26th Apr 2008 Partick Thistle 0 Greenock Morton 3 (SFL First Division - game 36)

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Match Information

43y, 6m, 27d			Ian McCall		Davie Irons former Jag
Marc Twaddle; Stevie Murray; David Rowson; Damon Gray; Mark Roberts
Kevin McKinlay; Ricky Little; Stephen McKeown; Vítězslav Mooc; Ryan McStay
					Brian Wake (0-1, 15 mins; Kevin Finlayson (0-2, 45 mins); Brian Wake (0-3, 56 mins)
John A. Robertson; David Rowson; Gary Harkins
Stevie Murray (Ryan McStay, HT); Willie Kinniburgh (Ricky Little, HT); Mark Roberts (Paul Keegan, 60 mins)					Alex Walker (Peter Weatherson, 80 mins); Kevin Finlayson (Allan Jenkins, 85 mins)
21y, 3m, 6d			Jonny Tuffey		Lee Robinson
25y, 10m, 21d			Simon Storey		Ryan Harding
21y, 7m, 30d			Marc Twaddle		Stewart Greacen
25y, 0m, 8d			Stevie Murray		Ryan McGuffie
32y, 0m, 29d			John A. Robertson		Chris Millar
23y, 7m, 18d			Willie Kinniburgh		Kevin Finlayson
24y, 7m, 16d			Scott Chaplain		Alex Walker
31y, 7m, 12d			David Rowson		Erik Paartalu
19y, 9m, 15d			Damon Gray		Jim McAlister
32y, 5m, 28d			Mark Roberts		Iain Russell
23y, 3m, 24d			Gary Harkins		Brian Wake
25y, 6m, 30d
35y, 11m, 21d			Craig Hinchcliffe		David McGurn
18y, 11m, 6d			Ricky Little		Allan Jenkins
35y, 3m, 27d			Paul Keegan		Dean Keenan
22y, 4m, 22d			Ryan McStay		Scott McLaughlin
18y, 9m, 27d			Graeme Eaglesham		Peter Weatherson

Match Report

TTA report

Morton avoided a play-off and relegation on goal difference with a comfortable win. They went ahead from 8 yards (15) then a 30-yarder just on half-time doubled the lead. A third goal (56) put them in easy street, indeed, it could have been worse. “We were an utter shambles from start to finish” (McCall). Thistle finished 6th.

Media report

26-Apr-2008, bbc.com

Brian Wake scored a double as Morton avoided a relegation play-off thanks to a fine win away to Partick Thistle. Wake hammered the ball home from 12 yards after only 14 minutes at Firhill and Kevin Finlayson fired home from all of 35 yards out just before the break. The win was sealed as the home defence stood and watched Ian Russell thread through a pass for Wake to finish. Morton's victory was matched by rivals Clyde, but the Greenock side stayed ahead on goal difference. Ton manager Davie Irons was delighted, having moved from relegated Gretna before their plunge into administration: “I am going to hire myself out for last-day dramas in Scottish football,” said the manager who led Gretna to the Scottish Premier League with a final-day win last season. “I thought it was close last year, but one goal this year, I don't know if it can get much tighter. I don't know if my heart can take much more of this. I did not want to go into the record books as taking two teams down in one season.”

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BBC, 26th April, 2008

Greenock Telegraph, April, 2008

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Stats Watch

● The closing game of the 133rd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 25-year-old Stevie Murray plays his last game for Thistle.

● 35-year-old Paul Keegan plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive defeats, 13th Apr 2008 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats, 17th Mar 2007 to 3rd Apr 2007. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 4 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have failed to score; 13th Apr 2008 to date. (Longest run since: 5 games; 13th Nov 2004 to 4th Dec 2004. Joint club-record: 6 games; 8th Jan 1921 to 8th Feb 1921 & 17th Jul 1999 to 14th Aug 1999.)

● 27 consecutive competitive appearances for Simon Storey, 1st Dec 2007 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: David Rowson - 42 games, 4th Aug 2007 to 5th Apr 2008. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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