Preview Partick Thistle
Friday, 28th Sep 2007It`s six games back since the Pars played at home but we need a win.
Saturday is the first meeting of these clubs in the First Division since season 1988/89. Unbeaten against Partick in the SPL, there have been 62 previous league meetings, 26 of which Dunfermline have won and the remaining 36 split equally between draws and defeats.
Partick Home Milestones
The last home league defeat by Thistle occurred all of 24 years ago. The 10-1 win in 1959 is one of the club`s most famous victories, as it prevented almost certain relegation.
| Milestones Partick (home) | |||
| Last League Victory |
1-0 |
SPL | |
| Last League Defeat |
|
0-3 |
First Div |
| Best League Victory |
|
10-1 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Ten League matches
The last ten league games have seen
| Last Ten League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 20/03/04 | H | [1-0] Darren Young | |
|
|
A |
[0-1] Thompson, [0-2] Grady (pen), [1-2] Brewster, [1-3] Ross, [1-4] Grady | |
|
27/09/03 |
H |
[0-1] Grady, [1-1] Crawford, [1-2] Crawford | |
|
09/03/03 |
H |
| |
|
07/12/02 |
A |
[0-1] Britton, [0-2] Burns, [0-3] Burns, [0-4] McLean | |
|
05/10/02 |
H |
[1-0] Thomson, [1-1] Mitchell (p), [2-1] Nicholson, [3-1] Crawford, [4-1] Crawford | |
|
|
A |
0-0 |
|
|
|
H |
3-2 |
[1-0] Watson, [1-1] Burns (og), [2-1] T Smith, [3-1] Jack, [3-2] McCoy |
|
|
A |
2-1 |
[0-1] Mitchell, [1-1] G Robertson, [2-1] Jack |
|
|
A |
2-0 |
1-0] Morrison, [2-0] Donnelly |
Recent Form
| Dunfermline | Partick Thistle |
| Current League Position | |
| 9 | 3 |
| Form this Season | |
| LLDWDDL | DWWLLLW |
| League Points | |
| 6 | 10 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -2 | +2 |
It`s six games back since the Pars played at home. That day they were held to a draw by St Johnstone. Dunfermline`s home form shows two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. Scoring and conceding seven goals in this period. The Pars last home win was on 7th May 4-1 over Motherwell but in 2007 only Hearts, Rangers, Falkirk and Morton have left East End Park with full points.
Partick Thistle are not at their best when they leave Maryhill. They have managed a miserable 2 draws from the last six matches, scoring 5 and losing 11. Their last visit to Dunfermline was in the Tennent`s Scottish Cup last season when the Pars won 2-0.
| Recent Form | |||||
Home |
D |
H |
D |
H |
|
| Partick Away |
L |
L |
L |
D |
D |
Last League Selections
DUNFERMLINE (v Clyde): Paul Gallacher (Sean Murdoch 59); Darren Young, Souleymane Bamba, Aaron Labonte, Stephen Glass; Bobby Ryan, Stephen Simmons (Iain Williamson 89), Stevie Crawford (c), Owen Morrison (Tam McManus HT); Jim Hamilton, Mark Burchill
SUBS: Nick Phinn, John McCulloch.
PARTICK THISTLE (v QOS): Craig Hinchliffe; Gary Harkins, Alan Archibald, John Robertson, Jimmy Gibson, Scott Chaplain (Simon Donnelly 67), David Rowson, Stevie Murray (Kevin McKinlay 60), Simon Storey, Liam Buchanan, Mark Roberts (Paul Keegan 75)
SUBS: Jonny Tuffy (GK), Marc Twaddle
REFEREE: Crawford Allan, who has already been to East End Park this season - in the first home match v Morton when he showed Stephen Glass a red card.
Come on ye Pars!
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