3rd May 2003 Livingston 3 Partick Thistle 1 (Scottish Premier League - game 35)

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Match Information

			David Hay		John Lambie			62y, 2m, 1d
			Jim Leishman
					no changes
					no changes
Davide Xausa (0-1, 25 mins); Rolando Zarate (0-2, 44 mins); Juanjo Camacho (1-3, 50 mins)					David Lilley (1-2, 45 mins)
David McNamee; Stuart Lovell; Fernando Pasquinelli					David Lilley
Davide Xausa (Quino Cabrera, 74 mins); Rolando Zarate (David Bingham, 80 mins); Fernando Pasquinelli (Colin McMenamin, 80 mins)					Ian Ross (Kenny Milne, 56 mins); Alex Burns (Andy S. Gibson, 70 mins)
			Alan Main		Kenny Arthur			24y, 4m, 26d
			Julian Maidana		David Lilley			25y, 6m, 2d
			David McNamee		Alan Archibald			25y, 4m, 20d
			Philippe Brinquin		Stephen Craigan			26y, 6m, 4d
			Marvin Andrews		Derek Whyte			34y, 8m, 2d
			Stuart Lovell		Martin Hardie			27y, 0m, 11d
			Juanjo Camacho		Jamie Mitchell			26y, 5m, 27d
			Burton O'Brien		David Rowson			26y, 7m, 19d
			Fernando Pasquinelli		Alex Burns			29y, 8m, 29d
			Davide Xausa		Gerry Britton			32y, 6m, 13d
			Rolando Zarate		Ian Ross			28y, 8m, 6d
								27y, 11m, 16d
			Fernando Lopez		Kevin Budinauckas			28y, 7m, 17d
			Gus Bahoken		Jamie Buchan			26y, 1m, 0d
			Quino Cabrera		Kenny Milne			23y, 8m, 7d
			Colin McMenamin		Andy S. Gibson			21y, 2m, 1d
			David Bingham		Ricky Waddell			22y, 2m, 29d

notes

4870 attendance (OH seems to be a copy and paste error.

Match Report

TTA report

A draw, let alone a win, never looked likely. Livingston were the better team and bossed the match from early on. They scored a dubious goal (hand ball) and with a dubious free-kick (44) but Lilley made it 2-1 with a header just on half-time. Poor marking led to a 3rd goal (50) before Craigan went close.

Media report

03-May-2003, bbc.com

LIVI PUT THISTLE IN TROUBLE. Livingston ended fears of relegation with a comprehensive defeat of Partick Thistle. Davide Xausa opened the scoring with his first goal since October and Rolando Zarate made it two before David Lilley gave the visitors some hope. But Juanjo Camacho made sure of the points after the break to leave Thistle still in relegation trouble should First Division champions Falkirk win their battle to be allowed promotion. Livingston were without Barry Wilson, Canada international Xausa replacing the suspended striker. But defender Philippe Brinquin returned from suspension and he took the place of Lee Makel, the English midfielder dropping out of the squad altogether in the wake of his suggestions that he might leave the club in the summer. Thistle boss John Lambie kept the same side that defeated Motherwell last week.

Livi were the more dangerous in the scrappy early stages and captain Stuart Lovell's shot from outside the box was parried clear by goalkeeper Kenny Arthur. The game came to life in the 25th minute, when the home side took the lead with a well taken goal. Lovell played the ball into the box to Xausa, who chested it down and drove an unstoppable shot past Arthur. The Canadian threatened again with a 16-yard drive that was turned round the post by the goalkeeper. Livi were clearly on top and Lovell came close when he unleashed a tremendous 30-yarder that Arthur again beat out to safety. Zarate put Livi further ahead, when he curled in a free-kick from 25 yards. But, in injury time, Thistle reduced the deficit when Lilley headed home a Gerry Britton cross from six yards out.

The away side took heart from that and pushed forward after the break only for Livi to restore their two-goal advantage after 50 minutes. Xausa swung in a wicked cross and Camacho rose at the back post and bulleted a header from 10 yards past the helpless Arthur. Brinquin nearly made it 4-1 for the West Lothian men when his right-footed drive from the edge of the box went narrowly past Arthur's post. A Britton header that flew over from an Alex Burns corner was as much as a dispirited Thistle could offer in response.

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(credit: BBC Scotland )

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● David Lilley scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 45 consecutive competitive appearances for Alex Burns, 27th Mar 2002 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Scott Paterson - 51 games, 9th Feb 2002 to 5th Apr 2003. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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