14th Oct 2000 Partick Thistle 1 Arbroath 1 (SFL Second Division - game 10)

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59y, 7m, 12d	John Lambie	Stevie Kirk

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Scott McLean (1-0, 57 mins)		Kevin Fotheringham (1-1, 82 mins)
		Jim Thomson; Stevie Mallan; John Cusick; Paul Brownlie

Peter Lindau (Paul McGrillen, 73 mins); David McCallum (Ian Cameron [i], 78 mins); Des McKeown (Allan Moore, 84 mins)		Paul Brownlie (John McAulay, 60 mins); Colin McGlashan (Kevin Heenan, 81 mins); John Cusick (Jim Mercer, 85 mins)

21y, 10m, 7d	Kenny Arthur	Craig Hinchcliffe future Jag
35y, 0m, 0d	Sandy Stewart	Kevin Fotheringham
30y, 8m, 26d	Des McKeown	John Cusick
23y, 11m, 15d	Stephen Craigan	George Rowe
29y, 7m, 4d	Mark McNally	Jim Thomson
22y, 10m, 1d	Alan Archibald	Steve Florence
27y, 10m, 5d	Peter Lindau	Scott Peters
31y, 6m, 8d	Danny Lennon	John McGlashan
24y, 3m, 27d	Scott McLean	Colin McGlashan former Jag
24y, 7m, 26d	Stephen Docherty	Stevie Mallan
23y, 1m, 7d	David McCallum	Paul Brownlie

26y, 10m, 8d

20y, 11m, 7d	Michael Brown	Craig Wight
35y, 9m, 19d	Allan Moore	Iain Good
34y, 1m, 20d	Ian Cameron [i]	John McAulay
29y, 1m, 25d	Paul McGrillen	Jim Mercer
19y, 8m, 1d	Derek Lyle	Kevin Heenan

TTA report

McNally headed a shot off the line (15) then McKeown hooked a shot over from 6 yards (20). McCallum saw his 30-yard drive brilliantly saved by future-JAG Hinchcliffe. McLean knocked in a deflected cross (57) but sloppy defending let Arbroath in (80). They were seldom in it and it was another lead thrown away.

Media report

16-Oct-2000, Daily Record

McNALLY: JAGS CAN SAVE MY CAREER. PARTICK THISTLE trial star Mark McNally is desperate to make up for his 18-month hell at Dundee United by clinching a long-term deal at Firhill. The 29-year-old former Celtic defender returned north to Tannadice after spells in England with Southend United and Stoke City. But his homecoming turned sour when then United manager Tommy McLean was replaced by Paul Sturrock. Sturrock left McNally out in the cold but after playing in Iceland with IBF Keflavik, he's keen to resurrect his career in Scotland. After a dazzling display in his home debut for the Jags, McNally said: “I've been in the wilderness for a while. I spent 18 months at Tannadice and I regret every minute of it. Tommy McLean took me there but then Paul Sturrock took over and he didn't like me as a player so I was totally out of his plans. I've been about a bit but with all the foreign players coming into the game it's becoming even harder to get a club. I've signed with Thistle for a month but it would be great to get something more concrete.”

McNally showed what he is capable of after just 15 minutes when he headed a John Cusick effort off the line. Five minutes later Thistle should have taken the lead. Sandy Stewart's cross found Des McKeown at the back post but the defender hooked his shot over the bar from six yards out. Two minutes later visiting keeper Craig Hinchcliffe made an outstanding save. David McCallum's 30-yard drive took a wicked deflection but Hinchcliffe dived to tip the ball over for a corner. It took until the 57th minute for Lambie's men to crack open the Arbroath defence. McKeown's cross from the right was deflected into the path of Scott McLean at the far post and he had the easiest of tasks to stab the ball home for his seventh goal of the season. But with 10 minutes left sloppy defending again saw Thistle drop valuable home points. Arbroath substitute Kevin Heenan swung in a cross and Kevin Fotheringham was given all the time in the world to slot the ball home.

Lambie said: “We are the greatest team in the world for scoring then throwing points away. Kenny Arthur hardly had a save to make but in the second half we stopped playing. We've been 1-0 up in three games and blown it every time.” Happy Arbroath boss John Brownlie said: “I'll change things gradually but we're undefeated since I came here.”

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