Preview Partick Thistle
Wednesday, 13th Feb 2008The last home league defeat by Thistle occurred almost 25 years ago. Thistle have lost eight of their twelve away games in this league campaign.
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Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 64 | 47 |
| At Firhill | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 52 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 77 | 72 |
| Premier Division (since 1975) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 |
| TOTALS | 64 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 100 | 99 |
Saturday is the fourth meeting of these clubs this season and so far it`s won one, lost one and drawn one. A win for the visitors who will be buoyed by the Scottish Cup successes over Dunfermline and Livingston, would take the Maryhill men above their Fife opponents.
Partick Home Milestones
The last home league defeat by Thistle occurred almost 25 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 |
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0-3 |
First Div |
| Best League Victory |
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10-1 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
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1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last twelve league games have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 15/12/07 | A | 1-1 | [1-0] Burchill, [1-1] Buchanan |
| 29/09/07 | H | 1-0 | [1-0] Burchill |
| 20/03/04 | H | [1-0] Darren Young | |
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A |
[0-1] Thompson, [0-2] Grady (pen), [1-2] Brewster, [1-3] Ross, [1-4] Grady | |
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27/09/03 |
H |
[0-1] Grady, [1-1] Crawford, [1-2] Crawford | |
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09/03/03 |
H |
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07/12/02 |
A |
[0-1] Britton, [0-2] Burns, [0-3] Burns, [0-4] McLean | |
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05/10/02 |
H |
[1-0] Thomson, [1-1] Mitchell (p), [2-1] Nicholson, [3-1] Crawford, [4-1] Crawford | |
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A |
0-0 |
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H |
3-2 |
[1-0] Watson, [1-1] Burns (og), [2-1] T Smith, [3-1] Jack, [3-2] McCoy |
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A |
2-1 |
[0-1] Mitchell, [1-1] G Robertson, [2-1] Jack |
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A |
2-0 |
1-0] Morrison, [2-0] Donnelly |
Recent Form
| Dunfermline | Partick Thistle |
| Current League Position | |
| 5 | 6 |
| Last Six Matches League Form | |
| WWDLWL | DLDLWL |
| League Points | |
| 31 | 28 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -9 | +2 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P12, W5, D2, L5 | P12, W3, D1, L8 |
Thistle have lost eight of their twelve away games in this league campaign. The Pars have won their last four home league games and are unbeaten at East End Park since Stephen Kenny`s departure on 4th December last year.
| Recent Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Partick Thistle Away | |||||
| Morton | W | 2-1 | Stirling Albion | L | 0-1 | |
| St Johnstone | W | 2-0 | Livingston | D | 0-0 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 2-1 | St Johnstone | L | 0-2 | |
| Queen of the South | W | 2-0 | Dundee | L | 0-1 | |
| Clyde | D | 1-1 | Queen of the South | W |
2-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE: Paul Gallacher; Calum Woods, Scott Wilson (c), Sol Bamba, Scott Morrison; Kevin Harper, Stephen Simmons ( Nick Phinn HT), Stephen Glass, Alex Burke (Owen Morrison 74); Mark Burchill, Stevie Crawford (Tam McManus 67)
SUBS NOT USED: Sean Murdoch (GK), Derek Howie.
PARTICK THISTLE: Jonny Tuffey; Michael Robertson (Kevin McKinlay 50), Alan Archibald, Mark Twaddle; David Rowson, Simon Storey (Willie Kinninburgh 46), Scott Chaplain, Liam Buchanan (Paul Keegan 53), Simon Donnelly, Gary Harkins, Stevie Murray.
SUBS: Craig Hinchcliffe (GK), Ryan McStay.
Referee will be Brian Winter, his second game in charge of a Pars match this season, the first being the CIS Insurance Cup tie against Hearts at Tynecastle.
Come on ye Pars!
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