Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1887-88
| 1887-88 (Reserves) |
| The thirteenth season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| scorers in CAPS | |
| 1. Sat-20-Aug-1887 [h] W6-2 Dumbarton Athletic (Friendly) |
| – DH 24/8/1887. MILLER, WOODS. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – Play was even with chances at both ends but it was Thistle who took a 2-goal lead before half-time through Miller and Woods. Ten mins into the second half it was 2-2 at which point Athletic faded and Thistle rattled in 4 more goals. |
| 2. Sat-27-Aug-1887 [h] W5-2 Cambuslang (Friendly) |
| – GEN 27/8/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 3. Sat-03-Sep-1887 [a] W3-2 Motherwell (Friendly) |
| – MT 10/9/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – Pre-match favourites Thistle failed to deliver. It was 2-2 until the dying moments when Motherwell scored the winner. |
| 4. Sat-10-Sep-1887 [a] W4-2 Elswick Rangers (Friendly) |
| – NEC 12/9/1887. Newcastle club. D Urquhart, Cooper, McGoughan, Flannelly, McLaughlan, Cochrane, J Miller, E Urquhart, McFarlane, McLucas, J Dodds. GP (17/9/1887) says it was 3-2 but lists 4 Thistle scorers (Buchanan, scrimmage, Marshall and Wood) none of whom are in our quoted teamline. What can you do? |
| – Opening game of the season at Mill Lane, Newcastle. Rangers featured two former Jags - Jack Beattie and J. Campbell. |
| 5. Sat-17-Sep-1887 [h] W7-1 Northern (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 1st Round) |
| – GH 19/9/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – On a dreadful surface, Thistle applied the pressure from the start and led 3-1 at half-time. They dominated the second half and scored three more in quick time. Wood dislocated his knee and was carried off (75) but they still managed a 7th goal. |
| 6. Sat-24-Sep-1887 [a] L0-4 Rangers (Friendly) |
| – EC 24/9/1887. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 7. Sat-01-Oct-1887 [h] L1-5 Renton (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 2nd Round) |
| – DH 5/10/1887. Urquhart, McGougan, Cooper, Cochrane, McLaughlin, Flannelly, Miller, McLean, Christie, McLucas, McFARLANE. |
| – Renton took a quick 2-goal lead but McFarlane scored then McLucas “scored” but was off-side just on half-time. Three more goals underlined how superior Renton were in every department. |
| 8. Sat-15-Oct-1887 [a] D1-1 Dumbarton Rangers (Friendly) |
| – GEN 15/10/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 9. Sat-22-Oct-1887 [a] W4-0 Airdrieonians (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 24/10/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played at Airdrie, the visitors playing with 10 men and a sub and the Airdrieonians only having a scratch team, the Thistle won by 4 goals to none.” (NBDM). “Thistle's combination perplexed the Airdrieonians” (LUWE). |
| 10. Sat-29-Oct-1887 [h] W4-1 Motherwell (Friendly) |
| – GH 31/10/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 11. Sat-05-Nov-1887 [a] D3-3 Helensburgh Victoria (Friendly) |
| – HLN 12/11/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. Played on the public park. 1st of 2 legs. |
| – The ground was not in good condition, but there were a lot of goals for the large group of spectators. Thistle deserved their half-time lead, but Victoria came back well in the second half. |
| 12. Sat-12-Nov-1887 [h] W4-1 Helensburgh Victoria (Friendly) |
| – GH 14/11/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. 2nd of 2 legs. |
| 13. Sat-19-Nov-1887 [h] D2-2 Airdrieonians (Friendly) |
| – LUWE 26/11/1887. Urquhart, McGougan, Milliken, Cochrane, Brown, Flannelly, McKay URQUHART, WEIR, McLucas, Galt. |
| – A fine run down the left resulted in Airdrie going ahead (20) and two mins later it was 2-0. Urquhart and Weir hit back however and the teams crossed over at 2-2. In the second half Thistle hemmed Airdrie in but couldn't find a goal. 2 x 30 mins were played. |
| 14. Sat-03-Dec-1887 [a] W2-0 Renfrew (Friendly) |
| – GEN 3/12/1887. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 15. Sat-24-Dec-1887 [a] L1-3 Queen's Park (Friendly) |
| – GH 26/12/1887. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – Play was confined to midfield for most of the first half then Thistle took the lead but goals just before and after half-time turned the game around. A late goal for Queens made sure of the win. |
| 16. Mon-02-Jan-1888 [a] W3-1 Newcastle East End (Friendly) |
| – MH 7/1/1888. Urquhart (D), McGOUGAN, Milliken, Flannelly, BROWN, McLaughlin, Millar, Urquhart (A), WEIR, Galt, McLucas. |
| – The teams defended stoutly in turn as play ran from end to end in a goalless first half. McGougan scored for 1-0 but East End levelled before Brown and Weir put Thistle in command (“a capital shot”). |
| 17. Sat-07-Jan-1888 [a] L3-4 Port Glasgow Athletic (Friendly) |
| – GH 9/1/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 18. Sat-14-Jan-1888 [a] D3-3 Queen's Park (Friendly) |
| – GEP 14/1/1888. Urquhart, McGougan, Hendrie, Brown, Stewart, McLaughlin, Galt, McLucas, Buchanan, Miller, MacKay. Scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – It was mainly Queens who had the pull in the first half and they took a 2-goal lead. Thistle managed to reduce it from a scrimmage. Queens increased the lead after half-time but Thistle fought back to earn a creditable draw. |
| 19. Sat-04-Feb-1888 [a] L0-6 Alexandria Vale Rovers (Friendly) |
| – GEP 4/2/1888. Line-up as yet unsourced |
| – The Swifts were well beaten in Alexandria and trailed 2-0 at half-time. The main feature of the match was hat-tricks by Rovers players McGregor and Buchanan. |
| 20. Sat-11-Feb-1888 [a] L1-5 Cambuslang (Friendly) |
| – EC 11/2/1888. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 21. Sat-03-Mar-1888 [a] W5-4 Morton (Friendly) |
| – GEP 3/3/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 22. Sat-10-Mar-1888 [a] L3-5 Airdrieonians (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 12/3/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 23. Sat-07-Apr-1888 [a] D1-1 Dumbarton Athletic (Friendly) |
| – DH 11/4/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 24. Sat-14-Apr-1888 [h] W2-1 Kilbirnie (Friendly) |
| – GH 16/4/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 25. Sat-05-May-1888 [h] W4-1 Third Lanark (Friendly) |
| – GH 7/5/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 26. Sat-12-May-1888 [a] W5-0 Albion Rovers (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 14/5/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 27. Sat-12-May-1888 [a] D4-4 Stevenston Thistle (Friendly) |
| – GEP 12/5/1888. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 1887-88 Reserves summary notes | |
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P27 W14 D6 L7 (1.778 ppg)
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| see also: |
| 1887-88 (First Team) → |
| 1887-88 (Z-List) → |
- The Thistle kit image for this season is © Historical Football Kits and is reproduced here by kind permission.
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