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matches:1896-97: ← 27game 2829 →

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
	James Lamont	William Armstrong
	Robert Currie	Robert Wood
	William McDonald [i]	James Baldie
	William Lawson	Robert Marshall
	Andrew Mailer	William Walker
31y, 1m, 13d	Willie Paul	George Drummond
	John Ferguson	James Laidlaw
	James Lamb	James Fotheringham

26y, 1m, 5d

	Teamlines per GH, OH concurs.
	4000 (OH); 4000 (JL)

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

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

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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