5th Dec 1998 Arbroath 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

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Match Information

			Dave Baikie		Tommy Bryce			38y, 10m, 8d
					no changes
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John Gallagher (1-1, pen 37 mins)					Paul Tosh (1-0, 8 mins); Robert Dunn (2-1, 42 mins)
Kevin Tindal					Des McKeown; Paul McDonald; Jamie McKenzie
					David Kennedy (@ 1-0, 36 mins); Des McKeown (@ 2-1, 60 mins); Jamie McKenzie (@ 2-1, 90 mins)
Steve Florence (Kevin Tindal, 84 mins)					Robert Dunn (Craig Flannigan, 76 mins)
			future Jag Craig Hinchliffe		Kenny Arthur			19y, 11m, 28d
			Kenny Jones		David Kennedy			32y, 1m, 28d
			Jon Crawford		Des McKeown			28y, 10m, 17d
			Barry Sellars		Willie Jamieson			35y, 7m, 8d
			Steve Florence		Alan Archibald			20y, 11m, 22d
			John Gallagher		Kevin Gaughan			20y, 8m, 29d
			Craig Cooper		Graham Connell			24y, 1m, 4d
			Dougie Scott		Jamie McKenzie			18y, 0m, 6d
			David Arbuckle		Paul Tosh			25y, 1m, 17d
			Jim Mercer		Robert Dunn			19y, 5m, 7d
			former Jag Colin McGlashan		Paul McDonald			30y, 7m, 15d
								25y, 0m, 21d
			Neil Thomson		Craig Flannigan			25y, 9m, 24d
			Kevin Tindal		Steven Bonar			23y, 6m, 15d
			Scott Peters		Andy Frame			20y, 1m, 18d

Match Report

TTA report

Tosh opened for Thistle (8) then Kennedy was sent off and it was 1-1 from the pen (37). A Dunn header made it 2-1 at half-time. McKeown was sent off for the 1st time in his career (2 soft yellows, 60). Arthur excelled in goals then McKenzie got his 2nd yellow (87) but the 8 men held out. 1st cup win in 12 attempts.

Media report

06-Dec-1998, Sunday Mail

EIGHT-MAN JAGS STILL TOO SHARP. UNDER-FIRE Jags boss Tommy Bryce got the victory he wanted when his battling eight man side overcame plucky Arbroath to win 2- 1 and go through to the next round of the Scottish Cup.

The Lichties could have opened the scoring as early as the third minute when Barry Sellars' low drive was well saved by Kenny Arthur. But the Jags rocked their opponents five minutes later when on loan Hibee Paul Tosh shot home from ten yards. Arthur then came to Thistle's aid with great stops to keep them ahead but a scandalous piece of refereeing in 36 minutes saw Arbroath equalise. Barry Sellars raced through and shot home despite being pulled back by David Kennedy. But referee Orr cancelled the goal, gave a penalty to Arbroath and sent Kennedy off. Gallacher levelled from the spot but seven minutes later ten-man Jags went back in front. Hinchliffe failed to clear a Paul McDonald corner properly and for the resultant corner Robert Dunn nipped in to head home from three yards out.

Thistle were then reduced to nine men on the hour when McKeown was sent off for a second bookable offence after a tackle on Craig Cooper. Arthur produced three other match winning saves in the dying minutes when he turned away a Dougie Scott pile driver, plus two flying headers from Kenny Jones and Kevin Tindel as Arbroath camped around the Jags box. James McKenzie became the third Partick player sent off in 89 minutes for a late lunge on Cooper but they held on for a historic victory.

Scrapbook

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Daily Record, 7th December, 1998

Arbroath Herald, 11th December, 1998

PTFC Match Programme, 14th October, 2000

Stats Watch

● Paul Tosh scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle's 107th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Graham Connell, 1st Aug 1998 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Martin Lauchlan - 19 games, 21st Mar 1998 to 11th Oct 1998. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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