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matches:1908-09: ← 32game 3334 →

Neilly Gibson; Harry Wilson; Tom Ballantyne; Herbert MacPherson
Bill Gray; Archie Low; John Callander; Alex McGregor

Sam Kennedy (1-2, 1st half); Sam Kennedy (2-2, 2nd half)		John Davie (0-1, pen 1st half); William Main (0-2, 1st half); Philip Watson (2-3, 2nd half); John Robertson (2-4, 2nd half)


	Lee Massey	Robert Mason
	Thomas Murray	William Brownlie
	Archie McKenzie	John Davie
36y, 1m, 4d	Neilly Gibson	Alex Wilson
	Robert Lyle	Philip Watson
	Harry Wilson	John Ferguson
	Tom Ballantyne	John Robertson
19y, 10m, 21d	Frank Branscombe	John Millar
27y, 11m, 19d	Sam Kennedy	William McLaughlin
	Herbert MacPherson	John Glasgow
	Fred Robertson	William Main

27y, 11m, 24d

	Teamlines per GH, OH concurs.
	Played at Douglas Park. Verified GH.
	2000 (OH); 2000 (JL); 2000 (SC); 2000 (GH) £40 (SC); £40 (GH)

● 36-year-old Neilly Gibson plays his last game for Thistle.

● For the sixteenth time in the club's history, Thistle's designated home fixture is not played on their own ground. Whilst their new home at Firhill is being made ready this one was played at Douglas Park.

● Sam Kennedy scores his last goals for Thistle, signing off with a brace.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive defeats, 27th Feb 1909 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats, 1st Jan 1909 to 16th Jan 1909. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 4 consecutive League defeats; 27th Feb 1909 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 1st Jan 1909 to 13th Feb 1909. Club-record: 11 defeats; 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 6 competitive games without a home win; 5th Dec 1908 to date. (Longest run since the joint club-record: 8 games; 25th Apr 1908 to 3rd Oct 1908, 13th Apr 1907 to 16th Nov 1907 & & 26th Mar 1898 to 17th Dec 1898.)

● 6 consecutive competitive home defeats; 5th Dec 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 8 defeats; 26th Mar 1898 to 17th Dec 1898.)

● 6 consecutive home League defeats; 5th Dec 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 7 defeats; 3rd Sep 1898 to 17th Dec 1898.)

● 6 home League games without a win; 5th Dec 1908 to date. (Longest run since the joint club-record: 7 games; 25th Apr 1908 to 3rd Oct 1908, 18th Jan 1908 to 4th Apr 1908, 13th Apr 1907 to 16th Nov 1907 & 3rd Sep 1898 to 17th Dec 1898.)

● 14 League games without a win; 28th Nov 1908 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 16 competitive games without a win, 28th Nov 1908 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 16 home games without a clean-sheet in the League; 25th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 7th Sep 1895 to 20th Feb 1897. Club-record: 17 games; 26th Aug 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 17 competitive home games without a clean-sheet; 25th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 21 games; 26th Aug 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 31 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Robert Lyle, 7th Nov 1908 to date, a new personal best. (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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