| John Burleigh |
 John Burleigh was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. * The forward probably joined Thistle in 1877 or 1878. He made his first known appearance on Saturday, 21st September, 1878, in a 2-0 friendly win at home to Springvale. That day, John became a member of our scoring debutant's club. He scored the last of his 8 known goals on Saturday, 29th December, 1883, in a 4-0 friendly win at home to Clyde. That turned out to be his last known game for the club, having appeared for the Thistle on at least 13 occasions. His known club-list included only Partick Thistle. We don't know where or when John died. *
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21.09.1878 Springvale [h] W2-0 (Friendly) |
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09.11.1878 Vale of Clyde [h] W1-0 (Friendly) |
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23.11.1878 Dumbarton Albion [a] W3-0 (Friendly) |
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07.12.1878 Petershill FC [h] W3-0 (Friendly) |
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28.12.1878 Thornliebank Rainbow [a] W2-1 (West Of Scotland Cup 2nd Round) |
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19.11.1881 Mavisbank [h] W3-0 (Friendly) |
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29.12.1883 Clyde [h] W4-0 (Friendly) |
Historian's note: This is a man we'd love to identify as he's a founding member candidate, but we're hampered in a number of ways, not least of which is the confusion of the spelling of his surname - is it Burleigh or Burley? The press have it both ways, and there's even been the odd Birley. There are several candidates including, intriguingly, the Reverend John Burleigh (1850-1922)!