28th Jan 1882 Partick Thistle 10 Britannia 0 (Yoker Cup Semi Final)

matches:1881-82: ← 17game 1819 →

Match Information

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John Young [i]; John Young [i]; John Young [i]; Peter Ewing; Peter Ewing; John Inglis; John Inglis; J. Shankland; Thomas Sinclair; Andrew Duff
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23y, 9m, 10d			Peter Ewing		?
22y, 9m, 18d			Andrew Duff		?
			John Inglis		?
			J. Shankland		?
			Thomas Sinclair		?
			John Young [i]		?
23y, 3m, 16d

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Match Report

TTA report

Goals from Young (3), Ewing (2), Inglis (2), Shankland, Sinclair & Duff comprehensively set a new club-record win.

Media report

ptearlyyears.net

As holders of the Yoker Challenge Cup Thistle were invited back, and in the first round took on Brittania at home. After the ordeals and pressures of the Scottish Cup this tie must have seemed easy, Thistle ahead 5-0 at half-time and 10-0 at the end. Goals were scored by John Young (3), Ewing (2), Inglis (2), Shankland, Sinclair and Andrew Duff, taking a break from playing in goals.

Stats Watch

● Britannia become the eighteenth club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

● J. Shankland scores his last-known goal for Thistle.

● The 10 goal winning margin sets a new club-record for a competitive game.

● The 10 goal winning margin sets a new club-record for a competitive home game.

● Thistle score 10 goals in a competitive game, setting a new club-record.

● Thistle score 10 goals in a competitive home game, setting a new club-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive competitive home wins; 5th Feb 1881 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 8 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Andrew Duff, 5th Apr 1879 to date. (A new club-record.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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