28th Jan 2006 Partick Thistle 1 Forfar Athletic 0 (SFL Second Division - game 23)

matches:2005-06: ← 35game 3637 →

Match Information

52y, 2m, 6d			Dick Campbell		Ray Farningham former Jag
Darren Brady; Sandy Hodge
Marc Smyth; Ricky Gillies
Adam Strachan (1-0, 66 mins)
Mark Roberts					Trialist
Darren Brady (Adam Strachan, 62 mins); Billy Dodds (Ricky Gillies, 86 mins)					Martin Cameron (Paul Tosh, 60 mins); Ritchie Montgomery (Kevin Cumming, 71 mins)
27y, 1m, 21d			Kenny Arthur		François Dubourdeau
30y, 4m, 30d			Grant Murray		Alan Rattray
30y, 1m, 30d			Scott McCulloch		Eddie Forrest former Jag
24y, 9m, 17d			Darren Brady		David King
25y, 3m, 24d			Sandy Hodge		David McClune
36y, 7m, 17d			David Craig		Paul Lunan
25y, 11m, 9d			James Gibson		Ritchie Montgomery
24y, 5m, 27d			Billy Gibson		Alan Rattray
37y, 0m, 3d			Paul Ritchie		Martin Cameron former Jag
30y, 2m, 30d			Mark Roberts		Trialist
36y, 11m, 23d			Billy Dodds		Trialist
29y, 11m, 2d
26y, 0m, 18d			Colin Stewart		Sean Murdoch
18y, 11m, 4d			Adam Strachan		Kevin Cumming
29y, 5m, 4d			Ricky Gillies		Steven Bonar former Jag
23y, 1m, 1d			Marc Smyth		Paul Tosh former Jag
23y, 0m, 21d			Will Snowdon		Chic Connolly

Match Report

TTA report

The first half was poor but things improved after the break. Gibson went close and Dodds hit the bar. Strachan came on as a substitute, injected some pace and scored almost immediately with a shot from the edge of the box (66). Forfar seldom threatened but Thistle couldn't increase the lead. They moved up to 3rd.

Media report

30-Jan-2006, Daily Record

ADAM GOOD SHOW JAGS. PARTICK THISTLE boss Dick Campbell turned to his old heads after last week's 6-1 thumping at Gretna but it took a baby-faced assassin to leave him smiling. Adam Strachan scored his first goal for the club to see off Forfar and the boy who looks as if he has just stepped off the school playground spoke about it as if he had been banging them in for years. Strachan's arrival on the pitch on the hour-mark was exactly the spark Thistle needed and he said: “It's been along time coming because I've played 30-odd games. I've had a lot of chances but am glad I scored my first goal at home. The gaffer told me there are teams interested in me but no way am I leaving. I'm at a good club and think we will go up this season. The boys say I'm being a bit cocky but you have to be when you're with older guys.”

Campbell was in a far better mood than he was last Saturday and praised his boy wonder's performance. He said: “Adam's first goal in senior football was worthy of winning the game. He is still a kid with a bit of cheek about him but seems to have been here for years. I knew it was going to be a slog so I played my experienced team. The players were criticised last week but they answered the call.”

Paul Ritchie missed a couple of early chances to put Thistle in front and Billy Dodds hit the post with a header from a Scott McCulloch corner a minute after the break. Campbell sent on Strachan and in 66 minutes the ball broke to him from a McCulloch free-kick and he slammed the ball into the net. Forfar boss Ray Farningham said: “I can't fault the boys' attitude or commitment. They gave their all but it wasn't good enough.”

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Match Programme, 28th January, 2006

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BBC, 28th January, 2006

PTFC Website, 28th January, 2006

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Stats Watch

● Adam Strachan scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 31 consecutive competitive appearances for Grant Murray & Ricky Gillies (a new personal best), 30th Jul 2005 to date. (Longest run since: Kenny Arthur - 31 games, 4th Sep 2004 to 2nd Apr 2005. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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