16th Sep 2000 Partick Thistle 3 Stirling Albion 1 (SFL Second Division - game 6)

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Match Information

59y, 6m, 14d			John Lambie		Ray Stewart
Allan Moore
Derek McWilliams
Peter Lindau (1-0, 17 mins); Danny Lennon (2-0, 53 mins); Scott McLean (3-0, 59 mins)					Craig Feroz (3-1, 70 mins)
Stephen Craigan					Kevin Gaughan; Neil Bennett; Ian McAulay
Allan Moore (Sandy Stewart, 60 mins); Stephen Docherty (Willie Howie, 65 mins); Peter Lindau (David McCallum, 83 mins)					Kevin Milne (Ian McAulay, 22 mins); Jim Gardner (Gary Kelly, 63 mins); Ally Graham (Alex Williams, 63 mins)
21y, 9m, 9d			Kenny Arthur		Chris Reid
24y, 6m, 29d			Stephen Docherty		Tony McStea
24y, 4m, 25d			Martin Hardie		Kevin Gaughan former Jag
23y, 10m, 18d			Stephen Craigan		Graeme Donald
22y, 2m, 5d			Jamie Smith		Neil Bennett
22y, 9m, 3d			Alan Archibald		John Millar
35y, 8m, 22d			Allan Moore		Jim Gardner
31y, 5m, 10d			Danny Lennon		Charlie King
24y, 2m, 30d			Scott McLean		Kevin Milne
27y, 9m, 7d			Peter Lindau		Ally Graham former Jag
29y, 0m, 28d			Paul McGrillen		Craig Feroz
26y, 2m, 2d
20y, 10m, 9d			Michael Brown		Iain Turner
34y, 0m, 23d			Ian Cameron [i]		Ian Joy
34y, 11m, 2d			Sandy Stewart		Ian McAulay
18y, 2m, 7d			Willie Howie		Gary Kelly
23y, 0m, 9d			David McCallum		Alex Williams

Match Report

TTA report

A Lindau header (17) gave Thistle a half-time lead. Lennon curled a right foot shot into the top corner (53) and a McLean header (59) put them well ahead. Albion scored (70) after some slack defending but in truth, they were outclassed and but for their keeper's fine display it could have been many more.

Media report

18-Sep-2000, Daily Record

TRIGGER HAPPY. JAGS jokers spurred on Scott McLean to produce a star performance. The striker, who admits he's no mastermind, is referred to as Trigger by his team-mates after the character from television comedy Only Fools and Horses. But the £30,000 buy from Inverness Caley Thistle reckons the best way to shut them up is to keep banging in the goals. He said: “I'll admit I'm not the brightest and the lads call me Trigger. But if I keep playing like that and sticking the ball in the net, they can't give me much stick. It was actually Roddy Grant who gave me the nickname at St Johnstone and it doesn't bother me now - I'm used to it.” The 24-year-old ran Stirling's defence ragged and was unlucky not to bag at least a hat-trick. But he's just happy to be in the same front line as fellow-scorer Peter Lindau. McLean said: “It has taken me a while to settle at Firhill. At Caley Thistle I had a great partnership with Iain Stewart but I'd say Peter Lindau is the best strike partner I've ever had. We feed off each other and he takes a lot of weight off me.”

The Jags have now enjoyed back-to-back wins and McLean feels that's down to a change of heart by boss John Lambie. McLean said: “Unlike Steve Paterson at Caley Thistle, the boss here is never off my back. But he listens to what the players are saying now whereas before our opinions didn't really matter. The gaffer opens his ears to us now and it's paying dividends. If we play like that every week somebody is going to get a right doing from us.”

Stirling were outclassed and outplayed to such a degree that the result flatters them. The first goal came after 17 minutes when Lindau headed home a McLean cross. Thistle were knocking the ball around with uncharacteristic ease but it took them until eight minutes after the break to score again. Martin Hardie's header was cleared by Chris Reid but as defender Alan Archibald attempted to reach the rebound, Danny Lennon took control of the ball and curled a right- foot shot into the top corner of the net. Six minutes later, Lambie's side were 3-0 up and cruising. Lindau ran at the visiting defence and threaded the ball through to Archibald whose cross was met by McLean's glancing header. Albion pulled one back with 20 minutes remaining. The home defence failed to clear their lines and former Jag Kevin Gaughan back-heeled the ball into the path of Craig Feroz who drove home. Only a super show by former Hibs and Hamilton keeper Reid kept the scoreline down. After 76 minutes, he made a point-blank save from Lindau after the hitman had been set up by Lennon. And with seven minutes left, he pulled off an outstanding fingertip save after McLean had let fly from 25 yards.

Jubilant Lambie hailed the performance as the best since his return to Firhill. He said: “The boys can go out and enjoy two or three pints because they deserve it after that display. Their attitude is spot-on right now. When teams come here to play us, it's their Hampden and we've got to take the game by the scruff of the neck to get results. That's exactly what we did. I'm a hard man to please but I'm pleased today. It could easily have been 6-1 or more. I always said somebody was going to get a doing from us and Stirling Albion could have been that team. I'm delighted.”

Rival boss Ray Stewart was on a downer. He said: “We were beaten by a far better side. If Thistle keep playing like that, they'll go up. They must have had a dozen clear-cut goal chances and if it hadn't been for Chris Reid, it might have been 12-1.”

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