23rd Oct 2004 Partick Thistle 0 Clyde 0 (SFL First Division - game 11)

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36y, 1m, 22d	Derek Whyte	Billy Reid
34y, 0m, 3d	Gerry Britton

Billy Gibson; Steve Fulton; Jamie Mitchell; Leigh Hinds
Andy Wilkinson; Grant Murray; Jean-Yves Anis; Armand Oné


Andy Dowie; Leigh Hinds; Juan Ramón; Billy Gibson		Scott Wilson; Gary Bollan

Leigh Hinds (Armand Oné, 70 mins)		Aaron Conway (Aron Wilford, HT); Gary Arbuckle (Alex Walker, 81 mins)

25y, 10m, 16d	Kenny Arthur	Bryn Halliwell future Jag
23y, 2m, 22d	Billy Gibson	Simon Mensing
21y, 6m, 28d	Andy Dowie	Scott Wilson
20y, 5m, 12d	Manny Panther	Gary Bollan
22y, 3m, 12d	Adrian Madaschi	John Paul Potter
34y, 2m, 13d	Steve Fulton	Darren Sheridan
27y, 11m, 17d	Jamie Mitchell	James Gibson future Jag
30y, 10m, 18d	Derek Fleming	Aaron Conway
27y, 10m, 21d	Juan Ramón	Gary Arbuckle
26y, 2m, 6d	Leigh Hinds	Ian Harty
25y, 1m, 27d	Kenny Milne	Henry McCann

25y, 11m, 20d

23y, 11m, 24d	Neil Bennett	Allan Morrison
23y, 10m, 23d	Jean-Yves Anis	Aron Wilford
21y, 7m, 8d	Armand Oné	Alex Walker
22y, 1m, 5d	Andy Ross	Craig Bryson
30y, 1m, 26d	Ian Ross	Martin Glancy

TTA report

A typical Clyde derby. Mutual loathing and wild tackles. A Madaschi slip let joint-top Clyde in but the effort was cleared. Escalas went close with a toe-poke then he missed Thistle's best chance from 5 yards (79). There was little time for football as the foul and booking count mounted (7 yellows).

Media report

24-Oct-2004, Sunday Mail

JAGS SAG AS TITLE HOPES DISAPPEAR. PARTICK THISTLE co-bosses Derek Whyte and Gerry Britton saw their title dream slip further away after a drab stalemate. Both sides served up a shocking game that had more bookings than goalscoring chances. There was plenty of effort and commitment but fans also want a bit of quality and unfortunately for them there was none of that on view. Struggling Jags had kicked off 11 points behind their bitter rivals with just four league wins. The Maryhill men have had trouble adapting to life in the First Division and Whyte touched on the subject in his programme notes. He said Jags were guilty of playing too much pretty football but no one at Firhill believed the title is lost. Whyte and Britton made four changes to the team beaten by Airdrie. Suspension ruled out Andy Wilkinson and Grant Murray while Armand One and Jean-Yves Anis dropped to the bench. In came Billy Gibson, Stevie Fulton, Jamie Mitchell and former Clyde favourite Leigh Hinds. Clyde knew a win, coupled with Falkirk dropping points against St Mirren, would take them back to the top of the table so boss Billy Reid's team talk would have been his easiest yet.

Thistle started positively and in just 12 seconds Juan Ramón Escalas and Hinds combined to set up Mitchell, who fired the ball over. Escalas was in the mood and in the third minute he cut inside and curled a left-foot effort wide. Tempers were running high on both sides and Hinds and Jimmy Gibson lost their cool. Clyde's midfielder slid into Hinds after referee Kenny Clark had awarded Thistle a free-kick. The hot-headed duo then rolled on the ground trying to exchange punches and were booked after being separated. Clyde wasted a good chance to open the scoring in the 24th minute. On-loan Dundee United star Aaron Conway pounced on an Andy Dowie error, skipped clear and drove in a shot which Kenny Arthur parried into the path of Gary Arbuckle whose low effort was cleared off the line by Dowie. Partick hit back again when Manny Panther volleyed straight at Bryn Halliwell in the 35th minute. Former Celtic youngster Arbuckle collected possession two minutes later and ran at Jags' defence. But his final shot was dreadful and did not bother Arthur, who was making his 200th appearance for Thistle. Arbuckle's effort summed up a poor first half from two sides sadly lacking creativity and unable to produce any good football.

During the interval, Clyde boss Reid changed his strike pairing, sending on Aaron Wilford for Conway. Two minutes into the second half a long clearance from Halliwell found Ian Harty who set up Gibson but his shot was weak and easily dealt with by Arthur. Five minutes later an Arbuckle cross was nodded into the danger area by Eddie Malone for the unmarked Wilford, whose header from 12 yards brought a good save from the Jags keeper. The longer the game went on the more both teams appeared content just to sit in and earn at least a point. Although Clyde were pressing hard at the start of the second half in an attempt to find a goal, they ran out of ideas in the final third of the pitch and couldn't find that defence-splitting pass. Thistle fans were screaming for a penalty in the 61st minute when Mitchell went down under a Malone challenge but referee Clark didn't flinch and play continued. In the 70th minute giant hitman One came on for the disappointing Hinds as Thistle looked to freshen up their shot- shy strike force. And they had the best chance of the game in the 79th minute when One and Panther set up Escalas, leaving him with only Halliwell to beat. You would have put your house on the Spaniard who has netted nine goals already this season. But amazingly he shot straight at the keeper who probably didn't know a lot about his crucial block. With minutes to go sub Alex Walker drilled a shot just wide before Clark put the fans out of their misery and brought the game to a welcome close.

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