13th Sep 1890 Partick Thistle 5 Airdrieonians 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

John Gilchrist; Langlands
John Kerr; Peter Rodger
? (1-0, og 1st half); Langlands (2-0, 1st half); John Gilchrist (3-0, 1st half); ? (4-0, og 1st half); John Gilchrist (5-2, 70 mins)					Robert Scott (4-1, 1st half); Robert Donaldson (4-2, 1st half); ? (5-3, 2nd half)
23y, 0m, 14d			John McCorkindale		James Connor
24y, 1m, 5d			Thomas McCulloch		Andrew Mitchell
22y, 8m, 11d			John Herd		Flannelly
			Jacky Smith		J. Sharp
			John Cameron		William Lithgow
24y, 7m, 17d			William Proudfoot		Alex Slaven
18y, 11m, 20d			John Gilchrist		Robert Scott
			Sam Clark		John Galloway future Jag
22y, 7m, 27d			Hope Robertson		John Dunn
			Langlands		Robert Donaldson
19y, 9m, 0d			Roddy McLeod		Tweedie
22y, 3m, 5d

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Match Report

TTA report

There was no shortage of attacking play and near misses. Thistle took a 4-goal lead (a goalmouth scramble, Langlands, Gilchrist, scramble) in 10 minutes before Airdrie scored twice. In the second half play was evenly contested but Thistle ran out comfortable winners, Gilchrist having scored (70) before Airdrie got a third.

Stats Watch

● Langlands marks his last-known appearance with his only-known goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have scored; 14th May 1887 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 15 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.)

● 19 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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