26th Jan 1938 Partick Thistle 8 Stranraer 0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round replay)

matches:1937-38: ← 29game 3031 →

Match Information

56y, 11m, 26d			Donald Turner		Committee
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Peter McKennan (1-0, 6 mins); John Wallace (2-0, 10 mins); James Williamson (3-0, 43 mins); Sammy Picken (4-0, 48 mins); Peter McKennan (5-0, 52 mins); John Wallace (6-0, 55 mins); David Alston (7-0, 63 mins); John Wallace (8-0, 88 mins)
26y, 2m, 20d			Bobby Johnstone		Andrew Loudon
			Peter Curran		Tom Crickett
			Jimmy Stewart		William Docherty former Jag
33y, 0m, 16d			Alex Elliott		R. Woodcraft
23y, 3m, 21d			George Sutherland		Alex Nelson
22y, 1m, 20d			Charlie Busby		William Ferguson
23y, 8m, 2d			David Alston		Eddie McGonigle
19y, 6m, 10d			Peter McKennan		Tom Brennan former Jag
21y, 4m, 23d			John Wallace		William Duncan
			James Williamson		John Simpson former Jag
17y, 8m, 13d			Sammy Picken		John Murdoch
23y, 4m, 18d

notes

DET (Wednesday 26 January 1938) notes there were four former Jags at Stair Park at this time: Tom Crickett, William Docherty, John Simpson and George Wyllie, the first three of whom were in the starting line up for this one. ET confirms that Tom Brennan (guesting for Stranraer) was another.

Match Report

TTA report

Unchanged Thistle crushed plucky Stranraer who ran out of steam on the heavy ground. Goals came from McKennan (6), Wallace (10), Williamson (header from a corner, 43), Picken (48), McKennan (52), Wallace (55), Alston (63) and Wallace (88). Stranraer's misery was completed with a missed pen (90).

Media report

27-Jan-1938, Dundee Courier

The score in this Cup replay tells the whole sad story! The Qualifying Cup holders were “lost” in the wide open spaces of Firhill. They had a chance to break their duck when awarded a penalty nine minutes from the end for a simple handling offence by Sutherland, but left-back Docherty biffed the ball right into Johnstone’s hands from the spot. Before the game was halfway through the non-Leaguers were so leg weary that it was an effort for them to kick the ball when it came to them, let alone chase for it. And it was a case of chase, chase, chase all the time.

When Alston scored the seventh goal eighteen minutes after the interval, the names of all the Thistle forwards were on the score sheet. McKennan led off in the sixth minute with a terrific shot. Wallace followed with a second four minutes later, and in half an hour Williamson headed a third. Three up at the interval, Thistle could quite easily have doubled the tally if they had been anxious. The second half was a regular procession. Picken in three minutes, McKennan in seven, Wallace in ten, and Alston in eighteen brought the total to seven. Two minutes from the end, Wallace made it eight. No use attempting a serious criticism of play or players.

Thistle struck how and when they liked. Overworked and latterly overrun, Stranraer defence just had to grin and bear it. None of the forwards, with the possible exception of Brennan, threatened to find a way past the Thistle defence.

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Edinburgh Evening News, 26th January, 1938

Daily Record, 27th January, 1938

Stats Watch

● The crowd of 4,700 stands today as the record for any Thistle vs. Stranraer match.

● Sammy Picken scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle's record margin of victory over Stranraer.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 competitive games without defeat, 4th Dec 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games, 8th Sep 1936 to 17th Oct 1936. Club-record: 11 games, 22nd Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932.)

● 8 consecutive competitive home wins; 2nd Oct 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 8 wins; 26th Sep 1932 to 26th Dec 1932. Club-record: 11 wins; 26th Aug 1899 to 3rd Feb 1900.)

● 9 competitive home games without defeat; 27th Sep 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 8th Sep 1936 to 26th Dec 1936. Club-record: 16 games; 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy Stewart, 21st Aug 1937 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Johnstone - 55 games, 2nd May 1936 to 1st Sep 1937. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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