16th Dec 1944 Partick Thistle 4 Albion Rovers 1 (Southern League - game 18)

matches:1944-45: ← 18game 1920 →

Match Information

63y, 10m, 15d			Donald Turner		Webber Lees
Sammy Picken
Alex Glover
Jackie Johnson (1-0, 2 mins); Willie Newall (2-0, 20 mins); Sammy Picken (3-0, 57 mins); Joe McGeachy (4-1, 88 mins)					John McIlhatton (3-1, pen 72 mins)
27y, 2m, 12d			Bobby Henderson		Newman
28y, 6m, 6d			Jimmy McGowan		Lachlan McInnes
23y, 1m, 5d			Maurice Candlin		William Savage
20y, 11m, 8d			John Hammill		Henry Beaton
26y, 6m, 18d			Jackie Husband		Jock Stein
22y, 2m, 24d			Pat Gillespie		Alex McLetchie
23y, 0m, 5d			Jackie Johnson		John McIlhatton
24y, 10m, 23d			David Cupples		George Mudie
24y, 1m, 21d			Willie Newall		John Black
24y, 7m, 3d			Sammy Picken		Willie Hannah former Jag
24y, 7m, 25d			Joe McGeachy		George Loudon
24y, 6m, 12d

Match Report

TTA report

“Thistle's attack was pithful, Albion's was pitiful” (SP). After 5 straight defeats, an easy win for Thistle. Johnson (2), Newall (20) and Picken (57) put Thistle well ahead before bottom of the league Rovers scored with a pen (72). McGeachy made it 4-1 (88). “Toffee for Thistle” (SP). Says it all, really.

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Evening Times, 16th December, 1944

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Stats Watch

● Sammy Picken scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 102 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 22nd Aug 1942 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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