2nd Nov 2002 Partick Thistle 2 Motherwell 0 (Scottish Premier League - game 13)

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Match Information

61y, 8m, 0d			John Lambie		Terry Butcher
David Lilley; Scott McLean
Jamie Buchan; Jamie Mitchell
Martin Hardie (1-0, 30 mins); Alex Burns (2-0, 52 mins)
Martin Hardie					Willie Kinniburgh; Scott Leitch; Stephen Pearson; James McFadden
					Scott Leitch (@ 2-0, 72 mins)
Scott McLean (Ricky Waddell, 87 mins); Martin Hardie (Andy S. Gibson, 88 mins); Gerry Britton (Jamie Buchan, 89 mins)					Daniel Sengewald (Dirk Lehmann, 55 mins); Willie Kinniburgh (Keith Lasley, 76 mins); Khaled Kemas (Stevie Ferguson, 77 mins)
23y, 10m, 26d			Kenny Arthur		Stevie Woods
25y, 0m, 2d			David Lilley		David Cowan
24y, 10m, 20d			Alan Archibald		Willie Kinniburgh future Jag
26y, 0m, 4d			Stephen Craigan		Steven Hammell
30y, 5m, 20d			Scott Paterson		Daniel Sengewald
32y, 0m, 13d			Gerry Britton		Martyn Corrigan future Jag
26y, 4m, 16d			Scott McLean		Scott Leitch
26y, 6m, 11d			Martin Hardie		Stephen Pearson
29y, 2m, 29d			Alex Burns		Derek Adams
23y, 6m, 22d			Daniele Chiarini		James McFadden
34y, 2m, 2d			Derek Whyte		Khaled Kemas
27y, 5m, 21d
28y, 1m, 17d			Kevin Budinauckas		Jamie Ewings
23y, 3m, 30d			James McKinstry		Keith Lasley
25y, 6m, 30d			Jamie Buchan		Dougie Ramsay
21y, 8m, 29d			Ricky Waddell		Dirk Lehmann
20y, 8m, 0d			Andy S. Gibson		Stevie Ferguson

Match Report

TTA report

A home league win! “Butcher's boys no match for Thistle“ (GH). Bottom club Motherwell went behind to a Hardie free header at a corner (30) and Burns stroked the 2nd home (51). It should have been more. Thistle were by far the better team but too often the wrong options were taken in front of goal. Motherwell had a man sent off (72).

Media report

02-Nov-2002, bbc.com

HOME JOY FOR THISTLE. Partick Thistle picked up their first home win of the season with a comfortable triumph over Motherwell at Firhill. Goals from Martin Hardie and Alex Burns were enough to dump a poor visiting side and see John Lambie's men leapfrog 'Well in the league table. Cold and wet conditions did not make for very entertaining football, but the home side enjoyed the lion's share of possession and created most of the running. Motherwell rallied late in the game but were reduced to ten men when skipper Scott Leitch was dismissed. A hamstring injury meant Thistle's Jamie Mitchell missed out and with Jamie Buchan dropping to the bench, the way was paved for David Lilley and and Scott McLean to return. Motherwell made three changes to the side which suffered a 5-1 thrashing against Livingston last week. The influential James McFadden returned from suspension and in came Daniel Sengewald and William Kinniburgh, while Keith Lasley, Dougie Ramsay and Dirk Lehmann had to settle for places among the replacements.

There was little for the sparse crowd to get excited about in the early stages with both teams struggling to find any rhythm. The home side gradually began to assert themselves and after 20 minutes 'Well keeper Stevie Woods had to produce a decent save to block a close-range Hardie header. Four minutes later Lilley sent a header narrowly over the crossbar following a cross from Alan Archibald. Partick's hard work paid off on the half-hour mark when a Burns corner picked out Hardie in the area and he nodded past a helpless Woods from six yards to clinch his first league goal of the season.

Partick almost netted just seconds after the interval when Gerry Britton broke free and surged into the box before unleashing the shot but sent the effort crashing into the side-netting. Motherwell found themselves two goals behind after in the 52nd minute after McLean squared the ball to Burns on the 18-yard line and he bulleted Thistle's second goal past a motionless Woods. Motherwell had the chance to pull a goal back after 58 minutes when McFadden flighted a cross into the box and it was met by substitute Dirk Lehmann but he sent his glancing header just wide of the post. The Fir Park side had another chance after 65 minutes when Steven Hammell's cross picked out Derek Adams but he nodded straight into the hands of Thistle goalkeeper Kenny Arthur. The stuffing was knocked out of the visitors when Leitch was sent off for a second bookable offence.

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ongoing sequences:

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Scott Paterson, 9th Feb 2002 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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