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matches:1896-97: ← 22game 2324 →

	Robert Currie; Andrew Mailer; William Ward
	Paddy Gray; John Proudfoot; Sam Donaldson

	Willie Paul (1-0, 5 mins); William Ward (2-0, 1st half); Willie Paul (3-0, 1st half); William Lawson (4-0, 1st half); James Lamont (5-0, 1st half); John Ferguson (6-0, 2nd half)


James Clark	John C. Spence	23y, 1m, 16d
Samuel Neill	Jamie Auchincloss	23y, 10m, 10d
Michael Dailly	Abe Morrison	21y, 11m, 22d
Gourlay	James Lamont	24y, 4m, 12d
Lachie Thomson	Robert Currie
William Edgar	William McDonald [i]
Walter Maxwell	William Lawson
Edward Goldie	Andrew Mailer	20y, 2m, 30d
Peter Logan	Willie Paul	31y, 0m, 6d
William Galloway	John Ferguson
James Law	William Ward	22y, 0m, 14d

		23y, 9m, 21d

	Teamlines per MT, OH concurs.
	Re-arranged from the original date of 30 January, 1897, which was postponed due to snow.
	Good luck to any historian opening this goalscorers pandoras box. You can check several reports and get no consensus across the lot. Groan. Our sequence takes a view from across the board and ultimately matches the JL totals of Willie Paul (2), William Ward (1), William Lawson (1), James Lamont (1) and John Ferguson (1). We wish never to open this box again.
	4000 (OH); 2000 (JL)

● 20-year-old Andrew Mailer makes his Thistle debut.

● 22-year-old William Ward makes his first-known appearance for Thistle and, theoretically, joins our scoring debutants club with his one and only known goal for Thistle.

● Goalie John C. Spence registers his first-known clean-sheet for Thistle.

● Thistle's record margin of victory over Motherwell, which stands to this day.

● The 6 goal winning margin stands today as the joint club-record for an away League game. (W6-0 13-Feb-1897; W7-1 07-Jan-1928; W6-0 07-Sep-1957)

● Thistle score 6 goals in an away League game, matching the club-record set on 24-Aug-1895.

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.)

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

● 20 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.)

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

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

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