Preview Partick Thistle
Thursday, 24th Mar 2011The Pars defeat to Thistle at East End Park in March last year was just the second away win for the Jags here in over 27 years.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 70 | 52 |
| At Firhill | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 60 |
| 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) | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 30 |
| TOTALS | 77 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 116 | 112 |
Dunfermline have an edge on the history in league competition against Partick Thistle with 33 wins to 23 losses in previous league meetings.
Partick Home Milestones
The Pars defeat to Thistle at East End Park in March last year was just the second away win for over 27 years. The 10-1 win in 1959 is one of the club`s most famous victories, as it prevented almost certain relegation.
| Milestones Partick (home) | |||
| Last League Victory |
3-1 |
SPL | |
| Last League Defeat |
1-2 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
|
10-1 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last twelve league games have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 29/01/11 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Erskine, [0-2] Doolan |
| 14/12/10 | H | 0-0 | . |
| 25/09/10 | A | 2-0 | [1-0] Clarke, [2-0] Kirk |
| 23/03/10 | H | 1-2 | [0-1] Buchanan, [1-1] McDougall, [1-2] Donnelly |
| 23/01/10 | A | 4-1 | [1-0] Cardle, [2-0] Cardle, [3-0], Cardle, [4-0] Woods, [4-1] Buchanan |
| 14/11/09 | H | 3-1 | [1-0] McDougall, [2-0] Gibson, [2-1] Cairney, [3-1] Gibson |
| 19/09/09 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Cairney, [0-2] Donnelly |
| 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 |
How they stand
| Dunfermline | Partick Thistle |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 5 |
| Last Six Matches League Form | |
| LDWDWD | DDWWLW |
| League Points | |
| 51 | 35 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +22 | +3 |
| Home / Away Record | |
| P14, W8, D5, L1 | P14, W3, D4, L7 |
Recent Form
Dunfermline lost their unbeaten home record to Morton but have defeated Stirling Albion since then. Thistle took some time to get going in this league campaign losing their first four away games but they are unbeaten in their last three on the road including a very welcome 2-0 win at Starks Park.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Partick Thistle (away) | |||||
| Stirling Albion | W | 4-1 | Stirling Albion | W | 3-0 | |
| Ross County | D | 1-1 | Raith Rovers | W | 2-0 | |
| Morton | L | 1-3 | Ross County | D | 0-0 | |
| Falkirk | D | 1-1 | Morton | L | 0-1 | |
| Montrose | W | Cowdenbeath | D | 1-1 | ||
| Dundee | D | Queen of the South | D | 3-3 | ||
Teams last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Andy Dowie; Steven McDougall (Joe Cardle 62), Alex Burke (Pat Clarke 79), Martin Hardie (Chris Higgins 89), David Graham, Liam Buchanan .
SUBS NOT USED: Aaron Scott, Greg Paterson (GK).
PARTICK THISTLE (v Stirling Albion): Scott Fox; Alan Archibald, John Robertson (Ross McGeough 82), Patrick Boyle; Jackie McNamara; Conrad Balatoni, David Rowson, Iain Flannigan, Martin Gehan (Shaun Fraser 74); Chris Erskine (Jamie Campbell 79), Kris Doohan
SUBS NOT USED: Simon Donnelly, Ryan Scully (GK)
Come on ye Pars!
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