Partick Thistle Season 1964-65

matches:first team: ← 63-641964-6565-66 →

1964-65

The 90th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

Matches

	access match hub

1. Sat-08-Aug-1964 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Celtic (League Cup Section 3 - game 1)

2. Wed-12-Aug-1964 [h] (0-0) D0-0 Kilmarnock (League Cup Section 3 - game 2)

3. Sat-15-Aug-1964 [h] (2-1) W2-1 Heart of Midlothian (League Cup Section 3 - game 3)

4. Wed-19-Aug-1964 [a] (1-0) W2-1 Dundee United (SFL First Division - game 1)

5. Sat-22-Aug-1964 [h] (1-1) L1-5 Celtic (League Cup Section 3 - game 4)

6. Wed-26-Aug-1964 [a] (0-2) L0-4 Kilmarnock (League Cup Section 3 - game 5)

7. Sat-29-Aug-1964 [a] (2-2) L3-4 Heart of Midlothian (League Cup Section 3 - game 6)

8. Sat-05-Sep-1964 [h] (2-0) L0-3 Clyde (SFL First Division - game 2)

9. Sat-12-Sep-1964 [a] (0-0) D1-1 Rangers (SFL First Division - game 3)

10. Sat-19-Sep-1964 [h] (1-0) W4-1 Falkirk (SFL First Division - game 4)

11. Sat-26-Sep-1964 [a] (0-3) L1-5 Aberdeen (SFL First Division - game 5)

12. Sat-03-Oct-1964 [h] (1-1) L1-3 Heart of Midlothian (SFL First Division - game 6)

13. Sat-10-Oct-1964 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Kilmarnock (SFL First Division - game 7)

14. Sat-17-Oct-1964 [h] (0-0) L0-1 Third Lanark (SFL First Division - game 8)

15. Sat-24-Oct-1964 [h] (1-0) L1-2 Motherwell (SFL First Division - game 9)

16. Sat-31-Oct-1964 [a] (1-0) L0-2 Dunfermline Athletic (SFL First Division - game 10)

17. Sat-07-Nov-1964 [a] (1-0) W3-0 Morton (SFL First Division - game 11)

18. Sat-14-Nov-1964 [h] (0-0) D2-2 St Johnstone (SFL First Division - game 12)

19. Sat-21-Nov-1964 [a] (1-2) D3-3 Dundee (SFL First Division - game 13)

20. Sat-28-Nov-1964 [h] (0-1) W3-1 Airdrieonians (SFL First Division - game 14)

21. Sat-05-Dec-1964 [a] (1-3) L1-4 St Mirren (SFL First Division - game 15)

22. Sat-12-Dec-1964 [h] (1-2) L2-4 Celtic (SFL First Division - game 16)

23. Sat-19-Dec-1964 [a] (0-2) L1-2 Hibernian (SFL First Division - game 17)

24. Fri-01-Jan-1965 [a] (1-1) L1-4 Clyde (SFL First Division - game 18)

25. Sat-02-Jan-1965 [h] (1-0) D1-1 Rangers (SFL First Division - game 19)

26. Sat-09-Jan-1965 [a] (0-1) D2-2 Falkirk (SFL First Division - game 20)

27. Sat-16-Jan-1965 [h] (1-1) W2-1 Aberdeen (SFL First Division - game 21)

28. Sat-23-Jan-1965 [a] (0-1) L0-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL First Division - game 22)

29. Sat-30-Jan-1965 [h] (1-0) W1-0 Kilmarnock (SFL First Division - game 23)

30. Sat-06-Feb-1965 [a] (1-1) D1-1 Ayr United (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

31. Wed-10-Feb-1965 [h] (3-1) W7-1 Ayr United (Scottish Cup 1st Round replay)

32. Sat-13-Feb-1965 [a] (2-0) W3-0 Third Lanark (SFL First Division - game 24)

33. Sat-20-Feb-1965 [a] (1-3) L1-5 Hibernian (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)

34. Tue-23-Feb-1965 [a] (1-0) D2-2 Clyde (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final)

35. Sat-27-Feb-1965 [a] (2-0) W2-0 Motherwell (SFL First Division - game 25)

36. Mon-08-Mar-1965 [h] (0-0) L1-2 Dunfermline Athletic (SFL First Division - game 26)

37. Sat-13-Mar-1965 [h] (1-1) D1-1 Morton (SFL First Division - game 27)

38. Mon-15-Mar-1965 [h] (1-0) L1-3 Clyde (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final replay)

39. Sat-20-Mar-1965 [a] (0-1) D2-2 St Johnstone (SFL First Division - game 28)

40. Sat-27-Mar-1965 [h] (2-4) D4-4 Dundee (SFL First Division - game 29)

41. Sat-03-Apr-1965 [a] (2-0) W5-0 Airdrieonians (SFL First Division - game 30)

42. Wed-07-Apr-1965 [h] (0-1) L1-2 St Mirren (SFL First Division - game 31)

43. Sat-17-Apr-1965 [a] (0-0) W2-1 Celtic (SFL First Division - game 32)

44. Mon-19-Apr-1965 [h] (0-0) D0-0 Dundee United (SFL First Division - game 33)

45. Fri-23-Apr-1965 [h] (3-1) W4-2 Hibernian (SFL First Division - game 34)

46. Sat-01-May-1965 [h] (1-0) W2-1 Morton (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 1)

47. Wed-05-May-1965 [a] (0-0) W2-0 Clyde (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 2)

48. Sat-08-May-1965 [h] (0-0) W1-0 St Mirren (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 3)

49. Wed-12-May-1965 [a] (1-1) L2-3 Morton (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 4)

50. Fri-14-May-1965 [h] (1-0) W2-0 Clyde (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 5)

51. Wed-19-May-1965 [a] (0-0) D1-1 St Mirren (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 6)

52. Sat-22-May-1965 [h] (0-0) D0-0 Dundee United (Summer Cup Semi Final, 1st leg)

53. Wed-26-May-1965 [a] (0-1) L0-3 Dundee United (Summer Cup Semi Final, 2nd leg) agg: L0-3

1964-65 summary

P53 W17 D16 L20 (1.264 ppg) Historical PT average: 1.408 ppg (@ 05-Jul-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 11th club out of 37 in the Leagues. At the end of 1964-65, the club's historical average finish remains 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: 1964-65 (reserves) →

Squad Stats (basic scorers)

full squad stats tables will be uploaded at a later date

SFL First Division Table

Promoted Morton (champions) and Clyde (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 the top 16 from last season's top-flight against each other, thus ensuring that 4 'lesser' teams from the bottom half of the draw would qualify for the two-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.

Summer 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. The 4 group winners in this 16 team tournament qualified for the two-legged Semi Finals. Tabulated by The Thistle Archive using contemporary newspaper reports for all 12 match results, and then verifying them against our own database.

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