3rd Nov 2001 Partick Thistle 4 Arbroath 1 (SFL First Division - game 13)

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Match Information

60y, 8m, 1d			John Lambie		Stevie Kirk
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Paul Walker (1-0, 2 mins); Derek Fleming (2-0, 44 mins); Paul Walker (3-1, 69 mins); Martin Hardie (4-1, 90 mins)					John Cusick (2-1, 57 mins)
					David McInally
Jamie Dolan (Mark McCulloch, 66 mins); Danny Lennon (Martin Hardie, 75 mins); Paul Walker (Scott McLean, 85 mins)					Kevin Heenan (Jim Gardner, HT); Andy Cargill (Colin McKinnon, 75 mins); Paul Brownlie (Gavin Swankie, 79 mins)
22y, 10m, 27d			Kenny Arthur		Craig Hinchliffe future Jag
22y, 4m, 0d			James McKinstry		John Cusick
23y, 10m, 21d			Alan Archibald		Jordan Tait
25y, 0m, 5d			Stephen Craigan		Innes Ritchie
29y, 5m, 21d			Scott Paterson		David McInally
29y, 8m, 12d			Paul Deas		George Rowe
31y, 0m, 14d			Gerry Britton		John McGlashan
32y, 6m, 28d			Danny Lennon		Andy Cargill
24y, 2m, 14d			Paul Walker		Graham Bayne
32y, 8m, 12d			Jamie Dolan		Kevin Heenan
27y, 10m, 29d			Derek Fleming		Paul Brownlie
27y, 5m, 6d
24y, 4m, 10d			Garry Gow		Craig Wight
26y, 5m, 15d			Mark McCulloch		Colin McKinnon
25y, 4m, 17d			Scott McLean		Jim Gardner
25y, 6m, 12d			Martin Hardie		David Arbuckle
23y, 0m, 10d			Barry Elliot		Gavin Swankie

Match Report

TTA report

A tremendous strike from the corner of the box by Walker (2) gave Thistle the lead then Fleming scored with a 30-yarder (44). Arbroath hit the post (50) then scored with a 25-yard free-kick (57). Walker (fine solo run and shot under the keeper, 69) and Hardie (from close range, 90) gave the score a better look.

Media report

05-Nov-2001, Daily Record

DON'T MENTION THE P-WORD; Lambie Playing Down Going Up. TALKING to John Lambie is like dipping into a lucky bag, you never know what you're going to get except a surprise. Recently he has come up with mouth-watering treats like, being married is pressure, not standing in a dugout. Then he was on about his reasons for not signing foreign players. He can't be bothered finding digs for them apparently. So, while many bosses are checking their blood pressure and learning how to say “I've found you a nice wee B'n'B” in French, Lambie is chilling out - he's Mr Mellow of Maryhill.

The Partick Thistle guru flies in the face of normality and he took flight again after Saturday's home win over Arbroath. He said: “That's not good enough. I've warned my lot about being too complacent but they won't listen.”

If winning comfortably without stirring themselves and moving to joint-top spot in the First Division represents complacency, then God help the rest. Unfortunately, there was no divine intervention for John Brownlie's Arbroath, a part-time squad who played like their job description.

Curiously enough, Brownlie chose not to mention the fact that his lot were generally lagging, if not left at the post. Wearing his best crabbit face he whined: “That fourth goal was a disgrace. I won't tolerate this sort of thing.”

He was referring to Martin Hardie's injury-time strike, but the game was over before then. Had he forgotten the rest or was it the old selective memory ploy?

Talking of ploys, Lambie isn't being churlish about his squad, he might be trying to keep their fight on the ground. Maybe, in his uniquely-pixillated way, he's keeping the dreaded “P-word” away from everyone's lips. Perhaps they'll be allowed to whisper “promotion” if they are still in contention by the time March hares take a daft turn but right now it's banned. Either way, it was little Paul Walker who did the damage on Saturday. He scored the opener in just two minutes and the crucial third in 69. His first from 20 yards out was fine but his second from the tightest of angles was telling and special. Had this been in the SPL, the talking heads would have been dribbling superlatives down their ties. Prior to this, Derek Fleming made it 2-0 in 44 minutes with a 30-yard shot and after the break John Cusick curled a 20-yard free kick beyond Kenny Arthur. The game was some way south of good but the goals were great and worth the admission fee alone.

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Scotland on Sunday, 4th November, 2001

The Scotsman, 5th November, 2001

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Stats Watch

● 26-year-old Mark McCulloch makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 home League games without defeat; 5th May 2001 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 12th Aug 2000 to 17th Mar 2001. Joint club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911 & 29th Aug 1970 to 6th Nov 1971.)

● 9 competitive home games without defeat; 5th May 2001 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 26th Aug 2000 to 17th Mar 2001. Club-record: 20 games; 17th Dec 1988 to 18th Nov 1989.)

● 57 consecutive competitive appearances for Stephen Craigan, 8th Aug 2000 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Steve Welsh - 64 games, 26th Dec 1994 to 27th Apr 1996. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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