2nd Jan 2002 Partick Thistle 2 Clyde 1 (SFL First Division - game 21)

matches:2001-02: ← 30game 3132 →

60y, 10m, 0d	John Lambie	Allan Maitland

Martin Hardie
Jamie Dolan

Scott McLean (1-0, 4 mins); Derek Fleming (2-0, 46 mins)		David Hagen (2-1, 83 mins)
Derek Fleming

Scott McLean (Paul Walker, HT); Gerry Britton (Derek Lyle, 65 mins)		Stevie Convery (Bryan Smith, HT); Craig Bingham (David Hagen, 55 mins); Leigh Hinds (Murray McDowell, 67 mins)

23y, 0m, 26d	Kenny Arthur	Kevin Budinauckas former Jag
26y, 7m, 14d	Mark McCulloch	Simon Mensing
24y, 0m, 20d	Alan Archibald	Mark McLaughlin
25y, 2m, 4d	Stephen Craigan	Andy Millen
29y, 7m, 20d	Scott Paterson	Alan Kernaghan
29y, 10m, 11d	Paul Deas	Jamie Mitchell future Jag
31y, 2m, 13d	Gerry Britton	Craig Bingham
32y, 8m, 27d	Danny Lennon	John Fraser
25y, 6m, 16d	Scott McLean	Pat Keogh future Jag
25y, 8m, 11d	Martin Hardie	Leigh Hinds future Jag
28y, 0m, 28d	Derek Fleming	Stevie Convery

27y, 5m, 4d

24y, 6m, 9d	Garry Gow	Bryn Halliwell future Jag
24y, 4m, 13d	Paul Walker	Bryan Smith
20y, 10m, 20d	Derek Lyle	Raf De Gregorio
22y, 5m, 30d	James McKinstry	David Hagen
23y, 8m, 7d	Paddy Kelly	Murray McDowell former Jag

TTA report

Poor goalkeeping gifted McLean the opener (4). It was mostly Thistle after that and Clyde seldom threatened. A Fleming header 20 secs after half-time made it 2-0. Lyle hit the bar (81) then Clyde scored from close in (83). Thistle went top and looked good enough to stay there for the rest of the season.

Media report

03-Jan-2002, Daily Record

CLYDE CAUGHT COLD; Quickfire Strikes Send Jags Top. TWO early goals at the start of each half sent Jags hurtling back into top slot in this New Year Firhill thriller. Scott McLean nodded a fourth-minute opener before Derek Fleming headed a decisive second 19 seconds into the second half and Clyde could only claw back a consolation seven minutes from time via sub David Hagen.

Jags sizzled from the start despite freezing conditions and took a dream early lead. Full-back Mark McCulloch fed the ball wide right to Martin Hardie and he sent in a teasing cross which Kevin Budinauckas could only parry into the air. McLean was lurking beyond the back post and ghosted in to head the opener into the unguarded net. Both sides deserve credit for an entertaining first period despite the biting cold which prompted ground staff to put down sawdust in front of the dug-out after just a few minutes. Hardie showed great skills to loft the ball over a defender and set up McCulloch in the box and he cracked in an angled shot which beat Budinauckas but hit the side netting. Derek Fleming and Alan Archibald combined brilliantly on the left before the latter swung in a cross for Britton to hook a shot narrowly beyond the far post. The Jags were firmly in control and skipper Danny Lennon set up another golden chance in 14 minutes. He dummied Pat Keogh on the right and sent in a cross which Britton met with a superb header only for Budinauckas to parry away. Clyde finally mustered a shot on target in 20 minutes but Keogh's effort was saved by Kenny Arthur. The Broadwood side were restricted to long-range efforts and just before the half hour Alan Kernaghan pumped a high ball into the goalmouth which had Arthur scampering back to clutch on the goal-line. The visitors slowly crept back into the match and in 33 minutes Steve Convery rifled in a low shot which Arthur brilliantly turned wide. But that was as close as Clyde came and Jags again threatened. Britton fed McLean only to see his shot drift over and in the final minute of the half Britton played in Fleming but his chip shot sailed over the top.

Jags clobbered Clyde with another early goal just 19 seconds after the restart to seal the points. Britton pounded down the right and pulled back a centre which Fleming guided home with his head. Clyde's response was tame as Marc McLaughlin jinked inside two players in the box before firing over. Britton was replaced by Derek Lyle in 64 minutes but Clyde came close a minute later when Keogh saw his header saved by a diving Arthur. Moments later Walker dispossessed Simon Mensing at the edge of the Jags box and his pass sent Lyle racing clear but the sub slipped his shot low beyond the far post. It wasn't to be Lyle's day and he jinked neatly past a defender on the right of the area before deftly chipping over the stranded Budinauckas only to smack the face of the bar in the 80th minute. Hagen met McLaughlin's cross to head a consolation for the visitors with seven minutes left.

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