28th Mar 1891 Aston Villa 10 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					Adam Carson; Willie Paul
					Sam Clark; James Henry Davie
Thomas McKnight (0-1, 5 mins); Thomas McKnight (0-2, 1st half); Billy Dickson (0-3, 1st half); Thomas McKnight (0-4, 1st half); Thomas McKnight (0-5, 1st half); Dennis Hodgetts (0-6, 43 mins); Louis Campbell (0-7, 2nd half); Billy Dickson (0-8, 2nd half); Charlie Athersmith (0-9, 2nd half); Thomas McKnight (0-10, 2nd half)
			James Warner		James Marshall
			Gershom Cox		William Proudfoot			25y, 2m, 1d
			George Campbell		John Herd			23y, 2m, 26d
			Harry Devey		Jacky Smith
			James Cowan		John Cameron [ii]
			James Brown		George Gorham			24y, 0m, 19d
			Charlie Athersmith		Adam Carson			24y, 2m, 3d
			Billy Dickson		John Gilchrist			19y, 6m, 4d
			Thomas McKnight		Watty Keay			20y, 2m, 12d
			Louis Campbell		Billy Fleming			19y, 3m, 17d
			Dennis Hodgetts		Willie Paul			25y, 1m, 21d
								22y, 7m, 4d

notes

There's some doubt over Villa's 4th & 7th with the BDP crediting James Cowan and a John Herd OG respectively as opposed to the commonly reported Thomas McKnight (4th) and Louis Campbell (7th). However, the BDP is incomplete with scorers in general, and others have all 10 goals covered, with unanimity. We therefore go with McKnight and Campbell for the 4th and 7th per SL, SAP and DDT.

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Match Report

TTA report

“In the first half the Villiains were complete masters of the situation” (SC). Indeed. It was 6-0 at half-time. “Thistle have earned the questionable honour of being the best thrashed Scottish club who have ever been to Perry Barr” (Villa's ground). “They must have sadly deteriorated” (BDP).

Media report

30-Mar-1891, Birmingham Daily Post

Partick Thistle have for many years been looked upon as a fairly good-class club in Scotland, but they must have sadly deteriorated, or have very carefully left their “class“ at home. It was cynically observed at Perry Barr on Saturday that they were not playing their best for fear some of the Scots should be bribed by English gold to prolong their stay in Birmingham or the neighbourhood, and perhaps their very ordinary show may be accounted for in this way. It was a long way to come to meet with such a disastrous defeat as ten goals to nothing, and the team will probably recross the Tweed without the compliment of advantageous offers. Luckily, they had a very smart 'keeper, or something like a record might have been compiled against them; as it is, the Thistle have earned the questionable honour of being the best thrashed Scottish club who have ever been to Perry Barr.

The game merits little description, for the Villa forwards commenced to pile up the score at such an alarming rate that there never was a question of who would be victors, and the visiting defence, with the exception of the custodian, was feeble in the extreme. Their front rank was wild, fairly fast and unpolished; and their half-backs were erratic, and sometimes more than a trifle “dour“. Captain Cox and his partner had occasionally a few anxious moments, but they were usually distant spectators of the play, and the Villa forwards were so admirably fed by the half-way division that their attacks were almost incessant, and always dangerous. McKnight scored with regularity and persistency, and his comrades seemed quite content that he should take the honours. In parts of the vanguard there seemed a slight disposition to neglect the brilliant right-winger who had as suddenly sprung into prominence, though Dickson again showed conspicuous unselfishness and tried honestly and earnestly to assist his speedy and smart young protege. Hodgetts was exceptionally good, and seemed to have recovered all the old fire and finish which made him so celebrated a player a couple of seasons ago.

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Sheffield Independent, 30th March, 1891

Sport and Play, 31st March, 1891

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Adam Carson registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● The 10 goal losing margin stands today as the joint club-record for any game. (L0-10 03-Dec-1881; L0-10 01-Jan-1889; L0-10 28-Mar-1891)

● The 10 goal losing margin stands today as the joint club-record for an away game. (L0-10 03-Dec-1881; L0-10 01-Jan-1889; L0-10 28-Mar-1891)

● Thistle concede 10 goals in a game, the joint club-record which stands today. (L0-10 03-Dec-1881; L0-10 01-Jan-1889; L0-10 28-Mar-1891; L1-10 18-Apr-1959; L2-10 19-Dec-1959)

● Thistle concede 10 goals in an away game, the joint club-record which stands today. (L0-10 03-Dec-1881; L0-10 01-Jan-1889; L0-10 28-Mar-1891; L1-10 18-Apr-1959; L2-10 19-Dec-1959)

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.)

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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