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matches:1896-97: ← 15game 1617 →

Robert Currie; William McCann
James Lamont; John Ferguson

John Proudfoot (1-0, 25 mins); William Lawson (2-0, pen 1st half); John Proudfoot (3-0, 2nd half); John Proudfoot (4-1, 90 mins)		William Smith (3-1, 89 mins)


22y, 11m, 7d	John C. Spence	Robert Ward
23y, 8m, 2d	Jamie Auchincloss	William Gillespie
21y, 9m, 13d	Abe Morrison	Joseph Scott
	Robert Currie	Alex McDougall
24y, 0m, 1d	Paddy Gray	John Doak
	William McDonald [i]	Andrew Graham
	William Lawson	Duncan McCorquodale
22y, 9m, 8d	John Proudfoot	Robert Thorburn
30y, 9m, 28d	Willie Paul	William Smith
	James Lamb	Daniel Tarbet
	William McCann	David Carson

24y, 3m, 30d

	Teamlines per GH, OH concurs.
	3000 (OH); 3000 (JL)

● William McCann makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 14th Nov 1896 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins, 19th Sep 1896 to 10th Oct 1896. Now a new joint club-record with previous runs set in Sep 1882, Mar 1883 & Jan 1896.)

● 5 consecutive home League wins; 5th Sep 1896 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 6 wins; 7th Oct 1893 to 10th Mar 1894.)

● 6 consecutive League wins; 5th Sep 1896 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 6 home League games without defeat; 22nd Aug 1896 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 6 games; 11th Aug 1894 to 23rd Feb 1895 & 7th Oct 1893 to 10th Mar 1894.)

● 9 League games without defeat, 11th Apr 1896 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 15 consecutive competitive appearances for Jamie Auchincloss, 15th Aug 1896 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: James Lamont - 21 games, 1st Feb 1896 to 28th Nov 1896. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 15 home games without a clean-sheet in the League; 7th Sep 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 17 games; 26th Aug 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 17 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 23rd Nov 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 18 games; 14th Nov 1891 to 22nd Apr 1893.)

● 17 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Jan 1896 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 24 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Jan 1896 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 26 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 17th Aug 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

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

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

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