| Bobby Mitchell |
 Robert Mitchell was born on Saturday, 1st February, 1947, in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire. The 6' 1 (11st 7lbs) defender signed for Willie Thornton's Thistle on Tuesday, 19th January, 1966, having most recently been with Bellshill Athletic. Aged 19, he made his only appearance on Saturday, 17th September, 1966, in a 1-0 defeat at home to Clyde in the SFL First Division. There were no goals for Bobby in his one-off appearance for Thistle. Bobby's club-list included Bellshill Athletic, Partick Thistle, Larkhall Thistle and Raith Rovers. |
| Bobby Mitchell's Summary Totals |
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| League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Competitive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 The 18-year-old Bobby had been impressing at Bellshill Athletic in 1965 both in centre half and wing half roles. Willie Thornton brought the tall teenager to Firhill in early 1966 and he spent 15 months with the club, albeit with only a single appearance in the first team in the end up. He was freed in April 1967 and returned to the juniors with Larkhall Thistle. With the "other" Jags, Bobby enjoyed a magnificent run to the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup in his first season. It was the club's best run in the competition since winning it twice at the beginning of the century. Some big names were eliminated (Darvel, Irvine Meadow, Bo’ness United, Inverurie Locos and Lochore Welfare) before Glenrothes, who were League and Fife Junior Cup winners that season, put an end to the run with an emphatic 4-0 semi-final win in front of 9,000 at East End Park. Following his succesful season back in the juniors with Larkhall Thistle, Bobby was hoping to be re-instated to the senior grade and, in April 1968, played with Raith Rovers reserves against Celtic as a trialist, but no deal materialised. |
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