23rd Oct 1880 Rangers 3 Partick Thistle 0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

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Match Information

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George Angus (0-1, 5 mins); George Angus (0-2, 2nd half); George Angus (0-3, 2nd half)
			Alex Vallance		Andrew Duff			21y, 6m, 13d
			future Jag George Gillespie		J. Gardiner
			A. Stewart		John Hendry
			James Drinnan		George Leckie			20y, 4m, 15d
			James McIntyre		A. Marten
			Archibald Steel		Hugh Beaton			22y, 0m, 23d
			David Hill		J. McKay
			George Angus		W. Boyle
			Willie Struthers		W. Kennedy
			Willie Pringle		Allan Bowie
			Moses McNeil		John Burleigh			21y, 10m, 1d
								21y, 5m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

First recorded match against Rangers. “It was pretty clear from the beginning of the game that the Partick Thistle would not be able to compete against their swift opponents. Nevertheless they played a good game” (GH). The 1,000 crowd was the biggest Thistle had played in front of.

Media report

25-Oct-1880, Glasgow Herald

This match was played on Kinning Park before a thousand spectators. It was pretty clear from the beginning of the game that the Partick Thistle would not be able to compete against their swift opponents. They nevertheless played a good game, but at the close sustained defeat by three goals to none.

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North British Daily Mail, 25th October, 1880

Stats Watch

● A new record attendance for any Thistle match of 1,000.

● A new record attendance for a Thistle away match of 1,000.

● J. McKay makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● W. Boyle makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● A. Marten registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● W. Kennedy registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● Rangers become the ninth club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action and, arguably, are the first of these to remain in existence today.

● The 3 goal losing margin sets a new club-record for a competitive game.

● The 3 goal losing margin sets the initial club-record for a competitive away game.

● Thistle concede 3 goals in a competitive game, matching the joint club-record which was set on 23-Mar-1878 & 19-Oct-1878.

● Thistle concede 3 goals in a competitive away game, matching the club-record which was set on 19-Oct-1878.

ongoing sequences:

● 3 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John Burleigh, 28th Dec 1878 to date. (A new club-record.)

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