20th Mar 1897 Partick Thistle 5 Leith Athletic 0 (SFL Second Division - game 15)

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Match Information

James Hirst
John Anderson
Andrew Mailer (1-0, 1st half); Willie Paul (2-0, 1st half); William Lawson (3-0, 2nd half); Willie Paul (4-0, 2nd half); John Ferguson (5-0, 2nd half)
23y, 2m, 20d			John C. Spence		Fulton Gillespie
23y, 11m, 17d			Jamie Auchincloss		John White
			James Hirst		Charles Brown
24y, 5m, 19d			James Lamont		William Armstrong
			Robert Currie		Robert Wood
			William McDonald [i]		James Baldie
			William Lawson		Robert Marshall
20y, 4m, 6d			Andrew Mailer		William Walker
31y, 1m, 13d			Willie Paul		George Drummond
			John Ferguson		James Laidlaw
			James Lamb		James Fotheringham
24y, 7m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle joined Leith at the top with 2 games in hand. Mailer gave them the lead and Paul made it 2-0 then Leith missed an open goal. Lawson scored after half-time and the 4th came from a free-kick (Paul). Ferguson scored from close in to complete the rout. “Leith cut a sorry figure” (DET).

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old James Hirst makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Thistle's record margin of victory over Leith Athletic.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive competitive wins, 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 5 consecutive League wins; 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 6 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 5th Dec 1896.)

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 16th Jan 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 9 games, 11th Apr 1896 to 10th Oct 1896.)

● 6 League games without defeat, 16th Jan 1897 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 7 consecutive home League wins; 5th Sep 1896 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 8 home League games without defeat; 22nd Aug 1896 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 14 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Jan 1896 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 29th Apr 1893 to 8th Sep 1894. Club-record: 28 games; 14th May 1887 to 23rd Apr 1892.)

● 14 consecutive home League games in which Thistle have scored; 23rd Nov 1895 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 20 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 23rd Nov 1895 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 23 consecutive competitive appearances for Jamie Auchincloss, 15th Aug 1896 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: David Proudfoot - 23 games, 14th Dec 1895 to 21st Nov 1896. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

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

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

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