12th Jan 1884 Glasgow Thistle 4 Partick Thistle 4 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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Clark (0-1, 1st half); ? (4-2, 2nd half); ? (4-3, 2nd half); ? (4-4, 2nd half)					McKinlay (1-1, 1st half); McKinlay (2-1, 1st half); Bob Robertson (3-1, 2nd half); ? (4-1, og 2nd half)
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			Clark		Bob Robertson			18y, 7m, 21d
			?		McKinlay
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								18y, 7m, 22d

notes

Thistle vehemently protested that Glasgow Thistle's 4th goal (a late equaliser) was offside but, according to NBDM is categoric with 4-4 and doesn't even refer to the dispute. We fall in with the referees decision which is surely all that matters, and record this game as a 4-4 draw.

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Match Report

TTA report

A bad-tempered game. The home team disputed 2 Thistle goals. Thistle disputed 1 of theirs. The match finished on 84 mins, the homesters claiming it was 4-4. “The Glasgow Thistle are notorious for disputing”. “Most of their matches are characterised by unpleasantness” (AN).

Media report

ptearlyyears.net

Earlier in the season Partick Thistle had beaten their Glasgow namesakes 9-0 at Muir Park, and it seemed that the southside club were looking for revenge in the return at Dalmarnock Park. Missing four regulars, Partick Thistle still had all the pressure at the start, but it was the home side who scored first. Partick Thistle equalised immediately but the goal was disallowed, before McKinlay, playing his second game for the club, put the visitors 2-1 ahead at half time. In the second half Robertson scored a third, and a scrimmaged effort made the score 4-1 before Glasgow Thistle scored, and a fifth Partick Thistle goal was disallowed. This decision caused a ten minute stoppage before Glasgow Thistle restarted and scored a third, and then a fourth. Partick Thistle players appealed for offside but the referee, reported as “having run back down the pitch, clapping his hands and shouting Come On Thistle”, allowed the goal. The game ended unfinished, both teams leaving the park with six minutes remaining. The final score was unresolved: Partick Thistle said the score was 4 goals (2 disputed) to 3 goals (1 disputed) in favour of Partick Thistle, while Glasgow Thistle say the result was a 4-4 draw.

Stats Watch

● McKinlay marks his last-known appearance with a brace; his only-known goals for the club.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 10th Mar 1883 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins, 28th Jan 1882 to 30th Sep 1882. A new joint club-record.)

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

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