21st May 1940 Clyde 2 Partick Thistle 1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final)

matches:1939-40: ← 36game 3738 →

Match Information

			Paddy Travers		Donald Turner			59y, 3m, 20d
					Donald Twells; Eddie McLeod; Alex Linwood
					George Sutherland; Charlie Busby; John Wallace
Doug Wallace (1-1, 80 mins); Ralph Agnew (1-2, 89 mins)					Sammy Picken (1-0, 1st half)
			John Brown		Bobby Henderson			22y, 7m, 17d
			Jimmy Kirk		Andrew Rhodie			27y, 3m, 18d
			Jimmy Hickie		Jimmy Stewart
			Harry Beaton		Jackie Husband			21y, 11m, 23d
			Joe Kennedy		Donald Twells			23y, 3m, 1d
			Ned Weir		Eddie McLeod			32y, 9m, 23d
			Ralph Agnew		Bobby Morrison			22y, 3m, 5d
			Charlie Gavin		Ian Campbell			19y, 8m, 8d
			Willie Martin		Alex Linwood			20y, 2m, 8d
			Doug Wallace		Sammy Picken			20y, 0m, 8d
			David Noble		Willie Peat			20y, 4m, 13d
								23y, 0m, 17d

Match Report

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2,500 paid £366 to see a hard-fought match. Picken gave Thistle the lead at half-time but 2 goals in the last 10 minutes sealed the win. Thistle had 2 St Mirren guest players (Twells and Linwood) playing at No 5 and No 9 respectively.

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Evening Times, 21st May, 1940

Daily Record, 22nd May, 1940

Stats Watch

● 20-year-old Alex Linwood makes his Thistle debut.

● 23-year-old Donald Twells plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Jimmy Stewart plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive away defeats; 13th Apr 1940 to date. (Longest run since: 6 defeats; 1st Apr 1939 to 2nd Dec 1939. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 12 competitive away games without a win; 6th Jan 1940 to date. (Longest run since: 22 games; 10th Aug 1935 to 6th May 1936. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Sammy Picken, 3rd May 1939 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alex McSpadyen - 65 games, 19th Feb 1938 to 2nd Dec 1939. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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