30th Mar 1895 Airdrieonians 9 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL Second Division - game 14)

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Match Information

					David Bruce; Hugh Henderson
					William McDonald [i]; Willie Paul
Robert Scott; Robert Scott; James McDonald; James McDonald; James McDonald; James Inglis; Robert McRoberts; Robert McRoberts; Robert McRoberts;
			Charles Traynor		Pat Smith
			Carson		Robert Ferguson
			Matthew Scott		Bob Campbell			27y, 9m, 2d
			Alex Slaven		James Bryce			25y, 1m, 15d
			John Dunn		Paddy Gray			22y, 3m, 26d
			Prosser		David Bruce
			James Inglis		Willie Freebairn			20y, 2m, 21d
			John Kyle		John Proudfoot			21y, 1m, 3d
			Robert McRoberts		Hugh Henderson
			Robert Scott		John Wilkie			18y, 7m, 15d
			James McDonald		John Campbell			17y, 5m, 28d
								21y, 9m, 18d

notes

Erroneously listed as 8-0 (SC) but correctly listed as 9-0 (OH/JL/GH/DET/GEP).

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Match Report

TTA report

Airdrie “…brilliantly capturing five goals in the first half-hour by splendid forward play” (SC). To make matters worse, they fielded 3 reserves. (The SC lists the score as 8-0 but other reports give 9-0.) “A bit of an eye-opener for Thistle” (DET). Thistle “completely failed in all departments of the game” (GEP).

Stats Watch

● Hugh Henderson makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Thistle's record margin of defeat against Airdrieonians.

● The 9 goal losing margin stands today as the joint club-record for a League game. (L0-9 30-Mar-1895; L0-9 23-Aug-1902; L1-10 18-Apr-1959)

● The 9 goal losing margin stands today as the joint club-record for an away League game. (L0-9 30-Mar-1895; L0-9 23-Aug-1902; L1-10 18-Apr-1959)

● Thistle concede 9 goals in a League game, setting a new club-record.

● Thistle concede 9 goals in an away League game, setting a new club-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 16 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 19th Aug 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 16 home games without a clean-sheet in the League; 26th Aug 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 20 competitive home games without a clean-sheet; 26th Aug 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 32 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 19th Aug 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 42 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 27th May 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 42 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn, 27th May 1893 to date, a new personal best. (A new club-record.)

● 68 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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