Preview Partick Thistle
Wednesday, 30th Jul 2008Until the Pars visit in April, Thistle had lost only one match at Firhill all season - in the league against Hamilton when they lost 3-0.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 65 | 48 |
| At Firhill | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 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) | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 |
| TOTALS | 66 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 102 | 100 |
Partick Away Milestones
In April a Stevie Crawford strike just before half time was enough to take the points back to Fife. Prior to that the last Pars league win there was five games back on the opening day of the 1988-89 season. Dunfermline were also knocked out of the 2007-08 Scottish Cup by Thistle at the end of January.
| Milestones Partick (away) | |||
| Last League Victory |
1-0 |
SFL | |
| Last League Defeat |
1-4 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
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6-2 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
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1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last dozen league games have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 05/04/08 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Crwaford |
| 16/02/08 | H | 1-1 | [1-0] Crawford, [1-1] McKeown |
| 15/12/07 | A | 1-1 | [1-0] Burchill. [1-1] Buchanan |
| 29/09/07 | H | [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 |
Jim McIntyre has only encountered two away league defeat since taking over from Stephen Kenny. Those reverses were against Hamilton in February and Morton in April..
Until the Pars visit in April, Thistle had lost only one match at Firhill all season - in the league against Hamilton when they lost 3-0. Unfortunately after Dunfermline`s last visit Thistle only managed one win 1-0 at home to relegated Stirling and then lost the last four games of the season without scoring a goal. Last Saturday Thistle defeated Queens Park 2-1 in the Challenge Cup.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stirling Albion): Paul Gallacher; Greg Shields, Scott Wilson (c), Scott Thomson, Austin McCann; Calum Woods (Iain Williamson 60), Nick Phinn, Stephen Glass, Alex Burke; Kevin Harper (Paul Willis 80), Graham Bayne.
SUBS: Scott McBride, Stuart Dearden, Callum Reidford
PARTICK THISTLE: (v Queens Park): Jonny Tuffey; Paul Paton, John Robertson, Simon Storey, Marc Twaddle; Ian Maxwell, Scott Chaplain (Ryan McStay), David Rowson, Gary Harkins; Damon Gray (Kevin McKinlay), Mark Roberts (Simon Donnelly).
Referee for this match is David Somers.
Come on ye Pars!
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