22nd Nov 1890 Celtic 5 Partick Thistle 1 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final)

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Match Information

					John McCorkindale; Archie Freebairn; Bob Robertson; John Gilchrist
					Andrew Duff; John Kerr; Willie Paul; Andrew Johnston
Bernard Crossan (1-1, 1st half); Bernard Crossan (1-2, 1st half); Johnny Campbell (2nd half); Johnny Campbell (2nd half); Peter Dowds (2nd half)					? (1-0, 1st half)
			James Bell		John McCorkindale			23y, 2m, 23d
			Jeremiah Reynolds		Thomas McCulloch			24y, 3m, 14d
			Michael McKeown		John Herd			22y, 10m, 20d
			Patrick Gallacher		William Proudfoot			24y, 9m, 26d
			James Kelly		John Cameron
			Willie Maley		Jacky Smith
			Johnny Madden		Archie Freebairn			21y, 3m, 20d
			Michael Dunbar		Roddy McLeod			19y, 11m, 9d
			Peter Dowds		Bob Robertson			25y, 6m, 0d
			Johnny Campbell		Sam Clark
			Bernard Crossan		John Gilchrist			19y, 1m, 29d
								22y, 7m, 22d

notes

Glasgow Cup Quarter Final (Sat-01-Nov-1890) vs. Cowlairs [h] was won via walk over. Thistle protested the result here on the grounds of inclement weather but the protest was not upheld.

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Match Report

TTA report

Celtic kicked off into the teeth of a gale and torrential rain and could make no progress at all in the mud. Thistle took the lead (scorer unknown) but it was 2-1 at half-time. With the wind, the second half was a formality and Celtic scored 3 more. Thistle lodged a protest in view of the weather/state of the pitch.

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Glasgow Evening News, 28th November, 1890

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ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive away defeats; 2nd Nov 1889 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 15 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have scored; 14th May 1887 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 18 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.)

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

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