22nd Sep 2001 Ross County 3 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 8)

matches:2001-02: ← 16game 1718 →

Match Information

			Neale Cooper		John Lambie			60y, 6m, 20d
					no changes
					no changes
Alex Bone (1-2, 20 mins); Steve Hislop (2-2, 38 mins); Steve Hislop (2-3, 49 mins)					Derek Fleming (1-0, 2 mins); Gerry Britton (2-0, 4 mins)
Ian Maxwell
John McQuade (Karim Boukraa, HT); Steve Hislop (Steven Mackay, 84 mins)					Denis Connaghan (Martin Hardie, 54 mins); Scott McLean (Paul Walker, 61 mins); James McKinstry (Barry Elliot, 79 mins)
			Tony Bullock		David Klein			28y, 1m, 9d
			Richard Hastings		James McKinstry			22y, 2m, 19d
			Mark Perry		Alan Archibald			23y, 9m, 9d
			future Jag Ian Maxwell		Stephen Craigan			24y, 10m, 24d
			Hugh Robertson		Scott Paterson			29y, 4m, 9d
			Brian Irvine		Denis Connaghan			25y, 8m, 13d
			Sean Webb		Gerry Britton			30y, 11m, 2d
			Steven Ferguson		Danny Lennon			32y, 5m, 16d
			John McQuade		Scott McLean			25y, 3m, 5d
			Steve Hislop		Jamie Dolan			32y, 7m, 0d
			Alex Bone		Derek Fleming			27y, 9m, 17d
								27y, 6m, 21d
			Trialist		Garry Gow			24y, 2m, 29d
			Brian Dlugonski		Martin Hardie			25y, 5m, 0d
			Don Cowie		Paul Walker			24y, 1m, 2d
			Steven MacKay		Barry Elliot			22y, 10m, 29d
			Karim Boukraa		Richard Huxford			32y, 1m, 28d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle took the lead when Fleming headed in from close range (2) then Britton did likewise (4) but County clawed their way back and scored (volley slipped under Klein's body, 20). Dolan and Fleming collided and it led to a glorious 30-yard strike (38). A back-post header (49) won it. Chances at both ends went untaken.

Media report

22-Sep-2001, bbc.com

Ross County staged a remarkable comeback as they claimed a confidence-boosting victory over high-flying Partick Thistle. Derek Fleming and Gerry Britton looked to have set Partick on the way to victory. But Alex Bone and Steve Hislop with a double turned the game around. Bone had come through a late fitness test on his sore back, although County were without strike partner Martin Prest. Partick midfielder Willie Howie and striker Barry Elliot were both out injured. But the Jags got off to a flyer in an action-packed game at Victoria Park with two goals in the opening four minutes. Fleming headed the visitors in front in the first minute following a long throw-in from Stephen Craigan. Britton doubled their advantage when he headed home Fleming's corner. But County were stung into life by that early double strike and found a way back into the match when Bone pulled one back in the 20th minute with a powerful shot from an acute angle. County continued to press and they were rewarded for their persistence when Hislop equalised in the 38th minute with a tremendous 30-yard drive. Hislop was on target again five minutes after the break to complete the comeback when he got on the end of a Richard Hastings cross to head past Jags goalkeeper David Klein.

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