17th Sep 1996 Dunfermline Athletic 2 Partick Thistle 0 (League Cup Quarter Final)

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Match Information

			Bert Paton		Murdo MacLeod			37y, 11m, 24d
					Alan Dinnie
					Derek McWilliams
David Bingham (0-1, 60 mins); Gerry Britton (0-2, 79 mins)
David Bingham (Brian Rice, 85 mins)					Steve Maskrey (Charlie Adams, 83 mins)
			Ian Westwater		Mark Cairns			26y, 11m, 23d
			John Clark		Callum Milne			31y, 0m, 21d
			Colin Miller		Jered Stirling			19y, 11m, 4d
			Andy Tod		Alan Dinnie			33y, 4m, 3d
			future Jag Derek Fleming		Jim Slavin			21y, 7m, 30d
			Ivo Den Bieman		Gregg Watson			25y, 11m, 27d
			Hamish French		Gareth Evans			29y, 8m, 3d
			former Jag Gerry Britton		Nicky Henderson			27y, 7m, 9d
			Andy Smith		Steve Maskrey			34y, 1m, 1d
			Stewart Petrie		David Moss			27y, 10m, 2d
			David Bingham		Andy Lyons			29y, 10m, 29d
								28y, 0m, 3d
			future Jag Mark McCulloch		Charlie Adams			20y, 5m, 27d
			Brian Rice		Stephen Docherty			20y, 6m, 30d
			Greg Shaw		Derek McWilliams			30y, 8m, 1d

Match Report

TTA report

A much better performance against Premier Division Pars. Thistle were the better team for an hour and made all the running but good goalkeeping and wayward shooting kept it goalless. Cairns punched a corner off the head of the scorer (61) for a crazy goal and ex-JAG Britton scored through the middle (79).

Media report

19-Sep-1996, Daily Record

Gerry Britton last night revealed why he ditched a glamour move to France to join Dunfermline's up and under squad. The big striker is the latest six footer to star in the Fifers' side - and was the star of their 2-0 Coca-Cola quarter-final win over Partick Thistle on Tuesday. Bert Paton's tactic of pumping endless high balls in to his big men might not win the Pars many friends - but it suits Britton perfectly. He said: “In the summer I had more or less decided to go to France to join Lavallois. It was just a case of completing the details. But when I got back from France I found out that Bert had been in touch with my wife. I spoke to him and after that I made up my mind to come here because I was impressed with what he had to say. And I'm well pleased with the way things have worked out.” Britton played 20 minutes as a sub in last season's Coca-Cola Cup final with Dundee - and is now just 90 minutes away from another final appearance. His goal and assist that dumped Thistle have helped him double last season's goal tally after just a month of the new campaign.

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Aberdeen Press & Journal, 19th September, 1996

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Stats Watch

● Thistle appear in their fourteenth League Cup Quarter Final, but fail to progress for the ninth time.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 competitive away games without a win; 13th Apr 1996 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 5th Mar 1994 to 1st Oct 1994. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 8 consecutive competitive away defeats; 13th Apr 1996 to date. (Longest run since: 8 defeats; 26th May 1965 to 23rd Oct 1965. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Lyons, 2nd Mar 1996 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Ian Cameron [i] - 31 games, 21st Oct 1995 to 16th May 1996. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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