18th Jul 1998 Stranraer 2 Partick Thistle 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Campbell Money		Tommy Bryce			38y, 5m, 21d
					Kenny Arthur; Jamie McKenzie; David Kennedy; Willie Jamieson; Graham Connell; Willie Callaghan; Alan Morgan; Sammy Johnston; Tommy Callaghan
					Lindsay Hamilton; Jimmy Boyle; Gregg Watson; Billy Macdonald; Jered Stirling; Nicky Henderson; Alan Lawrence; Gareth Evans; Andy Lyons
Paul McIntyre (1-1, 47 mins); Tom Black (2-2, pen 71 mins)					Sammy Johnston (1-0, 5 mins); Alan Morgan (2-1, 61 mins); Sammy Johnston (3-2, 86 mins)
Gordon Bruce (Stephen O'Neill); Jamie Smith (Michael Kyle); Ian Harty (Steve Abbott); Jason Young (Frazer Wright); Paul Ronald (Gavin Friels)					Tommy Callaghan (Iain Nicolson, 1st half); Kenny Arthur (Stevie Ross, HT); ? (Kevin McCann); ? (Robert Dunn); ? (Stephen Gallen)
			Gordon Bruce		Kenny Arthur			19y, 7m, 11d
			future Jag Paul McIntyre		Jamie McKenzie			17y, 7m, 19d
			Tom Black		David Kennedy			31y, 9m, 11d
			Duncan George		Willie Jamieson			35y, 2m, 21d
			future Jag Jamie Smith		Alan Archibald			20y, 7m, 5d
			Doug Johnstone		Graham Connell			23y, 8m, 17d
			Ian Harty		Martin Lauchlan			17y, 9m, 17d
			Jason Young		Willie Callaghan			31y, 3m, 25d
			Paul Ronald		Alan Morgan			23y, 7m, 8d
			Scott Young		Sammy Johnston			31y, 3m, 5d
			Gavin Galloway		Tommy Callaghan			28y, 10m, 20d
								25y, 6m, 31d
			Stephen O'Neill		Stevie Ross			33y, 5m, 21d
			Michael Kyle		Kevin McCann			17y, 7m, 1d
			Steve Abbott		Robert Dunn			19y, 0m, 20d
			Frazer Wright		Stephen Gallen			19y, 2m, 15d
			Gavin Friels		Iain Nicolson			21y, 9m, 5d

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Match Report

TTA report

Tommy Bryce appointed part-time player-manager. A goal by Johnston (5) gave Thistle a half-time lead but it should have been more. A back-post header put Stranraer level (47) but Morgan scored (61) then a pen put things level again (foul by McKenzie). Johnston's header from a Lauchlan cross (86) won it.

Media report

19-Jul-1998, Sunday Mail

Sammy Johnston smacked in two goals in Partick Thistle's 3-2 win at Stranraer. He put the Jags ahead in the fifth minute. Then Paul McIntyre headed in a Tom Black corner to equalise. Alan Morgan put the Firhill outfit in front again in 62 minutes. But again Stranraer pulled level, this time with a Black penalty after Scott Young was felled. With a draw looming, Martin Lauchlan cut the ball back for Johnston to head the winner.

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Galloway Gazette, 24th July, 1998

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 124th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 17-year-old Kevin McCann makes his Thistle debut.

● 19-year-old Stephen Gallen makes his Thistle debut.

● 23-year-old Graham Connell makes his Thistle debut.

● 28-year-old Tommy Callaghan makes his Thistle debut.

● 31-year-old David Kennedy makes his Thistle debut.

● 31-year-old Willie Callaghan makes his Thistle debut.

● 33-year-old Stevie Ross makes his Thistle debut.

● 21-year-old Iain Nicolson plays his last game for Thistle.

● Sammy Johnston scores his last goals for Thistle, signing off with a brace.

● The eighteenth managerial reign begins with Tommy Bryce's first game in charge.

ongoing sequences:

● 39 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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