2nd Feb 2002 Partick Thistle 1 Airdrieonians 1 (SFL First Division - game 24)

matches:2001-02: ← 35game 3637 →

Match Information

60y, 11m, 0d			John Lambie		Ian McCall former Jag / future man.
James McKinstry; Paul Deas; Gerry Britton; Alex Burns
Mark McCulloch; Jamie Dolan; Leon Constantine; Derek Fleming
Alex Burns (1-1, 70 mins)					Craig McPherson (0-1, 22 mins)
					Stuart Taylor; Neil MacFarlane
Scott McLean (Paul Walker, 79 mins); Alex Burns (Derek Fleming, 81 mins)					Craig McPherson (Tony Smith, 40 mins); Paul Armstrong (Sandy Stewart, 68 mins); Mark Reilly (Paul Ronald, 79 mins)
23y, 1m, 26d			Kenny Arthur		Neil Bennett future Jag
22y, 6m, 30d			James McKinstry		Kevin James
24y, 1m, 20d			Alan Archibald		John Henry
25y, 3m, 4d			Stephen Craigan		Allan McManus
29y, 8m, 20d			Scott Paterson		Craig McPherson
29y, 11m, 11d			Paul Deas		Stuart Taylor future Jag
31y, 3m, 13d			Gerry Britton		Paul Armstrong
32y, 9m, 27d			Danny Lennon		Neil MacFarlane
25y, 7m, 16d			Scott McLean		Mark Reilly
25y, 9m, 11d			Martin Hardie		Owen Coyle
28y, 5m, 29d			Alex Burns		Mark Roberts future Jag
27y, 2m, 1d
24y, 7m, 9d			Garry Gow		Stefan Gonnet
28y, 1m, 28d			Derek Fleming		Sandy Stewart former Jag
24y, 5m, 13d			Paul Walker		Lee Gardner
32y, 11m, 11d			Jamie Dolan		Tony Smith
23y, 11m, 9d			Leon Constantine		Paul Ronald

Match Report

TTA report

2nd top Airdrie started the better and scored with a 25-yard screamer (22). Some excellent goalkeeping kept Thistle at bay as Airdrie sat in and invited Thistle to come on to them. The policy backfired and Burns (on his debut) scored with a deft chip at the far post (70). Britton's late header would have been a bit of a steal.

Media report

02-Feb-2002, bbc.com

New Partick Thistle signing Alex Burns became an instant hero as he grabbed an equaliser in the top of the table clash with Airdrie. A point apiece in an entertaining game means Thistle continue to lead the First Division by three points from the Diamonds - with the Lanarkshire side having a game in hand. The visitors started the game well and almost opened the scoring in the eighth minute when Mark Roberts' shot was cleared off the line by Paul Deas. Deas then prevented another shot from sneaking in, but from his clearance the ball was collected by Craig McPherson and his 30-yard drive flew into the top corner of the net. The Jags pulled level after 70 minutes when a long searching pass from Alan Archibald found Burns coming in at the far post to slip the ball past the keeper.

Video Highlights

(credit: Scottish Television )

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Stats Watch

● 28-year-old Alex Burns makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 League games without defeat, 1st Dec 2001 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 28th Apr 2001 to 18th Sep 2001. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 10 competitive games without defeat, 1st Dec 2001 to date. (Longest run since the joint club-record: 16 games, 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Jan 2001 & 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976.)

● 14 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.)

● 16 competitive home games without defeat; 5th May 2001 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 20 games; 17th Dec 1988 to 18th Nov 1989.)

● 31 consecutive competitive appearances for Scott Paterson (a new personal best) & Gerry Britton (a new personal best), 4th Aug 2001 to date. (Longest run since: Stephen Craigan - 58 games, 8th Aug 2000 to 10th Nov 2001. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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