9th Aug 1890 Newmilns 1 Partick Thistle 6 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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? (0-1, 1st half)					? (1-1, 1st half); ? (2-1, 2nd half); ? (3-1, 2nd half); ? (4-1, 2nd half); ? (5-1, 2nd half); ? (6-1, 2nd half)
			?		John McCorkindale			22y, 11m, 10d
			?		William Proudfoot			24y, 6m, 13d
			?		Thomas McCulloch			24y, 0m, 1d
			?		George Gorham			23y, 5m, 0d
			?		Bob Robertson			25y, 2m, 18d
			?		Holmes
			?		Roddy McLeod			19y, 7m, 27d
			?		Sam Clark
			?		Willie Paul			24y, 6m, 2d
			?		Andrew Johnston			24y, 9m, 28d
			?		John Stewart			24y, 1m, 23d
								23y, 8m, 9d

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Match Report

TTA report

Play was even for a while then Newmilns took the lead. Thistle (who were well below full strength) fought back to level before half-time. The second half was largely one-way traffic and Thistle “at once began the aggressive” (SR) and scored 5 without reply.

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the sixteenth season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● Holmes makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 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.)

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