7th Aug 1999 Partick Thistle 0 Stenhousemuir 1 (SFL Second Division - game 1)

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Match Information

58y, 5m, 5d			John Lambie		Graeme Armstrong
Kevin Budinauckas
Kenny Arthur
					David Lorimer (0-1, 87 mins)
Eric Paton
Albert Craig (@ 0-1, 90 mins)
Alan Archibald (Eddie McGuinness, 37 mins); Isaac English (Robert Dunn, 65 mins)					David Wood (Willie Watters, 51 mins)
24y, 10m, 22d			Kevin Budinauckas		Lindsay Hamilton former Jag
26y, 0m, 0d			Gavin Duncan		Graeme Davidson
29y, 6m, 20d			Des McKeown		Graeme Armstrong
38y, 3m, 21d			Ray Montgomerie		Tom Graham
34y, 1m, 30d			Kenny Brannigan		John Gibson
21y, 7m, 25d			Alan Archibald		Jimmy Fisher
21y, 0m, 6d			Eric Paton		David Lorimer former Jag
37y, 7m, 4d			Albert Craig		Colin McKinnon
24y, 3m, 3d			Scott Miller		Ross Hamilton
23y, 5m, 20d			Stephen Docherty		Alan Lawrence former Jag
27y, 8m, 26d			Isaac English		David Wood
28y, 0m, 20d
20y, 1m, 10d			Robert Dunn		Alan Banks
30y, 2m, 21d			Eddie McGuinness		Martin Mooney
28y, 5m, 17d			Tom McAllister		Willie Watters

Match Report

TTA report

Other than a couple of defensive errors almost gifting Stenhousemuir a goal, this was a dull uneventful affair until the visitors forced the ball over the line from a goalmouth scramble (87). Craig was red carded and Paton was booked as they complained about the goal, to no avail.

Media report

09-Aug-1999, Daily Record

WACKY WILLIE'S SUPERHUMAN EFFORT. WACKY Willie Watters reckons he's Stenhousemuir's answer to Superman after inspiring them to three points against pitiful Partick. The veteran striker came of the substitutes bench to set-up his side's 87th-minute winner at Firhill. And Stenny boss Graeme Armstrong can now expect some strange requests from his cocky forward who rates himself more superhero than supersub. Evergreen Watters joked: “I have said to Graeme that we'll have to get more telephone boxes next to football grounds so that I can change into my Superman suit! I've been giving the boys stick that I had to come on to pull them out of a hole. I was happy to do well because I was disappointed to be on the bench. Not many teams will win at Firhill so we have to be pleased. With three going up from this division, everybody is going for the same thing and we will be looking to try to get promoted.”

Stenny always looked more likely to grab a goal and it came late on when Watters crossed for midfielder David Lorimer to knock the ball past Jags keeper Kevin Budinauckas from six yards. The home side had a strong penalty claim turned down when Albert Craig - who was sent off for dissent following the decision - was upended in the box in 89 minutes. And Thistle face an anxious wait after it was revealed Craig may have been given two red cards. Furious Thistle boss John Lambie said: “Albert should know better and he'll be fined. I've watched the game on video and we should have had a penalty, but two wrongs don't make a right. To make matters worse, he could get two red cards for continuing to make comments to the referee. I believe this team of players is capable of getting promotion but the players have to do it on the park.”

Armstrong was chuffed with the victory, but refused to talk about going up for the second year on the trot. He said: “It is too early to make predictions and I haven't set any targets for the season. I would be worried about the full-time teams and their strength, but we are off to a good start.”

Stats Watch

● Thistle go 2 competitive games without a win versus Stenhousemuir, the H2H joint-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive defeats, 17th Jul 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats, 6th Feb 1999 to 27th Feb 1999. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 4 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have failed to score; 17th Jul 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 4 games; 13th Feb 1993 to 2nd Mar 1993. Club-record: 6 games; 8th Jan 1921 to 8th Feb 1921.)

● 5 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Archibald, 8th May 1999 to date. (Longest run since: Kenny Arthur - 24 games, 28th Nov 1998 to 17th Jul 1999. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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