3rd Apr 1998 Partick Thistle 0 Motherwell 4 (Friendly)

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Match Information

41y, 2m, 9d			John McVeigh		Harri Kampman
Lindsay Hamilton; Jamie McKenzie; Billy Macdonald; Martin Lauchlan
Kenny Arthur; Alan Archibald; Iain Nicolson; Colin McKee
					Tommy Coyne (0-1, 28 mins); Kevin Christie (0-2, 40 mins); Shaun McSkimming (0-3, 49 mins); Owen Coyle (0-4, 73 mins)
Martin Lauchlan (Scott Houston); Alan Lawrence (Alex Martin); Chic Charnley (Alexander [iii])
35y, 7m, 23d			Lindsay Hamilton		Scott Thomson
31y, 1m, 15d			Jimmy Boyle		?
21y, 5m, 21d			Jered Stirling		?
17y, 4m, 5d			Jamie McKenzie		Kevin Christie
27y, 6m, 13d			Gregg Watson		?
21y, 6m, 17d			Billy Macdonald		Stefan Lindqvist
29y, 1m, 26d			Nicky Henderson		Shaun McSkimming
17y, 6m, 2d			Martin Lauchlan		?
35y, 7m, 15d			Alan Lawrence		Owen Coyle
34y, 9m, 23d			Chic Charnley		Tommy Coyne
31y, 5m, 15d			Andy Lyons		?
27y, 6m, 24d
17y, 0m, 14d			Scott Houston		?
18y, 7m, 16d			Alex Martin		?
			Alexander [iii]		?

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Match Report

TTA report

After a bright opening 20 minutes a defensive blunder between Watson and Hamilton led to the 1st goal. After that Thistle were seldom in the game and a 2nd goal before half-time and 2 more after the break (yes, 1 from O Coyle) emphasised the gulf between the teams in this Friday night friendly.

Media Reports

04-Apr-1998, The Scotsman

THE novelty of Friday night football failed to catch the imagination of the Glasgow public as barely a few hundred fans turned up to witness an easy win for the Premier Division club. An GBP 8 admission charge is unlikely to tempt along anyone except the fiercely committed. The Motherwell support were disappointed to discover that the striker Matts Lundgren was not included in the starting line-up, but fellow Swede Stefan Lindqvist started and gave a commanding performance, albeit against lowly opponents, anchoring the midfield. The Thistle goalkeeper Lindsay Hamilton, making his debut, was involved in a misunderstanding with Gregg Watson that presented Tommy Coyne with a simple opener in 28 minutes then looked on in dismay as a Kevin Christie cross sailed over his head into the net.

Partick Thistle match programme, 11th April, 1998

For those of you who were not in attendance last Friday for the match against Motherwell here are the details. Motherwell won 4-0 and won easily in the end. The opening 20 minutes saw us play quite well but after Gregg Watson and Lindsay Hamilton between them misjudged a ball inside the box and Tommy Coyne scored, the writing was on the wall. Further goals from Kevin Christie, in the first half, and Shaun McSkimming and Owen Coyle in the second, made it a night to forget. Both Iain Nicolson and Alan Archibald were left out as they are sitting on 15 disciplinary points, while young Martin Lauchlan started the game.

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Daily Record, 3rd April, 1998

The Scotsman, 4th April, 1998

Motherwell Times, 9th April, 1998

PTFC Match Programme, 11th April, 1998

Stats Watch

● 17-year-old Scott Houston makes his Thistle debut.

● 35-year-old Lindsay Hamilton makes his Thistle debut.

● Alexander [iii] plays his one and only game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy Boyle, 2nd Aug 1997 to date, a new personal best. (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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