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matches:1896-97: ← 35game 3637 →

Stewart; Duncan MacLean
J. Hosie; Robert Gray

James Lamb (1-0, 15 mins); William Lawson (2-0, 2nd half)


23y, 4m, 8d	John C. Spence	John Russell
	Robert Currie	Duncan McLean
	James Hirst	Alex Wood
	Stewart	Robert Foyers
24y, 7m, 5d	James Lamont	William Baird
	William McDonald [i]	James Lowe
	William Lawson	James Fisher
20y, 5m, 22d	Andrew Mailer	Steen
	John Ferguson	Craig
23y, 3m, 6d	Duncan MacLean	James Hutton
	James Lamb	Downie

22y, 11m, 2d

Teamlines per GH, OH concurs.
GH lists Thistle's no.4 as "Stewart (Third Lanark)" and no.10 as "McLean (Moorepark)".

● Thistle play their last game at Inchview, their fourth home.

● 22-year-old Duncan MacLean makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Stewart makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● William Lawson scores his last-known goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive away League wins; 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

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

● 6 away League games without defeat; 16th Jan 1897 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 6 competitive away games without defeat; 16th Jan 1897 to date. (A new club-record.)

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

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

● 8 consecutive League wins; 23rd Jan 1897 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

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

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

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

● 14 consecutive away League games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Jan 1896 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 15 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 9th Mar 1895.)

● 16 consecutive competitive appearances for William Lawson, 7th Nov 1896 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jamie Auchincloss - 25 games, 15th Aug 1896 to 17th Apr 1897. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 16 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.)

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

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

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

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