21st Aug 1999 Partick Thistle 1 Arbroath 3 (SFL Second Division - game 3)

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Match Information

58y, 5m, 19d			John Lambie		Dave Baikie
Albert Craig
Eric Paton
Robert Dunn (1-0, 27 mins)					Paul Brownlie (1-1, 28 mins); Tommy Bryce (1-2, 46 mins); Scott Peters (1-3, 78 mins)
Ray Montgomerie; Scott Miller; David Elliot					John McAulay; Jim Thomson
Gavin Duncan (David Elliot, 72 mins); Alan Archibald (Eric Paton, 72 mins)					David Arbuckle (Scott Peters, 61 mins); Paul Brownlie (Craig Cooper, 78 mins); Tommy Bryce (Chris Devine, 88 mins)
24y, 11m, 5d			Kevin Budinauckas		Craig Hinchliffe future Jag
26y, 0m, 14d			Gavin Duncan		John McAulay
29y, 7m, 3d			Des McKeown		Jon Crawford
38y, 4m, 4d			Ray Montgomerie		Jim Thomson
34y, 2m, 13d			Kenny Brannigan		John Gallagher
21y, 8m, 8d			Alan Archibald		Steve Florence
24y, 3m, 17d			Scott Miller		Barry Sellars
37y, 7m, 18d			Albert Craig		David Arbuckle
20y, 1m, 24d			Robert Dunn		Tommy Bryce former Jag
23y, 6m, 3d			Stephen Docherty		Colin McGlashan former Jag
27y, 9m, 9d			Isaac English		Paul Brownlie
28y, 0m, 4d
21y, 0m, 20d			Eric Paton		Craig Cooper
29y, 9m, 8d			David Elliot		Scott Peters
30y, 3m, 4d			Eddie McGuinness		Chris Devine

Match Report

TTA report

Craig hit the bar then Dunn scored (27) having been set up after Docherty's fine run to finally give the fans a goal but cheers became boos when league leaders Arbroath scored within a minute then ex-Manager Bryce came back to haunt the club with a magnificent lob just after half-time. The 3rd came from a header (78)

Media report

23-Aug-1999, Daily Record

BRYCE WONDER-GOAL IS SWEET REVENGE. GOALDEN OLDIE Tommy Bryce grabbed a second-half wonder strike to pile on the agony for his old club. The 39-year old midfielder struck just 14 seconds after the interval to rock John Lambie's men. It was Lambie's return to Firhill which signalled the end of Bryce's short reign as Thistle player-boss - but he certainly had the last laugh on Saturday. Bryce pounced on a sloppy pass from Kenny Brannigan to lob Thistle keeper Kevin Budinauckas from 30 yards. Bryce admitted it was the old legs which were a deciding factor. He said: “I noticed Kevin was off his line and I thought it's either me running 30 yards or hitting it - so I hit it.”

Arbroath sealed it in 75 minutes with a killer third goal when sub Scott Peters swept the ball into the roof of the net from 12 yards following good work from Bryce and Paul Brownlie who was carried off after being clattered by the Thistle keeper. Thistle must be shaking their heads in disbelief after dominating the first half. Yet all they had to show for their pressure was Robert Dunn's first goal of the season on the half hour. And that advantage was dispelled inside a minute by Brownlie, who slotted home Arbroath's equaliser. Minutes later Thistle's luck was out again when they were denied what looked to be a stonewall penalty. Scott Millar was just inside the box when he was brought down by John Crawford but ref Ian Fickleton indicated a free kick outside the area. When sub Eric Paton shot wide of the post from two feet out after locking on to an Isaac English cross with 10 minutes left, it was obvious it wasn't going to be Thistle's day.

Lambie knows his team need a win - and quickly. He said: “Confidence is a great thing and you get that by winning games. We just need that victory to give us a confidence booster. Today is like a death in the family but we have got to get on with it. I need someone up front with strength and power to change it for us. Arbroath boss David Baikie was delighted. He said: “If we'd said a year ago we'd come to places like this and win, people would have laughed at us. But we are making advances.//”

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive home defeats; 31st Jul 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 23rd Jan 1999 to 13th Mar 1999. Club-record: 10 defeats; 5th Dec 1908 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 7 consecutive competitive defeats, 17th Jul 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.)

● 8 competitive games without a win, 8th May 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 24th Jan 1998 to 28th Mar 1998. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 8 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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