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matches:1896-97: ← 31game 3233 →

Robert Gray
Willie Paul

Robert Currie; James Lamont


23y, 3m, 20d	John C. Spence	Muir
24y, 0m, 14d	Jamie Auchincloss	Thomas Busby
	James Hirst	Robert Brown
	James Lamont	David McPherson
	Robert Currie	James Campbell
	William McDonald [i]	John Johnstone
	William Lawson	Revie
20y, 5m, 3d	Andrew Mailer	Richard McAvoy
	John Ferguson	McArthur
21y, 1m, 16d	Robert Gray	James Cochrane
	James Lamb	Alex McLean

22y, 2m, 21d

	Teamlines per SR, OH concurs.
	5000 (OH); 5000 (JL)

● 21-year-old Robert Gray makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Thistle's title-clinching game made it a certainty that they'd be included in the post-season election ballot for promotion. There was no pre-determined criteria in this season, but it was a given that the champion club would be included. In the end, the Top 4 of the Second Division were nominated as were the bottom 3 of the First Division. Thistle's first promotion by election was verified on the 1st June, 1897.

● Thistle win their sixth trophy, their first League title.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League wins; 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 4 consecutive competitive away wins; 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 7 consecutive competitive wins, 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 7 consecutive League wins; 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (A new club-record.)

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

● 8 consecutive home League wins; 5th Sep 1896 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

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

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

● 15 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.)

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

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

● 25 consecutive competitive appearances for Jamie Auchincloss, 15th Aug 1896 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Robert Currie - 34 games, 24th Aug 1895 to 7th Nov 1896. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

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

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

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