8th Jan 1949 Albion Rovers 2 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL Division A - game 19)

matches:1948-49: ← 25game 2627 →

Match Information

			Webber Lees		Davie Meiklejohn			48y, 0m, 27d
					Bert Thomson; Bert Kinnell
					Jimmy Davidson; Willie Sharp
John Love (0-1, 46 mins); Bob Imrie (3-2, 76 mins)					Willie O'Donnell (1-1, 56 mins); Willie O'Donnell (2-1, 62 mins); Jimmy Walker (3-1, 64 mins)
			Alex McGregor		Tommy Ledgerwood			25y, 10m, 16d
			Alex Muir		Jimmy McGowan			32y, 6m, 29d
			Sam English		Alex Pirrie
			Jim Hunter		Bert Thomson			19y, 10m, 21d
			Jock Stein		Adam Forsyth			28y, 0m, 30d
			Alec McLeod		Willie Hewitt			28y, 3m, 10d
			Neil McKinnon		Johnny MacKenzie			23y, 4m, 4d
			Bob Imrie		Bert Kinnell			25y, 8m, 18d
			John Love		Willie O'Donnell			24y, 4m, 30d
			former Jag Tom Doonan		Ian Harper
			Doug Wallace		Jimmy Walker			23y, 4m, 9d
								25y, 8m, 21d

Match Report

TTA report

After a goalless first half Rovers, isolated at the foot of the table, took the lead (46) but in an 8-minute spell the outstanding O'Donnell scored twice (56 and 62) after good work from Kinnell then MacKenzie then he laid on a third for Walker (64). Rovers pulled one back (76). The win was not particularly convincing.

Stats Watch

● 19-year-old Bert Thomson makes his Thistle debut.

● Ian Harper plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle win a fourth consecutive competitive game versus Albion Rovers, the H2H record.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 11th Dec 1948 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games, 13th Sep 1947 to 25th Oct 1947. Club-record: 11 games, 22nd Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932.)

● 6 League games without defeat, 11th Dec 1948 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 20th Sep 1947 to 25th Oct 1947. Club-record: 13 games; 1st Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932.)

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie O'Donnell, 1st Sep 1948 to date. (Longest run since: Willie Sharp - 23 games, 13th Mar 1948 to 6th Nov 1948. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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