3rd Jan 2004 Hibernian 3 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Premier League - game 19)

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Match Information

			Bobby Williamson		Derek Whyte			35y, 4m, 3d
					Gerry Britton			33y, 2m, 14d
					no changes
					no changes
Garry O'Connor (0-1, 9 mins); Stephen Dobbie (0-2, 35 mins); Steven Whittaker (2-3, 84 mins)					James Grady (1-2, 53 mins); Adrian Madaschi (2-2, 78 mins)
					David Lilley; Adrian Madaschi; Derek Fleming; Ian Ross
Stephen Dobbie (Alan Reid, 76 mins); Scott Brown (Alen Orman, 86 mins)					Andy Ross (Ian Ross, HT); Andy Thomson (Stephane Bonnes, HT); Kenny Milne (Manny Panther, 69 mins)
			Daniel Andersson		Kenny Arthur			25y, 0m, 27d
			Gary Smith		David Lilley			26y, 2m, 3d
			Colin Murdock		Grant Murray			28y, 4m, 5d
			Steven Whittaker		Kenny Milne			24y, 4m, 8d
			Grant Brebner		Jamie Mitchell			27y, 1m, 28d
			Matthias Doumbe		David Rowson			27y, 3m, 20d
			Kevin Thomson		James Grady			32y, 9m, 20d
			Scott Brown		Andy Ross			21y, 3m, 16d
			Stephen Glass		Derek Fleming			30y, 0m, 29d
			Stephen Dobbie		Andy Thomson			32y, 9m, 2d
			Gary O'Connor		Adrian Madaschi			21y, 5m, 23d
								26y, 11m, 25d
			Morten Hyldgaard		Kevin Budinauckas			29y, 3m, 18d
			Alen Orman		Stuart Taylor			29y, 1m, 8d
			Jonathan Baillie		Ian Ross			29y, 4m, 7d
			Kevin Nicol		Manny Panther			19y, 7m, 23d
			Alan Reid		Stephane Bonnes			25y, 10m, 8d

Match Report

TTA report

2-down at half-time (9 and 35) there looked no way back in this match but Thistle got going and a much better second half saw Grady knock in a cross at the back post (53). They equalised when the keeper punched a corner off the back of Madaschi into the net (78) but Hibs scored a scarcely deserved winner 6 minutes later.

Media report

03-Jan-2004, bbc.com

Hibs can consider themselves fortunate to have taken all three points from what turned into a fascinating match. The home side looked to have had the win sealed by half time thanks to goals from Garry O'Connor and Stephen Dobbie. But Thistle came right back into the match in the second half and James Grady pulled a goal back. Adrian Madaschi scored a bizarre equaliser and Thistle looked the more likely winners, but Steven Whittaker secured the points for Hibs late on.

Hibs were first to threaten when Colin Murdock's header was scrambled away for a corner by Derek Fleming on the line. Thistle were lucky to survive twice in the seventh minute when, firstly, Kenny Milne controlled the ball with his arm in the box and then, when that went unpenalised, Dobbie fired just wide of the post. But the home side deservedly took the lead a couple of minutes later when O'Connor skipped past two challenges before tucking the ball past Kenny Arthur in the visitors' goal. O'Connor sent another shot wide shortly afterwards and then Arthur had to look sharp to thwart Stephen Glass at his near post. Hibs scored an excellent second goal after 35 minutes. O'Connor flicked the ball on to Scott Brown, who slipped it inside to Dobbie and the young striker emphatically dispatched it past Arthur. Thistle were unlucky not to pull a goal back immediately when James Grady found Andy Thomson, who knocked the ball across the face of goal but the danger was cleared.

Hibs began the second half on top, but it was Thistle who scored the next goal. A period of patiently-held possession culminated in a sweeping pass by Fleming to Grady who met the ball first time to fire past Daniel Andersson from a narrow angle. Fleming almost pulled Thistle level 10 minutes later with a curling free kick from 20 yards out, which Andersson did superbly to push over the bar. In 68 minutes, Andersson once again kept his side in front as Grady fired the ball at goal from 10 yards, only for the Swede to pull off a marvellous reaction save to deny the striker. Moments later he leapt through the air to claw a Grady header off the line. The Jags got a deserved equaliser in somewhat fortuitous fashion after 78 minutes when Andersson's attempted punch clear from a corner came off the head of Madaschi and rebounded into the net. Stephane Bonnes should have put Thistle ahead when he was picked out inside the six-yard box by Emmanuel Panther, but Andersson thwarted the former Celtic player with a fine block. Incredibly, having had so little of the second-half play, Hibs regained the lead after 84 minutes when Whittaker beat his marker on the left of the penalty area before squeezing a shot in on goal, which found its way into the corner of the net. Thistle's luck was typified by a late effort by Fleming from outside the box that came off the bar.

Video Highlights

(credit: BBC Scotland )

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Stats Watch

● Adrian Madaschi scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Adrian Madaschi becomes the first Australian to score for Thistle.

● Australia becomes the fourteenth country to be represented in the Thistle goal-scoring charts.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive away games without a win; 27th Sep 2003 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 5th Oct 2002 to 2nd Jan 2003. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 10 away League games without a win; 16th Aug 2003 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 11th Sep 2002 to 2nd Jan 2003. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 19 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.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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