Preview Partick Thistle
Wednesday, 16th Sep 2009Matches between the clubs are always hotly contested but the Fifers have the upper hand with 30 wins in the 70 league games.
This Saturday the Pars make the trip to Firhill to face Partick Thistle. Firhill will celebrate its 100 birthday, the date being closest to Firhill`s first ever match on September 18th 1909 against Dumbarton Harp and history shows that the Pars have won on less than one in three visits.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 49 |
| At Firhill | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 55 |
| 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) | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 |
| TOTALS | 70 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 106 | 104 |
Matches between the clubs are always hotly contested but the Fifers have the upper hand with 30 wins in the 70 league games and a 3-2 win on their last visit there in February.
| Milestones Partick (away) | |||
| Last League Victory |
3-2 |
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 | |||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 14/03/09 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Harkins |
| 14/02/09 | A | 3-2 | [0-1] Buchanan, [1-1] Bell, [2-1] Kirk, [2-2] Doolan, [3-2] Loy (pen.) |
| 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 | |
|
|
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 |
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| Partick Thistle | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 7 |
| League Form last five results | |
| DDLWD | LWWLD |
| League Points | |
| 6 | 6 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +4 | 0 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P5, W1, D3, L1 | P5, W2, D0, L3 |
Recent Form
Dunfermline will be out to get a result for all their hard work but Thistle are equally in need of points.
| Form this season | ||||||
| Partick Thistle |
|
Dunfermline | ||||
| Raith Rovers (A) | D | 1-1 | Dundee (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| Morton (H) | L | 0-1 | Raith Rovers (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| Queen of the South (A) | L | 0-1 | Airdrie United | W | 2-0 | |
| Ross County (H) | D | 0-0 | Morton | W | 2-0 | |
| Ayr United (A) | D | 1-1 | Inverness Caley | L | 0-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee): Greg Fleming; Calum Woods, Neil McGregor, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann; Steven McDougall (Nick Phinn 45), Steven Bell (Scott Muirhead, 89), Alex Burke, Joe Cardle (Greg Ross, 85); Andy Kirk, Graham Bayne (c).
SUBS NOT USED: Greg Paterson (GK), Chris Higgins.
PARTICK THISTLE: (v Raith Rovers): Jonny Tunney; Alan Archibald, Maxwell, Robertson, Donnelly(Hodge 46), David Rowson (Hamilton 75), Corcoran (Doohlan 57), Paton, Buchanan, Cairney, Erskine
SUBS NOT USED: Martyn Corrigan, Hinchcliffe
Come on ye Pars!
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