3rd May 2006 Stranraer 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Scottish First Division play-off Semi Final, 1st leg)

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Match Information

			Neil Watt		Dick Campbell			52y, 5m, 11d
					no changes
					no changes
Stephen Swift (0-1, 19 mins)					Scott McCulloch (1-1, 61 mins); Mark Roberts (2-1, 68 mins); Mark Roberts (3-1, pen 75 mins)
Stephen Swift; Bryan Gilfillan; Derek Wingate; Murray Henderson; Craig Higgins					Scott McCulloch
Alex Keddie (@ 3-1, 90 mins); Bryan Gilfillan (@ 3-1, 90 mins)
Michael Moore (Ian Harty, 53 mins); Stephen Aitken (Craig Higgins, 62 mins); Lee Sharp (Willie Martin, 77 mins)					Stephen McConalogue (Stevie Nicholas, 52 mins); David Craig (Sandy Hodge, 75 mins); James Gibson (Will Snowdon, 77 mins)
			Barry John Corr		Kenny Arthur			27y, 4m, 26d
			Alex Keddie		Grant Murray			30y, 8m, 4d
			Derek Wingate		Scott McCulloch			30y, 5m, 4d
			Murray Henderson		Darren Brady			25y, 0m, 22d
			Stephen Swift		Marc Smyth			23y, 4m, 6d
			Bryan Gilfillan		David Craig			36y, 10m, 22d
			Lee Sharp		James Gibson			26y, 2m, 14d
			Stephen Aitken		Billy Gibson			24y, 9m, 2d
			David Hamilton		Stephen McConalogue			24y, 10m, 17d
			Michael Moore		Mark Roberts			30y, 6m, 4d
			former Jag Leigh Hinds		Adam Strachan			19y, 2m, 9d
								27y, 2m, 18d
			Allan Morrison		Colin Stewart			26y, 3m, 23d
			Stephen Payne		Stevie Nicholas			24y, 9m, 25d
			Craig Higgins		Jose Quitongo			31y, 5m, 15d
			Ian Harty		Will Snowdon			23y, 3m, 26d
			Willie Martin		Sandy Hodge			25y, 6m, 29d

Match Report

TTA report

Several good chances were wasted before Stranraer scored following a corner (19), their only shot on target all night. McCulloch levelled with a free-kick (61) then Roberts (header, 68 and with a penalty, 75) saw Thistle home. A good performance and a well deserved win. Stranraer had 2 men sent off late on.

Media report

03-May-2006, bbc.com

Nerve-hit Stranraer look set to drop out of the First Division after Partick Thistle took a surprise commanding lead in the play-off semi-final first leg. Stephen Swift fired the Blues a 19th-minute lead against the side that finished fourth in Division Two. But Scott McCulloch equalised from a free-kick after the break and Mark Roberts headed Thistle into the lead. Roberts hit the third from the penalty spot before Stranraer's Bryan Gilfillan and Alex Keddie were both sent off.

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PTFC Website, 3rd May, 2006

Galloway Gazette, 5th May, 2006

Stats Watch

● 36-year-old David Craig plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle win a fifth consecutive competitive game versus Stranraer, the H2H record.

ongoing sequences:

● 48 consecutive competitive appearances for Grant Murray, 30th Jul 2005 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alex Burns - 48 games, 27th Mar 2002 to 24th May 2003. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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