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| Gerry Collins |
| For the timeline overview see our Partickle: The Managerial Comings And Goings →; see also: Gerry Collins (player) → |
 Gerald Collins was born on Saturday, 12th March, 1955, in Glasgow. He had two spells as Firhill gaffer; one as caretaker and one as manager. CARETAKER SPELL(Fri-02-Mar-1990 ↔ Mon-05-Mar-1990; 3 days) Our veteran centre half had recently taken on a coaching role too, and it was he who stepped in for a weekender after Sandy Clark's departure.
It was an extremely short caretaker spell, but, as it transpired, he would have been quite pleased about how things turned out. MANAGERIAL SPELL(Sat-24-May-2003 ↔ Sun-30-Nov-2003; 190 days) The Gerry Collins reign was statistically the worst in many respects, but in truth he was rather unlucky to register just two points in fourteen games.
An old cliche it may be, but it's a results-driven business and, after 10 straight League defeats, he was sacked, along with his assistant Bobby McCulley, shortly after taking Sunday morning training on 30th November, 2003. It was a bitter disappointment for everyone after the preceding glory years. Thistle advertised the post, and Jim Duffy was initially considered favourite to land the role, but the next appointment (Whyte & Britton) came from within. Gerry was in charge of Thistle for 22 games in total, as well as managing at Falkirk (1996) and Glenafton Athletic (2005-2007). |
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| (age) 1989-90 |
| 1. (34y,11m,19d) Sat-03-Mar-1990 [h] L0-3 Clyde (SFL First Division - game 30) |
| (age) 2003-04 |
| 2. (48y,4m,4d) Wed-16-Jul-2003 [a] W6-1 Ayr United (Friendly) |
| 3. (48y,4m,7d) Sat-19-Jul-2003 [h] W4-2 Bradford City (Friendly) |
| 4. (48y,4m,10d) Tue-22-Jul-2003 [a] D1-1 Greenock Morton (Friendly) |
| 5. (48y,4m,14d) Sat-26-Jul-2003 [h] W3-1 Deveronvale (Friendly) |
| 6. (48y,4m,19d) Thu-31-Jul-2003 [a] W1-0 Cliftonville (Friendly) |
| 7. (48y,4m,21d) Sat-02-Aug-2003 [a] W3-0 Crusaders (Friendly) |
| 8. (48y,4m,28d) Sat-09-Aug-2003 [h] D1-1 Livingston (Scottish Premier League - game 1) |
| 9. (48y,5m,4d) Sat-16-Aug-2003 [a] L1-2 Kilmarnock (Scottish Premier League - game 2) |
| 10. (48y,5m,11d) Sat-23-Aug-2003 [h] L1-2 Celtic (Scottish Premier League - game 3) |
| 11. (48y,5m,18d) Sat-30-Aug-2003 [a] D2-2 Motherwell (Scottish Premier League - game 4) |
| 12. (48y,6m,1d) Sat-13-Sep-2003 [a] L1-2 Aberdeen (Scottish Premier League - game 5) |
| 13. (48y,6m,8d) Sat-20-Sep-2003 [h] L0-2 Dundee United (Scottish Premier League - game 6) |
| 14. (48y,6m,12d) Wed-24-Sep-2003 [a] W*2-2 Peterhead (League Cup 2nd Round) aet; * W4-3 pens |
| 15. (48y,6m,15d) Sat-27-Sep-2003 [a] L1-2 Dunfermline Athletic (Scottish Premier League - game 7) |
| 16. (48y,6m,22d) Sat-04-Oct-2003 [h] L0-1 Hibernian (Scottish Premier League - game 8) |
| 17. (48y,7m,6d) Sat-18-Oct-2003 [a] L0-1 Dundee (Scottish Premier League - game 9) |
| 18. (48y,7m,13d) Sat-25-Oct-2003 [h] L1-4 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Premier League - game 10) |
| 19. (48y,7m,20d) Sat-01-Nov-2003 [a] L1-3 Rangers (Scottish Premier League - game 11) |
| 20. (48y,7m,27d) Sat-08-Nov-2003 [a] L0-2 Livingston (Scottish Premier League - game 12) |
| 21. (48y,8m,10d) Sat-22-Nov-2003 [h] L2-4 Kilmarnock (Scottish Premier League - game 13) |
| 22. (48y,8m,17d) Sat-29-Nov-2003 [a] L1-3 Celtic (Scottish Premier League - game 14) |
