22nd Jul 2000 Derry City 0 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Kevin Mahon		John Lambie			59y, 4m, 20d
					Luljan Gjeloshi; Sandy Stewart; Jamie Smith; Stephen Craigan; Allan Moore; Ian Cameron [i]; Scott McLean; Paul McGrillen
					Kenny Arthur; Ray Montgomerie; Alan Archibald; Brian Martin; Dave Rogers; Scott Miller; Albert Craig; Martin Hardie
Paul Hegarty (James Quigley); Johnny McIvor (Darren McCready); Gary Beckett (Paddy McLaughlin)					Ian Cameron [i] (Martin Hardie); Scott McLean (Robert Dunn); Allan Moore (Derek Lyle); Danny Lennon (Willie Howie); ? (Jered Stirling)
			John Connolly		Luljan Gjeloshi			26y, 3m, 21d
			Eddie McCallion		Sandy Stewart			34y, 9m, 8d
			Sean Hargan		Des McKeown			30y, 6m, 4d
			Peter Hutton		Danny Lennon			31y, 3m, 16d
			Darren Kelly		Jamie Smith			22y, 0m, 11d
			Eamon Doherty		Stephen Craigan			23y, 8m, 23d
			John O’Loughlin		Allan Moore			35y, 6m, 27d
			Paul Hegarty		Ian Cameron [i]			33y, 10m, 28d
			Liam Coyle		Scott McLean			24y, 1m, 5d
			Gary Beckett		Paul McGrillen			28y, 11m, 3d
			Johnny McIvor		Derek McWilliams			34y, 6m, 6d
								29y, 7m, 8d
			n-a		Kenny Arthur			21y, 7m, 15d
			James Quigley		Alan Archibald			22y, 7m, 9d
			Darren McCready		Martin Hardie			24y, 3m, 0d
			Paddy McLaughlin		Robert Dunn			21y, 0m, 24d
					Derek Lyle			19y, 5m, 9d
					Willie Howie			18y, 0m, 13d
					Jered Stirling			23y, 9m, 9d

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Match Report

TTA report

This was a competent performance - in defence at least. As usual, the question was where the goals would come from. Thistle had Albanian Gjelushi as a trialist goalkeeper but nothing came of it - although he played the last 20 minutes against Peterborough as well.

Media report

Rab Christie, Herald Scotland

For the chosen few, today's the big kick-off. League football is back. But for the rest of us, it's still the summer holidays. That means cramming in as many pre-season friendlies as possible. So how's about three in five days? A week ago I was soaking up the sunshine inside Derry City's Brandywell Stadium, one of about 75 Jags supporters in a crowd of around 600. “Come on City, it's only Partick Thistle”, cried one local, underlining the fact this was hardly a glamour tie. Wandering around the training ground behind the goal before kick-off, it was possible to study the new-look Jags at close quarters. Assistant boss Gerry Collins was demonstrating to Albanian trialist goalie Luljan Gjeloshi the best way to come out for a ball. “Shout a name, any name,” said the coach then stuck up a hopeful thumb to check he'd understood. The giant keeper slowly nodded.

Twenty minutes into the game Gjeloshi dropped a gentle cross at the feet of a home striker. As the Thistle supporters howled, the Derry City player took an age to steady himself before sclaffing the ball wide. “Aaaaargh”, screamed one Brandywell regular, before spitting, “Tuchaffanalafant!” (touch-of-an-elephant). In the shed, the more supportive Derry City fans were led in their singing by an extraordinary talent on the harmonica. They managed about three choruses of City material, before launching into a repertoire of Celtic songs. The travelling Jags replied with: “There's only one team in Glasgow.” Brandywell has the most elaborate segregation system I've ever come across. “Mind you don't miss a goal now,” warned the big steward as he unlocked the door in the steel fence so we could walk through to the refreshment portacabin. Not likely. There was little by the way of scintillating goalmouth action. The match finished zero-zero. To make up for it, the PA announcer invited the entire crowd to a local pub where “all are welcome”. Once inside, the Derry fan with the harmonica even played Flower of Scotland.

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Derry Journal, 25th July, 2000

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 126th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 22-year-old Jamie Smith makes his Thistle debut.

● 23-year-old Stephen Craigan makes his Thistle debut.

● 28-year-old Paul McGrillen makes his Thistle debut.

● 34-year-old Sandy Stewart makes his Thistle debut.

● 35-year-old Allan Moore makes his Thistle debut.

● 26-year-old Luljan Gjeloshi makes his Thistle debut and joins our goalies' clean-sheet debutants club.

● Luljan Gjeloshi becomes the first Albanian to play for Thistle.

● Albania becomes the nineteenth country/territory to birth a Jag.

ongoing sequences:

● 23 consecutive competitive appearances for Danny Lennon, 18th Dec 1999 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alan Archibald - 39 games, 8th May 1999 to 25th Mar 2000. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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