7th Feb 1923 Airdrieonians 3 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 26)

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Match Information

			William Orr		George Easton			47/48y
					Thomas Mackie
					John Blair
William Russell (1-1, 1st half); William Russell (1-2, 1st half); James Howieson (2-3, 2nd half)					Johnny Ballantyne (1-0, 1 min); Archie Macdonald (2-2, 2nd half); Johnny Ballantyne (3-3, 85 mins)
			James Dempster		Albert Ferguson			24y, 2m, 10d
			Alex Thomson		Tom Crichton			29y, 7m, 10d
			former Jag George McQueen		Denis O'Hare			23y, 0m, 17d
			William Neil		Joe Harris			29y, 10m, 19d
			John McDougall		Alex Lambie			25y, 9m, 23d
			Robert Bennie		Matt Wilson			21y, 5m, 16d
			John Murdoch		Thomas Mackie
			William Russell		Jimmy Kinloch			24y, 9m, 24d
			Alex S. Reid		Johnny Ballantyne			23y, 3m, 11d
			Frank Doyle		Archie Macdonald
			James Howieson		Willie Salisbury			23y, 11m, 15d
								25y, 1m, 11d

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Match Report

TTA report

Airdrie were the better balanced team and Thistle had to work hard to contain their dangerous forwards. No Airdrie player had touched the ball when Ballantyne scored (header,1) but by half-time it was 2-1. McDonald equalised but it was 3-2 a minute later. After intense pressure by Airdrie, Ballantyne headed in for a lucky draw (85).

Stats Watch

● Thomas Mackie makes his Thistle debut.

● Archie Macdonald scores his only goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 19 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 4th Mar 1922 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 21 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 18th Mar 1922 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 11th Sep 1909 to 17th Sep 1910. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Salisbury, 8th Apr 1922 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jimmy McColl - 43 games, 8th Oct 1921 to 2nd Sep 1921. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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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