17th Nov 1888 Clyde 1 Partick Thistle 1 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final)

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Match Information

					Hartley; Peter Bennett
					John Hendry; Matthew Ferguson
Sam Clark (1-1, 65 mins)					McBride (1-0, 30 mins)
			Willie Chalmers		John McCorkindale			21y, 2m, 18d
			William Sawyers		Thomas Campbell
			John Hart		Hartley
			John Pollock		William Proudfoot			22y, 9m, 21d
			John Cherrie		George Ward			25y, 2m, 9d
			Robert McFarlane		Bob Marshall			24y, 0m, 18d
			James Gillespie		Peter Bennett
			William Sawyers		McBride
			former Jag Sam Clark		Willie Paul			22y, 9m, 10d
			James Britton		Andrew Johnston			23y, 1m, 5d
			Stevenson		David Hislop			21y, 0m, 15d
								22y, 10m, 18d

notes

OH/GH/EC/SCL credit McBride with Thistle's goal, but the GEP report throws a spanner in the works by stating “and Bennett getting well set, tried an oblique shot which fairly beat Chalmers”. Naturally, we stick with McBride per the majority view.

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Match Report

TTA report

On a sodden pitch, play was end to end with the teams enjoying spells on top. McBride opened (an oblique shot, 30). Clyde applied the pressure either side of half-time and they scored (goalmouth scramble, 65). It was a pulsating match. Two good teams evenly matched. Both keepers were outstanding.

Stats Watch

● Hartley makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Clyde become the 42nd club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action, 7 years on from the first friendly meeting between the sides.

● McBride scores his last-known goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 21 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Andrew Johnston, 24th Oct 1885 to date. (A new club-record.)

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