15th Aug 1998 Forfar Athletic 0 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Second Division - game 2)

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Match Information

			Ian McPhee		Tommy Bryce			38y, 6m, 19d
					Sammy Johnston
					Mark Donaghy
					Martin Lauchlan (1-0, 30 mins)
Bobby Mann; Graeme McCheyne					Willie Jamieson; Tommy Callaghan; Sammy Johnston
Ralph Brand (Martin McLauchlan, 61 mins)					Sammy Johnston (Alex Martin, 72 mins)
			Dean Robertson		Kenny Arthur			19y, 8m, 8d
			Graeme Ferguson		David Kennedy			31y, 10m, 8d
			Graham Watson		Scott McArthur			30y, 5m, 18d
			Bobby Mann		Willie Jamieson			35y, 3m, 19d
			Graeme McCheyne		Alan Archibald			20y, 8m, 2d
			Andy Cargill		Graham Connell			23y, 9m, 15d
			Steve Raynes		Martin Lauchlan			17y, 10m, 14d
			former Jag Andy M. Gibson		Sammy Johnston			31y, 4m, 2d
			Ralph Brand		Alan Morgan			23y, 8m, 5d
			Ben Honeyman		Tommy Bryce			38y, 6m, 19d
			Jim Hamilton		Tommy Callaghan			28y, 11m, 18d
								27y, 5m, 20d
			John Allison		Alex Martin			18y, 11m, 28d
			Kenny Gillies		Kevin Gaughan			20y, 5m, 9d
			Martin McLauchlan		Robert Dunn			19y, 1m, 18d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle had the wind at their backs and a fine run and shot by Lauchlan (30) put them ahead. The defence played well in the second half and Forfar seldom looked like equalising. A shot by Martin was cleared off the line (90). A workmanlike performance if nothing else against a poor side.

Media report

16-Aug-1998, Scotland on Sunday

While promotion favourites Livingston will now appreciate how tough it will be to make it across the finishing line in pole position, PARTICK THISTLE must have partially silenced the cynics who had written them off. The Maryhill men proved that they are not quite ready to be counted out of the race. Martin Lauchlan was the man who earned them a win bonus - surely a four-letter word around Glasgow these days - with the game's solitary strike in the 30th minute against Forfar Athletic at Station Park. Thistle then showed some unusual professionalism by ensuring they remained tight at the back and did not concede any easy goals.

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Dundee Evening Telegraph, 15th August, 1998

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• Sammy Johnston, back for a second spell. (SD)

Stats Watch

● 18-year-old Alex Martin plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 32 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Archibald, 18th Oct 1997 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jimmy Boyle - 39 games, 2nd Aug 1997 to 9th May 1998. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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