Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1886-87
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| 1886-87 (Reserves) |
| The twelfth season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| scorers in CAPS | |
| 1. Sat-04-Sep-1886 [h] L3-4 Abercorn (Friendly) |
| – PRG. 11/9/1886. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 2. Sat-09-Oct-1886 [a] L1-2 Morton (Friendly) |
| – GEP 9/10/1886. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 3. Sat-16-Oct-1886 [h] W1-0 Airdrieonians (Friendly) |
| – LUWE 23/10/1886. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 4. Sat-23-Oct-1886 [a] W8-1 Westbourne (Friendly) |
| – GEP 23/10/1886. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 5. Sat-30-Oct-1886 [h] W7-0 St Peter's (Friendly) |
| – GH 1/11/1886. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 6. Sat-06-Nov-1886 [a] W14-1 Govan Athletic (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 1st Round) |
| – NBDM 8/11/1886. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. The reserves record victory! |
| – “Played at Moore Park Govan and after a very one-sided game, the Thistle left the field victors by fourteen goals to one.” |
| 7. Sat-13-Nov-1886 [h] W1-0 Dumbarton Rangers (Friendly) |
| – LNH 20/11/1886. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 8. Sat-27-Nov-1886 [a] W3-2 Renton (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 2nd Round) |
| – SFHA. A subsequent protest by Renton was dismissed. |
| 9. Sat-18-Dec-1886 [a] D2-2 Campsie (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 3rd Round) |
| – KRH 22/12/1886. Thistle played under protest due to the conditions. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – On a pitch resembling a skating rink the first half was goalless. The locals stirred Thistle into action by taking the lead but they fought back and went ahead, only for Campsie to earn a replay. |
| 10. Sat-25-Dec-1886 [h] W11-0 Campsie (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 3rd Round replay) |
| – LUWE 1/1/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Weir, Blair and Middleton played best for Thistle.” (NBDM) |
| 11. Sat-01-Jan-1887 [a] L0-2 King's Park (Friendly) |
| – BOAR 8/1/1887. Burns, Stewart, Cochrane, Leckie, McLean, Hill, Kennedy (Campsie), McVicar (Campsie), Woods, Hannay, R Young. 2 x 35 mins were played. |
| – On the County Cricket Ground at Easter Williamfield (which was treacherous) Thistle's scratch XI fell far below the performance expected of them by the locals. They were “a scratchy and quarrelsome lot” for contesting the ref's decisions. |
| 12. Sat-29-Jan-1887 [a] L1-4 Abercorn (Scottish 2nd XI Cup Quarter Final) |
| – GH 31/1/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. Thistle lost out to the cup holders and subsequent winners this season (at Thistle Park Paisley!). |
| 13. Sat-12-Feb-1887 [a] L1-3 St Mirren (Friendly) |
| – GEP 12/2/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 14. Sat-19-Feb-1887 [h] D1-1 Cambuslang (Friendly) |
| – LUWE 26/2/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – “At Whitefield Park and after a fairly good game the match was left a draw - one goal each.” |
| 15. Sat-05-Mar-1887 [a] D1-1 Kirkintilloch Athletic (Friendly) |
| – FH 9/3/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 16. Sat-26-Mar-1887 [h] W1-0 Abercorn (Friendly) |
| – GEP 26/3/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 17. Sat-02-Apr-1887 [a] D3-3 Royal Albert (Friendly) |
| – CE 6/4/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 18. Sat-09-Apr-1887 [h] W7-3 Northern (Friendly) |
| – GH 11/4/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. GEP 9/4/1887 says the opposition was "Glasgow Juniors". |
| 19. Sat-16-Apr-1887 [h] W2-1 Glasgow Thistle (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 18/4/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 1886-87 Reserves summary notes | |
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P19 W10 D4 L5 (1.789 ppg)
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| see also: 1886-87 (first-team) → |
- The Thistle kit image for this season is © Historical Football Kits and is reproduced here by kind permission.