10th Mar 1900 East Stirlingshire 0 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

matches:1899-00: ← 32game 3334 →

Match Information

					William Wallace; William McDonald [i]; Jackie Johnston; Willie Paul
					John C. Spence; Robert Campbell; Patrick McWilliams; Dan Campbell
					David Fairbairn (1-0, 48 mins)
			Robert MacFarlane		William Wallace			24y, 4m, 22d
			James Johnston		James Bryce			30y, 0m, 23d
			Peter Hunter		Andy Wilson			24y, 7m, 13d
			Andrew Prentice		William McDonald [i]
			Thomas Fish		David Proudfoot			27y, 11m, 9d
			Peter Steel		Jackie Johnston
			William Clark		David Fairbairn
			Thomas Laidlaw		Willie Freebairn			25y, 2m, 1d
			Buchan		John Blackwood			22y, 6m, 7d
			John Harper		Willie Paul			34y, 1m, 3d
			John Miller		Davy McDougall			21y, 3m, 7d
								26y, 3m, 3d

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Match Report

TTA report

There was activity at both ends but shooting was poor. Blackwood went close with a long run but it was 0-0 at half-time. Fairbairn scored (48) taking a pass from McDougal. Freebairn had “a brilliant run” (FH) but shot over then Shire had a good spell. Freebairn “scored” (70) but was ruled off-side so it ended 1-0.

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Kilsyth Chronicle, 17th March, 1900

Stats Watch

● Jackie Johnston makes his Thistle debut.

● 24-year-old William Wallace makes his Thistle debut and joins our goalies' clean-sheet debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 League games without defeat, 28th Oct 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 10 games; 16th Jan 1897 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 8 consecutive home League wins; 26th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 8 home League games without defeat; 26th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 11 games; 22nd Aug 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 14 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 29th Apr 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 22 games; 23rd Nov 1895 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 16 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn & Davy McDougall (new personal best), 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since: Bob Duncan - 27 games, 1st Oct 1898 to 13th May 1899. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 24 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

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