5th Sep 1998 Partick Thistle 1 Alloa Athletic 0 (SFL Second Division - game 5)

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Match Information

38y, 7m, 9d			Tommy Bryce		Tom Hendrie
Kevin Gaughan; Des McKeown; Paul McDonald
Willie Jamieson; Alan Archibald; Tommy Callaghan
Alan Morgan (1-0, 68 mins)
Graham Connell
Willie Callaghan (Robert Dunn, 83 mins); Tommy Bryce (Tommy Callaghan, 84 mins)					Paul Simpson (Martin Cameron, 67 mins); Mark Nelson (Lloyd Haddow, 71 mins); Gregor McKechnie (Stuart MacKay, 73 mins)
19y, 8m, 29d			Kenny Arthur		Mark Cairns former Jag
31y, 10m, 29d			David Kennedy		Craig Valentine
30y, 6m, 8d			Scott McArthur		Paul McAneny
20y, 5m, 30d			Kevin Gaughan		Mark Nelson
28y, 7m, 18d			Des McKeown		Davie Pew
23y, 10m, 5d			Graham Connell		Steve Ramsay
17y, 11m, 4d			Martin Lauchlan		Mark Wilson
38y, 7m, 9d			Tommy Bryce		Willie Irvine
23y, 8m, 26d			Alan Morgan		Paul Simpson
31y, 5m, 13d			Willie Callaghan		Mark Cowan
30y, 4m, 16d			Paul McDonald		Gregor McKechnie
27y, 0m, 8d
19y, 2m, 8d			Robert Dunn		Lloyd Haddow
29y, 0m, 8d			Tommy Callaghan		Stuart MacKay
19y, 0m, 18d			Alex Martin		Martin Cameron future Jag

Match Report

TTA report

A good start by Alloa and Thistle took ages to pose any sort of threat. Morgan missed an open goal right on half-time but he scored when he diverted a Connell shot past the keeper(68). Alloa only showed in the last nervy 10 minutes and were denied an equaliser by a fine save from Arthur (80). A poor game.

Media report

06-Sep-1998, Scotland on Sunday

HENDRIE READS RIOT ACT TO ALLOA. TOM Hendrie put a brave face on it after his Alloa Athletic side, buoyant following a seven-goal victory over Stirling Albion the previous week, came crashing back to earth with a 1-0 defeat at Partick Thistle. He said: “In a way, this will prove to be a good result for us. Too many players thought they had the league won last week, but consistency, not one-off results, is going to achieve things this season. We showed against Stirling Albion just how good we can be, but it was the opposite against Thistle, and the players should be prepared to learn from that.” Alan Morgan hit the only goal, more of a deflection really, midway through the second half to give the Maryhill men all three points. He admitted: “My goal was a bit lucky, but it was good to see it go in all the same. I had missed a sitter just on half-time, and we were all beginning to wonder if we were going to score at all.”

Stats Watch

● 28-year-old Des McKeown makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for Martin Lauchlan, 21st Mar 1998 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alan Archibald - 34 games, 18th Oct 1997 to 29th Aug 1998. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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