4th Sep 1999 Stranraer 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Second Division - game 5)

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Match Information

			former Jag Billy McLaren		John Lambie			58y, 6m, 2d
					Eric Paton; Tom McAllister; Eddie McGuinness
					Des McKeown; Stephen Docherty; Albert Craig
Grant McMartin (0-1, pen 25 mins)					David Elliot (1-1, 82 mins)
Paul Watson; Paul Walker; Frazer Wright					Kenny Brannigan
Willie Furphy (Frazer Wright, 11 mins); Derek Cahoon (Allan Jenkins, 59 mins); Alan Blaikie (Jason Young, 74 mins)					Eddie McGuinness (Quinton Jacobs, 63 mins); Tom McAllister (Richie Newall, 71 mins)
			Mark McGeown		Kevin Budinauckas			24y, 11m, 19d
			future Jag Jamie Smith		Gavin Duncan			26y, 0m, 28d
			Tom Black		David Elliot			29y, 9m, 22d
			Paul Watson		Ray Montgomerie			38y, 4m, 18d
			Willie Furphy		Kenny Brannigan			34y, 2m, 27d
			Keith Knox		Alan Archibald			21y, 8m, 22d
			Derek Cahoon		Eric Paton			21y, 1m, 3d
			Duncan George		Tom McAllister			28y, 6m, 14d
			future Jag Paul Walker		Scott Miller			24y, 4m, 0d
			Alan Blaikie		Robert Dunn			20y, 2m, 7d
			Grant McMartin		Eddie McGuinness			30y, 3m, 18d
								27y, 2m, 28d
			Frazer Wright		Quinton Jacobs			20y, 7m, 13d
			Allan Jenkins		Richie Newall			21y, 5m, 6d
			Jason Young		Stevie Dallas			24y, 10m, 2d

Match Report

TTA report

Stranraer were marginally better and took the lead with a pen (needless lunge by Archibald, 25). It was nearly all improved Thistle after half-time. Dunn hit the bar, chances were squandered then Namibian Jacobs made his debut (64). Elliot blasted home a 20-yard free-kick (81) and 2 good chances late on might have made it a win.

Media report

06-Sep-1999, Daily Record

BILLY FLOPS DON'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT. BILLY McLAREN seethed at his Stranraer players for throwing away his first league win as boss. And he accused them of suffering from the British disease - “we've had a half, so we will give them a half”. McLaren described Thistle as a team ripe for a beating until his side let them off the hook. He said: “We did not do the simple proper things in the second half.” Stranraer, who have now drawn all five of their opening league games, took a 25th minute lead from a Grant McMartin penalty after Alan Archibald had felled Alan Blaikie. But the Jags roared back after the break when Robert Dunn hit the bar. Then an Archibald pile-driver almost bundled keeper Mark McGeown over his own line, while Scott Miller was twice denied by him in a minute. Justice was done when Davie Elliot fired a free kick from the edge of the box through the defensive wall and into the corner of the net. Boss John Lambie, who claimed his players insisted Archibald's shot went a yard over the line, said: “We had enough second-half chances to win a barrowload of games. I am a bit disappointed we did not take the three points.”

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Stranraer Match Programme, 7th Macch, 2002

Stats Watch

● 20-year-old Quinton Jacobs makes his Thistle debut.

● 28-year-old Tom McAllister plays his last game for Thistle.

● Quinton Jacobs becomes the first Namibian to play for Thistle.

● Namibia becomes the seventeenth country/territory to birth a Jag.

● David Elliot scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 away League games without a win; 3rd Apr 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 3rd Oct 1998 to 12th Dec 1998. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 7 competitive away games without a win; 3rd Apr 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 12 games; 19th Apr 1997 to 29th Nov 1997. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 10 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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