15th Mar 1941 Celtic 2 Partick Thistle 4 (Southern League Cup Section 1 - game 3)

matches:1940-41: ← 31game 3233 →

Match Information

			Jimmy McStay		Donald Turner			60y, 1m, 12d
					Jackie Husband; Charlie Busby; Sammy Picken
					John Laurie; Austin Collier; Andrew Forsyth
Jackie Husband (1-1, og 15 mins); John Divers (3-2, 60 mins)					Willie Hannah (1-0, 1 min); Charles Rodger (2-1, 35 mins); Willie Sharp (3-1, 41 mins); Willie Sharp (4-2, 89 mins)
			George Johnstone		Bobby Henderson			23y, 5m, 11d
			Bobby Hogg		Anthony Johnston			23y, 9m, 9d
			Roy Milne		Peter Curran
			Malky MacDonald		Jackie Husband			22y, 9m, 15d
			William Waddell		George Sutherland			26y, 5m, 10d
			Joe McLaughlin		Charlie Busby			25y, 3m, 9d
			Matt Lynch		Alex McSpadyen			26y, 2m, 24d
			John Divers		Sammy Picken			20y, 10m, 2d
			John Crum		Charles Rodger			32y, 0m, 12d
			George Gillan		Willie Sharp			18y, 9m, 18d
			Frank Murphy		Willie Hannah			19y, 7m, 9d
								23y, 11m, 3d

Match Report

TTA report

Hannah scored (1) but Husband's OG made it 1-1 (15). Celtic played neat, tidy football but Thistle got stuck in and went 3-1 ahead (Rodgers, 35 and Sharp, 41). Celtic scored (60) just after Rodgers was carried off but Sharp's magnificent header from McSpadyen's fine cross (89) put Thistle safe.

Stats Watch

● Willie Hannah scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 58 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 9th Dec 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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