1st Jan 1997 Partick Thistle 3 Clydebank 1 (SFL First Division - game 19)

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Match Information

38y, 3m, 8d			Murdo MacLeod		Brian Wright former Jag
Charlie Adams; Andy Lyons
Billy Macdonald; Tommy Turner
David Farrell (1-1, 54 mins); Charlie Adams (2-1, 57 mins); Jered Stirling (3-1, pen 77 mins)					Graham Connell (0-1, 3 mins)
Andy Lyons (Ian McCall)					Jimmy Brown (Joe Robertson); Gary Teale (Steve McMahon)
26y, 0m, 16d			John Hillcoat		Ian MacFarlane
31y, 4m, 5d			Callum Milne		Tom Currie
20y, 2m, 19d			Jered Stirling		Paul Lovering
30y, 11m, 16d			Derek McWilliams		Davie Irons former Jag
27y, 2m, 3d			David Farrell		Kenny Brannigan future Jag
26y, 3m, 11d			Gregg Watson		Davie Nicholls
29y, 11m, 18d			Gareth Evans		Gary Teale
34y, 4m, 16d			Steve Maskrey		Graham Connell future Jag
20y, 9m, 11d			Charlie Adams		James Grady future Jag
28y, 1m, 17d			David Moss		Jimmy Brown
30y, 2m, 13d			Andy Lyons		Gary Bowman
27y, 9m, 8d
32y, 3m, 2d			Ian McCall		Joe Robertson
			?		Steve McMahon former Jag
			?		James McKinstry future Jag

notes

Jimmy Brown played as a trialist for Clydebank.

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Match Report

TTA report

A well-worked goal caught Thistle cold (2). Lyons rounded the keeper and turned away thinking he'd scored but the ball hit the post. McWilliams hit the post as well. Clydebank looked in control until Farrell stabbed the ball in at a scramble (54) then a low shot by Adams (57) and a Stirling pen (foul, 77) made it 3-1.

Media report

03-Jan-1997, Daily Record

The traditional Ne'erday fixture list is past its sell-by date according to Partick Thistle. Cash-strapped Thistle last night branded Festive football a financial disaster after less than 800 fans paid to see them on Wednesday. The Jags 3-1 win over Clydebank was watched by a Firhill crowd of just 1975 - with over 1200 of them season-ticket holders and the money already in.

Thistle vice-chairman Brown McMaster said: “The crowd on Wednesday was a financial disaster for us. Football has to have a long hard think and revenue has got to equal the expenditure. This was a crucial game for us as we are going for promotion and can be compared with a game against Clydebank in March 1990, when there was nothing at stake for both clubs and over 3000 attended. Because it was New Year 's day our expenses were up - it was extra for policing, for example. And we had the expense of the undersoil heating. We have got to think about the changed behaviour in society. People who have been out to the early hours of the morning celebrating do not want to drive their cars and do not come along to the game. I spoke to some at the game who told me there was no public transport and one of our directors saw people walking in from outlying districts. I know the big problem is deciding when we could shut down. But we SHOULD consider the situation. But the problems go deep. There are too many clubs in the First Division paying Premier League wages. The books do not square.”

Scrapbook

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PTFC Match Programme, 1st February, 1997

Stats Watch

● Thistle win a fifth consecutive competitive game versus Clydebank, the H2H record.

● Thistle go 6 competitive games without defeat versus Clydebank, the H2H record.

ongoing sequences:

● 25 consecutive competitive appearances for Jered Stirling, 10th Aug 1996 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Andy Lyons - 32 games, 2nd Mar 1996 to 23rd Nov 1996. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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