Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1972-73
| 1972-73 (Reserves) |
| The 98th season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| scorers in CAPS | |
| 1. Sat-12-Aug-1972 [h] W5-1 Morton (Scottish Reserve League Cup section game) |
| – ET 12/8/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 2. Tue-15-Aug-1972 [a] L0-1 Rangers (Scottish Reserve League Cup section game) |
| – ET 15/8/1972 (from) Wright, Gray, McKinnon, Kellachan, Ralston, Docherty, Houston, Stamp, McDowell, Craig, Lochrie, Mullin. |
| 3. Sat-19-Aug-1972 [h] D1-1 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League Cup section game) |
| – SFHA. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 4. Tue-22-Aug-1972 [h] D3-3 Rangers (Scottish Reserve League Cup section game) |
| – SFHA. Line-up as yet unsourced. MULLIN (2). |
| 5. Sat-26-Aug-1972 [a] L0-3 Morton (Scottish Reserve League Cup section game) |
| – ET 26/8/1972. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 6. Mon-28-Aug-1972 [a] L1-3 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League Cup section game) |
| – ET 29/8/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. Final Position: 3rd of 4, 4/12 pts. Thistle were the only team to take a point off section winners Rangers. |
| 7. Fri-01-Sep-1972 [a] D2-2 Dumbarton (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. SFHA says played 1/9 and 1-2, although our original notes say it was 2-2. ET and AEE don’t list the score amongst the Saturday matches. We've gone with Friday night 1/9 and 2-2 agrees with ET published table 30/9 after 4 matches. |
| 8. Fri-08-Sep-1972 [h] W2-1 Rangers (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. We've no contemporary evidence to clarify whether this was a Friday night or Saturday afternoon match, but there's no record of the score in regular Saturday results places, not even a Rangers “A” report in ET which would usually be a given. SFHA suggests Thistle won (“WL”) and we've gone with 2-1 which agrees with the ET published table (30/9) after 4 matches. |
| 9. Sat-16-Sep-1972 [a] W2-1 Arbroath (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 16/9/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 10. Sat-23-Sep-1972 [h] W6-1 Airdrieonians (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 23/9/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 11. Sat-30-Sep-1972 [a] W5-0 Falkirk (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 30/9/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 12. Sat-07-Oct-1972 [h] W3-0 Ayr United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SFHA. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 13. Wed-11-Oct-1972 [a] W6-5 Celtic (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 12/10/1972. STAMP, ADAMS, CRAIG (3), GIBSON. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| Tue-17-Oct-1972 [a] U?-? Queen's Park (Friendly) |
| – ET 17/10/1972. Line-up and scorer(s) as yet unsourced. |
| 14. Sat-21-Oct-1972 [a] W2-0 Hibernian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 21/10/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 15. Sat-28-Oct-1972 [h] W2-0 East Fife (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 28/10/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 16. Sat-04-Nov-1972 [a] L1-3 Aberdeen (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – AEE 4/11/1972. Gourlay, Reid, Gray, Docherty, McKinnon, Anderson, Lawrie, Smith, ADAMS, Houston, Munro. |
| – A diving save denied Gray (4). A cross from the right was finished off by the Dons (6) then a header was cleared off the line. It was all Aberdeen pressure but Thistle hit back and Adams finished off a Lawrie cross for 1-1 (44). Smith missed a sitter and 2 quick goals late on meant a first defeat. |
| 17. Sat-11-Nov-1972 [h] D2-2 Dundee United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 11/11/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 18. Sat-18-Nov-1972 [a] D2-2 Motherwell (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 18/11/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 19. Sat-25-Nov-1972 [h] W4-2 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 25/11/1972 and HMFC. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – Thistle led 1-0 at half-time and although Hearts went ahead with goals in 67 and 69, three goals in the last 20 minutes saw the points in the bag. Still top of the league after 13 matches. |
| 20. Mon-27-Nov-1972 [h] D1-1 Rangers (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 2nd Round) |
| – SFHA. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. First round bye. |
| 21. Thu-30-Nov-1972 [a] L0-2 Rangers (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 2nd Round replay) |
| – SFHA. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 22. Sat-02-Dec-1972 [h] W5-1 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 2/12/1972. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 23. Mon-11-Dec-1972 [h] L1-2 Dumbarton (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 12/12/1972. STAMP. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 24. Sat-16-Dec-1972 [h] W3-0 Dundee (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – MP 23/12/1972. HANSEN (2), HOUSTON. Line-up as yet unsourced, but included, McKinnon, Kellachan, Rae (T), Stamp. |
| 25. Sat-23-Dec-1972 [a] W1-0 St Johnstone (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 23/12/1972. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. Thistle entered 1973 in first place 1 point ahead of Aberdeen. |
| 26. Sat-06-Jan-1973 [h] L1-3 Arbroath (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 6/1/1973. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 27. Sat-13-Jan-1973 [a] W3-1 Airdrieonians (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 13/1/1973. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 28. Sat-27-Jan-1973 [a] W4-2 Ayr United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 27/1/1973. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 29. Wed-31-Jan-1973 [h] W5-2 Celtic (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 1/2/1973. MUNRO, HANSEN, LAWRIE, RAE (T), McQUADE. Line-up also included Campbell, Rae (A). |
| 30. Sat-03-Mar-1973 [a] W2-1 East Fife (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 5/3/1973. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 31. Sat-10-Mar-1973 [h] W2-1 Aberdeen (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – AEE 10/3/1973 & MP 17/3/1973. Gourlay, Donald, Ralston, Houston, Clark, Adams, Rae (T), MULLEN, McQuade, Kellachan, LOCHRIE. |
| – 2nd v 1st lived up to expectation. The defence stood up well to early pressure then Mullin scored from close in. His cross set up Lochrie to head home for 2-0. Aberdeen scored mid-way through the 2nd half but couldn't find an equaliser. |
| 32. Sat-17-Mar-1973 [a] D2-2 Dundee United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 17/3/1973. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 33. Sat-24-Mar-1973 [h] L1-2 Motherwell (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – MP 31/3/1973. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – Things were looking good when McDowell fired Thistle into the lead. Fine goalkeeping kept the lead down to one. A deflected shot put things all square then a fast ground shot proved to be the winner. |
| 34. Mon-26-Mar-1973 [a] L1-3 Rangers (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – MP 31/3/1973. SMITH. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – Smith headed home a McQuade cross (13) to take a shock lead as Thistle dominated the first half. Rangers equalised (48) and a long shot cannoned off the keeper's body and went in. There was no way back. |
| 35. Sat-31-Mar-1973 [a] L0-1 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 2/4/1973 and HMFC. Evening Times. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – A goal mid-way through the second half from an intercepted pass-back was enough to take the points and severely dent Thistle's championship prospects. |
| 36. Tue-03-Apr-1973 [a] D1-1 Morton (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 4/4/1973. McQUADE. Line-up as yet unsourced. Thistle hit the post 4 times in this match. |
| 37. Sat-07-Apr-1973 [a] L2-4 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 7/4/1973. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 38. Sat-14-Apr-1973 [h] L0-2 Morton (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 14/4/1973. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 39. Sat-21-Apr-1973 [a] L1-3 Dundee (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 21/4/1973. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| 40. Tue-24-Apr-1973 [h] W1-0 Falkirk (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 25/4/1973. LOCHRIE. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 41. Thu-26-Apr-1973 [h] L0-3 Hibernian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – GH 27/4/1973. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 42. Sat-28-Apr-1973 [h] W2-0 St Johnstone (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – ET 28/4/1973. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 1972-73 Reserves summary notes | |
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P42 W20 D8 L14 (1.619 ppg)
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