7th Dec 1940 Albion Rovers 1 Partick Thistle 1 (Southern League - game 17)

matches:1940-41: ← 17game 1819 →

Match Information

			Webber Lees		Donald Turner			59y, 10m, 6d
					Austin Collier; George Sutherland; Ian Campbell; Willie Newall
					Andrew Rhodie; Jackie Husband; Alex Younger; Willie Sharp
Peter Blain (0-1, 48 mins)					Alex McSpadyen (1-1, 60 mins)
			David Hanson		Bobby Henderson			23y, 2m, 3d
			Andrew Waddell		Charlie Busby			25y, 0m, 1d
			future Jag Bobby Beath		Peter Curran
			future Jag Alex Sharp		Austin Collier			26y, 4m, 13d
			Alex Millar		George Sutherland			26y, 2m, 2d
			Alex McLetchie		Charles Rodger			31y, 9m, 4d
			Albert Degnan		Alex McSpadyen			25y, 11m, 18d
			Peter Blain		Ian Campbell			20y, 2m, 24d
			Joe Burke		Willie Newall			20y, 1m, 12d
			John Bell		Sammy Picken			20y, 6m, 24d
			George Loudon		Willie Peat			20y, 10m, 29d
								24y, 0m, 10d

notes

DR report (written by future manager David Meiklejohn) has a strange reference: “the introduction of Sharp gave the necessary strength to the Thistle vanguard”. According to the OH Sharp wasn't playing. In any case, he had played in the previous 14 games so why the word “introduction”? Is there any evidence substitutes may have been an experimental feature of wartime football we wonder?

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle played some fine stuff - especially in the first half - but overall, a fair result. There was little between the teams after half-time and Rovers took the lead (48) snapping up a loose ball. McSpadyen levelled (60) when the keeper failed to hold his ground shot from distance. It was a frantic finish but a fair result.

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Evening Times, 7th December, 1940

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive games without a win, 19th Oct 1940 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games, 24th Dec 1938 to 11th Feb 1939. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 23 competitive away games without a win; 6th Jan 1940 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 44 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 9th Dec 1939 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Sammy Picken - 50 games, 3rd May 1939 to 16th Nov 1940. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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