1st Dec 1951 Celtic 2 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Division A - game 12)

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Match Information

			Jimmy McGrory		Davie Meiklejohn			50y, 11m, 19d
					no changes
					no changes
Bobby Collins (0-1, 6 mins); Jimmy Walsh (0-2, 14 mins)					Alex Stott (1-2, 53 mins)
			Andy Bell		Tommy Ledgerwood			28y, 9m, 8d
			Sean Fallon		Jimmy McGowan			35y, 5m, 21d
			Alex Rollo		Bobby Gibb			29y, 9m, 26d
			Bobby Evans		Bert Thomson			22y, 9m, 13d
			Alex Boden		Jimmy Davidson			26y, 0m, 23d
			Joe Baillie		Davie Mathers			20y, 1m, 6d
			Bobby Collins		Johnny MacKenzie			26y, 2m, 27d
			Jimmy Walsh		John L. Anderson			23y, 7m, 26d
			Gil Heron		Alex Stott			26y, 7m, 12d
			Bertie Peacock		Willie Sharp			29y, 6m, 6d
			Jim Lafferty		Jimmy Walker			26y, 3m, 1d
								26y, 10m, 4d

Match Report

TTA report

2nd bottom Celtic took the lead (6). Stott hit the keeper from close in then Celtic made it 2-0 (14). The officials removed a dog from the pitch then Stott drove through the Celtic defence and scored (53) but a close match ended 2-1. The Thistle forwards were too often “very busy, doing very little” (ET).

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Evening Times, 1st December, 1951

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 58 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Gibb, 12th Sep 1950 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Peter Curran - 59 games, 10th Aug 1946 to 15th Nov 1947. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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