| John C. Spence |
 John Couper Spence was probably born in Scotland, circa in 1873 or 1874. * The goalkeeper signed for Thistle in 1896. He made his first known appearance on Saturday, 7th March, 1896, in a 4-2 defeat away to Airdrieonians in the SFL Second Division. John kept his first known clean-sheet on Saturday, 13th February, 1897, in a 6-0 win away to Motherwell in the SFL Second Division. He registered the last of his 10 known clean-sheets on Saturday, 20th January, 1900, in a 1-0 friendly win at home to Port Glasgow Athletic. He played his last known game for the club on Saturday, 3rd March, 1900, in a 4-1 defeat at home to Kilmarnock in the Western League, having appeared for the Thistle on at least 78 occasions. His known club-list included only Partick Thistle. John died on Thursday, 13th October, 1932, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, aged 58.
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| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
| # |  |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
13.02.1897 Motherwell [a] W6-0 (SFL Second Division - game 12) |
| 2 | |
13.03.1897 Renton [h] W3-0 (Friendly) |
| 3 | |
20.03.1897 Leith Athletic [h] W5-0 (SFL Second Division - game 15) |
| 4 | |
17.04.1897 Kilmarnock [h] W2-0 (SFL Second Division - game 17) |
| 5 | |
06.05.1897 St Bernard's [h] W2-0 (Friendly) |
| 6 | |
16.10.1897 St Mirren [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) |
| 7 | |
18.12.1897 Linthouse [h] W1-0 (Friendly) |
| 8 | |
19.03.1898 St Mirren [h] W3-0 (Friendly) |
| 9 | |
31.12.1898 Dundee [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 17) |
| 10 | |
20.01.1900 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W1-0 (Friendly) |
| John C. Spence's clean-sheet ratio |
|---|
| 10/78 ← success rate → 12.8% |
| Thistle's clean-sheet ratio |
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| 1522/6612 ← success rate → 23.019% |
| @ 04-Sep-2021 |
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