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matches:1896-97: ← 36game 3738 →

		Jamie Auchincloss; Robert Gray
		Stewart; Andrew Mailer

John Ferguson (1-1, 1st half)		John Ferguson (1-0, 1st half); John Ferguson (2-1, 1st half)


	Thomas Stewart	John C. Spence	23y, 4m, 10d
	Edward Hamilton	Jamie Auchincloss	24y, 1m, 5d
	Charles Burgess	James Hirst
	Alexander Hall	James Lamont	24y, 7m, 7d
	William Longair	Robert Currie
	William McArthur	William McDonald [i]
	Joseph Clark	William Lawson
	David Willocks	Duncan MacLean	23y, 3m, 8d
	James Devlin	John Ferguson
	John Ferguson	Robert Gray	21y, 2m, 7d
	Sharp	James Lamb

			23y, 3m, 20d

	Teamlines per DC / DET. OH lists Stewart and Mailer at the expense of McLean and Gray, both of whom were clearly identified in the Dundee press as Thistle's "new men".
	OH lists Ferguson and Currie as scorers, but the local press (DET/DC) have written reports which credit John Ferguson with the double and we go with those accounts.
	4000 (OH)

● 22-year-old Duncan MacLean makes his last-known appearance 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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