25th Oct 1997 Partick Thistle 3 Hamilton Academical 3 (SFL First Division - game 10)

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Match Information

40y, 9m, 0d			John McVeigh		Sandy Clark former Jag / man.
Alan Archibald; Gareth Evans
David Farrell; Gregg Watson
Jered Stirling (1-1, pen 20 mins); Jered Stirling (2-1, pen 33 mins); Charlie Adams (3-2, 71 mins)					Gary Clark (0-1, 2 mins); Steve Renicks (2-2, 62 mins); Scott McCulloch (3-3, 90 mins)
Billy Macdonald; Callum Milne					Stevie Thompson; Paul McKenzie; Jim Sherry
Gareth Evans (Nicky Henderson, 71 mins); Jimmy Boyle (Jamie McKenzie, 75 mins); Alan Morgan (Alex Martin, 76 mins)					Gary Clark (Bill Davidson, 33 mins); Paul McKenzie (Paul Ritchie, 65 mins)
19y, 9m, 23d			Andy Stewart		Allan Ferguson
30y, 8m, 6d			Jimmy Boyle		Scott McCulloch future Jag
21y, 0m, 12d			Jered Stirling		Steve Renicks
32y, 1m, 28d			Callum Milne		Steve Thomson
19y, 10m, 12d			Alan Archibald		Steven McCormack
21y, 0m, 12d			Iain Nicolson		Paul McKenzie former Jag
30y, 9m, 11d			Gareth Evans		David Craig former Jag
21y, 1m, 8d			Billy Macdonald		Gary Clark
21y, 7m, 4d			Charlie Adams		Jim Sherry
22y, 10m, 15d			Alan Morgan		Dave McFarlane
31y, 0m, 6d			Andy Lyons		Sean McEntegart
24y, 8m, 20d
28y, 8m, 17d			Nicky Henderson		Martin Bonnar
18y, 2m, 7d			Alex Martin		Paul Ritchie future Jag
16y, 10m, 26d			Jamie McKenzie		Bill Davidson

Match Report

TTA report

Hamilton scored (header, 2) but failed to capitalise. Thistle fought back and aided by 2 soft pens converted by Stirling (21 and 35) took the lead. A free-kick (56) put Hamilton level but the unmarked Adams made it 3-2 (71). Future-JAG McCulloch scored with a 25-yard free-kick in added time but it was better.

Media report

27-Oct-1997, The Mirror

After weeks of slating his lacklustre players, Partick Thistle boss John McVeigh finally had something nice to say about them - even though they lost the lead three minutes into injury time. The Jags gaffer last week declared his under-achievers would be shown the door after a string of disastrous results had left them floundering at the bottom of the league. But McVeigh gave his lads praise not pelters after the thrilling 3-3 draw with Hamilton. He said: “I'm sick that we didn't hold on for the win. It's always a bit sore losing an equaliser three minutes into injury time. But I'm delighted with the effort, endeavour and enthusiasm of my players after all the criticism they've taken from me. If I get that every week from them I'll be happy - this could be a turning point for us.”

It looked like the Jags were in for yet another 90 minutes of torture when Gary Clark opened the scoring for the visitors with a header in the second minute. But referee Willie Young stepped in to redress the balance when he awarded Thistle a penalty in the 20th minute, claiming Steve Thomson had pushed Alan Morgan. Jerry Stirling made the conversion and repeated the process just 13 minutes later when Young again penalised ticked-off Thomson for shoving Morgan. A 25-yard free-kick midway through the second half by Steven Renicks tied the match. Thistle then looked set to clinch only their second win of the season when Charlie Adams nodded home. But Scott McCulloch stepped up in the dying seconds to grab his first of the season and earn Hamilton a valuable point.

Accies boss Sandy Clark said: “It would have been nice to see the two penalty incidents - they looked very, very soft. I can't get involved in it, unfortunately, but needless to say we're very disappointed with the way those incidents worked out. On the positive side it must have been one helluva game for the supporters with six goals. I thought we showed marvellous character in the second-half to come back from 2-1 down and 3-2 down. It's great to have Paul Ritchie back as well. He had two efforts that were blocked and on any other day he could have scored.”

Ritchie - who scored 34 goals last term - ended a two-month injury nightmare when he came off the bench at Firhill. And he said: “It was just great to be back. I nearly scored with my first touch but one of their lads got a block on it.”

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Daily Record, 27th October, 1997

Sunday Post, 26th October, 1997

Stats Watch

● Charlie Adams scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 12th Apr 1997 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 27th Aug 1988 to 3rd Dec 1988. Club-record: 46 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 30th Oct 1909.)

● 17 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 12th Apr 1997 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 28th Aug 1982 to 6th Nov 1982. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 17 consecutive competitive appearances for Charlie Adams, 12th Apr 1997 to date. (Longest run since: David Farrell - 40 games, 12th Oct 1996 to 18th Oct 1997. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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