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• Grant Murray (LH) Grant Robert Murray was born on Friday, 29th August, 1975, in Edinburgh. The 5' 10 (12st 0lbs) defender signed for Gerry Collins's Thistle on Monday, 23rd June, 2003, having most recently been with St Johnstone. Aged 27, he made his debut appearance on Wednesday, 16th July, 2003, in a 6-1 friendly win away to Ayr United. Grant scored his only goal for Thistle on Saturday, 5th March, 2005, in a 2-1 defeat away to Falkirk in the SFL First Division. He played his last game for the club on Sunday, 14th May, 2006, in a 2-1 win (on pens aet) away to Peterhead in a League play-off match, having clocked up 146 appearances as a Jag. Grant's club-list included Heart of Midlothian, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, St Johnstone, Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock and Raith Rovers.

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29y, 6m, 4d		05.03.2005 Falkirk [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 28)

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1	29y, 6m, 4d		05.03.2005 Falkirk [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 28)	1-2, pen 28 mins

Grant Murray
1/1 ← success rate → 100%

Partick Thistle
565/812 ← success rate → 69.6%
@ 14-Jan-2026

2006 - LEAGUE (3rd tier) Promotion

the decisive game…

2006 - SFL FIRST DIVISION PLAY-OFFS Sun-14-May-2006 [a] W2-1* Peterhead (Scottish First Division play-off Final, 2nd leg) * AET (2-1 90 mins); Thistle won 4-2 on pens Peterhead went 1-up (5) but Roberts scored (swivel and shot, 8). Peterhead hit woodwork twice and missed a sitter before a 25-yard free-kick from Gibson (B) (90+) took the tie to goalless ET. Ritchie netted the final pen. A win v Peterhead at last and promotion the hard way. Dick Campbell

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