28th Jan 2006 Partick Thistle 1 Forfar Athletic 0 (SFL Second Division - game 23)

matches:2005-06: ← 35game 3637 →

52y, 2m, 6d	Dick Campbell	Ray Farningham former Jag

Darren Brady; Sandy Hodge
Marc Smyth; Ricky Gillies

Adam Strachan (1-0, 66 mins)
Mark Roberts		Trialist

Darren Brady (Adam Strachan, 62 mins); Billy Dodds (Ricky Gillies, 86 mins)		Martin Cameron (Paul Tosh, 60 mins); Ritchie Montgomery (Kevin Cumming, 71 mins)

27y, 1m, 21d	Kenny Arthur	François Dubourdeau
30y, 4m, 30d	Grant Murray	Alan Rattray
30y, 1m, 30d	Scott McCulloch	Eddie Forrest former Jag
24y, 9m, 17d	Darren Brady	David King
25y, 3m, 24d	Sandy Hodge	David McClune
36y, 7m, 17d	David Craig	Paul Lunan
25y, 11m, 9d	James Gibson	Ritchie Montgomery
24y, 5m, 27d	Billy Gibson	Alan Rattray
37y, 0m, 3d	Paul Ritchie	Martin Cameron former Jag
30y, 2m, 30d	Mark Roberts	Trialist
36y, 11m, 23d	Billy Dodds	Trialist

29y, 11m, 2d

26y, 0m, 18d	Colin Stewart	Sean Murdoch
18y, 11m, 4d	Adam Strachan	Kevin Cumming
29y, 5m, 4d	Ricky Gillies	Steven Bonar former Jag
23y, 1m, 1d	Marc Smyth	Paul Tosh former Jag
23y, 0m, 21d	Will Snowdon	Chic Connolly

TTA report

The first half was poor but things improved after the break. Gibson went close and Dodds hit the bar. Strachan came on as a substitute, injected some pace and scored almost immediately with a shot from the edge of the box (66). Forfar seldom threatened but Thistle couldn't increase the lead. They moved up to 3rd.

Media report

30-Jan-2006, Daily Record

ADAM GOOD SHOW JAGS. PARTICK THISTLE boss Dick Campbell turned to his old heads after last week's 6-1 thumping at Gretna but it took a baby-faced assassin to leave him smiling. Adam Strachan scored his first goal for the club to see off Forfar and the boy who looks as if he has just stepped off the school playground spoke about it as if he had been banging them in for years. Strachan's arrival on the pitch on the hour-mark was exactly the spark Thistle needed and he said: “It's been along time coming because I've played 30-odd games. I've had a lot of chances but am glad I scored my first goal at home. The gaffer told me there are teams interested in me but no way am I leaving. I'm at a good club and think we will go up this season. The boys say I'm being a bit cocky but you have to be when you're with older guys.”

Campbell was in a far better mood than he was last Saturday and praised his boy wonder's performance. He said: “Adam's first goal in senior football was worthy of winning the game. He is still a kid with a bit of cheek about him but seems to have been here for years. I knew it was going to be a slog so I played my experienced team. The players were criticised last week but they answered the call.”

Paul Ritchie missed a couple of early chances to put Thistle in front and Billy Dodds hit the post with a header from a Scott McCulloch corner a minute after the break. Campbell sent on Strachan and in 66 minutes the ball broke to him from a McCulloch free-kick and he slammed the ball into the net. Forfar boss Ray Farningham said: “I can't fault the boys' attitude or commitment. They gave their all but it wasn't good enough.”

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