13th Mar 1999 Partick Thistle 0 Clyde 1 (SFL Second Division - game 29)

matches:1998-99: ← 37game 3839 →

Match Information

58y, 0m, 11d			John Lambie		Allan Maitland
Willie Jamieson
Gregg Hood
					Des McKeown (0-1, og 57 mins)
David Kennedy; Tommy Bryce; Martin Lauchlan					Brian Smith; Ritchie McCusker
David Kennedy (Steven Bonar, HT); Tommy Bryce (Tommy Callaghan, 72 mins); Sammy Johnston (Craig Flannigan, 73 mins)					Allan Grant (Paul Hay, 81 mins)
20y, 3m, 6d			Kenny Arthur		David Wylie
32y, 5m, 6d			David Kennedy		Craig Cranmer
29y, 1m, 23d			Des McKeown		Bryan Smith
31y, 11m, 0d			Sammy Johnston		Darren Murray
35y, 10m, 14d			Willie Jamieson		Ian Spittal former Jag
21y, 3m, 0d			Alan Archibald		Ritchie McCusker
30y, 10m, 21d			Paul McDonald		Stevie Convery
24y, 4m, 10d			Graham Connell		Allan Grant
39y, 1m, 14d			Tommy Bryce		Brian Carrigan
19y, 8m, 13d			Robert Dunn		Pat Keogh future Jag
18y, 5m, 12d			Martin Lauchlan		Ian McDonald
27y, 6m, 31d
23y, 9m, 21d			Steven Bonar		Paul Hay
26y, 1m, 2d			Craig Flannigan		Brian Rice
29y, 6m, 13d			Tommy Callaghan		Andy O'Brien

Match Report

TTA report

John Lambie was appointed on 9 March and received a rapturous welcome. Bryce wasted Thistle's best chance in the first half. A good shout for a pen was dismissed then a McKeown OG at a corner against the run of play gifted Clyde the points (57). Lambie promised to turn things round.

Media report

15-Mar-1999, Daily Record

MUCH-A-DOO ABOUT NOTHING FOR LAMBIE - JAGS GIVEN THE BIRD AGAIN. JOHN LAMBIE must have wished he had stayed at home feeding his pigeons on Saturday. Instead he had to endure a nightmare 90 minutes as his return to Maryhill ended with him and his players being given the bird by restless fans. The sun was out and nearly 3500 rolled into Firhill to set the scene for a memorable day. Unfortunately, Clyde failed to read the script and the prodigal son, now in his third spell in charge of the Jags, was left brooding about what might have been.

This fairly flat Glasgow derby looked certain to end scoreless until Des McKeown netted a bizarre own goal after 57 minutes when he got a touch on Brian Carrigan's inswinging corner. That counter gave Clyde four wins in a row for the first time in 30 years.

Lambie now knows the extent of the task he has taken on and it took him less than 10 seconds to sum up his feelings after the match. He said: “I've had one look at my team and I don't like what I see. I know I've only been here two days but it looks like I'm going to have to rebuild from the foundations all over again and that is going to take time.” Lambie, who took over the managerial reins from ousted Tommy Bryce, insisted that his first task would be to ensure Thistle beat the drop. He said: “It is a difficult situation when you are working with the ex- manager's players but if this is anything to go by the rest of the season is going to be a hard fight for Thistle. Only sheer hard work is going to keep us afloat in this league. If I've got to bring part- time players in to train five nights a week to ensure our survival, then so be it. The management team at Clyde have built a side full of ex-junior players and you only need to take one look at them to notice the big difference is that they have the willto win. The team that wanted victory most in this match got their reward.”

Lambie was full of praise for the Firhill fans after they gave him a magnificent reception before kick-off. He added: “I really feel for the supporters as they, like me, have been living on enthusiasm and not much else in recent seasons. You can't expect people to keep coming through the turnstiles when your team is not winning.”

For years Clyde were the nomads of Scottish football but general manager Ronnie McDonald revealed that the club have signed a 50- year lease to stay on at Broadwood. He said: “Clyde have finalised all the details for staying at Broadwood and we are hoping to start work on the fourth stand fairly soon and we also have our new youth policy in place. Our main task for this season when we took over was to survive and to make sure that the club was on a more sound financial footing. We have done that and we can get on with the next phase, which is to work on increasing our supporter base.”

Meanwhile, Lambie will set about trying to haul Jags out of the mire. He has vowed to recapture the Firhill for Thrills days but on this showing it will be some time before there is anything sexy on show. Ruud Gullit need not look over his shoulder just yet.

Stats Watch

● 32-year-old David Kennedy plays his last game for Thistle.

● 39-year-old Tommy Bryce plays his last game for Thistle.

● The nineteenth managerial reign begins with John Lambie's first game in charge, an unprecedented third spell in the hot-seat.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive home defeats; 23rd Jan 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 3rd Feb 1996 to 30th Mar 1996. Club-record: 10 defeats; 5th Dec 1908 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 30 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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