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Thursday, 16th Aug 2012

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Dunfermline v Partick Thistle

The first home league game of the season against Partick Thistle will be a real test when Jim Jefferies new team come up against the much fancied Firhill club under the guidance of ex Pars favourite, Jackie McNamara.  Last Saturday they had a fine home win over Falkirk so this is not likely to be easy for the Fifers.

Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record
  P W D L For Agst
At East End Park 40 19 14 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) 27 12 7 8 31 30
TOTALS 78 33 22 23 116 112

Dunfermline v Partick Thistle

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 2010 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.

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Milestones Partick (home)
Last League Victory

14/11/09

3-1

SPL

Last League Defeat

23/03/10

1-2

First Div

Best League Victory

18/04/59

10-1

Div One*

Worst League Defeat

07/01/28

1-7

Div One*

*Pre league reconstruction

Dunfermline v Partick Thistle

Last Twelve League matches

The last twelve league games have seen Dunfermline win five, draw two and lose five. The Pars last victory was over Thistle was by 2-0 at Firhill in September 2011 when Pat Clarke and Andy Kirk did the business.

Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle

Date

H/A

F-A

Scorers

26/03/11 H 0-0 [0-0]
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

Dunfermline v Partick Thistle

Recent Form  

Despite creating enough chances to win the game, Dunfermline lost their opening competitive game at Forfar.  Then on Saturday the new look Pars put four past near neighbours, Cowdenbeath.  Thistle won their two away cup games; in the Ramsdens Cup at Clyde, and in the Scottish Communities League Cup at Forfar before recording an impressive 3-1 home win in the first league match.  Tuesday night`s game against Queens Park saw them score five goals, so Saturday`s fixture could be a very attack minded game.

   Form last three games
  Dunfermline      Partick Thistle
  Cowdenbeath (A) W 4-0   Queens Park (A)  W 5-4 
  Bristol City (H) L 0-2   Falkirk (H) W 3-1
  Forfar Athletic (A) L 2-3   Forfar Athletic (A) W 2-0
  Berwick Rangers (A) W 2-1     Clyde (A) W 1-0

Partick Thistle v Dunfermline

Teams last time out

DUNFERMLINE (v Cowdenbeath):  Paul Gallacher; Andy Geggan, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Stephen Jordan; Jordan McMillan (c); Josh Falkingham (Craig Dargo 89), Ryan Thomson, Paul Willis, Andy Barrowman (Andy Kirk 78), Alex Whittle (Paul Burns 81)
SUBS NOT USED: Stephen Husband, Michal Hrivnak (GK)
SCORERS: Barrowman (44), Thomson (49, 79), Falkingham (83)

PARTICK THISTLE (v Queens Park):  Ryan Scully; Stephen O`Donnell, Aaron Sinclair, Paul Paton, Aaron Muirhead, Conrad Balatoni, James Craigen, Sean Welsh (Chris Erskine 17), Mark McGuigan (Steve Lawless 56), Christie Elliott, Stuart Brannigan
SUBS NOT USED: Scott Fox, Kris Doolan, Hugh Murray
SCORERS: Sinclair (34), Elliot (40), Chris Erskine (65. 90), Brannigan (90).

Thistle made six changes for the Ramsdens Cup tie against Queens Park so Saturday may see the return of some of the players who were successful in the win over Falkirk the previous Saturday.

Referee will be Iain Brines.

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