26th Apr 1899 Celtic 3 Partick Thistle 0 (Glasgow League - game 7)

matches:1898-99: ← 33game 3435 →

Match Information

					Jimmy Raeside; Robert Campbell; Dick Richmond; Willie Paul
					James Gourlay; Andy Wilson; James Watson; James Paul
John Divers (0-1, 1st half); John Divers (0-2, 1st half); John Divers (0-3, 60 mins)
			Jim Welford		Jimmy Raeside			19y, 9m, 20d
			Robert Davidson		Robert Campbell			17y, 11m, 10d
			David Storrier		Jamie Auchincloss			26y, 0m, 23d
			Thomas Hynds		James Bryce			29y, 2m, 11d
			Henry Marshall		Dick Richmond			20y, 0m, 24d
			Willie Orr		Bob Duncan			24y, 6m, 22d
			Patrick Gilhooley		Wattie Collier			22y, 5m, 4d
			Peter Somers		Geordie McNicoll
			John Divers		Willie Paul			33y, 2m, 19d
			future Jag Sandy McMahon		Robert Gray			23y, 1m, 25d
			Alexander King		James Kirkland			23y, 6m, 3d
								23y, 11m, 28d

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Match Report

TTA report

Fresh from their Scottish Cup win on the Saturday Celtic had no difficulty in this one. “The Meadowside front rank were woefully weak and…could make no impression” (GH) and it was 2-0 at half-time and 3-0 on the hour. “Not brilliant” (DET).

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Glasgow Herald, 27th April, 1899

Stats Watch

● 19-year-old Jimmy Raeside makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive defeats, 18th Mar 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 21 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.)

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Bob Duncan, 1st Oct 1898 to date, matching his 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.)

● 28 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.)

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