7th Jan 1928 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Partick Thistle 7 (SFL First Division - game 24)

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Match Information

			Sandy Paterson		George Easton			52/53y
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Walter Innes (7-1, 2nd half)					Harry Gibson (1-0, 2 mins); Willie Salisbury (2-0, 5 mins); Willie Salisbury (3-0, 1st half); Jimmy McDougall (4-0, 1st half); Harry Gibson (5-0, 55 mins); Willie Salisbury (6-0, 65 mins); George Boardman (7-0, 2nd half)
			James Harris		Johnny Jackson			22y, 1m, 9d
			John Young		Denis O'Hare			27y, 11m, 17d
			John Wilson		Bob Paton			26y, 5m, 29d
			David Cameron		Alex Elliott			22y, 11m, 28d
			James Clark		Alex Lambie			30y, 8m, 23d
			Colin Dand		Eddie McLeod			20y, 5m, 10d
			Walter Innes		Davie Ness			25y, 4m, 23d
			William Williamson		George Boardman			23y, 2m, 18d
			Charles Tallis		Harry Gibson			20y, 11m, 27d
			James Dickson		Jimmy McDougall			23y, 11m, 15d
			James Stein		Willie Salisbury			28y, 10m, 15d
								24y, 9m, 29d

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Match Report

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Lowly Dunfermline were swamped. They were more in the game than the score suggests but it was one of these days when everything went in. 2-up in 10 mins, 4-up at half-time Thistle coasted the second half. Salisbury (3), Gibson (2), McDougall and Boardman scored.

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Sunday Post, 8th January, 1928

Stats Watch

● Thistle's joint-record margin of victory over Dunfermline Athletic.

● The 6 goal winning margin stands today as the joint club-record for an away League game. (W6-0 13-Feb-1897; W7-1 07-Jan-1928; W6-0 07-Sep-1957)

● Thistle score 7 goals in an away League game, the joint club-record which stands today. (W7-1 07-Jan-1928; W7-2 01-Apr-1933; W7-3 12-Aug-1933; W7-2 18-Mar-1950)

ongoing sequences:

● 71 consecutive competitive appearances for Johnny Jackson, 28th Aug 1926 to date, a new personal best. (An extension of the club-record.)

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