24th Sep 2003 Peterhead 2 Partick Thistle 2 (League Cup 2nd Round)

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Match Information

			Ian Wilson		Gerry Collins			48y, 6m, 12d
					Derek Whyte; Andy Thomson; Ricky Waddell
					Ian Ross; Gerry Britton; Jean-Yves Anis
Stuart McKay (1-1, 29 mins); Iain Stewart (2-2, 114 mins)					Jamie Mitchell (1-0, 2 mins); Kenny Milne (2-1, 108 mins)
					Grant Murray
Kevin Bain (Graeme Stewart, 75 mins); Roddy Grant (Duncan Stuart, 112 mins); Kieran McGuinness (Daryn Smith, 119 mins)					Ricky Waddell (Eddie Forrest, HT); David Lilley (Stephane Bonnes, 78 mins); James Grady (Gerry Britton, 80 mins)
			Paul Mathers		Kenny Arthur			24y, 9m, 17d
			Kevin Bain		David Lilley			25y, 10m, 24d
			Mark Perry		Kenny Milne			24y, 0m, 29d
			Robbie Raeside		Grant Murray			28y, 0m, 26d
			Stuart McKay		Derek Whyte			35y, 0m, 24d
			Shaun McSkimming		David Rowson			27y, 0m, 10d
			Martin Johnston		Jamie Mitchell			26y, 10m, 18d
			former Jag Roddy Grant		Stuart Taylor			28y, 9m, 29d
			Iain Stewart		James Grady			32y, 6m, 10d
			Gavin Beith		Andy Thomson			32y, 5m, 23d
			Kieran McGuinness		Ricky Waddell			22y, 7m, 20d
								28y, 0m, 9d
			John Farquhar		Kevin Budinauckas			29y, 0m, 8d
			Iain Good		Eddie Forrest			24y, 9m, 7d
			Graeme Stewart		John Paul McBride			24y, 9m, 27d
			Duncan Stuart		Gerry Britton			32y, 11m, 4d
			Daryn Smith		Stephane Bonnes			25y, 6m, 29d

notes

DR report credits James Grady with Thistle's opener, but the MP/HA goes with Jamie Mitchell and we side with them. Perhaps video evidence may later clear this one up unequivocally.

Match Report

TTA report

AET. Won 4-3 on pens. A Mitchell header from a corner (2) was cancelled out after poor defending at a free-kick (29). Thistle dominated but couldn't score until a Milne drive from 18 yards (108). More poor defending at another free-kick made it 2-2 (114) but a poor Thistle side scraped through 4-3 on pens.

Media report

25-Sep-2003, Daily Record

PETERHEAD CRASH AFTER LIFELINE. PARTICK scraped through on penalties after heroics from Third Division Peterhead Home goal hero Ian Stewart uncharacteristically missed the spot-kick required to keep his side in the shootout, which the Premier league side edged 4-3. The scores were locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes. Kenny Milne put Thistle ahead for a second time three minutes into the second period of extra time, sending an acute-angled 16-yard drive past Paul Mathers. Peterhead forced penalties when Ian Stewart volleyed home six minutes later after Martin Johnston flicked on a Shaun McSkimming free-kick.

Partick had made the perfect start when James Grady headed in from a Jamie Mitchell corner in two minutes. Both sides had chances before Peterhead equalised in 29 minutes when a Stuart Mackay free-kick curled inside the post, leaving Thistle keeper Kenny Arthur helpless. Grady had one chalked off for an infringement minutes later. Partick pinned the hosts back in the second half. Their best chance fell to Andy Thomson but McSkimming got back to block. In 88 minutes Stephane Bonnes' through ball found Thomson in space, but he blazed over from 10 yards.

Kenny Milne put Thistle ahead for a second time three minutes into the second period of extra time but Stewart forced penalties when he volleyed home six minutes later. The tie went to a sudden death decider after the sides were locked at 2-2 after extra time. But home goal hero Ian Stewart missed the spotkick required to keep his side in the shoot-out and Gerry Collins' SPL side edged it 4-3.

The Jags boss said: “We knew it was going to be difficult coming to Peterhead as they are a big physical side. But the game should have been won before extra time as other than their two goals I can't think of anything they created.” Peterhead boss Ian Wilson said: ``Considering our players are part-time and have worked all day, that was a phenomenal performance.//”

Scrapbook

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PTFC Website, 24th September, 2003

Stats Watch

● Peterhead become the 137th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action, 109 years on from the first friendly meeting between the sides.

● Thistle's 58th League Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 17 consecutive competitive appearances for Gerry Britton, 1st Mar 2003 to date. (Longest run since: David Lilley - 30 games, 2nd Nov 2002 to 16th Aug 2003. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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