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matches:1896-97: ← 17game 1819 →

J. Hosie; Jacky Robertson; Sam Donaldson; William McCann
Jamie Auchincloss; Paddy Gray; William McDonald [i]; William Lawson

William McCann (1-0, 2nd half); James Lamb (2-1, 2nd half)		? (1-1, 2nd half)


22y, 11m, 21d	John C. Spence	?
	J. Hosie	?
	Jacky Robertson	?
	James Lamont	?
	Robert Currie	?
	John Ferguson	?
	Sam Donaldson	?
22y, 9m, 22d	John Proudfoot	?
30y, 10m, 12d	Willie Paul	?
	James Lamb	?
	William McCann	?

25y, 6m, 19d

Thistle per EY, opposition as yet unsourced.

● J. Hosie makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● William McCann marks his last-known appearance with his only-known goal for Thistle.

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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