Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1878-79
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| 1878-79 (Reserves) |
| The fourth season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| 1. Sat-28-Sep-1878 [a] W2-0 Grafton (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 30/9/1878. HAMILTON, GARDNER. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the former and after a very pleasant game resulted in favour of the Thistle by two goals to none. Goals kicked by Hamilton and Gardner.” |
| 2. Sat-19-Oct-1878 [a] W4-0 Greenbank Rutherglen (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 21/10/1878. WILSON (2), CLARK, BUCHAN. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played at Rutherglen at the ground of the latter and after a very pleasant game of an hour and a quarter’s duration resulted in favour of the Thistle by four goals to none kicked by Wilson (2), Clark and Buchan.” |
| 3. Sat-26-Oct-1878 [a] W2-0 Heatherbell (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 28/10/1878. HAMILTON (2). Line-up as yet unsourced. Possil club. |
| – “Played on the ground of the latter at Possilpark and after a very enjoyable game resulted in favour of the Thistle by two goals to nothing kicked by Hamilton.” |
| 4. Sat-02-Nov-1878 [h] W1-0 Govanhill Union (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 4/11/1878. CLARK. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the former at Overnewton and after a very hard and well contested game resulted in favour of the Thistle by one goal to nothing kicked by H. Clark.” |
| 5. Sat-09-Nov-1878 [a] W4-0 Violet (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 11/11/1878. HAMILTON, McINNES, WILSON, CLARK. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the latter at Vermont Park and after a very enjoyable game resulted in favour of the Thistle by four goals to none kicked by Hamilton, McInnes, Wilson and Clark.” (NBDM) |
| 6. Sat-23-Nov-1878 [a] D0-0 Govanhill Union (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 25/11/1878. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 7. Sat-30-Nov-1878 [a] W2-0 Possil Bluebell (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 2/12/1878. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the latter at Possil Park and after a game of an hour’s duration resulted in favour of the Thistle by two goals to nothing.” |
| 8. Sat-07-Dec-1878 [h] W3-0 Glasgow Argyle (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 9/12/1878. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played at Overnewton Park and after a game of 70 minute’s duration resulted in favour of the Thistle by three goals to none kicked by Wilson, McInnes and MacKay. For the Thistle Brown (back) and Cochrane (half-back) played in splendid style.” |
| 9. Sat-04-Jan-1879 [?] W1-0 Grafton (Friendly) |
| – GEP 6/1/1879. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – “Former won by one goal to none.” |
| 10. Sat-01-Mar-1879 [a] L0-2 Parkgrove (Friendly) |
| – GEP 1/3/1879. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “At Trinidad Park and resulted in favour of the Parkgrove by two goals to none.” |
| 11. Sat-22-Mar-1879 [h] W2-1 Harmonic (Friendly) |
| – GEP 24/3/1879 and NBDM 26/3/1879. BUCHAN, HAMILTON. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Former won by two goals to one.” (GEP). “Goals kicked by Buchan and Hamilton.” |
| 12. Sat-29-Mar-1879 [a] W3-0 Southern (Friendly) |
| – GH 31/3/1879. WEBB, BUCHANAN, WILSON. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the latter at Queen’s Park and after a very pleasant game resulted in favour of the Partick Thistle by three goals to none, taken by Webb, Buchanan and Wilson.” |
| 13. Sat-19-Apr-1879 [a] L0-2 Renwick (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 21/4/1879. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played at Queen’s Park and resulted in favour of the former by two goals.” |
| 14. Sat-26-Apr-1879 [h] L0-1 Heatherbell (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 28/4/1879. Line-up as yet unsourced. Possil club. |
| – “Played on the ground of the latter, Overnewton, and after a very fast game resulted in favour of the former by one goal to none.” |
| 15. Sat-10-May-1879 [h] W1-0 Kelvingrove (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 12/5/1879. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the former, Overnewton Park, and after a game of an hour’s duration, resulted in favour of the Thistle by one goal to none.” |
| 1878-79 Reserves summary notes | |
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P15 W11 D1 L3 (2.267 ppg)
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| 1878-79 (first-team) → |
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