19th Sep 1998 East Fife 1 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL Second Division - game 7)

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Match Information

			Stevie Kirk		Tommy Bryce			38y, 7m, 23d
					Stevie Ross
					Kenny Arthur
John Cusick (0-1, 13 mins)					Robert Dunn (1-1, 17 mins); Robert Dunn (2-1, 52 mins); Martin Lauchlan (3-1, 66 mins)
Gilbert Allan; Richard Gibb					David Kennedy; Graham Connell; Martin Lauchlan
Kenny Munro (John McNeil, 71 mins); Dickie Gibb (Gordon Brown, 71 mins); Mark Abercromby (Phil Gartshore, 85 mins)					Martin Lauchlan (Tommy Callaghan, 69 mins); Alan Morgan (Willie Callaghan, 80 mins)
			Jim Butters		Stevie Ross			33y, 7m, 23d
			Ronnie Coyle		David Kennedy			31y, 11m, 12d
			John Cusick		Des McKeown			28y, 8m, 1d
			George Johnston		Kevin Gaughan			20y, 6m, 13d
			Gibby Allan		Alan Archibald			20y, 9m, 6d
			Kenny Munro		Graham Connell			23y, 10m, 19d
			Dickie Gibb		Martin Lauchlan			17y, 11m, 18d
			Mark Abercromby		Tommy Bryce			38y, 7m, 23d
			Stevie Kirk		Alan Morgan			23y, 9m, 9d
			Barrie Moffat		Robert Dunn			19y, 2m, 22d
			Matt Dyer		Paul McDonald			30y, 4m, 30d
								26y, 3m, 25d
			Phil Gartshore		Willie Callaghan			31y, 5m, 27d
			Gordon Brown		Tommy Callaghan			29y, 0m, 22d
			John McNeil		Scott McArthur			30y, 6m, 22d

notes

Kick-off delayed by 20 minutes from the scheduled 3pm.

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle's last ever visit to Bayview. The Fifers took a deserved lead (13) but a fine finish from a tight angle by Dunn levelled things (17) then Morgan clipped the bar from 25 yards (33). A shot in the bottom corner by Dunn (52) put Thistle ahead before Lauchlan made sure on the break (67).

Media report

20-Sep-1998, Scotland on Sunday

PARTICK KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. IT was a case of better late than never for Partick Thistle as they kept up the pressure on Inverness Caledonian Thistle with a 3-1 triumph over East Fife at Methil. The Thistle team bus was held up in traffic as they made their way from Firhill to Fife and the kick-off was delayed for 20 minutes. It didn't look like getting any better for Tommy Bryce's men when John Cusick put the home side ahead in the 13th minute, but Robert Dunn equalised four minutes later. Seven minutes after the break Dunn got a second and Martin Lauchlan added the third in the 66th minute. The victory keeps the Firhill side up there at the top with Caledonian Thistle and the joust between them promises to be an intriguing one as the season develops.

Stats Watch

● Thistle make their last-ever visit to Bayview.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 29th Aug 1998 to date. (Longest run since: 5 wins, 12th Oct 1996 to 16th Nov 1996. Club-record: 10 wins, 22nd Oct 1932 to 26th Dec 1932.)

● 4 consecutive League wins; 29th Aug 1998 to date. (Longest run since: 5 wins; 12th Oct 1996 to 16th Nov 1996. Club-record: 12 wins; 1st Oct 1932 to 26th Dec 1932.)

● 5 consecutive away League wins; 18th Apr 1998 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 5 wins; 14th May 1983 to 28th Sep 1983, 13th Oct 1962 to 8th Dec 1962, 1st Jan 1959 to 7th Mar 1959, 1st Oct 1932 to 24th Dec 1932 & 23rd Jan 1897 to 24th Apr 1897.)

● 6 away League games without defeat; 24th Mar 1998 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 8th Apr 1995 to 9th Sep 1995. Club-record: 13 games; 5th Dec 1970 to 11th Sep 1971.)

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 15th Aug 1998 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games, 26th Dec 1996 to 22nd Jan 1997. Club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976.)

● 6 League games without defeat, 15th Aug 1998 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 26th Dec 1996 to 8th Feb 1997. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 16 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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