1st Sep 1923 Celtic 1 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 4)

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Match Information

			Willie Maley		George Easton			48y
					no changes
					no changes
Joe Cassidy (2-1, 75 mins)					Sandy Hair (1-0, 22 mins); Sandy Hair (2-0, 2nd half)
			Charlie Shaw		Jack Thomson			27y, 1m, 5d
			Alec McNair		Denis O'Hare			23y, 7m, 11d
			Hugh Hilley		Tom Crichton			30y, 2m, 4d
			John Grainger		Harry Chatton			24y, 4m, 9d
			Willie Cringan		Alex Lambie			26y, 4m, 17d
			John McFarlane		Jimmy Gibson			22y, 2m, 27d
			Paddy Connolly		John Blair			26y, 2m, 5d
			Patsy Gallacher		Jimmy Kinloch			25y, 4m, 18d
			Joe Cassidy		Sandy Hair			25y, 5m, 23d
			George McLaughlan		Johnny Ballantyne			23y, 10m, 5d
			future Jag Adam McLean		Willie Salisbury			24y, 6m, 9d
								25y, 4m, 20d

Match Report

TTA report

1st ever league win against Celtic after 49 attempts. “Hair…is the goods“ (SP). He headed home a Blair cross before half-time and scored again set up by Kinloch (75). Celtic scored with a fine drive (80) then wasted two glorious chances to level. The long-awaited win was based on “sharp, swift tactics“ (SP). “Celtic Sliding“ (AN).

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Daily Record, 3rd September, 1923

Stats Watch

● Sandy Hair scores his first goal for Thistle, adding a second for good measure.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 League games without defeat, 21st Apr 1923 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 10th Dec 1921 to 7th Jan 1922. Club-record: 11 games; 4th Mar 1911 to 16th Sep 1911.)

● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Johnny Ballantyne, 4th Nov 1922 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Willie Salisbury - 39 games, 8th Apr 1922 to 3rd Mar 1923. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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