Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1898-99
| 1898-99 (Reserves) |
| The 24th season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| scorers in CAPS | |
| 1. Sat-27-Aug-1898 [a] W7-4 Kilbarchan (Scottish Federation) |
| – SR 26/8/1898. (Predicted) Gourlay, Hill, Cameron, Bruce, Cairns, Douglas, Drummond, Bryson, Moffat, Allan, Duncan. Confirmed line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 2. Sat-03-Sep-1898 [a] W7-4 Linthouse (Scottish Federation) |
| – SR 5/9/1898. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – Thistle converted a penalty in each half. The first award “upset the equanimity of the Linthouse as after that point of the game, their play fell away considerably.” |
| 3. Sat-17-Sep-1898 [a] L1-2 St Mirren (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 1st Round) |
| – SR 19/9/1898. Spence, Hill, Campbell, Bryce, Carney, Duncan, Drummond, Bryson, Currugh, Ferguson, Morrison. Thistle goal credited to BENNIE but he's not listed in reported line-up. |
| – After some early St Mirren pressure Thistle broke away and Drummond latched on to a long clearance, crossed and it was tucked away. The second half was full of “stiff and close play” and St Mirren emerged the winners. |
| 4. Sat-01-Oct-1898 [h] W4-1 Clyde (Scottish Federation) |
| – SR 3/10/1898. CURRAGH. Line-up and remaining scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 5. Sat-08-Oct-1898 [a] L1-3 Dykehead (Scottish Federation) |
| – SR 10/10/1898. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 6. Sat-15-Oct-1898 [h] W3-0 Cameronians (Scottish Federation) |
| – SR 17/10/1898. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 7. Sat-22-Oct-1898 [h] W3-2 Neilston (Scottish Federation) |
| – BHN 28/10/1898. Thompson, Bryce, Campbell, Allan, Farquharson, Watson, Moffat, Brydson, Carragh, Mollins, LAMB. Remaining scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – Lamb gave Thistle an early lead and they led 2-0 at half-time. The teams shared 3 goals after half-time but the scoring sequence is not known. |
| 8. Sat-29-Oct-1898 [h] W4-0 Kilbarchan (Scottish Federation) |
| – SR 31/10/1898. Gourlay, Bryce, Campbell, Cairney, Farquharson, Allan, Moffat, Bryson, Russell, Baker, Alexander. Scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – Thistle played the football, Kilbarchan the kick and rush. It was 3-0 at half-time then Kilbarchan missed a penalty. A fourth goal added to their misery. |
| 9. Sat-05-Nov-1898 [a] W1-0 Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors (Friendly) |
| – SR 7/11/1898. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – A lucky goal scored in the early minutes was enough to win this friendly. It was well contested and both keepers has lots of work to do. |
| 10. Sat-19-Nov-1898 [a] W4-3 Neilston (Scottish Federation) |
| – Source not recorded. MOFFAT (2), BRYDON, BARKER. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 11. Sat-17-Dec-1898 [a] W5-4 Clyde (Scottish Federation) |
| – HH 23/12/1898. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 12. Sat-24-Dec-1898 [h] W4-0 Dykehead (Scottish Federation) |
| – SR 26/12/1898. Gourlay, Hill, Campbell, Cairney, Bryce, ALLAN, DRUMMOND (3), McNicol, Paul, McDermid, Lamb. |
| – Allan converted a penalty in the first few minutes then Drummond helped himself to a hat-trick before half-time. The second half was goalless. The referee called both teams together at half-time and warned them about rough play. |
| 13. Sat-11-Feb-1899 [a] W4-2 Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors (Friendly) |
| – GT 13/2/1899. McNICOL (3). Line-up and remaining scorer as yet unsourced. Thistle line-up also included Lamb, Cairney, Hill, Campbell, Drummond and Caldwell. |
| – Thistle led 2-0 at half-time but Port played creditably in the second half and the teams shared 4 goals. McNicol was in sparkling form and had the ball in the net 5 times but 2 were ruled offside. |
| 14. Sat-18-Feb-1899 [a] L2-3 Strathclyde Rovers (Friendly) |
| – SR 24/2/1899. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – Such was the display of the Rovers - and in particular their player Marshall - Thistle officials took a note of his address at the end of the match. |
| 15. Sat-11-Mar-1899 [a] W4-2 Queen's Park (Glasgow 2nd XI Cup Semi Final) |
| – SR 13/3/1899. Mackie, Hill, Campbell, McNicoll, Chirney, Allan, Drummond, Caldwell, Paul (J), Brydon, Lamb. Scorers as yet unsourced. Semi Final was the 1st Round as such. |
| – Thistle “a weightier and more resolute team” surprised Queens with an early goal. Despite poor finishing they equalised but two goals (a free-kick then a ball fisted in and missed by the ref) put Thistle 3-1 up. Both teams scored once after half-time. |
| 16. Sat-01-Apr-1899 [a] L1-3 St Mirren (Scottish Federation) |
| – GH 3/4/1899. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 17. Mon-08-May-1899 [a] L0-4 Rangers (Glasgow 2nd XI Cup Final) |
| – SR 12/5/1899. Mackie, Hill, Campbell, Cairney, Douglas, Allan, Drummond, Paul (J), Haldane, Lamb, Moffat. |
| – Thistle did well to match Rangers in a goalless first half but after half-time Rangers took control and ran out deserved winners. |
| 1898-99 Reserves summary notes | |
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P17 W12 D0 L5 (2.118 ppg)
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| see also: 1898-99 (first-team) → |
- The Thistle kit image for this season is © Historical Football Kits and is reproduced here by kind permission.
