4th Mar 2000 Partick Thistle 2 Arbroath 0 (SFL Second Division - game 26)

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Match Information

59y, 0m, 2d			John Lambie		Dave Baikie
Jonny Blom
Peter Lindau
Jonny Blom (1-0, 13 mins); Albert Craig (2-0, 68 mins)
Ray Montgomerie; Jonny Blom					Jon Crawford; Steve Florence
					Scott Peters (@ 1-0, 35 mins)
Quinton Jacobs (Derek Lyle, 64 mins); Albert Craig (Paul McIntyre, 80 mins); Jonny Blom (Brian Martin, 85 mins)					Chris Devine (John Gallagher, HT); Tommy Bryce (Craig Cooper, 80 mins)
25y, 5m, 17d			Kevin Budinauckas		Craig Wight
26y, 6m, 26d			Gavin Duncan		John McAulay
30y, 1m, 15d			Des McKeown		Jon Crawford
30y, 10m, 27d			Danny Lennon		Steve Florence
38y, 10m, 16d			Ray Montgomerie		Scott Peters
22y, 2m, 20d			Alan Archibald		David Arbuckle
21y, 7m, 3d			Eric Paton		Jim Mercer
38y, 2m, 1d			Albert Craig		Barry Sellars
20y, 8m, 5d			Robert Dunn		Tommy Bryce former Jag
27y, 3m, 19d			Jonny Blom		Chris Devine
21y, 1m, 11d			Quinton Jacobs		Colin McGlashan former Jag
27y, 6m, 19d
37y, 0m, 9d			Brian Martin		Craig Cooper
19y, 0m, 20d			Derek Lyle		John Gallagher
33y, 1m, 15d			Paul McIntyre		Paul Brownlie

Match Report

TTA report

Swedish trialist Blom stretched to touch in a McKeown cross on his debut (13). Arbroath's centre-half was red-carded for kicking out at him after he was awarded a free-kick (35), much to the astonishment of everyone. Craig sealed the win with a header from a delicate Blom header across the goal (68).

Media report

06-Mar-2000, Daily Record

THISTLE GO LIKE A BLOM - BUT HITMAN IS IN DARK OVER DEAL. PARTICK THISTLE exploded into promotion contention after destroying Arbroath with a double Blom blast. Swedish striker Jonny Blom answered an 11th hour plea from boss John Lambie to help his injury-hit strike force. The towering hitman jetted into Scotland to make his Jags debut and lit the fuse for a victory that fired them up the table into second place behind Clyde. Trialist Blom scored one goal and set up the other - but he is unsure if he has a future in Scottish football. The 27-year-old, who previously played for Sandviken IF back home in Sweden said: “I don't know what is to happen with me here at Thistle. I came over to Scotland earlier in the season and was at Dundee United for a spell before I went down to Carlisle. But I was back home and got the call to come back over here on Friday. I was happy to get a goal and that we won.”

So were the fans and the last thing they are likely to want to hear is Blom's away. Thistle were in a crisis after losing strikers Scott McLean, Peter Lindau and Scott Miller with knee injuries. Boss Lambie said: “One of my friends in football had heard about my strikers being out and suggested Blom to me. I had not even seen him play so I was not sure what we were getting. In the first few minutes I was still wondering - but then he pulled down a ball and flicked it to the side and that eased my worries. He is a big lad and with the way he can knock the ball down, an Ally McCoist-type of striker playing beside him would score goals. We will take our time and think about things before making any decisions.”

Blom took just 13 minutes to show Lambie what he could do. Des McKeown whipped over a cross and he stooped low to steer the ball into the net and leave Arbroath keeper Craig Wright helpless. He picked up a booking in the first half and then, in 68 minutes, knocked a header back across goal for Albert Craig to head in No.2. But a major turning point was his involvement in a shock red card for Arbroath defender Scott Peters. Referee Craig MacKay ruled that Peters had kicked out at Blom after a free- kick had already been awarded against the Swede. Arbroath boss Dave Baikie said: “We lost a soft opener and our midweek game seeemed to affect us more than theirs affected them.”

Stats Watch

● 27-year-old Jonny Blom makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club with his one and only goal for Thistle.

● Albert Craig scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive competitive home wins; 8th Jan 2000 to date. (Longest run since: 5 wins; 11th Jan 1992 to 29th Feb 1992. Club-record: 11 wins; 26th Aug 1899 to 3rd Feb 1900.)

● 9 home League games without defeat; 16th Oct 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 19th Nov 1994 to 4th Apr 1995. Joint club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911 & 29th Aug 1970 to 6th Nov 1971.)

● 11 competitive home games without defeat; 16th Oct 1999 to date. (Longest run since: 11 games; 12th May 1996 to 26th Oct 1996. Club-record: 20 games; 17th Dec 1988 to 18th Nov 1989.)

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Archibald, 8th May 1999 to date. (Longest run since: Robert Dunn - 36 games, 22nd Aug 1998 to 1st May 1999. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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