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Bobby Henderson

● Bobby Henderson, 1948 (HA) Robert Hunter Henderson was born on Thursday, 4th October, 1917, in Maryhill, Glasgow. The goalkeeper signed for Donald Turner's Thistle on Tuesday, 1st June, 1937, having most recently been with Glasgow Perthshire. Aged 19, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 4th September, 1937, in a 0-0 draw at home to Arbroath in the SFL First Division. In doing so, Bobby joined the goalies' clean-sheet debutant's club. He registered the last of his 42 clean-sheets on Monday, 1st May, 1950, in a 4-0 win at home to Queen's Park in the Glasgow Charity Cup. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 2nd September, 1950, in a 3-2 defeat at home to Motherwell in the League Cup, having clocked up an impressive 324 appearances as a Jag. His club-list included Glasgow Perthshire, Partick Thistle, Dundee and Dundee United. Bobby died on Monday, 22nd May, 2006, in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, aged 88.

Every Clean-Sheet

compiled from our All Games criteria.

#
1	19y, 11m, 0d		04.09.1937 Arbroath [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 5)
2	21y, 0m, 18d		22.10.1938 Celtic [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 13)
3	22y, 1m, 0d		04.11.1939 Morton [h] W1-0 (Regional League, Western Division - game 3)
4	22y, 5m, 26d		30.03.1940 Dumbarton [a] D0-0 (Regional League, Western Division - game 20)
5	22y, 6m, 6d		10.04.1940 Queen's Park [h] W6-0 (Regional League, Western Division - game 22)
6	22y, 6m, 27d		01.05.1940 Ayr United [h] W2-0 (Regional League, Western Division - game 27)
7	22y, 10m, 20d		24.08.1940 Albion Rovers [h] W1-0 (Southern League - game 3)
8	23y, 0m, 8d		12.10.1940 Motherwell [h] W3-0 (Southern League - game 10)
9	23y, 1m, 5d		09.11.1940 Third Lanark [a] D0-0 (Southern League - game 13)
10	23y, 1m, 26d		30.11.1940 Hamilton Academical [h] D0-0 (Southern League - game 16)
11	23y, 3m, 0d		04.01.1941 Queen's Park [h] W4-0 (Southern League - game 21)
12	23y, 3m, 21d		25.01.1941 Falkirk [h] W4-0 (Southern League - game 24)
13	23y, 5m, 25d		29.03.1941 Airdrieonians [a] W3-0 (Southern League Cup Section 1 - game 5)
14	23y, 11m, 23d		27.09.1941 Hamilton Academical [h] W7-0 (Southern League - game 8)
15	24y, 4m, 17d		21.02.1942 Motherwell [h] D0-0 (Southern League - game 28)
16	24y, 11m, 22d		26.09.1942 Airdrieonians [h] W2-0 (Southern League - game 7)
17	25y, 0m, 20d		24.10.1942 Hibernian [a] D0-0 (Southern League - game 11)
18	25y, 4m, 23d		27.02.1943 Airdrieonians [h] W3-0 (Southern League Cup Section B - game 1)
19	25y, 5m, 16d		20.03.1943 Airdrieonians [a] W2-0 (Southern League Cup Section B - game 4)
20	25y, 5m, 30d		03.04.1943 Motherwell [a] W3-0 (Southern League Cup Section B - game 6)
21	25y, 11m, 14d		18.09.1943 Albion Rovers [h] W4-0 (Southern League - game 5)
22	26y, 3m, 4d		08.01.1944 Queen's Park [h] W1-0 (Southern League - game 22)
23	26y, 4m, 22d		26.02.1944 Third Lanark [a] W3-0 (Southern League - game 29)
24	26y, 10m, 29d		02.09.1944 Albion Rovers [a] W3-0 (Southern League - game 3)
25	27y, 0m, 10d		14.10.1944 St Mirren [h] W3-0 (Southern League - game 9)
26	27y, 1m, 0d		04.11.1944 Airdrieonians [a] W3-0 (Southern League - game 12)
27	30y, 2m, 16d		20.12.1947 Queen of the South [h] W4-0 (SFL Division A - game 16)
28	30y, 4m, 10d		14.02.1948 Aberdeen [a] W1-0 (SFL Division A - game 24)
29	30y, 10m, 10d		14.08.1948 Albion Rovers [h] W3-0 (SFL Division A - game 1)
30	30y, 11m, 14d		18.09.1948 Queen of the South [h] W9-0 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 2)
31	31y, 1m, 9d		13.11.1948 Aberdeen [h] D0-0 (SFL Division A - game 10)
32	31y, 6m, 9d		13.04.1949 St Mirren [h] W3-0 (SFL Division A - game 28)
33	31y, 7m, 0d		04.05.1949 Rangers [a] W1-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final)
34	31y, 10m, 9d		13.08.1949 Motherwell [h] W2-0 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 1)
35	32y, 2m, 29d		02.01.1950 Clyde [h] W1-0 (SFL Division A - game 17)
36	32y, 3m, 3d		07.01.1950 Raith Rovers [h] W1-0 (SFL Division A - game 18)
37	32y, 3m, 10d		14.01.1950 Motherwell [a] W2-0 (SFL Division A - game 19)
38	32y, 3m, 24d		28.01.1950 Hibernian [a] W1-0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)
39	32y, 4m, 10d		14.02.1950 Dundee United [h] W5-0 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)
40	32y, 4m, 21d		25.02.1950 St Mirren [a] W2-0 (SFL Division A - game 23)
41	32y, 6m, 6d		10.04.1950 Celtic [h] W1-0 (SFL Division A - game 28)
42	32y, 6m, 27d		01.05.1950 Queen's Park [h] W4-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final)

Bobby Henderson's clean-sheet ratio
42/324 ← success rate → 13.0%

Thistle's clean-sheet ratio
1545/6656 ← success rate → 23.2%
@ 25-Jun-2022

Every Penalty Faced

compiled from our All Games criteria.

#	v.
1	Hugh Adam v. Bobby Henderson		04.09.1937 Arbroath [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 5)	saved @ 0-0, 2nd half
2	Joseph Kyle v. Bobby Henderson		06.09.1937 Queen's Park [a] W5-1 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final replay)	missed target @ 3-1, 80 mins
3	Robert Reid v. Bobby Henderson		11.11.1939 Hamilton Academical [a] L4-6 (Regional League, Western Division - game 4)	2-4, pen 45 mins
4	Tom Mooney v. Bobby Henderson		16.12.1939 Airdrieonians [a] W2-1 (Regional League, Western Division - game 9)	saved @ 2-1, 2nd half
5	Ben Ellis v. Bobby Henderson		23.12.1939 Motherwell [h] L1-3 (Regional League, Western Division - game 10)	saved @ 0-0, 1st half
6	Jerry Kerr v. Bobby Henderson		24.02.1940 Dundee United [h] L2-4 (Emergency Cup 1st Round, 1st leg)	1-2, pen 1st half
7	Thomas Lang v. Bobby Henderson		23.03.1940 Queen of the South [a] L1-4 (Regional League, Western Division - game 18)	0-2, pen 27 mins
8	Henry Beaton v. Bobby Henderson		06.04.1940 Clyde [a] D2-2 (Regional League, Western Division - game 21)	1-1, pen 23 mins
9	Tom Brady v. Bobby Henderson		27.04.1940 St Mirren [a] L1-3 (Regional League, Western Division - game 26)	pen
10	Hugh Wales v. Bobby Henderson		15.05.1940 Motherwell [a] L1-6 (Regional League, Western Division - game 28)	saved @ 0-3, 1st half
11	Brady v. Bobby Henderson		16.11.1940 St Mirren [a] L0-1 (Southern League - game 14)	0-1, pen 75 mins
12	Tommy Walker v. Bobby Henderson		21.12.1940 Heart of Midlothian [a] L1-2 (Southern League - game 19)	0-1, pen 60 mins
13	Ben Ellis v. Bobby Henderson		18.01.1941 Motherwell [a] W4-2 (Southern League - game 23)	1-1, pen 37 mins
14	Ben Ellis v. Bobby Henderson		01.03.1941 Motherwell [a] L0-3 (Southern League Cup Section 1 - game 1)	0-2, pen 64 mins
15	Frank Murphy v. Bobby Henderson		05.04.1941 Celtic [h] L0-1 (Southern League Cup Section 1 - game 6)	0-1, pen 5 mins
16	Wallace v. Bobby Henderson		22.04.1941 Clyde [a] L3-5 (Southern League - game 29)	3-5, pen 2nd half
17	Wallace v. Bobby Henderson		20.05.1941 Clyde [h] W7-5 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final)	5-1, pen 2nd half
18	Thomas Brady v. Bobby Henderson		07.06.1941 St Mirren [h] L1-3 (Summer Cup 1st Round, 1st leg)	0-3, pen 40 mins
19	Arthur Dixon v. Bobby Henderson		27.08.1941 Queen's Park [h] W5-3 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final)	5-3, pen 89 mins
20	Joseph McLaughlin v. Bobby Henderson		25.10.1941 Celtic [a] D1-1 (Southern League - game 12)	1-1, pen 70 mins
21	John Deakin v. Bobby Henderson		01.11.1941 St Mirren [h] D1-1 (Southern League - game 13)	missed target @ 1-1, 2nd half
22	James Hickie v. Bobby Henderson		20.12.1941 Dumbarton [h] W4-3 (Southern League - game 20)	4-3, pen 89 mins
23	Gilbert McKenzie v. Bobby Henderson		27.12.1941 Hamilton Academical [a] W6-3 (Southern League - game 21)	unconverted
24	John L. Wilson v. Bobby Henderson		27.12.1941 Hamilton Academical [a] W6-3 (Southern League - game 21)	unconverted
25	Robert Reid v. Bobby Henderson		27.12.1941 Hamilton Academical [a] W6-3 (Southern League - game 21)	unconverted
26	Horace Cumner v. Bobby Henderson		25.04.1942 Morton [n] D1-1 (Southern League Cup Semi Final)	1-1, pen 44 mins
27	Robert Dougall v. Bobby Henderson		22.08.1942 Dumbarton [h] W2-1 (Southern League - game 3)	2-1, pen 73 mins
28	Robert Wallace v. Bobby Henderson		12.09.1942 Hamilton Academical [a] D2-2 (Southern League - game 5)	saved
29	Archie Shaw v. Bobby Henderson		31.10.1942 Motherwell [h] L1-2 (Southern League - game 12)	1-1, pen 18 mins
30	Thomas Orr v. Bobby Henderson		28.11.1942 Morton [h] L1-3 (Southern League - game 16)	missed target @ 1-2, 2nd half
31	Morton Dempster v. Bobby Henderson		26.12.1942 Hamilton Academical [h] D4-4 (Southern League - game 20)	2-2, pen 64 mins
32	Willie Kilmarnock v. Bobby Henderson		06.02.1943 Motherwell [a] D1-1 (Southern League - game 27)	1-1, pen 86 mins
33	Willie Kilmarnock v. Bobby Henderson		13.03.1943 Motherwell [h] W5-1 (Southern League Cup Section B - game 3)	saved, 2nd half
34	Thomas Cairns v. Bobby Henderson		15.05.1943 Third Lanark [h] L2-3 (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final)	2-2, pen 73 mins
35	John Fitzsimmons v. Bobby Henderson		16.10.1943 Falkirk [a] L3-4 (Southern League - game 9)	3-2, pen 62 mins
36	Andrew Fyfe v. Bobby Henderson		18.12.1943 Morton [a] W2-1 (Southern League - game 18)	2-1, pen 69 mins
37	John Milne v. Bobby Henderson		15.01.1944 Dumbarton [a] D2-2 (Southern League - game 23)	2-1, pen 60 mins
38	William Fraser v. Bobby Henderson		15.04.1944 Third Lanark [h] W4-2 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final)	2-2, pen 47 mins
39	Adam Little v. Bobby Henderson		13.05.1944 Rangers [a] L0-3 (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final)	saved @ 0-1, 2nd half
40	Douglas Wallace v. Bobby Henderson		17.06.1944 Clyde [h] L1-3 (Summer Cup Quarter Final, 1st leg)	1-3, pen 86 mins
41	Lauchlan McInnes v. Bobby Henderson		02.09.1944 Albion Rovers [a] W3-0 (Southern League - game 3)	missed target @ 3-0, 2nd half
42	Alex Herd v. Bobby Henderson		30.09.1944 Hamilton Academical [a] W4-3 (Southern League - game 7)	2-2, pen 41 mins
43	John McIlhatton v. Bobby Henderson		16.12.1944 Albion Rovers [h] W4-1 (Southern League - game 18)	1-3, pen 72 mins
44	James Whyte v. Bobby Henderson		30.12.1944 Morton [h] W3-2 (Southern League - game 20)	1-2, pen 54 mins
45	William Telfer v. Bobby Henderson		01.11.1947 St Mirren [a] L1-3 (SFL Division A - game 9)	saved @ 0-0, 63 mins
46	Willie Corbett v. Bobby Henderson		15.11.1947 Celtic [h] L3-5 (SFL Division A - game 11)	3-2, pen 56 mins
47	Alex Palmer v. Bobby Henderson		22.11.1947 Third Lanark [a] W2-1 (SFL Division A - game 12)	missed target @ 1-0, 68 mins
48	Robert Mitchell v. Bobby Henderson		22.11.1947 Third Lanark [a] W2-1 (SFL Division A - game 12)	1-1, pen 70 mins
49	George Young v. Bobby Henderson		21.02.1948 Rangers [a] L0-3 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)	0-1, pen 15 mins
50	Cornelius Fleck v. Bobby Henderson		20.03.1948 Falkirk [a] W2-1 (SFL Division A - game 27)	2-1, pen 63 mins
51	Patrick McDonald v. Bobby Henderson		05.04.1948 Dunfermline Athletic [a] W4-1 (Friendly)	3-1, pen 66 mins
52	David Lapsley v. Bobby Henderson		09.04.1948 St Mirren [h] W3-1 (SFL Division A - game 29)	2-1, pen 58 mins
53	Thomas Orr v. Bobby Henderson		18.08.1948 Morton [a] L1-2 (SFL Division A - game 2)	1-1, pen 37 mins
54	Davie Laing v. Bobby Henderson		11.09.1948 Heart of Midlothian [a] D2-2 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 1)	0-1, pen 31 mins
55	Robert Mitchell v. Bobby Henderson		11.12.1948 Third Lanark [a] W2-1 (SFL Division A - game 14)	2-1, pen 87 mins
56	Willie Ormond v. Bobby Henderson		09.04.1949 Hibernian [a] L1-2 (SFL Division A - game 27)	missed target @ 0-1, 1st half
57	George Henderson v. Bobby Henderson		24.08.1949 Third Lanark [a] L2-4 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final)	0-2, pen 2nd half
58	James Fiddes v. Bobby Henderson		25.03.1950 Falkirk [h] W3-1 (SFL Division A - game 26)	missed target @ 0-1, 17 mins
59	Charlie Johnstone v. Bobby Henderson		08.04.1950 Queen of the South [h] W5-2 (SFL Division A - game 27)	3-2, pen 72 mins
60	Willie Thornton v. Bobby Henderson		03.05.1950 Rangers [a] L0-4 (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final)	0-3, pen 62 mins
61	William Kelly v. Bobby Henderson		16.08.1950 Airdrieonians [a] W3-2 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 2)	missed target @ 0-2, 47 mins

Bobby Henderson's penalty goal prevention
19/61 ← success rate → 31.1%

Thistle's penalty goal prevention
240/816 ← success rate → 29.4%
@ 13-May-2022

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