1st Jan 1909 Falkirk 3 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 19)

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Match Information

			William Nicol		George Easton			33/34y
					no changes
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Clyde Skene (0-1, 9 mins); John Simpson (0-2, 1st half); Clyde Skene (1-3, 2nd half)					Fred Robertson (1-2, 50 mins)
			future Jag Alex Stewart [i]		William Eadie			26y, 6m, 18d
			William Leishman		Tom Murray
			Robert Gibson		Archie McKenzie			30y, 5m, 17d
			James McMillan		Bill Gray			26y, 9m, 27d
			John Anderson		Robert Lyle			20y, 4m, 6d
			Harry Collins		Archie Low			23y, 3m, 8d
			John Simpson		Tom Ballantyne			21y, 10m, 21d
			future Jag Jock McTavish		Alex McGregor
			Clyde Skene		Sam Kennedy			27y, 8m, 24d
			Archibald Devine		Fred Robertson			20y, 2m, 12d
			William Davidson		Eddie Riddell			25y, 0m, 6d
								24y, 8m, 11d

notes

Drawings £139 (GH) OH credits Sam Kennedy with Thistle's goal, but JL/GH/SC/FH all credit Fred Robertson, so we go with them.

Match Report

TTA report

Falkirk were by far the better team in the first half, scored (9) and were 2-up at half-time. A better performance just before and after the break saw Thistle pull one back through Robertson (F) (50) from a fine combined move but a 3rd goal from Falkirk soon after sealed the points deservedly so.

Stats Watch

● 25-year-old Eddie Riddell plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 10 away League games without a win; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 11 games; 3rd Oct 1903 to 3rd Sep 1904.)

● 12 competitive away games without a win; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 19 games; 26th Sep 1903 to 24th Sep 1904.)

● 15 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 1st Feb 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 26th Aug 1905 to 10th Feb 1906. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 22 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 27 games; 9th Dec 1899 to 24th Aug 1901. Club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 25 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 31 games; 23rd Oct 1897 to 17th Dec 1898. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 10 consecutive competitive appearances for Tom Ballantyne, 24th Oct 1908 to date. (Longest run since: Lee Massey - 26 games, 21st Mar 1908 to 28th Nov 1908. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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