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Wednesday, 11th Feb 2009If the Pars had as good a home record as Thistle then they would be top of the league.
This Saturday the Pars are back where they kicked the season off, at Firhill. Thistle have now leapfrogged Dunfermline and sit in second place on 35 points, three points better off than their opponents but having played two games more. Neither side will want to lose ground on St Johnstone who lead with 39 points.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 35 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 66 | 48 |
| At Firhill | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 53 |
| 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) | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 |
| TOTALS | 68 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 103 | 101 |
Partick Away Milestones
The Fifers lost 1-0 on their last visit to the Jags. In April last year 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 last season`s Scottish Cup by Thistle at the end of January.
| Milestones Partick (away) | |||
| Last League Victory |
1-0 |
SFL | |
| Last League Defeat |
0-1 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
|
6-2 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last dozen league games between the teams have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 18/10/08 | H | 1-0 | [1-0] Kirk |
| 02/08/08 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] McKeown |
| 05/04/08 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Crawford |
| 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 | |
|
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 | |
Jim McIntyre has only encountered four away league defeats since taking over from Stephen Kenny fourteen months ago. Those reverses were against Hamilton in February and Morton in April, Partick and Dundee this season.
If the Pars had as good a home record as Thistle then they would be top of the league.
| Partick Thistle | DDunfermlinene |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 5 |
| League Form last six results | |
| LLWDDW | WDWLDL |
| League Points | |
| 35 | 32 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +2 | +6 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P11, W7, D2, L2 | P9, W5, D2, L2 |
Recent Form
Dunfermline have lost only two away matches all season - their first away league match at Firhill and their last at Dundee.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Partick Thistle (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| St Johnstone | D | 0-0 | Dundee | L | 0-1 | |
| Ross County | L | 0-2 | Queen of the South | W | 2-1 | |
| Airdrie United | W | 2-1 | Livingston | W | 3-2 | |
| Livingston | W | 2-1 | Airdrie United | W | 3-1 | |
| Clyde | W | 2-0 | Clyde | W | 2-0 | |
| Queen of the South | W | 2-0 | Morton | D | 1-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v QOS): Paul Gallacher, Scott Thomson, Greg Shields, Scott Wilson (c)(Calum Woods 81), Austin McCann; Nick Phinn, Steven Bell, Alex Burke (Graeme Holmes 54), David Graham (Andy Kirk 64); Rory Loy, Graham Bayne.
SUBS NOT USED: Iain Williamson, Callum Reidford.
PARTICK THISTLE: (v Airdrie United): Jonny Tuffey; Paul Paton, Willie Kinniburgh, Alan Archibald, Marc Twaddle; Simon Storey, David Rowson, Doohlan, Gary Harkins (Stephen McKeown 64); Simon Donnelly (Kevin McKinlay 71), Liam Buchanan (Scott Chaplain 77).
SUBS NOT USED: Ricky Little, Craig Hinchcliffe
Referee for this match is Willie Collum. No comment!
Come on ye Pars!
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