2nd Aug 2003 Crusaders 0 Partick Thistle 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Alan Dornan		Gerry Collins			48y, 4m, 21d
					Derek Whyte; Stephane Bonnes; David Rowson; Andy Thomson; Stuart Taylor
					Eddie Forrest; Jamie Mitchell; John Paul McBride; Gerry Britton; Andy Ross
					James Grady (1-0, pen 51 mins); James Grady (2-0, pen 77 mins); Ian Ross (3-0, 90 mins)
Ian Young (@ 0-0, 50 mins)
					Kenny Milne (John Paul McBride); David Lilley (Jean-Yves Anis); Stephane Bonnes (Gerry Britton); James Grady (Jamie Mitchell)
			Michael Dougherty		Jákup Mikkelsen			32y, 11m, 19d
			?		David Lilley			25y, 9m, 2d
			Davey Munster		Kenny Milne			23y, 11m, 7d
			?		Grant Murray			27y, 11m, 4d
			?		Derek Whyte			34y, 11m, 2d
			Ian Young		Ian Ross			28y, 11m, 6d
			?		Stephane Bonnes			25y, 5m, 7d
			?		David Rowson			26y, 10m, 19d
			Jackie Kerr		Andy Thomson			32y, 4m, 1d
			?		James Grady			32y, 4m, 19d
			?		Stuart Taylor			28y, 8m, 7d
								29y, 1m, 6d
			?		Steven Pinkowski			20y, 1m, 24d
			?		John Paul McBride			24y, 8m, 5d
			?		Jean-Yves Anis			22y, 8m, 3d
			?		Gerry Britton			32y, 9m, 13d
			?		Jamie Mitchell			26y, 8m, 27d

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Match Report

TTA report

There were no goals in the first half and Crusaders more than matched Thistle but they had a player red carded for stamping on Bonnes off the ball and Grady scored with the pen (50). He scored with another penalty (foul on Britton, 77) then Ross scored from close in for 3-0. An unsavoury friendly.

Media report

03-Aug-2003, Sunday Mail

THISTLE KNOCK SPOTS OFF IRISHMEN. JAMES GRADY potted two penalties as Partick Thistle won a bad- tempered affair in Belfast. After an evenly-fought first half, tempers flared when Irish defender Ian Young stamped on former Celtic winger Stephane Bonnes. The incident was missed by referee Brian Turkington but spotted by one of his linesmen. Young was red-carded, Grady netted from the spot and the Jags were on their way to a comfortable victory. Until that 51st-minute flare-up Crusaders had held their own against full-time opponents.

The Firhill side dominated for most of the first half and looked sharp in 15 minutes when Grady met a left- wing corner from Bonnes and rattled the post from close range. After 28 minutes Thistle missed another great chance when a mistake in the Crusaders defence allowed Thomson to cross the ball into the area but a lucky deflection took the ball away from Grady and the chance was gone. Thistle threatened to score just before the break when Thomson reached a wonderful left-wing cross from Kenny Milne but his powerful drive from 10 yards flew over the bar.

After going down to 10 men the Irishmen were up against it and Grady added his second from the spot in the 77th minute after David Munster chopped down striker Gerry Britton. A minute before the end Thistle made it three when Ian Ross headed home Thomson's overhead kick across the six-yard box. Keeper Michael Dougherty was called upon to prevent the fourth goal in the 87th minute. James Mitchell's close-range header looked to be heading towards the net but Dougherty produced a stunning save to turn the ball away. In the end it was a good result for Jags as they finalise preparations for Saturday's SPL kick-off.

Scrapbook

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PTFC Website, 2nd August, 2003

Ireland's Saturday Night, 2nd August, 2003

PTFC Match Programme, 9th August, 2003

Stats Watch

● Ian Ross scores his only goal for Thistle.

● Goalie Jákup Mikkelsen keeps his last clean-sheet for Thistle.

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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