Partick Thistle Season 1904-05

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No Longer A ‘Nearly’ Club?; the story of 1904-05 is published at PT Early Years

1904-05

The 30th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

Matches

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1. Mon-15-Aug-1904 [h] (1-2) L1-2 Port Glasgow Athletic (Friendly)

2. Wed-17-Aug-1904 [h] (2-0) W2-0 Motherwell (Friendly)

3. Sat-20-Aug-1904 [h] (0-3) L0-5 Celtic (SFL First Division - game 1)

4. Mon-22-Aug-1904 [a] (0-1) L0-2 Maryhill (Friendly)

5. Sat-27-Aug-1904 [a] (1-1) D2-2 St Mirren (SFL First Division - game 2)

6. Sat-03-Sep-1904 [a] (1-5) L1-8 Rangers (SFL First Division - game 3)

7. Sat-10-Sep-1904 [h] (2-0) W2-0 Clyde (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final)

8. Sat-17-Sep-1904 [h] (2-0) W3-1 Morton (SFL First Division - game 4)

9. Sat-24-Sep-1904 [a] (0-2) L0-2 Celtic (Glasgow Cup Semi Final)

10. Mon-26-Sep-1904 [h] (0-1) L0-1 Hibernian (SFL First Division - game 5)

11. Sat-01-Oct-1904 [a] (1-0) W1-0 Heart of Midlothian (SFL First Division - game 6)

12. Sat-08-Oct-1904 [h] (0-2) L0-3 Airdrieonians (SFL First Division - game 7)

13. Sat-15-Oct-1904 [h] (1-1) W2-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL First Division - game 8)

14. Sat-22-Oct-1904 [a] (1-0) W1-0 Dundee (SFL First Division - game 9)

15. Sat-29-Oct-1904 [a] (0-0) W1-0 Morton (SFL First Division - game 10)

16. Sat-05-Nov-1904 [h] (0-0) W1-0 Motherwell (SFL First Division - game 11)

17. Sat-12-Nov-1904 [h] (2-0) W3-0 Port Glasgow Athletic (SFL First Division - game 12)

18. Sat-19-Nov-1904 [a] (1-1) W4-1 Queen's Park (SFL First Division - game 13)

Sat-26-Nov-1904 [a] (1-0) A1-1 Motherwell (SFL First Division - abandoned game)

19. Sat-03-Dec-1904 [h] (1-2) W3-2 Third Lanark (SFL First Division - game 14)

20. Sat-10-Dec-1904 [h] (2-0) W2-0 Kilmarnock (SFL First Division - game 15)

21. Sat-17-Dec-1904 [a] (1-1) D2-2 Celtic (SFL First Division - game 16)

22. Sat-24-Dec-1904 [a] (0-1) L0-3 Airdrieonians (SFL First Division - game 17)

23. Sat-31-Dec-1904 [h] (0-0) L0-1 St Mirren (SFL First Division - game 18)

24. Mon-02-Jan-1905 [a] (2-0) L2-3 Kilmarnock (SFL First Division - game 19)

25. Tue-03-Jan-1905 [h] (0-3) L1-4 Rangers (SFL First Division - game 20)

26. Sat-07-Jan-1905 [h] (2-0) W3-1 Queen's Park (SFL First Division - game 21)

27. Sat-14-Jan-1905 [a] (0-4) L1-6 Port Glasgow Athletic (SFL First Division - game 22)

28. Sat-21-Jan-1905 [h] (2-0) W2-1 Dundee (SFL First Division - game 23)

29. Sat-28-Jan-1905 [a] (0-0) D1-1 Hibernian (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

30. Sat-04-Feb-1905 [h] (2-0) W4-2 Hibernian (Scottish Cup 1st Round replay)

31. Sat-11-Feb-1905 [a] (0-0) W1-0 Kirkcaldy United (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)

32. Sat-18-Feb-1905 [a] (0-3) L1-6 Third Lanark (SFL First Division - game 24)

33. Sat-25-Feb-1905 [a] (0-2) L0-3 Celtic (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)

34. Sat-04-Mar-1905 [h] (1-0) W1-0 Rangers (Glasgow League - game 1)

Sat-11-Mar-1905 [a] (1-2) A2-2 Motherwell (SFL First Division - abandoned game)

35. Sat-18-Mar-1905 [a] (0-2) L0-4 Hibernian (SFL First Division - game 25)

36. Sat-25-Mar-1905 [h] (0-1) L0-1 Queen's Park (Glasgow League - game 2)

37. Sat-01-Apr-1905 [h] (2-1) W2-1 Celtic (Glasgow League - game 3)

38. Sat-08-Apr-1905 [a] (0-0) L0-1 Motherwell (SFL First Division - game 26)

39. Sat-15-Apr-1905 [a] (1-3) D3-3 Celtic (Glasgow League - game 4)

40. Sat-22-Apr-1905 [a] (3-2) W4-3 Rangers (Glasgow League - game 5)

41. Mon-24-Apr-1905 [h] (1-2) L1-2 Third Lanark (Glasgow League - game 6)

42. Sat-29-Apr-1905 [a] (0-0) L0-2 Queen's Park (Glasgow League - game 7)

43. Sat-06-May-1905 [a] (?-?) D2-2 Royal Albert (Friendly)

44. Mon-08-May-1905 [h] (0-0) W3-0 Celtic (Andrew Wilson Benefit)

45. Thu-11-May-1905 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Clyde (Andrew Johnstone Benefit)

46. Sat-13-May-1905 [a] (0-2) L0-3 Third Lanark (Glasgow League - game 8)

47. Mon-15-May-1905 [h] (2-0) W5-0 Rangers (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final)

48. Sat-20-May-1905 [n] (1-0) D1-1 Third Lanark (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final)

49. Wed-24-May-1905 [n] (1-1) W*1-1 Third Lanark (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final replay) * W7-0 corners

50. Sat-27-May-1905 [n] (0-2) L0-2 Celtic (Glasgow Charity Cup Final)

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.

1904-05 summary

P50 W22 D7 L21 (1.46 ppg) Historical PT average: 1.41 ppg (@ 30-Mar-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 5th= club out of 26 in the Leagues. At the end of 1904-05, the club's historical average finish remains 11th. + League finish averages Table limited to the official 123 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: 1904-05 (reserves) →

Squad Stats (basic)

SFL First Division Table

	Participants unchanged from last season. 2 points for a win. Those finishing level on points were deemed equal in their table placing. 1st and 2nd place were especially determined by a play-off match at Hampden Park on 6th May 1905 - Celtic 2 Rangers 1. Table figures supplied by John Litster, with the data integrity verified by The Thistle Archive.
	Worst defence.

Glasgow League Table

The fifth season of the Glasgow League (Thistle's second), now reformed after five seasons of the Inter City League alternative. Clyde were the only one of the six previous participants from 1898-99 to decline. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. Those finishing level on points were deemed equal in their table placing. Table compiled by The Thistle Archive; all 20 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.