3rd Dec 1898 Partick Thistle 3 Celtic 8 (SFL First Division - game 14)

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Match Information

Dick Richmond; James Caldwell; James Lamb
Robert Currie; George Allan [i]; Walter Lindsay
Willie Paul (1-1, 1st half); James Lamb (2-2, 1st half) ; James Lamb (3-7, 2nd half)					Willie Orr (0-1, 10 mins); Sandy McMahon (1-2, 1st half); Sandy McMahon (2-3, 1st half); Sandy McMahon (2-4, 1st half); Jamie Auchincloss (2-5, og 2nd half); Peter Somers (2-6, 2nd half); John Divers (2-7, 2nd half); John Divers (3-8, 2nd half)
24y, 11m, 5d			John C. Spence		John Docherty
25y, 8m, 0d			Jamie Auchincloss		Jim Welford
23y, 4m, 8d			Andy Wilson		Daniel Doyle
24y, 1m, 29d			Bob Duncan		Hugh Goldie
19y, 8m, 1d			Dick Richmond		Thomas Hynds
			James Watson		Willie Orr
32y, 9m, 26d			Willie Paul		Jack Bell
22y, 9m, 2d			Robert Gray		Peter Somers
			James Caldwell		John Divers
23y, 1m, 10d			James Kirkland		Sandy McMahon future Jag
			James Lamb		James Fisher
24y, 6m, 22d

Match Report

TTA report

Celtic scored (10) but Thistle worked hard and Paul equalised. Celtic scored again then Lamb levelled (suspiciously off-side) but it was 4-2 by half-time. It was virtually all Celtic in the second half although Lamb scored again to make it 3-7. Thistle “made a poor show, lacking combination, pace and placing” (APJ).

Stats Watch

● James Caldwell makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● James Lamb makes his last-known appearance and marks the occasion by scoring his two last-known goals for Thistle.

● Thistle concede 8 goals in a home game, matching the club-record which was set on 07-Mar-1891.

● Thistle concede 8 goals in a competitive home game, setting a new club-record.

● Thistle concede 8 goals in a home League game, setting a new club-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 consecutive home League defeats; 3rd Sep 1898 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 6 home League games without a win; 3rd Sep 1898 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 7 competitive games without a home win; 26th Mar 1898 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 7 consecutive competitive home defeats; 26th Mar 1898 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Paul, 29th Jan 1898 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bob Duncan - 24 games, 4th Sep 1897 to 3rd Sep 1898. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 20 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 27th Feb 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 32 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 22 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 27th Feb 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 26 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 23rd Oct 1897 to date. (Longest run since: 29 games; 17th Aug 1895 to 23rd Jan 1897. Club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 29 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 23rd Oct 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

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