24th Mar 2002 Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 3 (Scottish Cup Semi Final)

matches:2001-02: ← 45game 4647 →

Match Information

61y, 0m, 22d			John Lambie		Alex McLeish
Kenny Arthur; Alan Archibald; Paul Walker; Mark McCulloch; Gerry Britton
Kevin Budinauckas; Derek Fleming; Martin Cameron; Martin Hardie; Alex Burns
					Christian Nerlinger (0-1, 10 mins); Christian Nerlinger (0-2, 72 mins); Barry Ferguson (0-3, 78 mins)
Danny Lennon; Martin Cameron					Christian Nerlinger
Scott McLean (Martin Cameron, 67 mins); Mark McCulloch (Stephen McAnespie, 79 mins); Gerry Britton (James McKinstry, 85 mins)					Claudio Caniggia (Peter Lovenkrands, 67 mins); Barry Ferguson (Stephen Hughes, 81 mins)
23y, 3m, 17d			Kenny Arthur		Stefan Klos
23y, 10m, 26d			Paddy Kelly		Fernando Ricksen
24y, 3m, 11d			Alan Archibald		Bob Malcolm
25y, 4m, 23d			Stephen Craigan		Tony Vidmar
29y, 10m, 11d			Scott Paterson		Lorenzo Amoruso
30y, 1m, 2d			Paul Deas		Andrei Kanchelskis
24y, 7m, 4d			Paul Walker		Neil McCann
32y, 11m, 18d			Danny Lennon		Barry Ferguson
25y, 9m, 7d			Scott McLean		Christian Nerlinger
26y, 10m, 5d			Mark McCulloch		Claudio Caniggia
31y, 5m, 4d			Gerry Britton		Tore André Flo
27y, 1m, 15d
24y, 9m, 0d			Garry Gow		Allan McGregor
23y, 9m, 8d			Martin Cameron		Stephen Hughes
30y, 1m, 23d			Stephen McAnespie		Russell Latapy
22y, 8m, 21d			James McKinstry		Peter Lovenkrands
33y, 1m, 2d			Jamie Dolan		Billy Dodds former Jag

Match Report

TTA report

Rangers scored (10) and there was no doubt about the result from then on although McCulloch wasted a good chance just after. Two more goals (72 and 78) confirmed Rangers' superiority in every department. Thistle were not disgraced but they never seriously looked like reaching the final. Being there was their limit.

Media report

24-Mar-2002, bbc.com

RANGERS DASH THISTLE'S DREAM. Rangers eventually killed off Partick Thistle's Scottish Cup dream but they were made to fight all the way for their final place. Thistle matched their city rivals for most of the game but could not find a goal despite their efforts. Even Christian Nerlinger's 10th minute goal could not dishearten the Jags and until Nerlinger doubled Rangers' lead in 72 minutes, Thistle looked like they could equalise. Eight minutes later, Barry Ferguson completed the scoring and ended Thistle's faint hopes of a comeback.

Thistle started very brightly but it was Rangers who had the first effort on goal, Ferguson trundling a left-foot shot wide of the post. Rangers scored the crucial early goal after 10 minutes. Tore Andre Flo showed good foot work before rolling the ball into the path of Nerlinger who drove the ball into the left-hand bottom corner of Kenny Arthur's net. Thistle came desperately close to equalising a few minutes later when a high ball to the back post caused confusion in the Rangers defence. Stefan Klos rushed out to try to close down the danger but the ball was squared and only Tony Vidmar's lunging challenge prevented Mark McCulloch from scoring. Shortly afterwards Scott McLean toe-poked the ball into the side-netting and Danny Lennon saw a chip land on the roof of Klos' net. Arthur did well to turn a Caniggia effort round the post before Nerlinger's shot was deflected just wide and McCann's corner came back off the bar. Nerlinger came extremely close to doubling his tally on the stroke of half-time as he got on the end of a knock-down by Flo, only for Deas to put himself in the way of the German's shot.

Partick started the second half brightly, pushing for an equaliser, with Rangers struggling to regain control of the game. Two minutes after the restart, McLean tried to set up McCulloch but the ball deflected off Amoruso and McCulloch connected awkwardly, and Klos held the ball easily. Rangers' first clear-cut opportunity of the half came in 65 minutes when Kanchelskis' cross found Flo unmarked, but his header was straight at Arthur. But Rangers did score again seven minutes later and it was Nerlinger again who scored, getting on the end of Lovenkrands' cross to sidefoot the ball past Arthur from eight yards. Ferguson made it three in 78 minutes with a beautiful curling shot from the edge of the box after a nice lay-off by Flo.

Scrapbook

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The Scotsman, 23rd March, 2002

Match Programme, 24th March, 2002

Daily Record, 25th March, 2002

The Scotsman, 25th March, 2002

Dundee Courier, 25th March, 2002

Gallery

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• 12,000 Jags fans brought the colour and the noise.

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• Paul Deas at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Alan Archibald at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Danny Lennon at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Kenny Arthur at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Kenny Arthur at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Stephen Craigen in a challenge with Claudio Cannigia at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Mark McCulloch at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Paddy Kelly at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Mark McCulloch at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Gerry Britton at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Martin Cameron at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Scott McLean at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• John Lambie at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Paul Deas at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

• Scott Paterson at Hampden, 24 March 2002. (ALA)

Video Highlights

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(credits: S Millar / BBC Scotland )

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(credit: BBC Scotland )

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● 30-year-old Stephen McAnespie makes his Thistle debut.

● Thistle play their 300th match in the Scottish Cup.

● Thistle are knocked out of the Scottish Cup by the eventual winners for the seventeenth time.

● Thistle appear in their eighth Scottish Cup Semi Final, but fail to progress for the sixth time.

ongoing sequences:

● 21 consecutive competitive appearances for Stephen Craigan, 24th Nov 2001 to date. (Longest run since: Derek Fleming - 34 games, 25th Aug 2001 to 16th Mar 2002. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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