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Whistle was a blessing to weary ThistleJIM REYNOLDS 16 May 1994 PARTICK Thistle and Hearts, for so long involved in the desperate struggle to avoid relegation, both live to fight in the premier division another day following their final league match of the season at Firhill on Saturday. Both sides knew that a point each would keep them up, so it was little surprise that caution was to the fore, although the Thistle fans were left to squirm during the closing stages when Alan McLaren scored what proved to be the winner. As it was, the Firhill side hung on to their top division status by virtue of a marginally better goal difference and the applause at the end must surely have been for efforts over the rest of the season. The final whistle was music to the ears. Lambie did, however, blame himself for tactics which could only lead to boredom. "I stopped players like Albert Craig going into the box. "It's not the way we would have liked to secure our place in the premier division, but for us to have gathered 40 points with the squad I have is magnificent." Hearts seemed to step up a gear near the end and won a corner on the left. On the plus side, was the performance from Hearts full back Stephen Frail. To give the Thistle fans a happy note on which to end, I ask this question. Answer: Roddy Grant, the 27-year-old Gloucester born striker, is the only player to have scored a hat trick in a premier division match this season, the first time since reconstruction in 1975 only one hat trick has been scored in a league season. Grant, who joined Thistle from Dunfermline last summer, enjoyed his big moment back in October when he scored three in a 4-1 win over St Johnstone. Taken from the Herald |
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