| John W. Holm |
 John Wilson Holm was born on Tuesday, 4th December, 1855, in Anderston, Glasgow. The defender first appeared for Thistle in August, 1886, having most recently been with Queen's Park. Aged 30, he made his first known appearance on Saturday, 28th August, 1886, in a 1-0 friendly win at home to Vale of Leven. There were no known goals for John during his spell with Thistle. He played his last known game for the club on Saturday, 25th September, 1886, in a 3-1 friendly defeat at home to Cambuslang, having appeared for the Thistle on at least 5 occasions. His club-list included Ayr Thistle, Queen's Park, Pollokshields Athletic and Partick Thistle. We don't know where or when John died. *
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Historian's note: In their extensive report (almost the length of the page) of the Thistle v Queen's Park Scottish Cup tie of 11 October 1886, the GEP stated that Thistle had "the assistance of J W Holm who rendered such good service against Abercorn last Saturday". On the preceding weekend in question (04.09.1886), the GH had listed "Taylor" as our right back as opposed to Holm. We've therefore presumed "Taylor" (listed as "A. Taylor" in the OH) to be a psuedonym for Holm. The same "Taylor" was also listed in the GH on the preceding Saturday to that (28.08.1886), so we've interpreted that Holm actually played in 5 games from August to September 1886.
