3rd Feb 2001 Queen of the South 1 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL Second Division - game 23)

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Match Information

			John Connolly		John Lambie			59y, 11m, 1d
					Jamie Smith; Paul McGrillen
					Stephen Docherty; George Shaw
John O'Neill (1-1, 41 mins)					Martin Hardie (1-0, 19 mins); Martin Hardie (2-1, 58 mins); Scott McLean (3-1, 83 mins)
					Alan Archibald
Mark Angel (Paul Kinnaird, 54 mins); Alan Hogg (Dean Muir, 64 mins)					Paul McGrillen (Peter Lindau, HT)
			David Mathieson		Kenny Arthur			22y, 1m, 27d
			Paddy Atkinson		Brian Hamilton			33y, 5m, 29d
			former Jag Des McKeown		Alan Archibald			23y, 1m, 21d
			Andy Aitken		Stephen Craigan			24y, 3m, 5d
			Ronnie McQuilter		Jamie Smith			22y, 6m, 23d
			Jon Sunderland		Mark McNally			29y, 10m, 24d
			former Jag Graham Connell		Derek Collins			31y, 6m, 24d
			John O'Neill		Danny Lennon			31y, 9m, 28d
			Alan Hogg		Scott McLean			24y, 7m, 17d
			Peter Weatherson		Martin Hardie			24y, 9m, 12d
			Mark Angel		Paul McGrillen			29y, 5m, 15d
								27y, 0m, 27d
			Rab McColm		Michael Brown			21y, 2m, 27d
			Steve Pickering		Sandy Stewart			35y, 3m, 20d
			Phil Nixon		Peter Lindau			28y, 1m, 25d
			former Jag Paul Kinnaird		David McCallum			23y, 4m, 27d
			Dean Muir		Allan Moore			36y, 1m, 9d

Match Report

TTA report

Unmarked Hardie scored with a header (19) then Thistle missed couple of sitters. Complacency crept in and 3rd bottom Queens equalised (41) during their best spell. Hardie reacted first to a rebound (58) and McLean fired home after a 1-2 with Lindau (83). On chances missed. Thistle should have won by a barrowload.

Media report

05-Feb-2001, Daily Record

LAMBIE ROASTING WHETS JAGS APPETITE. JOHN LAMBIE ladled into his Partick Thistle plodders at half-time and was rewarded with a victory that sent them hurtling 12 points clear at the top. Boss Lambie was furious they had squandered enough chances to be three up at the break and gave the players pelters. They got the message and rattled in two goals with a blistering second-half performance to leave Queen of the South in tatters.

A Martin Hardie double sandwiched an equaliser by John O'Neil and Scott McLean hit the Jags' third. Lambie said: “After we scored we should have been two or three up within a short period but instead we were lucky not to come in 2-1 down. I gave the boys a roasting during the interval and they responded magnificently. We could have won by five or six if we had taken all our chances.”

Hardie headed the first in 19 minutes when a Danny Lennon cross caught keeper David Mathieson out of goal. McLean then blew two chances and Thistle were punished when O'Neil cracked in the leveller in 41 minutes after Alan Hogg teed up the ball for him. Thistle ran Queens ragged after the break and shots rained in on Mathieson from McLean, Hardie and substitute Peter Lindau. The pressure paid off in 58 minutes with Hardie's second after Mathieson could only punch out a Brian Hamilton shot. And McLean sealed the points with a cracking shot seven minutes from time.

Queens boss John Connolly blamed a long lay-off for his side's leaden-footed display. He said: “Thistle are full-time and our players have had only one game in a month, with training also hit by the weather. But Thistle deserved their victory for their second-half performance.”

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BBC, 3rd February, 2001

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Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 8 away League games without defeat; 7th Oct 2000 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 18th Jan 1992 to 8th Aug 1992. Club-record: 13 games; 5th Dec 1970 to 11th Sep 1971.)

● 16 League games without defeat, 30th Sep 2000 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 20 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 26th Aug 2000 to date. (Longest run since: 22 games; 1st Jan 1971 to 18th Sep 1971. Club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 26 consecutive competitive appearances for Stephen Craigan, 8th Aug 2000 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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