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WACKY WILLIE'S SUPERHUMAN EFFORT. WACKY Willie Watters reckons he's Stenhousemuir's answer to Superman after inspiring them to three points against pitiful Partick. The veteran striker came of the substitutes bench to set-up his side's 87th-minute winner at Firhill. And Stenny boss Graeme Armstrong can now expect some strange requests from his cocky forward who rates himself more superhero than supersub. Evergreen Watters joked: “I have said to Graeme that we'll have to get more telephone boxes next to football grounds so that I can change into my Superman suit! I've been giving the boys stick that I had to come on to pull them out of a hole. I was happy to do well because I was disappointed to be on the bench. Not many teams will win at Firhill so we have to be pleased. With three going up from this division, everybody is going for the same thing and we will be looking to try to get promoted.”

Stenny always looked more likely to grab a goal and it came late on when Watters crossed for midfielder David Lorimer to knock the ball past Jags keeper Kevin Budinauckas from six yards. The home side had a strong penalty claim turned down when Albert Craig - who was sent off for dissent following the decision - was upended in the box in 89 minutes. And Thistle face an anxious wait after it was revealed Craig may have been given two red cards. Furious Thistle boss John Lambie said: “Albert should know better and he'll be fined. I've watched the game on video and we should have had a penalty, but two wrongs don't make a right. To make matters worse, he could get two red cards for continuing to make comments to the referee. I believe this team of players is capable of getting promotion but the players have to do it on the park.”

Armstrong was chuffed with the victory, but refused to talk about going up for the second year on the trot. He said: “It is too early to make predictions and I haven't set any targets for the season. I would be worried about the full-time teams and their strength, but we are off to a good start.”

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