23rd Oct 1943 Partick Thistle 6 Airdrieonians 1 (Southern League - game 10)

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Match Information

62y, 8m, 22d			Donald Turner		Hunter Hart
Jackie Husband; Stewart McLean; Willie Sharp
Jack Howe; Alex McSpadyen; John Leitch
Jackie Husband (1-0, 7 mins); Willie Sharp (2-1, 35 mins); John Hammill (3-1, 47 mins); Willie Newall (4-1, 60 mins); John Hammill (5-1, 62 mins); Willie Newall (6-1, 64 mins)					John Aitken (1-1, 20 mins)
26y, 0m, 19d			Bobby Henderson		Richard Hamilton
27y, 4m, 13d			Jimmy McGowan		Frank Brennan
			Peter Curran		Ralph Collins
30y, 1m, 21d			Bill Shankly		Bobby Russell
19y, 8m, 7d			Bobby Parker		Chilton
25y, 4m, 25d			Jackie Husband		Fitzsimmons
20y, 1m, 23d			Stewart McLean		Stewart
19y, 9m, 15d			John Hammill		John Aitken
22y, 11m, 28d			Willie Newall		Sherbourne
21y, 4m, 28d			Willie Sharp		Sammy Picken former Jag
19y, 2m, 29d			Billy Millar		Newman
23y, 2m, 22d

Match Report

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The first half was tight and goals by Husband (“a picture free-kick”, 7 (SP)) and Sharp (35) saw Thistle lead 2-1 at half-time. The second half was one-way traffic and Hammill (47 and 62) and Newall (60 and 64) helped themselves before McGowan went off injured. Bottom of the league Airdrie were swamped.

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Evening Times, 23rd October, 1943

Stats Watch

● Thistle win a seventh consecutive competitive game versus Airdrieonians, the H2H record.

● Thistle play their 100th match in the Southern League.

ongoing sequences:

● 51 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 22nd Aug 1942 to date. (Longest run since: Peter Curran - 53 games, 10th Aug 1940 to 4th Oct 1941. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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