Billy Cunningham

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Billy Cunningham

● Billy Cunningham, 1963 (MP) Billy Cunningham was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. * The 5' 11 (10st 7lbs) midfielder signed for Willie Thornton's Thistle on Thursday, 8th October, 1959, having most recently been with Baillieston Juniors. He made his debut appearance on Wednesday, 21st October, 1959, in a 5-3 friendly defeat away to Dumbarton. Billy scored his first goal for Thistle on Monday, 26th September, 1960, in a 2-0 neutral-venue win against Celtic in the Glasgow Cup. He scored the last of his 33 goals on Saturday, 10th August, 1968, in a 3-1 win away to Morton in the League Cup. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 5th April, 1969, in a 2-1 win at home to Arbroath in the SFL First Division, having clocked up an impressive 307 appearances as a Jag. Billy's club-list included Baillieston Juniors and Partick Thistle. * If you can help us to improve any of these marked points on The Thistle Archive, then please do get in touch →

Every Goal

compiled from our All Games criteria.

	26.09.1960 Celtic [n] W2-0 (Glasgow Cup Final)
	22.10.1960 Ayr United [h] D3-3 (SFL First Division - game 8)
	28.10.1961 Dundee [a] L2-3 (SFL First Division - game 9)
	29.09.1962 Motherwell [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 5)
	24.04.1963 Motherwell [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 30)
	14.08.1963 Falkirk [a] D2-2 (League Cup Section 1 - game 2)
	21.03.1964 St Johnstone [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 30)
	27.03.1964 Falkirk [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 31)
	13.05.1964 St Mirren [a] W3-0 (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 4)
	15.05.1964 Third Lanark [h] W7-2 (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 5)
	20.05.1964 Morton [a] D1-1 (Summer Cup Section 2 - game 6)
	23.05.1964 Aberdeen [h] W1-0 (Summer Cup Semi Final, 1st leg)
	21.11.1964 Dundee [a] D3-3 (SFL First Division - game 13)
	05.12.1964 St Mirren [a] L1-4 (SFL First Division - game 15)
	20.03.1965 St Johnstone [a] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 28)
	27.03.1965 Dundee [h] D4-4 (SFL First Division - game 29)
	23.04.1965 Hibernian [h] W4-2 (SFL First Division - game 34)
	22.09.1965 Queen of the South [a] W6-2 (Friendly)
	19.03.1966 St Mirren [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 24)
	26.03.1966 Hamilton Academical [a] L3-4 (SFL First Division - game 26)
	08.10.1966 St Johnstone [a] W5-3 (SFL First Division - game 5)
	31.12.1966 Ayr United [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 16)
	14.01.1967 St Mirren [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 19)
	21.01.1967 St Johnstone [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 20)
	16.08.1967 Dunfermline Athletic [a] D1-1 (League Cup Section 1 - game 2)
	23.12.1967 St Johnstone [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 16)
	27.07.1968 Bury [a] D3-3 (Friendly)
	10.08.1968 Morton [a] W3-1 (League Cup Section 4 - game 1)