Lachlan MacMillan

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Lachlan MacMillan

• Lachlan MacMillan, c1932 (HA) Lachlan MacMillan was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, although his date of birth remains unknown to us. * The 5' 7½ (10st 7lbs) forward signed for Donald Turner's Thistle on Thursday, 29th September, 1932, having most recently been with Heart of Midlothian. He made his debut appearance on Saturday, 1st October, 1932, in a 2-1 win away to Falkirk in the SFL First Division. Lachlan scored his first goal for Thistle on Saturday, 22nd October, 1932, in a 7-0 win at home to Ayr United in the SFL First Division. He scored the last of his 8 goals on Wednesday, 19th April, 1933, in a 3-2 friendly win away to Plymouth Argyle. He played his last game for the club on Thursday, 20th April, 1933, in a 2-1 friendly win away to Cornwall County, having appeared as a Jag on 30 occasions. His club-list included Larkhall Thistle, Petershill, Rutherglen Glencairn, Hamilton Academical, Royal Albert, Heart of Midlothian, Aberdeen, Partick Thistle, Third Lanark and Elgin City. We don't know where or when Lachlan died. * * If you can help us to improve any of these marked points on The Thistle Archive, then please do get in touch →

Every Goal

compiled from our All Games criteria.

	22.10.1932 Ayr United [h] W7-0 (SFL First Division - game 11)
	17.12.1932 Third Lanark [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 18)
	21.01.1933 St Bernard's [a] D2-2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)
	25.01.1933 St Bernard's [h] W3-0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round replay)
	04.03.1933 Queen's Park [h] L3-4 (SFL First Division - game 29)
	25.03.1933 East Stirlingshire [h] W6-3 (SFL First Division - game 32)
	01.04.1933 East Stirlingshire [a] W7-2 (SFL First Division - game 33)
	19.04.1933 Plymouth Argyle [a] W3-2 (Friendly)

Thistle Honours

1932 - GLASGOW CUP Runner-up

the decisive game…

1932 - GLASGOW CUP Sat-15-Oct-1932 [n] L0-1 Rangers (Glasgow Cup Final) Hampden. Thistle were strong in defence but the forwards were poor. “Only” 35,000 saw the goal come from a disputed corner deflected past Jackson (47). Simpson was injured early on and heavily was bandaged for most of the matcA flurry of late corners was the nearest spirited Thistle got. Donald Turner

• Listed per out Honours list criteria.
• Players who have contributed an appearance in any given tournament are included.

Historian's note: Place of birth given as Hamilton in the Athletic News season preview (for Hearts) on 4/8/1930.

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