13th Aug 1927 Partick Thistle 2 Queen's Park 0 (SFL First Division - game 1)

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Match Information

52y			George Easton		Committee
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Willie Salisbury (1-0, 43 mins); Willie Salisbury (2-0, 85 mins)
21y, 8m, 15d			Johnny Jackson		Jack Harkness former Jag
27y, 6m, 23d			Denis O'Hare		Thomas Campbell
21y, 8m, 10d			Stewart Calderwood		Willie Wiseman former Jag
23y, 8m, 1d			Jimmy Richmond		John MacDonald
30y, 3m, 29d			Alex Lambie		William King
20y, 0m, 16d			Eddie McLeod		James Langmuir
24y, 11m, 29d			Davie Ness		James Crawford former Jag
24y, 9m, 3d			Bobby Grove		William Chalmers
29y, 5m, 4d			Sandy Hair		John Duguid
22y, 9m, 24d			George Boardman		James McAlpine former Jag
28y, 5m, 21d			Willie Salisbury		William Nicholson
25y, 0m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

Official opening of the “main” stand. Salisbury scored just on half-time when the keeper parried a Hair shot. He scored again (85) after Hair had “worried” the keeper into dropping the ball. Queens played some good football and had they taken their chances it would have been quite different.

Scrapbook

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Glasgow Herald, 15th August, 1927

The Scotsman, 15th August, 1927

Sunday Post, 14th August, 1927

Gallery

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• Chairman Thomas C. Reid (left) and James B. Couper MP (right), presumably with their wives, before kick-off. (OH)

• The cigarette case presented on the day by Chairman Thomas C. Reid to James B. Couper MP. (WAT)

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 53rd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● The grand opening of the Excellent Main Stand. The formalities of the ceremony performed by J. B. Cooper Esq. Member of Parliament for the Maryhill Division of Glasgow. We used to call her the Main Stand, but now she is the Old Stand and that's a shame. Its a long time since I heard her referred to as the 'Jimmy Gibson Stand', a term used by fans who concluded that her very existance was occasioned by the transfer of the immensely popular Jimmy Gibson to Aston Villa. Yes, even in those far off days money talked, but only in a mere whisper compared to nowadays. ~ Robert Reid

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 4th May 1927 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins, 23rd Oct 1926 to 13th Nov 1926. Joint club-record: 9 wins, 23rd Jan 1897 to 4th Sep 1897 & 18th Jan 1902 to 31st Mar 1902.)

● 4 consecutive home League wins; 19th Mar 1927 to date. (Longest run since: 5 wins; 18th Sep 1926 to 13th Nov 1926. Club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 5 consecutive competitive home wins; 5th Mar 1927 to date. (Longest run since: 6 wins; 18th Sep 1926 to 4th Dec 1926. Club-record: 11 wins; 26th Aug 1899 to 3rd Feb 1900.)

● 6 home League games without defeat; 23rd Feb 1927 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 4th Sep 1926 to 11th Dec 1926. Club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911.)

● 7 competitive home games without defeat; 23rd Feb 1927 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 4th Sep 1926 to 11th Dec 1926. Club-record: 15 games; 24th Sep 1910 to 4th Feb 1911.)

● 46 consecutive competitive appearances for Johnny Jackson, 28th Aug 1926 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alex Lambie - 46 games, 16th Jan 1923 to 2nd Feb 1924. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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