18th Dec 1920 Partick Thistle 2 Dundee 1 (SFL - game 22)

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Match Information

45y			George Easton		Sandy MacFarlane
Andrew Kerr
Jimmy McMenemy
Tom Gibbon (1-0, og 65 mins); Andrew Kerr (2-1, 68 mins)					William MacLean (1-1, 67 mins)
28y, 3m, 12d			Kenny Campbell		Tom Gibbon
27y, 5m, 20d			Tom Crichton		David Raitt
37y, 10m, 0d			Willie Bulloch		David Thomson
27y, 8m, 29d			Joe Harris		David Hutchison
31y, 2m, 9d			Willie Hamilton		David Nicoll
26y, 10m, 11d			Jimmy McMullan		John Jackson
23y, 5m, 21d			John Blair		John Honeyman
22y, 8m, 4d			Jimmy Kinloch		William MacLean
			Andrew Kerr		George Philip
			Alex Lauder		David McDonald
21y, 9m, 25d			Willie Salisbury		Alex Troup
27y, 5m, 25d

notes

OH has John Blair for both of Thistle's goals, but we say he got neither, although GH say John Blair (who took the corner) got the first. Everybody was confused about the first goal in the dense fog. The SP reporter says he got the first goalscorer directly from the ref, and reported that a Dundee back kicked the ball against his own goalie (Thomas Gibbon) and it went in. However, the DR scribe spoke to the Thistle players after the game and they reported that the ref gave a goal as he thought the keeper had caught the header (?) (by Dundee's Raitt) on the wrong side of the goal line. For sure it looks like one, if not two people touched the ball after Blair took the corner, so it's not his goal. We go with the referee's view, although who knows for sure? The second goal was reported as Andrew Kerr's, from a pass by John Blair in SC/SP/GH/DR. JL concurs. We therefore go with the referee's “truth” for the first one (Gibbon og) and the majority view for the second (Kerr).

Match Report

TTA report

On a frost-bound pitch and in thickening fog chances were missed at both ends. Few spectators saw a disputed OG (65) from a Blair corner that put Thistle ahead (the SP reporter had to ask the ref what happened) or Dundee levelling soon afterwards. A run by Blair let Kerr in for the winner a minute later.

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Stats Watch

● Andrew Kerr scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive home wins; 23rd Oct 1920 to date. (Longest run since: 5 wins; 13th Dec 1919 to 24th Jan 1920. Club-record: 11 wins; 26th Aug 1899 to 3rd Feb 1900.)

● 4 consecutive home League wins; 23rd Oct 1920 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins; 13th Dec 1919 to 10th Jan 1920. Club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 13 competitive home games without defeat; 10th Apr 1920 to date. (Longest run since: 13 games; 9th Dec 1911 to 28th Sep 1912. Club-record: 15 games; 24th Sep 1910 to 4th Feb 1911.)

● 13 home League games without defeat; 10th Apr 1920 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911.)

● 16 consecutive home League games in which Thistle have scored; 14th Feb 1920 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 26 games; 11th Nov 1911 to 29th Mar 1913.)

● 17 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 7th Feb 1920 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 4th Feb 1911. Club-record: 22 games; 23rd Nov 1895 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Joe Harris, 17th Apr 1920 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Neil Harris - 38 games, 16th Aug 1919 to 13th Mar 1920. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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