12th Dec 1896 Leith Athletic 3 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Second Division - game 9)

matches:1896-97: ← 16game 1718 →

Match Information

					James Lamont; John Ferguson
					Abe Morrison; William McCann
James Laidlaw (0-1, 2 mins); James Laidlaw (0-2, 1st half); James Laidlaw (0-3, 1st half)					William Lawson (1-3, 2nd half)
			Fulton Gillespie		John C. Spence			22y, 11m, 14d
			John White		Jamie Auchincloss			23y, 8m, 9d
			Charles Brown		Robert Currie
			William Armstrong		James Lamont			24y, 2m, 11d
			Robert Wood		Paddy Gray			24y, 0m, 8d
			William Smith		William McDonald [i]
			Robert Marshall		William Lawson
			William Walker		John Proudfoot			22y, 9m, 15d
			George Drummond		John Ferguson
			James Laidlaw		James Lamb
			James Fotheringham		Willie Paul			30y, 10m, 5d
								24y, 8m, 30d

notes

JL credits William Walker with Leith's third goal, but we go with James Laidlaw as per the account in the SC.

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle's only league defeat of the season. The home team raced into the lead in the opening minutes and their No 10 scored a hat-trick before half-time. Thistle had a good spell “in a struggling kind of fashion…showing so little command over the ball that they were never really dangerous” (EEN).

Stats Watch

● Thistle make their last-ever visit to Beechwood Park.

ongoing sequences:

● 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 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.)

● 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.)

● 16 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.)

● 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.)

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

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

● 27 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.)

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

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

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