27th Dec 2003 Partick Thistle 4 Dunfermline Athletic 1 (Scottish Premier League - game 18)

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Match Information

35y, 3m, 26d			Derek Whyte		Jimmy Calderwood
33y, 2m, 7d			Gerry Britton
Andy Ross
John Paul McBride
Andy Thomson (1-0, 38 mins); James Grady (2-0, pen 56 mins); Andy Ross (3-1, 89 mins); James Grady (4-1, 90 mins)					Craig Brewster (2-1, 59 mins)
					Scott Thomson (@ 1-0, 55 mins)
Jamie Mitchell (Manny Panther, 68 mins); Andy Thomson (Stephane Bonnes, 83 mins); Derek Fleming (Ian Ross, 84 mins)					Gary Mason (Andy Tod, HT); Derek Young (Gary Dempsey, HT); Craig Brewster (Noel Hunt, 60 mins)
25y, 0m, 20d			Kenny Arthur		Derek Stillie
26y, 1m, 26d			David Lilley		Andrius Skerla
28y, 3m, 28d			Grant Murray		Stevie Crawford
24y, 4m, 1d			Kenny Milne		Lee Bullen
27y, 1m, 21d			Jamie Mitchell		Scott Wilson
27y, 3m, 13d			David Rowson		Gary Mason
32y, 9m, 13d			James Grady		Scott Thomson
21y, 3m, 9d			Andy Ross		Barry Nicholson
30y, 0m, 22d			Derek Fleming		Darren Young
32y, 8m, 26d			Andy Thomson		Derek Young future Jag
21y, 5m, 16d			Adrian Madaschi		Craig Brewster
26y, 11m, 18d
29y, 3m, 11d			Kevin Budinauckas		Marco Ruitenbeek
29y, 1m, 1d			Stuart Taylor		Andy Tod
19y, 7m, 16d			Manny Panther		Scott MacNicol
29y, 4m, 0d			Ian Ross		Gary Dempsey
25y, 10m, 1d			Stephane Bonnes		Noel Hunt

Match Report

TTA report

Thomson headed in a Fleming cross (38) then Grady scored with a pen (Mitchell was bowled over and the defender sent off, 56). 2-up against 10 men, panic set in when 3rd top= Dunfermline started to play and made it 2-1 (59) but Ross found the bottom corner (89) and Grady was set up by Panther (90).

Media report

27-Dec-2003, bbc.com

JAGS DUMP DUNFERMLINE. Partick Thistle brought Dunfermline's six-game unbeaten run to and end with a well-deserved win at Firhill. Bottom side Thistle led at the interval thanks to an Andy Thomson header. Dunfermline skipper Scott Thomson was sent off when he gave away a penalty that was converted by James Grady. But Craig Brewster hit back for the visitors before Andy Ross hit a late goal for the Jags and Grady made sure of the points with his second goal of the match.

The visitors nearly took the lead in the first minute when Lee Bullen's header from a Scott Thomson free-kick went only inches past the post. Moments later, Dunfermline keeper Derek Stillie had to be quick off his line to foil Jags striker Thomson who almost latched onto a David Rowson through ball. The fired-up home side were having the best of the game in the early stages as they refused to allow Dunfermline to settle into any sort of rhythm. But the Jags, for all their enthusiasm, rarely looked like breaching the Pars defence and it was the improving visitors who began to look more potent in attack. Goalmouth action was at a premium for most of the first half until Thistle managed to claim the lead in the 37th minute. Midfielder Derek Fleming took a short pass from Kenny Milne and swung a cross into the box which Thomson, despite suspicions of offside, stooped to head past Stillie from eight yards.

The Pars came out fighting after the interval and soon had Thistle pinned back into their own half with substitute Gary Dempsey firing a shot at goal from 20 yards, which was deflected for a corner. But the home side were in no mood to give up their lead and, moments later, Milne nearly added to it with a back post header from a Fleming free-kick, which went narrowly wide. But there was drama in the 56th minute when Thistle doubled their lead with a penalty which resulted in Dunfermline being reduced to 10 men. Milne found Grady with a fine ball down the left and when the striker's cross came over from the byline, Thomson bundled Jags midfielder Jamie Mitchell to the ground as he was ready to knock the ball into the empty net. Pars skipper Thomson was shown the red card by referee Calum Murray and Grady stepped up to send Stillie the wrong way. The home side seemed firmly in control but 10-man Pars gave themselves a lifeline on the hour mark when a Bullen cross from the right was met by Brewster, whose first-time shot from 14 yards flew into the net past Arthur. Thistle should have restored their two-goal lead in the 68th minute but Thomson's close-range header from a Grady cross was straight at Stillie. There was a scare for the Jags in the 75th minute when following a goalmouth scramble, Stevie Crawford sent a diving header from only six yards out inches past. The Pars defence was almost non-existent and Thomson missed another chance to seal the victory in the 80th minute when he blasted high over from 25 yards. In the final minute Andy Ross took the pressure of the home side when he slammed the ball into the net after a three against one Thistle breakaway. Then, in the last seconds, Grady sealed the precious win when he slotted the ball away from 12 yards out.

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BBC, 27th December, 2003

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for Jamie Mitchell, 23rd Aug 2003 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Gerry Britton - 21 games, 1st Mar 2003 to 25th Oct 2003. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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