12th Mar 1887 Partick Thistle 11 Clyde 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

Thomas Burns; Robert Middleton; Andrew Milliken
Andrew Duff; William Flannelly; John Marshall
Jerry Suter (1-0, 3 mins); Robert Middleton (2-0, 5 mins); ? (3-0, 15 mins); Willie Paul; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?; ?					? (4-1, 48 mins)
			Thomas Burns		Allan
23y, 11m, 3d			John Caldwell		Hart
			John Hendry		John Hart
21y, 9m, 18d			Bob Robertson		John Pollock
24y, 8m, 23d			Robert Middleton		McMillan
			William McDonald [i]		McKay
24y, 0m, 16d			John Young [ii]		McKenzie
23y, 2m, 10d			Andrew Milliken		Lambie
21y, 1m, 5d			Willie Paul		Wighton
23y, 9m, 9d			Jerry Suter		W. McClure
21y, 5m, 0d			Andrew Johnston		Black
22y, 11m, 29d

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Match Report

TTA report

Played on a treacherous pitch, parts “little better than a quagmire” (EC). “Thistle had the best of the game all through” (LEP) and scored 4 in the first half. The highlight probably “a brilliant piece of passing play…the home right wing ran the whole length of the field” (GEP) to make it 3-0.

Stats Watch

● Robert Middleton scores his only known goal for Thistle.

● Thistle's record margin of victory over Clyde.

ongoing sequences:

● 11 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Andrew Duff & John Hendry, 10th Nov 1883 to date. (Longest run since: Jerry Suter - 12 games, 9th Sep 1882 to 24th Oct 1885. Joint club-record: Jack Beattie, 17 games - 5th Apr 1879 to 13th Sep 1884 & George Leckie, 17 games - 5th Apr 1879 to 10th Nov 1883.)

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