2nd Jan 2003 Motherwell 2 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Premier League - game 24)

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Match Information

			Terry Butcher		John Lambie			61y, 10m, 0d
					Danny Lennon
					Daniele Chiarini
David Clarkson (0-1, 9 mins); David Partridge (2-2, 77 mins)					Alex Burns (1-1, 19 mins); Alex Burns (2-1, pen 49 mins)
James McFadden; Stephen Pearson; Dirk Lehmann; Scott Leitch; Willie Kinniburgh; Steven Hammell					Alan Archibald; Jamie Buchan; Martin Hardie; Gerry Britton
James McFadden (@ 1-1, 37 mins)
Scott Leitch (Shaun Fagan, 66 mins); David Clarkson (Stevie Ferguson, 82 mins); Dirk Lehmann (Dougie Ramsay, 90 mins)					Jamie Mitchell (Paul Walker, 18 mins); Gerry Britton (Ricky Waddell, 61 mins); Jamie Buchan (James McKinstry, 77 mins)
			François Dubourdeau		Kenny Arthur			24y, 0m, 26d
			future Jag Martyn Corrigan		David Lilley			25y, 2m, 2d
			Steven Hammell		Alan Archibald			25y, 0m, 20d
			future Jag Willie Kinniburgh		Stephen Craigan			26y, 2m, 4d
			David Partridge		Scott Paterson			30y, 7m, 20d
			Stephen Pearson		Jamie Mitchell			26y, 1m, 27d
			Scott Leitch		Gerry Britton			32y, 2m, 13d
			Derek Adams		Martin Hardie			26y, 8m, 11d
			Dirk Lehmann		Alex Burns			29y, 4m, 29d
			James McFadden		Danny Lennon			33y, 8m, 27d
			David Clarkson		Jamie Buchan			25y, 8m, 30d
								27y, 8m, 24d
			Stevie Woods		Kevin Budinauckas			28y, 3m, 17d
			Paul Quinn		James McKinstry			23y, 5m, 30d
			Shaun Fagan		Ricky Waddell			21y, 10m, 29d
			Dougie Ramsay		Andy S. Gibson			20y, 10m, 0d
			Stevie Ferguson		Paul Walker			25y, 4m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle went 1-down (9) but a fine Burns free-kick (19) saw them level after Mitchell had been hacked down. McFadden was red-carded (lunge) and the game deteriorated (41 fouls/10 bookings). Burns scored with a disputed pen early in the second half but a late header made it 2-2 (77) and 2nd bottom Motherwell held on.

Media report

02-Jan-2003, bbc.com

TEN MAN WELL FIGHT BACK FOR POINT. David Partridge's late goal gave Motherwell a share of the points despite having played for almost an hour with ten men. David Clarkson opened the scoring for the home side but Alex Burns pulled Thistle level. Burns then put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot after James McFadden was ordered off for a second bookable offence. But Partridge levelled the scores to give Motherwell a point.

In a wet and windy opening, Partick pressed for the breakthrough but the home side took the lead after nine minutes and it was youngster Clarkson, making his first start for the Lanarkshire side, who got the goal. Derek Adams took a short corner to McFadden on the left and his cross was deflected high into the six-yard box. Clarkson went up for an overhead kick and although it seemed an untidy strike, the ball ended up in the net. Moments later, Clarkson should have scored his second from a McFadden cross, but somehow managed to send his close-range header wide of the left hand post. The home side were in control and the Jags' cause was made more difficult in the 15th minute when Jamie Mitchell was stretchered off following a David Partridge tackle and was replaced by Paul Walker. But from the consequent free-kick 20 yards from goal, former Motherwell striker Alex Burns levelled the scores with a tremendous shot into the top corner of the net, giving keeper Francois Dubourdeau no chance. McFadden swung a 30-yard free-kick just over the Thistle bar before Jamie Buchan's fine run and shot from the edge of the box was parried away to safety by Dubourdeau. In the 35th minute, Walker brought out another fine save from Dubourdeau with an angled shot from 12 yards. But, a minute later, McFadden, who had been booked earlier for a foul on Buchan, was shown a second yellow for a foul on Stephen Craigan.

Thistle almost took the lead again two minutes after the re-start. A Scott Leitch free-kick was headed off the far post by Dirk Lehmann from 12 yards out and, from the rebound, David Partridge scooped over from under the bar when it looked easier to score. But Thistle raced up the other end and were awarded a soft penalty when substitute Walker was clumsily fouled by Motherwell defender William Kinniburgh. Burns stepped up to slot the ball into the corner for his second goal of the game. In the 74th minute a Lehmann header from the edge of the box was tipped onto the bar and over by Arthur but a minute later the home side got a deserved equaliser when Partridge floated in a header off the far post.

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ongoing sequences:

● 9 competitive away games without a win; 5th Oct 2002 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 3rd Apr 1999 to 2nd Oct 1999. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 10 away League games without a win; 11th Sep 2002 to date. (Longest run since: 11 games; 19th Apr 1997 to 29th Nov 1997. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 42 consecutive competitive appearances for Scott Paterson, 9th Feb 2002 to date, a new personal best. (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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