7th May 1949 Partick Thistle 2 Celtic 1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final)

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Match Information

48y, 4m, 25d			Davie Meiklejohn		Jimmy McGrory
Bobby Howitt
Alex Wright
Bobby Howitt (1-0, 17 mins); Jimmy Walker (2-1, 97 mins)					Johnny Paton (1-1, 28 mins)
31y, 7m, 3d			Bobby Henderson		Willie Miller
32y, 10m, 27d			Jimmy McGowan		Jim McGuire
27y, 3m, 2d			Bobby Gibb		Joe Baillie
20y, 2m, 19d			Bert Thomson		Bobby Evans
26y, 0m, 16d			Bert Kinnell		Alex Boden
28y, 7m, 8d			Willie Hewitt		Pat McAuley
23y, 8m, 3d			Johnny MacKenzie		Jimmy Docherty
			Archie McCallum		Willie Taylor
23y, 8m, 7d			Jimmy Walker		Jock Weir
19y, 9m, 22d			Bobby Howitt		Charlie Tully
20y, 11m, 20d			Norrie McCredie		Johnny Paton
25y, 5m, 21d

Match Report

TTA report

AET. Howitt opened the scoring (17) when he guided a shot blocked by the keeper into the net. Celtic equalised (28) and it remained 1-1 into extra time. Walker raced on to a MacKenzie cross, beat a defender and scored (97). Thistle were the better team, their young players unphased by the occasion.

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Sunday Mail, 8th May, 1949

Sunday Post, 8th May, 1949

Daily Mirror, 9th May, 1949

Stats Watch

● The closing game of the 74th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● Bobby Howitt scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle appear in their 34th Cup Final, their seventh in the Glasgow Charity Cup.

● Thistle win their seventeenth trophy, their third and final Glasgow Charity Cup.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Gibb, 29th Jan 1949 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jimmy Walker - 22 games, 6th Nov 1948 to 9th Apr 1949. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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