7th Mar 2000 Stranraer 3 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Second Division - game 27)

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Match Information

			former Jag Billy McLaren		John Lambie			59y, 0m, 5d
					Brian Martin; Peter Lindau; Scott McLean
					Gavin Duncan; Robert Dunn; Quinton Jacobs
Paul Ronald (0-1, 8 mins); Ian Harty (0-2, 11 mins); Jamie Smith (1-3, 83 mins)					Des McKeown (1-2, 75 mins)
Paul Watson; Duncan George; Grant McMartin					Eric Paton
Ian Harty (Grant McMartin, 64 mins)					Peter Lindau (Quinton Jacobs, 52 mins); Scott McLean (Derek Lyle, 85 mins)
			Mark McGeown		Kevin Budinauckas			25y, 5m, 20d
			Keith Knox		Brian Martin			37y, 0m, 12d
			Paul Watson		Des McKeown			30y, 1m, 18d
			future Jag Jamie Smith		Danny Lennon			30y, 11m, 1d
			Willie Furphy		Ray Montgomerie			38y, 10m, 19d
			former Jag Billy MacDonald		Alan Archibald			22y, 2m, 23d
			Duncan George		Eric Paton			21y, 7m, 6d
			Paul Blair		Albert Craig			38y, 2m, 4d
			Ian Harty		Jonny Blom			27y, 3m, 22d
			Paul Ronald		Peter Lindau			27y, 2m, 27d
			Alan Blaikie		Scott McLean			23y, 8m, 19d
								29y, 4m, 2d
			Frazer Wright		Quinton Jacobs			21y, 1m, 14d
			Allan Jenkins		Derek Lyle			19y, 0m, 23d
			Grant McMartin		Paul McIntyre			33y, 1m, 18d

Match Report

TTA report

Stranraer raced to a 2-goal lead inside 12 minutes. Lambie went apoplectic. Craig accounted for Thistle's only (well saved) shot on target in the first half. After lots of fruitless pressure McKeown scored with a poor clearance from the edge of the box (75) but Stranraer scored towards the end for a deserved win.

Media report

08-Mar-2000, Daily Record

STRAN-DED BY A DOUBLE. SIZZLING Stranraer last night blew a gaping hole in Partick Thistle's promotion challenge. Two goals in the first 11 minutes set up the Stair Park side to clinch their first league victory since the week before Christmas. For John Lambie's Jags it was only their third defeat since the beginning of October. But it cost them the chance to cut the gap on leaders Clyde, who were held 2-2 at Ross County.

Stranraer made a blistering start and rocked Thistle with two goals in as many minutes. With just eight minutes on the clock they split the Jags defence with a great three-man move. Paul Watson sent Ian Harty on a run and his square pass was rammed home by Paul Ronald. Two minutes later Harty raced on to a long ball and without breaking stride fired goalwards, the ball chipping the inside of the post on its way into the net. Jags struggled to recover but on the half-hour Albert Craig burst into space only to find goalkeeper Mark McGeown racing out of goal to block his shot and send the ball spinning out for a corner.

Lambie's men finally woke up at the start of the second half. McGeown fumbled a Danny Lennon shot, Willie Furphy cleared and then the keeper tipped over an Alan Archibald drive. Stranraer's defence crumbled in 75 minutes. McGeown punched clear but Des McKeown lobbed the ball straight back into the net. But Jim Smith made sure of the win with a header seven minutes from time.

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PTFC Match Programme, 1st April, 2000

Stats Watch

● 27-year-old Jonny Blom plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle lose a first "consecutive" competitive game versus Stranraer, the H2H joint-record.

● Thistle's record margin of defeat against Stranraer in competitive action.

● Des McKeown scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Archibald, 8th May 1999 to date, a new personal best. (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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