Partick Thistle Season 1947-48

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1947-48

The 73rd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

Matches

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1. Sat-09-Aug-1947 [a] (3-1) W6-5 Falkirk (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 1)

2. Wed-13-Aug-1947 [a] (1-0) W1-0 Queen of the South (SFL Division A - game 1)

3. Sat-16-Aug-1947 [h] (2-0) W3-1 Queen's Park (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 2)

4. Wed-20-Aug-1947 [a] (0-0) L0-1 Rangers (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final)

5. Sat-23-Aug-1947 [a] (1-0) L1-2 Morton (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 3)

6. Wed-27-Aug-1947 [h] (0-1) L0-1 Rangers (SFL Division A - game 2)

7. Sat-30-Aug-1947 [h] (3-1) D3-3 Falkirk (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 4)

8. Sat-06-Sep-1947 [a] (1-1) L3-4 Queen's Park (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 5)

9. Sat-13-Sep-1947 [h] (2-0) W4-1 Morton (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 6)

10. Sat-20-Sep-1947 [a] (2-0) W4-2 Clyde (SFL Division A - game 3)

11. Sat-27-Sep-1947 [h] (1-1) W5-1 Queen's Park (SFL Division A - game 4)

12. Sat-04-Oct-1947 [a] (1-0) W2-0 Morton (SFL Division A - game 5)

13. Sat-11-Oct-1947 [h] (3-2) W8-2 Airdrieonians (SFL Division A - game 6)

14. Sat-18-Oct-1947 [a] (2-0) W2-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Division A - game 7)

15. Sat-25-Oct-1947 [h] (2-0) W2-1 Aberdeen (SFL Division A - game 8)

16. Sat-01-Nov-1947 [a] (0-0) L1-3 St Mirren (SFL Division A - game 9)

17. Sat-08-Nov-1947 [h] (1-1) W2-1 Motherwell (SFL Division A - game 10)

18. Sat-15-Nov-1947 [h] (2-1) L3-5 Celtic (SFL Division A - game 11)

19. Sat-22-Nov-1947 [a] (1-0) W2-1 Third Lanark (SFL Division A - game 12)

20. Sat-29-Nov-1947 [h] (0-1) L0-2 Falkirk (SFL Division A - game 13)

21. Sat-06-Dec-1947 [h] (0-1) D1-1 Hibernian (SFL Division A - game 14)

22. Sat-13-Dec-1947 [a] (1-1) D2-2 Dundee (SFL Division A - game 15)

23. Sat-20-Dec-1947 [h] (3-0) W4-0 Queen of the South (SFL Division A - game 16)

24. Sat-27-Dec-1947 [a] (1-2) L1-2 Rangers (SFL Division A - game 17)

25. Thu-01-Jan-1948 [h] (0-2) L1-2 Clyde (SFL Division A - game 18)

26. Sat-03-Jan-1948 [a] (1-1) W2-1 Queen's Park (SFL Division A - game 19)

27. Sat-10-Jan-1948 [h] (1-1) L1-2 Morton (SFL Division A - game 20)

28. Sat-17-Jan-1948 [a] (0-1) L0-1 Airdrieonians (SFL Division A - game 21)

29. Sat-24-Jan-1948 [a] (2-1) W2-1 Celtic (SFL Division A - game 22)

30. Sat-31-Jan-1948 [h] (0-1) D1-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Division A - game 23)

31. Sat-07-Feb-1948 [h] (2-1) W4-3 Dundee United (Scottish Cup 2nd Round) aet

32. Sat-14-Feb-1948 [a] (0-0) W1-0 Aberdeen (SFL Division A - game 24)

33. Sat-21-Feb-1948 [a] (0-2) L0-3 Rangers (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

34. Sat-28-Feb-1948 [a] (0-0) L0-2 Motherwell (SFL Division A - game 25)

35. Sat-06-Mar-1948 [a] (1-0) L1-2 Cowdenbeath (Friendly)

36. Sat-13-Mar-1948 [h] (0-0) D2-2 Third Lanark (SFL Division A - game 26)

37. Sat-20-Mar-1948 [a] (1-0) W2-1 Falkirk (SFL Division A - game 27)

38. Thu-25-Mar-1948 [a] (3-1) W3-1 Ross County (Friendly)

39. Sat-27-Mar-1948 [a] (?-?) W3-0 Buckie Thistle (Friendly)

40. Mon-29-Mar-1948 [a] (?-?) W6-2 Caledonian (Friendly)

41. Sat-03-Apr-1948 [h] (3-1) W6-2 Dundee (SFL Division A - game 28)

42. Mon-05-Apr-1948 [a] (3-0) W4-1 Dunfermline Athletic (Friendly)

43. Fri-09-Apr-1948 [h] (2-0) W3-1 St Mirren (SFL Division A - game 29)

44. Sat-17-Apr-1948 [a] (0-0) L0-1 Hibernian (SFL Division A - game 30)

45. Mon-19-Apr-1948 [n] (?-?) L0-3 Third Lanark (Springburn Lodge Fundraiser)

46. Mon-26-Apr-1948 [n] (1-1) D2-2 Celtic (Benefit Match)

47. Sat-01-May-1948 [h] (3-1) W4-1 Clyde (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final)

48. Wed-05-May-1948 [a] (0-1) L0-3 Rangers (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final)

1947-48 summary

P48 W25 D6 L17 (1.688 ppg) Historical PT average: 1.409 ppg (@ 04-Dec-2023) 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 3rd club out of 44 in the Leagues. At the end of 1947-48, the club's historical average finish improves to 9th. + 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: 1947-48 (reserves) →

Squad Stats (basic scorers)

full squad stats tables will be uploaded at a later date

SFL Division A Table

Promoted Dundee (champions) and Airdrieonians (runners-up) were the new participants. 2 points for a win. Those finishing level on points were placed in order of superior goal average. Table figures supplied by John Litster, with the data integrity verified by the Thistle Archive.

League Cup Table

2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. Teams finishing level on points were placed in order of superior goal average. Thistle were seeded in the top half of the group stage draw which pitted all 16 top-flight sides against each other, thus ensuring that 4 'lesser' teams from the bottom half of the draw would qualify for the single-legged Quarter Finals. Tabulated by The Thistle Archive by triple corroboration, using the match results published at Wikipedia and London Hearts before verifying them against our own database.

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