Partick Thistle Season 1948-49

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1948-49

The 74th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

Matches

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1. Sat-14-Aug-1948 [h] (1-0) W3-0 Albion Rovers (SFL Division A - game 1)

2. Wed-18-Aug-1948 [a] (1-1) L1-2 Morton (SFL Division A - game 2)

3. Sat-21-Aug-1948 [h] (1-2) W3-2 Clyde (SFL Division A - game 3)

Mon-23-Aug-1948 [a] (1-1) A1-1 Celtic (Glasgow Cup Semi Final - abandoned game)

4. Sat-28-Aug-1948 [a] (1-3) L2-8 Queen of the South (SFL Division A - game 4)

5. Wed-01-Sep-1948 [h] (0-0) D1-1 Rangers (SFL Division A - game 5)

6. Sat-04-Sep-1948 [a] (0-2) L0-2 East Fife (SFL Division A - game 6)

7. Wed-08-Sep-1948 [a] (1-1) L1-2 Celtic (Glasgow Cup Semi Final)

8. Sat-11-Sep-1948 [a] (0-1) D2-2 Heart of Midlothian (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 1)

9. Sat-18-Sep-1948 [h] (6-0) W9-0 Queen of the South (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 2)

10. Sat-25-Sep-1948 [h] (2-1) L2-5 East Fife (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 3)

11. Sat-02-Oct-1948 [h] (0-0) W3-1 Heart of Midlothian (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 4)

12. Sat-09-Oct-1948 [a] (2-1) L2-3 Queen of the South (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 5)

13. Sat-16-Oct-1948 [a] (0-1) L0-3 East Fife (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 6)

14. Sat-23-Oct-1948 [h] (0-3) L2-6 Hibernian (SFL Division A - game 7)

15. Sat-30-Oct-1948 [h] (1-2) L1-3 Third Lanark (SFL Division A - game 8)

16. Sat-06-Nov-1948 [a] (2-1) W3-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Division A - game 9)

17. Sat-13-Nov-1948 [h] (0-0) D0-0 Aberdeen (SFL Division A - game 10)

18. Sat-20-Nov-1948 [a] (1-3) L2-4 St Mirren (SFL Division A - game 11)

19. Sat-27-Nov-1948 [h] (1-0) D1-1 Motherwell (SFL Division A - game 12)

20. Sat-04-Dec-1948 [h] (1-0) L1-2 Celtic (SFL Division A - game 13)

21. Sat-11-Dec-1948 [a] (1-0) W2-1 Third Lanark (SFL Division A - game 14)

22. Sat-18-Dec-1948 [h] (2-2) D3-3 Falkirk (SFL Division A - game 15)

23. Sat-25-Dec-1948 [h] (1-0) W1-0 Morton (SFL Division A - game 16)

24. Sat-01-Jan-1949 [a] (0-0) W1-0 Clyde (SFL Division A - game 17)

25. Mon-03-Jan-1949 [h] (1-0) D1-1 Queen of the South (SFL Division A - game 18)

26. Sat-08-Jan-1949 [a] (0-0) W3-2 Albion Rovers (SFL Division A - game 19)

27. Sat-15-Jan-1949 [h] (0-0) D0-0 East Fife (SFL Division A - game 20)

28. Sat-22-Jan-1949 [a] (2-1) W4-3 Arbroath (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

29. Sat-29-Jan-1949 [a] (0-1) D2-2 Rangers (SFL Division A - game 21)

30. Sat-05-Feb-1949 [h] (2-0) W3-0 Queen of the South (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)

31. Sat-12-Feb-1949 [h] (3-1) D4-4 Dundee (SFL Division A - game 22)

32. Sat-26-Feb-1949 [a] (1-3) L2-4 Aberdeen (SFL Division A - game 23)

33. Sat-05-Mar-1949 [a] (0-3) L0-4 Rangers (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)

34. Sat-12-Mar-1949 [a] (0-1) L1-3 Motherwell (SFL Division A - game 24)

35. Sat-19-Mar-1949 [a] (0-0) L0-3 Celtic (SFL Division A - game 25)

36. Sat-02-Apr-1949 [a] (3-0) W3-1 Falkirk (SFL Division A - game 26)

37. Sat-09-Apr-1949 [a] (0-1) L1-2 Hibernian (SFL Division A - game 27)

38. Wed-13-Apr-1949 [h] (1-0) W3-0 St Mirren (SFL Division A - game 28)

39. Wed-20-Apr-1949 [h] (0-0) D1-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Division A - game 29)

40. Sat-23-Apr-1949 [a] (1-2) L2-4 Dundee (SFL Division A - game 30)

41. Sat-30-Apr-1949 [h] (2-1) W3-1 Clyde (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final)

42. Wed-04-May-1949 [a] (1-0) W1-0 Rangers (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final)

43. Sat-07-May-1949 [n] (1-1) W2-1 Celtic (Glasgow Charity Cup Final) aet

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.

1948-49 summary

P43 W16 D10 L17 (1.349 ppg) Historical PT average: 1.409 ppg (@ 22-Sep-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 11th club out of 44 in the Leagues. At the end of 1948-49, the club's historical average finish remains 9th. + 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: 1948-49 (reserves) →

Squad Stats (basic scorers)

full squad stats tables will be uploaded at a later date

SFL Division A Table

Promoted East Fife (champions) and Albion Rovers (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.

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