twice in the previous two games, sent a flashing header just wide. The Rugby Parkers could have taken the lead five minutes before the interval when McIntyre's shot hit the bar.

While the first half was boring, the second offered exquisite football from both sides. Pressure finally paid off for the home side on 63 minutes when a cross by winger Ally Mitchell was headed coolly into the net by Mark Skilling. It was the midfielder's first goal in an injury-hit season when he made only 11 league starts. Just 10 minutes later Thistle threw themselves a lifeline when veteran substitute Tommy Turner rose above the Killie defence to head home. But Thistle's hopes of staying in the top flight were dashed in the 84th minute when keeper Nicky Walker felled McIntyre in the penalty area. Tom Black stepped up to net the spotkick, his fourth strike of the season. As Totten's troops exited, they were given a standing ovation. Totten will be relieved the side will play a fourth successive season in the Premier Division. But much nailbiting lies ahead for Murdo McLeod's battlers facing a play- off to win the right to a top-flight place.

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The Scotsman, 22nd April, 1996

Video Highlights

Option 1: report & short highlights

(credits: KillieFC TV / BBC Scotland / Scottish Television )

Option 2: short highlights only

(credits: KillieFC TV / Scottish Television )

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● 32-year-old Wayne Foster plays his last game for Thistle.

● Tommy Turner scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 63 consecutive competitive appearances for Steve Welsh, 26th Dec 1994 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Colin McGlashan - 83 games, 6th Nov 1990 to 11th Aug 1992. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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