27th Feb 1999 Forfar Athletic 2 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Second Division - game 27)

matches:1998-99: ← 35game 3637 →

Match Information

			Ian McPhee		Tommy Bryce			39y, 1m, 0d
					Tommy Bryce; Scott McHarg
					Des McKeown; Craig Flannigan
Ben Honeyman (0-1, 8 mins); Ralph Brand (1-2, 61 mins)					Willie Jamieson (1-1, 43 mins)
Alan Rattray					Graham Connell
Ralph Brand (Paul McIlravey, 90 mins)					Steven Bonar (Sammy Johnston, 70 mins)
			Dean Robertson		Kenny Arthur			20y, 2m, 20d
			Graeme Ferguson		Steven Bonar			23y, 9m, 7d
			Alan Rattray		Gregg Hood			24y, 8m, 29d
			Doug Craig		Alan Archibald			21y, 2m, 14d
			Graeme McCheyne		Willie Jamieson			35y, 10m, 0d
			Jimmy Nairn		Graham Connell			24y, 3m, 27d
			Andy Cargill		Martin Lauchlan			18y, 4m, 26d
			Martin McLauchlan		Tommy Bryce			39y, 1m, 0d
			Ralph Brand		Robert Dunn			19y, 7m, 30d
			Ben Honeyman		Scott McHarg			24y, 8m, 11d
			Barry McLean		Paul McDonald			30y, 10m, 7d
								25y, 8m, 16d
			Steve Raynes		Sammy Johnston			31y, 10m, 14d
			Sean Christie		Andy Frame			20y, 4m, 10d
			Paul McIlravey		Jamie McKenzie			18y, 2m, 29d

Match Report

TTA report

One of Thistle's smallest competitive audiences (660) saw the bottom club score (poor defending of a cross, 8). Jamieson volleyed home a Lauchlan cross (43). Dunn missed a pen (60) before Forfar scored 60 secs later, the defence sliced open. Johnston went close late on. It was worryingly poor and ominous.

Media report

01-Mar-1999, Daily Record

IAN'S A HARD AXE TO FOLLOW. IAN McPHEE reckons the threat of the axe is firing his Forfar players as they fight for their Division Two lives. The manager heaped praise on his basement battlers - then stepped up the pressure by vowing to drop them in favour of his starry-eyed kids. He said: “I was delighted with the result and the commitment shown. There had been talk of changes during the week and maybe the threat of being dropped was enough to throw down the gauntlet to the players. I have one eye on next season and I have no reservations about bringing in youth to the first team.” Ben Honeyman fired them in front on eight minutes but Willie Jamieson levelled just before the break. Thistle should have gone ahead on the hour when Alan Rattray hauled down Martin Lauchlan but Robert Dunn's weak penalty was saved by Dean Robertson. Ralph Brand bagged the winner a minute later.

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Scott McHarg makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive defeats, 6th Feb 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 7 defeats, 17th Oct 1998 to 28th Nov 1998. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 4 consecutive League defeats; 6th Feb 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 7 defeats; 17th Oct 1998 to 28th Nov 1998. Club-record: 12 defeats; 27th Feb 1909 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 6 League games without a win; 16th Jan 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 17th Oct 1998 to 12th Dec 1998. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 7 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.)

● 28 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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