20th Feb 1999 Partick Thistle 1 Queen of the South 3 (SFL Second Division - game 26)

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Match Information

39y, 0m, 24d			Tommy Bryce		George Rowe
					Ken Eadie
Gregg Hood; Steven Bonar
David Kennedy; Tommy Callaghan
Robert Dunn (1-1, 38 mins)					Stevie Mallan (0-1, 21 mins); George Rowe (1-2, 43 mins); Stevie Mallan (1-3, 71 mins)
Paul McDonald					George Rowe; Steve Leslie; Marc Cleeland; Stevie Mallan
Steven Bonar (Jamie McKenzie, 70 mins); Craig Flannigan (Andy Frame, 72 mins); Des McKeown (Kevin Gaughan, 82 mins)					Denis Boyle (Charlie Adams, 19 mins)
20y, 2m, 13d			Kenny Arthur		David Mathieson
24y, 8m, 22d			Gregg Hood		David Lilley future Jag
29y, 1m, 2d			Des McKeown		Jamie McAllister
21y, 2m, 7d			Alan Archibald		Andy Aitken
35y, 9m, 24d			Willie Jamieson		George Rowe
23y, 9m, 0d			Steven Bonar		Steve Leslie
18y, 4m, 19d			Martin Lauchlan		Derek Townsley
24y, 3m, 20d			Graham Connell		Denis Boyle
19y, 7m, 23d			Robert Dunn		Marc Cleeland
26y, 0m, 9d			Craig Flannigan		Stevie Mallan
30y, 10m, 0d			Paul McDonald		Ken Eadie
24y, 10m, 26d
18y, 2m, 22d			Jamie McKenzie		Geoff Paterson
20y, 4m, 3d			Andy Frame		Charlie Adams former Jag
20y, 11m, 14d			Kevin Gaughan		Lee Bailey

Match Report

TTA report

“Boo boys blazing at Bryce” (SM). After a bright start by Thistle 2nd bottom Queens took the lead with a shot off a post (21) but Dunn drilled in a rebound off the keeper for 1-1 (38). The ball was bundled in (43) then a 3rd goal (71) found the defence sadly at fault once again. “An absolute disgrace” (Bryce). An abject display.

Media report

21-Feb-1999, Scotland on Sunday

IDEAS IN SHORT SUPPLY AT FIRHILL. Partick Thistle's financial future may have been secured this week for the next 18 months - but the team itself remains bankrupt of purpose and ideas. As the club's promotion hopes ended following the team's fifth consecutive defeat, this time at the hands of Queen of the South, the slogan Save the Jags seems now to apply to the Firhill futures of Tommy Bryce and the players. Now that the struggle for survival is over, at least temporarily, the patience of the club's loyal supporters is wearing thin. After digging deep to keep the club alive, the Firhill fans are being denied a payback on the park. Even under the bleak circumstances that have faced the club, Thistle should still at this stage be challenging for promotion. But a lack of firepower has cost them that prize - an especially frustrating state of affairs for player-manager Bryce, who as a striker has failed to find the net on a regular basis.

On a heavily-sanded pitch, it was the home side that looked most likely to score at early stages. Thistle midfielder, Paul McDonald, had two shooting opportunities, but both went just past the post. Then in the 19th minute, Craig Flannigan embarked on an enterprising run, firing in a vicious drive from 12 yards, which keeper David Mathieson did well to parry. Two minutes later Queens took the lead after a goalmouth scramble which the Thistle defence failed to clear. The ball fell to Derek Townsley who rounded Thistle's Steven Bonar before cutting it back to Steve Mallan who drove the ball into the net from ten yards. Robert Dunn produced the equaliser in 38 minutes. Martin Lauchlan sent in a 25 yard shot which keeper Mathieson did well to block, but Dunn scored on the rebound. Queen's again went ahead in the 43rd minute when caretaker player- manager George Rowe forced the ball home after Arthur failed to hold an Andy Aitken header. They wrapped up the points in the second- half when Bryce's former striker partner at Queen's, Stevie Mallan, rubbed salt in the wounds with a third.

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Gregg Hood makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without a win, 16th Jan 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games, 17th Oct 1998 to 28th Nov 1998. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 27 consecutive competitive appearances for Robert Dunn, 22nd 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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