Partick Thistle Season 1903-04

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Highest League Position Ever; the story of 1903-04 is published at PT Early Years

1903-04

The 29th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

Matches

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1. Sat-15-Aug-1903 [a] (1-1) L1-2 Celtic (SFL First Division - game 1)

2. Tue-18-Aug-1903 [h] (1-0) W1-0 Stenhousemuir (Friendly)

3. Sat-22-Aug-1903 [h] (0-0) W1-0 Port Glasgow Athletic (SFL First Division - game 2)

4. Wed-26-Aug-1903 [a] (0-1) D1-1 Port Glasgow Athletic (Friendly)

5. Sat-29-Aug-1903 [a] (2-0) W3-1 Kilmarnock (SFL First Division - game 3)

6. Tue-01-Sep-1903 [h] (0-0) W1-0 Rockbank (Friendly)

7. Sat-05-Sep-1903 [h] (1-1) D1-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL First Division - game 4)

8. Sat-12-Sep-1903 [a] (2-0) W3-1 Morton (SFL First Division - game 5)

9. Sat-19-Sep-1903 [a] (1-1) W2-1 Port Glasgow Athletic (SFL First Division - game 6)

10. Sat-26-Sep-1903 [a] (0-3) L0-5 Third Lanark (Glasgow Cup Semi Final)

11. Mon-28-Sep-1903 [h] (0-2) L1-4 Rangers (SFL First Division - game 7)

12. Sat-03-Oct-1903 [a] (0-2) L0-2 Motherwell (SFL First Division - game 8)

13. Sat-10-Oct-1903 [h] (1-1) W2-1 Morton (SFL First Division - game 9)

14. Sat-17-Oct-1903 [a] (1-0) D1-1 Queen's Park (SFL First Division - game 10)

15. Sat-24-Oct-1903 [h] (2-2) D2-2 Third Lanark (SFL First Division - game 11)

16. Sat-31-Oct-1903 [a] (0-3) L1-4 Heart of Midlothian (SFL First Division - game 12)

Sat-07-Nov-1903 [h] (2-1) A3-2 Motherwell (SFL First Division - abandoned game)

17. Sat-14-Nov-1903 [a] (0-1) L0-1 Third Lanark (SFL First Division - game 13)

18. Sat-21-Nov-1903 [h] (1-0) W4-0 Kilmarnock (SFL First Division - game 14)

19. Sat-28-Nov-1903 [a] (0-0) L0-1 St Mirren (SFL First Division - game 15)

20. Sat-05-Dec-1903 [h] (1-0) W2-0 Queen's Park (SFL First Division - game 16)

21. Sat-12-Dec-1903 [a] (0-0) W1-0 East Stirlingshire (Friendly)

22. Sat-19-Dec-1903 [h] (0-1) L0-4 Celtic (SFL First Division - game 17)

Sat-26-Dec-1903 [h] (1-1) A2-1 Dundee (SFL First Division - abandoned game)

23. Fri-01-Jan-1904 [h] (0-1) D1-1 St Mirren (SFL First Division - game 18)

24. Sat-02-Jan-1904 [a] (0-1) L0-2 Rangers (SFL First Division - game 19)

25. Sat-09-Jan-1904 [h] (0-1) W3-1 Hibernian (SFL First Division - game 20)

26. Sat-16-Jan-1904 [a] (0-1) L0-3 Dundee (SFL First Division - game 21)

27. Sat-23-Jan-1904 [a] (1-1) L1-2 Motherwell (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

28. Sat-30-Jan-1904 [h] (1-0) W2-1 Renton (Friendly)

29. Sat-06-Feb-1904 [h] (3-1) W6-1 Dundee (SFL First Division - game 22)

Sat-13-Feb-1904 [a] (1-1) A1-1 Airdrieonians (SFL First Division - abandoned game)

30. Sat-20-Feb-1904 [a] (1-1) D2-2 Airdrieonians (SFL First Division - game 23)

31. Sat-27-Feb-1904 [a] (1-1) D2-2 Hibernian (SFL First Division - game 24)

32. Sat-05-Mar-1904 [h] (2-0) D2-2 Motherwell (SFL First Division - game 25)

33. Sat-12-Mar-1904 [h] (1-0) W3-0 Airdrieonians (SFL First Division - game 26)

34. Sat-19-Mar-1904 [a] (0-3) L0-6 St Mirren (Inter City League - game 1)

35. Sat-26-Mar-1904 [a] (0-3) L0-4 Heart of Midlothian (Inter City League - game 2)

36. Sat-02-Apr-1904 [h] (0-0) D1-1 Hibernian (Inter City League - game 3)

37. Mon-04-Apr-1904 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Glentoran (Friendly)

38. Tue-05-Apr-1904 [a] (1-2) L1-2 Shelbourne (Friendly)

39. Sat-09-Apr-1904 [a] (0-3) L2-3 Dundee (Inter City League - game 4)

40. Sat-16-Apr-1904 [h] (1-0) W1-0 Leith Athletic (Friendly)

41. Sat-23-Apr-1904 [a] (0-1) D1-1 Rangers (Inter City League - game 5)

42. Tue-26-Apr-1904 [a] (?-?) L3-4 Renfrew Victoria (Friendly)

43. Thu-28-Apr-1904 [a] (0-1) L1-2 Third Lanark (Inter City League - game 6)

44. Sat-30-Apr-1904 [h] (0-2) D2-2 Queen's Park (Inter City League - game 7)

45. Sat-07-May-1904 [a] (0-0) L0-1 Albion Rovers (Friendly)

46. Sat-14-May-1904 [h] (0-1) L1-2 Queen's Park (Friendly)

note: abandoned (A) or voided (V) competition matches are listed on the Archive for posterity, but the stats are excluded from all streaks, tallies & milestones. The full list of 33 excluded matches can be seen here.

1903-04 summary

P46 W15 D12 L19 (1.239 ppg) Historical PT average: 1.409 ppg (@ 25-Aug-2024) The points-per-game measurements (ppg) above are calculated from our all games criteria, based on 1 point for a draw and 3 points for a win across all eras. How does this season compare? The answers are at your fingertips via our 21 (sortable) results summary tables → Thistle finish as Scotland's 6th= club out of 26 in the Leagues. At the end of 1903-04, the club's historical average finish improves to 11th. + League finish averages Table limited to the official 124 League seasons. The evolving strength of Aberdeen and Dundee United as well as the emergence of a plethora of strong new clubs vying for Top 12 places has gradually eroded Thistle's position in the Scottish game, pushing the club down around 2½ places in the pecking order since the mid 60s. sortable table headers

see also: 1903-04 (reserves) →

Squad Stats (basic)

SFL First Division Table

Promoted Airdrieonians (champions) and Motherwell (runners-up) were the new participants as this season's First Division was expanded from 12 to 14 teams. 2 points for a win. Those finishing level on points were deemed equal in their table placing. Hibernian played 1 designated home game on their opponents ground: 13.02.1904 Hibernian 1-3 Queen's Park (played @ Hampden Park). This table records this as a home fixture for Hibernian. Rangers played 1 designated home game on their opponents ground: 28.11.1903 Rangers 5-0 Morton (played @ Cappielow). This table records this as a home fixture for Rangers. Third Lanark played 1 designated home game on their opponents ground: 10.10.1903 Third Lanark 1-0 Rangers (played @ Ibrox). This table records this as a home fixture for Third Lanark. Table figures supplied by John Litster, with the data integrity verified by The Thistle Archive.

Inter City League Table

The fifth season of the Inter City League (Thistle's second). Participants unchanged from last season. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. Those finishing level on points were deemed equal in their table placing. It was intended that clubs would play each other only once home OR away, seemingly with no due care to balance, but the competition was not completed. A most unsatisfactory business. Table compiled by The Thistle Archive; all 26 games have been press-verified for accuracy.

• The Thistle kit image for this season is © Historical Football Kits and is reproduced here by kind permission.