| James Cleland |
 James Cleland was born on Thursday, 7th October, 1869, in Glasgow. The forward first appeared as a guest for Thistle in May, 1894, having most recently been with Third Lanark. Aged 24, he made his first known appearance on Wednesday, 16th May, 1894, in a 6-1 neutral-venue win against Johnstone in the Greenock Charity Cup. James scored his first known goal for Thistle on Saturday, 26th May, 1894, in a 3-2 neutral-venue defeat against Battlefield in the Greenock Charity Cup. He scored the last of his 3 known goals on Saturday, 13th November, 1897, in a 3-2 win away to Clyde in the SFL First Division. He played his last known game for the club on Saturday, 21st October, 1899, in a 2-1 defeat away to Ayr in the SFL Second Division, having appeared for the Thistle on at least 10 occasions. His club-list included Minerva, Third Lanark, Partick Thistle, St Bernard's, Liverpool and Abercorn. James died on Monday, 16th November, 1942, in Glasgow, aged 73. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 24y, 7m, 19d | |
26.05.1894 Battlefield [n] L2-3 (Greenock Charity Cup Semi Final) |
| 28y, 0m, 23d | |
30.10.1897 Clyde [h] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 8) |
| 28y, 1m, 6d | |
13.11.1897 Clyde [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 10) |
Historian's note: Not to be confused with John White Clelland (b. 6 January 1863, Hamilton) who played with Royal Albert and was capped for Scotland. After first appearing as a guest in 1894, our James Cleland formally joined Thistle 3-and-a-half years later.
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