7th Mar 2009 Partick Thistle 0 Clyde 1 (SFL First Division - game 27)

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Match Information

44y, 5m, 5d			Ian McCall		John Brown
Ian Maxwell; Simon Donnelly
John A. Robertson; Liam Buchanan
					Ian Maxwell (0-1, og 54 mins)
					Alan Lithgow; Ruari MacLennan; Gregory Tade
Stephen McKeown (Scott Chaplain, 56 mins); Kris Doolan (Kevin McKinlay, 64 mins); Simon Donnelly (Lucas Akins, 74 mins)					Stuart Kettlewell (Marvyn Wilson, 65 mins); Willie McLaren (Dave McKay, 85 mins)
22y, 1m, 15d			Jonny Tuffey		David Hutton
21y, 10m, 17d			Paul Paton		Tony Stevenson
22y, 6m, 8d			Marc Twaddle		Ricky Waddell former Jag
26y, 9m, 2d			Simon Storey		Chris Higgins
33y, 10m, 5d			Ian Maxwell		Mark Brown
31y, 2m, 22d			Alan Archibald		Alan Lithgow
27y, 7m, 18d			Stephen McKeown		Stuart Kettlewell
32y, 5m, 21d			David Rowson		Ruari MacLennan
22y, 2m, 24d			Kris Doolan		Scott Gemmill
34y, 3m, 6d			Simon Donnelly		Gregory Tade
24y, 2m, 5d			Gary Harkins		Willie McLaren
27y, 2m, 12d
36y, 10m, 2d			Craig Hinchliffe		Peter Cherrie
20y, 0m, 10d			Lucas Akins		Marvyn Wilson
24y, 5m, 27d			Willie Kinniburgh		Alan Trouten
23y, 0m, 7d			Kevin McKinlay		Dave McKay
25y, 5m, 25d			Scott Chaplain		Craig O'Reilly

Match Report

TTA report

It was largely Thistle in the first half. Harkins and Doolan were prominent and Clyde showed little in attack. Donnelly hit the side net early in the second half. A Maxwell pass-back was misjudged by Tuffey and he touched the ball into the net (54). Clyde should have wrapped it up then a great save denied Paton an equaliser (83).

Media report

07-Mar-2009, ptfc.co.uk

Thistle welcomed Clyde to Firhill for the final time this season with The Jags sitting just three points off the top of the table and fresh from a 4-2 win against Livingston seven days earlier. Ian McCall though was forced to change his team. Neither Liam Buchanan nor John Robertson were fit enough to take up a position in the team. Their places going to Ian Maxwell and Simon Donnelly.

Despite those changes Thistle looked lively in the opening minutes and Kris Doolan won Thistle a corner as early as the second minute. Thistle were close to an opening goal in the 15th minute when an instinctive shot from Gary Harkins produce an equally instinctive save from David Hutton. Harkins was again involved in Thistle's next attack. Kris Doolan collected a quickly taken free kick before squaring the ball to Gary Harkins. Harkins though was quickly closed down and his shot looped gently into the waiting arms of Hutton in the Clyde goal. It was Thistle doing all the pressing and Kris Doolan came close to opening the scoring in the 20th minute. In splendid isolation inside the Clyde box and not offside Doolan was able to lift the ball over the advancing Hutton but the ball landed on the top of the net rather than in the back of the net. In the 29th minute Paul Paton flighted in a free kick following a foul on Gary Harkins but although Kris Doolan was able to glance a header towards goal it slipped the wrong side of the post. Clyde had offered little as a threat but Tade was posing problems and in the 40th minute it took a well-placed Simon Storey to snuff out any potential threat.

Thistle threatened early in the second half. Enterprising play from Marc Twaddle ended with his cross cleared. The ball wasn't entirely cleared and when an attempted overhead kick from Kris Doolan fell into the path of Simon Donnelly whose shot hit the side net. At the other end Marc Twaddle did well to block a shot from Tony Stevenson. In the 51st minute, after a spell of Clyde pressure, Thistle pushed forward once more and Gary Harkins stung the hands of Hutton with a low drive. A minute later Kris Doolan could perhaps have done a little better than shot directly at Hutton when he enjoyed a break of the ball inside the Clyde box. The Thistle striker not perhaps realising that he had time and space to spare. Clyde though took the lead in bizarre fashion in the 54th minute. Jonny Tuffey completely misjudged a pass back from Ian Maxwell and Tuffey's touch took the ball into the back of the net. Thistle made a change a short time after the loss of that goal with Scott Chaplain coming on for Stephen McKeown. In the 63rd minute Thistle made their second change of the afternoon with Kevin McKinlay coming on in place of Kris Doolan. There were loud appeals for a Thistle penalty in the 67th minute when Donnelly went down inside the box. Referee Tumilty having a long look before awarding a corner kick. From the corner that followed Marc Twaddle sent a header over the bar. With 18 minutes remaining Thistle made their final change with Lucas Akins coming on for his home debut in place of Simon Donnelly. Clyde came close to making sure of the points in the 76th minute. Thistle were caught on the counter attack and when McLaren slipped the ball through to Tade he should really have done better than shoot over the bar. In the 83rd minute Thistle could hardly have come closer to scoring without actually doing so. Great play from Lucas Akins set up Paul Paton and it took a quite excellent save from Hutton to deny Paton an equalising goal for Thistle. As desperate as Thistle were for a goal it was Clyde that came close to scoring again in the 85th minute when Scott Gemmill hit the side netting.

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BBC, 7th March, 2009

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 28 consecutive competitive appearances for David Rowson, 30th Aug 2008 to date. (Longest run since: Simon Storey - 40 games, 1st Dec 2007 to 24th Sep 2008. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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