21st Sep 1996 Airdrieonians 4 Partick Thistle 4 (SFL First Division - game 6)

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Match Information

			Alex MacDonald		Murdo MacLeod			37y, 11m, 28d
					Tommy Turner; Charlie Adams
					Callum Milne; Steve Maskrey
Steve Cooper (1-1, 9 mins); Brian McPhee (2-2, 26 mins); Steve Cooper (4-3, pen 75 mins); Brian McPhee (4-4, 90 mins)					David Moss (1-0, 7 mins); David Moss (2-1, 24 mins); Nicky Henderson (3-2, 43 mins); Charlie Adams (4-2, 51 mins)
Sandy Stewart (Kenny Black, HT); Peter Hetherston (Gordon Connelly, HT); Jimmy Sandison (Alan Lawrence, 59 mins)					Gareth Evans (Stephen Docherty, 89 mins)
			John Martin		Mark Cairns			26y, 11m, 27d
			future Jag Sandy Stewart		Alan Dinnie			33y, 4m, 7d
			Paul Jack		Jered Stirling			19y, 11m, 8d
			Jimmy Sandison		Tommy Turner			32y, 11m, 10d
			Sean Sweeney		Jim Slavin			21y, 8m, 3d
			future Jag Peter Hetherston		Gregg Watson			26y, 0m, 0d
			future Jag Jimmy Boyle		Gareth Evans			29y, 8m, 7d
			John Davies		Nicky Henderson			27y, 7m, 13d
			Steve Cooper		Charlie Adams			20y, 6m, 0d
			Brian McPhee		David Moss			27y, 10m, 6d
			Forbes Johnston		Andy Lyons			29y, 11m, 2d
								26y, 11m, 13d
			Kenny Black		Stephen Docherty			20y, 7m, 3d
			future Jag Alan Lawrence		Stuart Ayton			20y, 11m, 2d
			Gordon Connelly		Billy Macdonald			20y, 0m, 4d

Match Report

TTA report

Moss (header from a corner, 7). Slack marking led to 1-1 (9). Moss scored again (24). Poor defending, 2-2 (26). Henderson's fine shot from the edge of the box (43) then Adams (drove in an Evans cross, 51) put Thistle 4-2 up. Harsh pen (hand ball, 75). Panic set in and the equaliser came (90). 2-goal lead thrown away.

Media report

22-Sep-1996, The Mirror

AIRDRIE and PARTICK THISTLE fought out a 4-4 thriller. The Jags took an early lead when David Moss headed home. But Steve Cooper fired the Diamonds back into the match. Thistle went ahead again through Moss before Brian McPhee levelled again. Thistle looked to have sewn it up with goals from Nicky Henderson and Charley Adams. But Airdrie hit back through Steve Cooper's penalty and Brian McPhee's last-minute strike.

Stats Watch

● Charlie Adams scores his first goal for Thistle.

● David Moss scores his first goal for Thistle, adding a second for good measure.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 away League games without a win; 13th Apr 1996 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 13th May 1995 to 4th Nov 1995. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 9 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.)

● 12 League games without a win; 30th Mar 1996 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 25th Nov 1989 to 3rd Mar 1990. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 23 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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