22nd Jul 2003 Greenock Morton 1 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			former Jag John McCormack		Gerry Collins			48y, 4m, 10d
					Kenny Milne; Eddie Forrest; John Paul McBride; Gerry Britton; Ricky Waddell
					Ian Ross; Grant Murray; Jamie Mitchell; James Grady; Stephane Bonnes
Warren Hawke (1-1, 90 mins)					Stuart Taylor (1-0, 50 mins)
					David Rowson (Andy S. Gibson); John Paul McBride (Jamie Mitchell); Gerry Britton (Stephane Bonnes); Andy Thomson (Manny Panther); Ricky Waddell (James Grady); Jean-Yves Anis (Andy Ross)
			?		Jákup Mikkelsen			32y, 11m, 8d
			?		Jean-Yves Anis			22y, 7m, 22d
			?		Kenny Milne			23y, 10m, 26d
			?		Eddie Forrest			24y, 7m, 5d
			?		Derek Whyte			34y, 10m, 21d
			?		David Rowson			26y, 10m, 8d
			?		John Paul McBride			24y, 7m, 24d
			?		Stuart Taylor			28y, 7m, 26d
			Warren Hawke		Gerry Britton			32y, 9m, 2d
			?		Andy Thomson			32y, 3m, 21d
			?		Ricky Waddell			22y, 5m, 18d
								27y, 10m, 15d
			?		Steven Pinkowski			20y, 1m, 13d
			?		Andy S. Gibson			21y, 4m, 20d
			?		Jamie Mitchell			26y, 8m, 16d
			?		Stephane Bonnes			25y, 4m, 26d
			?		Manny Panther			19y, 2m, 11d
					James Grady			32y, 4m, 8d
					Andy Ross			20y, 10m, 4d

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Match Report

TTA report

There was a broken nose for Waddell in first few seconds in this match. Grady hit the bar and Britton had a few close things but it was goalless at half-time. Taylor hit the bar but scored soon after (50) when a shot was parried. Thistle should have gone on and increased the lead but Morton scored from 20 yards (90).

Media report

23-Jul-2003, Daily Record

FLYING THISTLE HIT BY HAWKE; Warren Strike Ends Perfect Record. VETERAN hitman Warren Hawke ended Partick's pre-season victory roll with a last-gasp equaliser. Stuart Taylor's 50th-minute strike looked good enough to make it three wins from three for Gerry Collins' men but Morton were rewarded for their fight to the finish.

Livingston's Brazilian coach Marcio Maximo was an interested spectator at Cappielow running the rule over his first-day SPL opponents. He saw Thistle suffer a blow inside 10 seconds when Ricky Waddell went down after a clash of heads with Paul Walker. The winger was helped from the field and replaced by James Grady. The best chance of the opening 20 minutes fell to Grady who was put through by Gerry Britton but his chip bounced off the bar. Britton then came close with a curling effort before Morton's John Maisano screwed an effort wide.

Morton started the second half brightly and Peter Weatherson fired a volley just past after 47 minutes. Thistle broke straight up the park and Taylor crashed a brilliant volley off the bar. His eye was in and so was his luck in 57 minutes when he lashed the ball home from 10 yards after Grady's shot had been parried. Morton should have equalised after 62 minutes when Weatherson teed up Walker but he pulled his effort wide of target. Six minutes from time sub Phil Cannie's header was somehow scrambled off the line by Jamie Mitchell. But Hawke earned Morton a draw when he blasted home a great shot from 20 yards.

Collins was unhappy at seeing his winning run shattered. He said: “I am a bit disappointed we lost a goal to the last kick of the ball as that put a blemish on our pre- season record. We controlled the game for long spells and I'm looking on the plus side as we have scored 11 goals in three matches. To be fair to Morton they battled away and the lad has come up with a tremendous strike.”

Morton boss John McCormack was delighted with his side's show. He said: “That was a worthwhile exercise and I thought it was a fair result. No disrespect to any of the teams that we will be coming up against in the Second Division but we are a decent match for a top SPL side.”

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Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Eddie Forrest makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 48 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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