11th Nov 2000 Partick Thistle 2 Clydebank 0 (SFL Second Division - game 14)

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59y, 8m, 9d	John Lambie	Tommy Coyne

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Martin Hardie (1-0, 24 mins); Peter Lindau (1-1, 53 mins)
		Kenny Brannigan; Stevie Murray

Allan Moore (Sandy Stewart, 67 mins); David McCallum (Willie Howie, 80 mins); Peter Lindau (Robert Dunn, 82 mins)		Liam McVey (Danny McKelvie, 65 mins); Scott Murdoch (Gerry Farrell, 73 mins)

21y, 11m, 4d	Kenny Arthur	David Wylie
23y, 2m, 4d	David McCallum	James McKinstry future Jag
22y, 10m, 29d	Alan Archibald	Kenny Brannigan future Jag
24y, 0m, 13d	Stephen Craigan	Liam McVey former Jag
22y, 4m, 0d	Jamie Smith	Rab McKinnon
29y, 8m, 1d	Mark McNally	Stevie Murray
35y, 10m, 17d	Allan Moore	Scott Murdoch
31y, 7m, 5d	Danny Lennon	Brian Hamilton future Jag
24y, 4m, 25d	Scott McLean	Derek Ferguson former Jag
24y, 6m, 20d	Martin Hardie	Martin Glancy
27y, 11m, 2d	Peter Lindau	Tommy Coyne

26y, 2m, 21d

21y, 0m, 4d	Michael Brown	Stephen Hutchison
35y, 0m, 28d	Sandy Stewart	Eric Paton former Jag
34y, 2m, 18d	Ian Cameron [i]	Johnny Walker
21y, 4m, 14d	Robert Dunn	Danny McKelvie
18y, 4m, 2d	Willie Howie	Gerry Farrell

TTA report

Arthur was the man of the match with some magnificent saves either side of half-time Hardie headed the opening goal from a curling McCallum corner (24). Lindau turned in a Moore cross (53) and although Clydebank dominated the second half and had a good claim for a penalty turned down, Thistle held out.

Media report

12-Nov-2000, Sunday Mail

KING ARTHUR KEEPS JAGS FLYING HIGH. CLASSY Kenny Arthur had a big hand in a victory that keeps Thistle flying high at the top of the table. Martin Hardie and Peter Lindau scored the goals but it was keeper Arthur who laid the foundations with a super shut-out. Two saves in particular with the score at 1-0 - one from Tommy Coyne and another from Bankies' new boy Martin Glancy - were quite breathtaking. Thistle had plenty of possession in the early stages but found it tough to break down a Bankies defence packed with experience.

Ex-Celtic defender Mark McNally tried to test David Wylie with a 35-yard free kick but it was an ambitious effort that flew past the post. Bankies struggled to make any headway up front and player-coach Tommy Coyne's best work was done in defence heading away corners opposed to attacking the opposition. It was his head that cleared three on the trot as the home fans began to get agitated. But Coyne's luck ran out in the 24th minute when Thistle took the lead. David McCallum's corner came over and he was again positioned at the front post but this time the ball glanced off his head and Martin Hardie knocked it home to delight the Firhill fans. Thistle were hungry for more goals and pushed further forward through Scott McLean who forced keeper Wylie into a diving save after escaping the clutches of Kenny Brannigan for virtually the first time. The home fans roared for a penalty when Brannigan climbed all over McLean to head clear a Jim Smith cross but referee Brian Cassidy saw nothing amiss. Allan Moore forced Wylie into another save after Peter Lindau had set the winger up. Bankies were playing some attractive football with Brian Hamilton particularly impressive in midfield but most of their moves broke down around the 18-yard box. However, four minutes from the break they should have equalised when Liam McVey picked out Coyne with a perfect cross. It looked a scorer all the way but keeper Kenny Arthur kept his header out with a spectacular block to the relief of Thistle boss John Lambie. Three minutes later Thistle were unlucky when McCallum hit the crossbar with another of his curling corners.

McVey wasn't far away from an equaliser at the start of the second period, his header from Jamie McKinstrey's cross just flashing wide. Arthur rescued Thistle again in the 50th minute with a fantastic one-handed save to deny Martin Glancey. But Thistle broke up field to score again three minutes later when Lindau knocked in Moore's cross on the right. Glancey had another opportunity for the visitors but this time he blasted over the bar which summed up the Bankies day. Coyne's side kept fighting to get back in the match and a glancing header by the player-manager from Derek Ferguson's corner landed agonisingly on top of the net.

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