2nd Jan 1999 Partick Thistle 5 Cowdenbeath 2 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)

matches:1998-99: ← 27game 2829 →

Match Information

38y, 11m, 6d			Tommy Bryce		Craig Levein
Steven Bonar; Craig Flannigan
David Kennedy; Des McKeown
Paul Tosh (1-0, 9 mins); Paul Tosh (2-0, 15 mins); Paul Tosh (3-1, 54 mins); Robert Dunn (4-2, 65 mins); Robert Dunn (5-2, 84 mins)					John Paul Burns (2-1, 22 mins); Scott Sneddon (3-2, 57 mins)
					Stephen Hutchison; Craig Winter
Andy Frame (Tommy Callaghan, 82 mins)					Martin Humphreys (Callum Graham, 74 mins)
20y, 0m, 26d			Kenny Arthur		Steve Hutchison
23y, 7m, 13d			Steven Bonar		Scott Sneddon
30y, 8m, 13d			Paul McDonald		Martin Humphreys
21y, 0m, 20d			Alan Archibald		Kenny Milne future Jag
35y, 8m, 6d			Willie Jamieson		Gordon Hunter
20y, 9m, 27d			Kevin Gaughan		Ally Hamilton
24y, 2m, 2d			Graham Connell		Craig Winter
20y, 2m, 16d			Andy Frame		John Paul Burns
25y, 2m, 15d			Paul Tosh		Brian Welsh
19y, 6m, 5d			Robert Dunn		Mark Bradley
25y, 10m, 22d			Craig Flannigan		Willie Stewart
24y, 3m, 7d
29y, 4m, 5d			Tommy Callaghan		Graeme Findlay
38y, 11m, 6d			Tommy Bryce		Callum Graham
31y, 8m, 20d			Sammy Johnston		Graeme Brown

Match Report

TTA report

Tosh scored a hat-trick (good work by McDonald set him up, 9, a volley, 15, and a 25-yarder, 54) and Dunn scored twice (65 and 84). Cowdenbeath reduced a 2-goal deficit twice (22 and 57) and there was some slack defending and a few anxious moments despite the scoreline but safely into the next round.

Media report

03-Jan-1999, Sunday Mail

TOSH SPICE SINKS COWDEN. PARTICK THISTLE cruised into the third round with a five-goal demolition of Cowdenbeath. Paul Tosh was the hero with a superb hat-trick and the Jags will be keeping their fingers crossed for a glamour tie when the draw is made tonight. The on-loan Hibs striker said: “We need to go on from this result and keep a good cup run going - and I don't mind if I get the goals that do it.” Tosh's first came in nine minutes after some good work down the left from Paul McDonald. Six minutes later he volleyed in a second after Andy Frame had lobbed the ball forward. Cowden struck back in 22 minutes when a John Paul Burns shot went in off a post. Tosh restored Jags' two-goal lead after 54 minutes with a powerful 25- yard drive. Again Cowden struck back when Scott Sneddon headed their second in 57 minutes. However, their brave bid was ended when Robert Dunn took Jags' tally to five. Dunn bagged his first in 65 minutes and wrapped up victory six minutes from the end. Cowden boss Craig Levein wasn't too disheartened with the result. He said: “It was a strange game to watch. They pounded us in the first- half yet we were still in it. “We were better in the second half and lost more goals.//”

Stats Watch

● Paul Tosh scores his last goals for Thistle, signing off with a hat-trick!

ongoing sequences:

● 23 consecutive competitive appearances for Graham Connell, 1st Aug 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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