Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1971-72
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| 1971-72 (Reserves) |
| The 97th season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| scorers in CAPS • used subs in brackets | |
| 1. Sat-31-Jul-1971 [n] W2-1 Heart of Midlothian (Friendly) |
| – HMFC. Shennan, Reid, Gray, Ralston, Clark, Campbell, Gibson, Logan. Johnston (R), Johnston (W), Rae. (DOCHERTY, McDOWALL.) Played at Dalbeattie during Civic Week. |
| – Thistle trailed at half time to a goal from the penalty spot but after the break they equalised "unexpectedly" and scored the winner just on the final whistle. |
| 2. Wed-11-Aug-1971 [a] W7-0 Sauchie Juniors (Friendly) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| Sat-14-Aug-1971 [a] U?-? Brechin City (Friendly) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 3. Wed-18-Aug-1971 [h] W2-1 St Mirren (Friendly) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| Sat-21-Aug-1971 [h] U?-? East Stirlingshire (Friendly) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| Wed-25-Aug-1971 [a] U?-? Hamilton Academical (Friendly) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| Sat-28-Aug-1971 [h] U?-? Alloa Athletic (Friendly) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 4. Sat-04-Sep-1971 [a] W2-1 Rangers (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 4/9/1971. Dick, Gray (R), Gray, HANSEN, McKinnon, Johnston, Rae, Logan, Mullin, GLAVIN, Lochrie. |
| – A poor clearance provided Hansen with the opener from close in (4). Rangers hit back with a couple of near misses. Dick had some saves to make then Rangers hit the bar. A first time shot by Glavin made it 2-0 (45). Report only to half-time. |
| 5. Sat-11-Sep-1971 [h] W2-0 Airdrieonians (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 11/9/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 6. Sat-18-Sep-1971 [a] W1-0 Clyde (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 18/9/1971. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| Mon-27-Sep-1971 [a] U?-? Glasgow Perthshire (Friendly) |
| – ET 28/9/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. Trialist Bobby Houston was signed after the game. |
| 7. Sat-02-Oct-1971 [a] W3-0 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 2/10/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 8. Sat-09-Oct-1971 [h] W3-0 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 9/10/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 9. Sat-16-Oct-1971 [a] W2-0 St Johnstone (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 16/10/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 10. Thu-21-Oct-1971 [h] D0-0 Dundee (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 22/10/1971.Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 11. Sat-30-Oct-1971 [h] W3-1 Aberdeen (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 30/10/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 12. Sat-06-Nov-1971 [a] W3-1 Dundee United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 6/11/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 13. Mon-08-Nov-1971 [h] W3-1 Clyde (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 2nd Round) |
| – GH 9/11/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. First round bye. |
| 14. Sat-13-Nov-1971 [h] W2-0 Falkirk (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 13/11/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 15. Sat-20-Nov-1971 [a] L1-3 Hibernian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 20/11/1971. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 16. Thu-25-Nov-1971 [a] L1-4 Celtic (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. SMITH. |
| 17. Sat-04-Dec-1971 [h] L0-2 East Fife (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 4/12/1971. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 18. Sat-11-Dec-1971 [a] L2-6 Motherwell (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 11/12/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 19. Sat-18-Dec-1971 [h] L1-3 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 18/12/1971. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 20. Wed-22-Dec-1971 [a] L1-2 Ayr United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 23/12/1971. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 21. Mon-27-Dec-1971 [h] D2-2 Rangers (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 28/12/1971. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 22. Sat-08-Jan-1972 [h] W1-0 Clyde (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 2/1/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 23. Sat-22-Jan-1972 [h] D1-1 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 22/1/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 24. Tue-25-Jan-1972 [a] L1-2 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 26/1/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 25. ?Sat-29-Jan-1972 [a] W?-? Airdrieonians (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 3rd Round) |
| – SFHA. Score unknown. Won. |
| 26. Sat-12-Feb-1972 [h] W3-0 St Johnstone (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 14/2/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 27. Sat-19-Feb-1972 [a] L1-6 Dundee (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 19/2/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 28. Sat-26-Feb-1972 [h] W1-0 Albion Rovers (Friendly) |
| – HA. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 29. Sat-04-Mar-1972 [a] D0-0 Aberdeen (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – AEE 4/3/1972. Dick. Reid. Ralston, Doherty, Anderson, Gray, Rae, Mullin, McDowell, Johnstone, Houston. |
| – Fine saves by Dick then when a 25-yarder hit the post kept Thistle from going behind. Poor defending let Mullin in but he missed an open goal. Thistle survived 2 pen claims, the ref overruling the linesman for the second. It was all Aberdeen but they held on for a point. |
| 30. Sat-11-Mar-1972 [h] D1-1 Dundee United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 11/3/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 31. Sat-18-Mar-1972 [a] D1-1 Falkirk (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 18/3/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 32. Sat-25-Mar-1972 [h] W6-1 Hibernian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 25/3/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 33. Thu-30-Mar-1972 [h] L1-2 Celtic (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SFHA. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 34. Sat-08-Apr-1972 [a] D2-2 East Fife (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 8/4/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 35. Tue-11-Apr-1972 [h] D2-2 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish 2nd XI Cup Semi Final) |
| – GH 12/4/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 36. Sat-15-Apr-1972 [h] W4-3 Motherwell (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 15/4/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 37. Sat-22-Apr-1972 [a] L1-4 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 22/4/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 38. Mon-24-Apr-1972 [a] W1-0 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish 2nd XI Cup Semi Final replay) |
| – GH 25/4/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 39. Thu-27-Apr-1972 [a] D2-2 Airdrieonians (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 28/4/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 40. Fri-28-Apr-1972 [h] L0-1 Ayr United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 29/4/1974. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 41. Wed-03-May-1972 [a] W2-0 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish 2nd XI Cup Final, 1st leg) |
| – GH 4/5/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 42. Fri-05-May-1972 [h] W1-0 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish 2nd XI Cup Final, 2nd leg) |
| – GH 6/5/1972. Agg 3-0. Dick, Campbell, Ralston, Johnston (B), McKinnon, SMITH (pen), Gibson, Mullin, McDowell, Doherty, Lochrie. Teamline per post-match celebration photo! One player in regular clothes may have came off or was an usused sub. These were: Tommy Rae, Bobby Gray [i], Ronnie Johnston, Bobby Houston & Bobby Gray [ii]. Captain Donnie McKinnon lifted the trophy. |
| 1971-72 Reserves summary notes | |
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P42 W22 D9 L11 (1.786 ppg)
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| 1971-72 (first-team) → |
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