4th Jan 1997 Partick Thistle 1 Stirling Albion 1 (SFL First Division - game 20)

matches:1996-97: ← 29game 3031 →

Match Information

38y, 3m, 11d			Murdo MacLeod		Kevin Drinkell
Billy Macdonald
Derek McWilliams
Jered Stirling (1-1, pen 61 mins)					Stuart McLaren (0-1, 37 mins)
Billy Macdonald (Stephen Docherty, HT); Andy Lyons (Ian McCall, 60 mins)					Paul Deas (Stephen Jack, 83 mins); Stuart McLaren (John Gibson, 67 mins); Neil Bennett (David Wood, 67 mins)
26y, 0m, 19d			John Hillcoat		Mark McGeown
31y, 4m, 8d			Callum Milne		Andy Paterson
20y, 2m, 22d			Jered Stirling		Paul Deas future Jag
20y, 3m, 18d			Billy Macdonald		Gretar Hjartarsson
27y, 2m, 6d			David Farrell		Ronnie McQuilter
26y, 3m, 14d			Gregg Watson		Garry Paterson
29y, 11m, 21d			Gareth Evans		Alex Bone
34y, 4m, 19d			Steve Maskrey		Tommy Tait
20y, 9m, 14d			Charlie Adams		Stuart McLaren
28y, 1m, 20d			David Moss		Craig Taggart
30y, 2m, 16d			Andy Lyons		Neil Bennett
26y, 9m, 22d
32y, 3m, 5d			Ian McCall		Stephen Jack
20y, 10m, 17d			Stephen Docherty		John Gibson
21y, 11m, 17d			Jim Slavin		David Wood

Match Report

TTA report

Stirling's poor pass-back set up the opener (37). It took an hour for Thistle to get it together then a foul on Maskrey gave Stirling his penalty (61). They were robbed of another (blatant hand ball) and when a header was fisted away (88) nothing was given. Perhaps the ref's name (Clyde) explains everything?

Media report

05-Jan-1997, The People

Partick Thistle blew their chances of boosting their promotion hopes, as their promotion rivals were being beaten by the weather. But they were lucky to bring off even the 1-1 score at home to Stirling Albion. They fell behind to a goal by Stirling Albion's McLaren. But Thistle man Stirling equalised with a penalty after Maskrey had been up-ended.

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Daily Record, 6th January, 1997

PTFC Match Programme, 1st February, 1997

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Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 26 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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