9th Mar 2003 Dunfermline Athletic 0 Partick Thistle 0 (Scottish Premier League - game 30)

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Match Information

			Jimmy Calderwood		John Lambie			62y, 0m, 7d
					Stephen Craigan; Derek Fleming
					Kevin McGowne; Jamie Mitchell
Craig Brewster					David Lilley; Martin Hardie
Mark McGarty (Jason Dair, HT); Noel Hunt (Gary Dempsey, HT); David Grondin (Sean Kilgannon, 76 mins)					Gerry Britton (Barry Elliot, 78 mins); Alex Burns (Andy S. Gibson, 88 mins)
			Derek Stillie		Kenny Arthur			24y, 3m, 2d
			Gus MacPherson		David Lilley			25y, 4m, 6d
			Andrius Skerla		Alan Archibald			25y, 2m, 24d
			David Grondin		Stephen Craigan			26y, 4m, 8d
			Scott Wilson		Scott Paterson			30y, 9m, 24d
			Stevie Crawford		Jamie Buchan			25y, 11m, 6d
			Mark McGarty		Gerry Britton			32y, 4m, 17d
			Barry Nicholson		Martin Hardie			26y, 10m, 15d
			Ged Brannan		Alex Burns			29y, 7m, 5d
			Noel Hunt		David Rowson			26y, 5m, 23d
			Craig Brewster		Derek Fleming			29y, 3m, 4d
								27y, 6m, 2d
			Marco Ruitenbeek		Kevin Budinauckas			28y, 5m, 21d
			Scott Walker		Kevin McGowne			33y, 2m, 21d
			Gary Dempsey		Ricky Waddell			22y, 1m, 5d
			future Jag Sean Kilgannon		Andy S. Gibson			21y, 0m, 7d
			Jason Dair		Barry Elliot			24y, 4m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle soon took control of this match. Mid-table Dunfermline's first shot on target was on 60 mins. Thistle had a number of chances but squandered them all. There was a fine shot and save from an Elliot attempt 10 minutes from time - but no goals. A good point but not one to linger long in the memory.

Media report

09-Mar-2003, bbc.com

PARS HELD BY THISTLE. Dunfermline and Partick Thistle served up an uninspired draw at a blustery East End Park. Play was frequently sloppy and neither side could claim they deserved to win a match that lacked goalmouth action and incident. The high winds and poor playing surface did nothing to enhance the afternoon entertainment. Both sides were content to simply lump the ball forward in the vague direction of their forwards, with the midfield being by-passed most of the time.

Thistle were gifted a chance from nothing when some sloppy play from Gus MacPherson put his own goalkeeper Derek Stillie under pressure. The pair seemed to be on a different wavelength and this allowed Gerry Britton to nip in and steal the ball, but the striker's touch was too heavy and the ball spun out of play. Britton had another chance after 33 minutes when Fleming's free-kick seemed to catch the Pars defence flat-footed. However, despite breaking into the six-yard area unmarked, the former Dundee man was unable to stretch far enough and get a boot to the ball.

Referee Charlie Richmond incensed the travelling support early in the second half when he failed to award a free-kick against Scott Wilson for a barge into the back of Martin Hardie. The former Rangers man appeared to crash into the Thistle player, knocking him to the ground, but the whistler decided that the challenge was fair. Both sides contrived to continually surrender possession as the ball reached the final third and neither goalkeeper was tested. That was to change three minutes later when Kenny Arthur was forced into making a low save after David Grondin cleverly cut inside from the left flank and powered in a shot on goal. His effort had plenty of force behind it, but lacked direction allowing the Thistle goalkeeper to get his body behind the ball and knock it to safety. Pars striker Craig Brewster was having a quiet match by his standards, but he fired a warning to Thistle with a powerful drive from 25 yards, but Arthur was well positioned to gather. The visitors could have snatched all three points in the final minute when substitute Barry Elliot found space to turn and volley in the box. His powerful shot was heading goalwards, but Stillie managed to get his body in front of the ball and block.

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Daily Record, 10th March, 2003

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 49 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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