13th May 1941 Dennistoun Waverley 4 Partick Thistle 4 (Clydeside Blitz Fundraiser)

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Match Information

			Andy Moffat		Donald Turner			60y, 3m, 12d
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Johnstone; Johnstone; Johnstone; McLean					Sammy Picken; Willie Sharp; Willie Newall; Gilmour (og)
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			?		Sammy Picken
			Johnstone		Willie Newall
			McLean		Willie Sharp
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								20y, 2m, 2d

notes

In the springtime of 1941, Dennistoun Waverley's secretary/manager Andy Moffat organized several friendlies in aid of the Clydeside Air Raid Distress Fund (aka Blitz Fund) and Partick Thistle duly obliged when asked. The Clydebank Blitz was a pair of air raids conducted by the Luftwaffe on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank in Scotland. The bombings took place in March 1941.

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In aid of the Clydeside Air Raid Distress Fund. The crowd got their money's worth in this 8-goal thriller. Thistle needed an own goal to leave Dennistoun all-square on the night, as the home side kept up their recent good form against more fancied opponents.

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Daily Record, 12th May, 1941

Daily Record, 14th May, 1941

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● 63 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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