Billy Gourlay - The Thistle Archive

Billy Gourlay

William Gourley Gourlay was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. *

The 5' 10 (12st 1lbs) forward signed for Thistle in March, 1962, having most recently been with Maryhill.

He made his debut appearance on Monday, 12th February, 1962, in a 3-0 defeat away to Hibernian in the SFL First Division.

Billy scored his first goal for Thistle on Monday, 30th April, 1962, in a 3-1 friendly win away to Morton.

He scored the last of his 6 goals on Saturday, 21st September, 1963, in a 4-1 defeat away to Heart of Midlothian in the SFL First Division.

That turned out to be his last game for the club, having appeared as a Jag on 15 occasions.

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compiled from our All Games criteria.


	30.04.1962 Morton [a] W3-1 (Friendly)
	06.10.1962 Dundee United [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 6)
	13.10.1962 Falkirk [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 7)
	23.03.1963 Raith Rovers [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 22)
	21.09.1963 Heart of Midlothian [a] L1-4 (SFL First Division - game 4)