Thistle’s last game of the 2014 – 2015 season was a crucial game for the Bens, only a win would save them from relegation to the Central Second Division. Thistle were safe and had nothing really to play for other than pride.
As Benburb were still awaiting completion of their new ground this game was played at Lochburn Park the home of Maryhill Juniors.
Despite assuring themselves of staying in the First Division with the win over St Anthony’s in midweek, Thistle didn’t down tools and played their part in what was one of the highest scoring games of the whole league season. A nightmare of a game for defensive purists but it kept the majority of the crowd entertained until the final whistle.
Thistle made the short trip to Viewpark for the second round of the last remaining cup competition that they had to play in, a dour struggle lacking in any real quality but the situation wasn’t helped any by the terrible playing surface.
Read match report of Thorniewood v Thistle here
Match highlights:
It was a day that the result was always better than the performance, in a game that was spoiled by the high winds Thistle ran away with the second half and finished comfortable winners.
See full match report of Ashfield v Larkhall Thistle
Video highlights, missed the Ashfield goal
Larkhall Thistle had a stand at today’s History of Larkhall exhibition, sales of Jags merchandise like the above went really well. The real winners on a bad day for the Jags were committe men Hugh Kerr and Levi McPhee who stayed behind to man the stall and answer a flood of questions throughout the day, at least they managed to avoid the shambles in Lanark.
See full match report of Lanark v Thistle here
Check back later for a few clips from the game.
After the high point of the season last time out when Thistle beat league leaders Bellshill convincingly, a game against second bottom Wishaw looked to be an easier task on paper but once again things didn’t entirely go to plan.
See full match report of Wishaw v Thistle here
There are a couple of video clips of the game in the match report, fairly poor quality for speed of upload to Youtube but the match highlights will be available here soon, check back later if you want to see them.
Highlights now uploaded, click below:
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Thistle got back to work on St Valentine’s Day against a Renfrew team which was chasing third spot in the table. The result was the same as the home game with Frew at Gasworks Park but the Jags fans won’t be queueing up to shower referee Mr McTeirnan with red roses after this display.
Today’s league match at Wishaw has been postponed due to the weather. The pitch still has snow and ice on it and the pavillion has suffered damage from the weather.
Thistle travelled to Ayrshire more in hope than expectation to play a Talbot team that is right at the top of junior football in Scotland. In the end there were positives to take from the performance and a goal to remember from captain Mark Canning.
One of the more extraordinary games that anybody watching is likely to witness, this was the proverbial rollercoaster of a match that left fans of both teams scratching their heads at what they’d just seen.