19th Apr 1890 Partick Thistle 4 Renton 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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Roddy McLeod (1-0, 1st half); Andrew Johnston (2-0, 1st half); Willie Paul (3-0, 2nd half); Willie Paul (4-0, 2nd half)
22y, 7m, 20d			John McCorkindale		John Gow
24y, 2m, 23d			William Proudfoot		Carlyle
23y, 8m, 11d			Thomas McCulloch		MacAdam
23y, 1m, 10d			George Gorham		John McIntyre
20y, 8m, 17d			Archie Freebairn		Harry Gardiner
24y, 10m, 28d			Bob Robertson		Duncan McNair
22y, 5m, 17d			David Hislop		John Duncan
			Sam Clark		McArthur
24y, 2m, 12d			Willie Paul		George Davie
24y, 6m, 7d			Andrew Johnston		James McCall
19y, 4m, 6d			Roddy McLeod		J. Burleigh
22y, 11m, 23d

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Match Report

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The Renton goalkeeper was by far the busier in the first half. The visitors had a few spells of pressure but by half-time it was 2-0 thanks to McLeod and Johnston. Paul had a fine game and scored 2 goals in the second half to seal the win.

Stats Watch

● Thistle's joint-record margin of victory over Renton.

ongoing sequences:

● 13 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John McCorkindale, 29th Aug 1888 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: Andrew Johnston - 24 games, 24th Oct 1885 to 27th May 1889.)

● 17 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 31st Oct 1885 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

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