22nd Oct 2005 Stirling Albion 1 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Second Division - game 10)

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Match Information

			former Jag Allan Moore		Dick Campbell			51y, 11m, 0d
					Stephen McConalogue
					Jukka Santala
Steven Bell (1-1, 61 mins)					Scott McCulloch (1-0, 58 mins); Darren Brady (2-1, 72 mins)
Ross Forsyth					Sean Kilgannon
Dougie Wilson (Nathan Taggart, 77 mins)					Ricky Gillies (Billy Gibson, 65 mins); Stephen McConalogue (Adam Strachan, 73 mins); Graham Dorrans (Stevie Nicholas, 80 mins)
			Myles Hogarth		Colin Stewart			25y, 9m, 12d
			Stuart Devine		Grant Murray			30y, 1m, 23d
			Paul Nugent		Scott McCulloch			29y, 10m, 23d
			former Jag Mark McNally		James Gibson			25y, 8m, 3d
			Ross Forsyth		Marc Smyth			22y, 9m, 25d
			Andy Graham		Darren Brady			24y, 6m, 11d
			David O'Brien		Graham Dorrans			18y, 5m, 17d
			John Fraser		Ricky Gillies			29y, 1m, 28d
			future Jag Steven Bell		Stephen McConalogue			24y, 4m, 6d
			Paddy Connolly		Mark Roberts			29y, 11m, 23d
			Dougie Wilson		Sean Kilgannon			24y, 7m, 14d
								25y, 11m, 11d
			Scott Christie		Kenny Arthur			26y, 10m, 15d
			Nathan Taggart		David Craig			36y, 4m, 11d
			Chris Aitken		Billy Gibson			24y, 2m, 21d
			Paul Hay		Adam Strachan			18y, 7m, 28d
			Chris Hay		Stevie Nicholas			24y, 3m, 14d

notes

SB/DR/HA all give Thistle's second to Darren Brady. The DR states: “The visitors secured a crucial victory for their promotion hopes when Darren Brady headed home a Sean Kilgannon cross with 15 minutes left.” The MP scorers page disagrees with this lot, assigning the goal to Graham Dorrans. We stick with Brady in the meantime, and hope that PTTV may be able to help clarify.

Match Report

TTA report

A Roberts header went just over (5) but the first half was largely forgettable. Thistle increased the tempo in the second half and McCulloch scored at the 2nd attempt from close in following a corner (58). Bottom of the table Albion equalised a minute later but Brady headed the winner from a Kilgannon cross (72). Still 3rd.

Media report

24-Oct-2005, Daily Record

REECE LIGHTNING. SCOTT McCULLOCH continued his hot scoring streak - and put it down to the arrival of his baby daughter Reece. The defender struck his third goal in as many games as Thistle edged a hard-fought victory against bottom club Stirling. McCulloch said: “This is an unbelievable scoring run for me although there's every chance I'll still be on three at the end of the season. My daughter Reece was born two weeks ago so it's been nice my little scoring run has coincided with the birth of my first child. I've been sleeping in the spare room on Friday nights but I'll be back on the usual feeding duties at four o'clock tomorrow morning.”

McCulloch thumped the Jags ahead from close range in 59 minutes after Stirling failed to deal with a Ricky Gillies corner. But Albion levelled a minute later when Steven Bell capitalised on some sloppy Thistle defending to drill beyond Colin Stewart. However, the visitors secured a crucial victory for their promotion hopes when Darren Brady headed home a Sean Kilgannon cross with 15 minutes left.

And Stirling boss Allan Moore, who has yet to guide his team to victory this season, said: “We played them off the park but they had two chances and scored from them. I'm going home again to mope about in front of my wife and kids.”

Thistle manager Dick Campbell said: “I find it difficult to believe Stirling are bottom of the league after a performance like that.”

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Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 24th Sep 2005 to date. (Longest run since: 5 wins, 14th Aug 2004 to 31st Aug 2004. Club-record: 10 wins, 22nd Oct 1932 to 26th Dec 1932.)

● 4 consecutive League wins; 24th Sep 2005 to date. (Longest run since: 6 wins; 8th Dec 2001 to 19th Jan 2002. Club-record: 12 wins; 1st Oct 1932 to 26th Dec 1932.)

● 6 away League games without defeat; 30th Apr 2005 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 10th Mar 2001 to 18th Sep 2001. Club-record: 13 games; 5th Dec 1970 to 11th Sep 1971.)

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 10th Sep 2005 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games, 23rd Apr 2005 to 20th Aug 2005. Joint club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976 & 30th Sep 2000 to 13th Jan 2001.)

● 6 League games without defeat, 10th Sep 2005 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 23rd Apr 2005 to 20th Aug 2005. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.)

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for Grant Murray, Ricky Gillies (a new personal best) & Sean Kilgannon (a new personal best), 30th Jul 2005 to date. (Longest run since: Darren Brady - 21 games, 12th Feb 2005 to 17th Sep 2005. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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