20th Feb 1909 Motherwell 3 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 24)

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Match Information

			Committee		George Easton			33/34y
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Samuel Hill (0-1, 1 min); Samuel Hill (2-2, 40 mins); James Johnstone (3-3, 76 mins)					Alex McGregor (1-1, 2 mins); Robert Lyle (2-1, 8 mins); Tom Ballantyne (3-2, 75 mins)
			Robert MacFarlane		Lee Massey			21y, 0m, 20d
			Andrew Sharp		Tom Murray
			James Rattray		Archie McKenzie			30y, 7m, 5d
			James Sneddon		Neilly Gibson			35y, 11m, 28d
			Hugh McNeil		Robert Lyle			20y, 5m, 25d
			George Nicol		Harry Wilson
			James Johnstone		Tom Ballantyne			22y, 0m, 9d
			James Stewart		Alex McGregor
			Samuel Hill		Frank Branscombe			19y, 9m, 14d
			Robert Tait		Herbert MacPherson			20y, 7m, 24d
			George C. Robertson		Fred Robertson			20y, 4m, 0d
								23y, 10m, 12d

notes

Drawings £45 (GH) SC reports Motherwell's late equaliser came from “Stewart”. JL says “Johnstone” and we stick with him for consistency with the other scorers.

Match Report

TTA report

Motherwell scored (1) but Thistle fought back to lead 2-1 seven minutes later (McGregor and Lyle) then Motherwell made it 2-2 at half-time. Ballantyne made it 3-2 against the run of play but a min later it was 3-3. Massey kept Motherwell at bay after that. “Slow and uninteresting…neither team showing any football” (SC).

Stats Watch

● Robert Lyle scores his only goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 10 League games without a win; 28th Nov 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 12 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 17th Oct 1908.)

● 12 competitive games without a win, 28th Nov 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 15 games, 20th Apr 1908 to 17th Oct 1908.)

● 14 away League games without a win; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 16 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 1st Feb 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 20 games; 30th Dec 1899 to 30th Nov 1901. Club-record: 32 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 18 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.)

● 27 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.)

● 17 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.)

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