24th Oct 1953 Partick Thistle 2 East Fife 3 (League Cup Final)

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Match Information

52y, 10m, 12d			Davie Meiklejohn		Jerry Dawson
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Jimmy Walker (1-2, 47 mins); Johnny MacKenzie (2-2, 74 mins)					Ian Gardiner (0-1, 3 mins); Charlie Fleming (0-2, 7 mins); Frank Christie (2-3, 87 mins)
30y, 8m, 1d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Johnny Curran
37y, 4m, 14d			Jimmy McGowan		Don Emery
31y, 8m, 19d			Bobby Gibb		Sammy Stewart
			Willie Crawford		Frank Christie
27y, 11m, 16d			Jimmy Davidson		Willie Finlay
22y, 3m, 25d			Andy Kerr		Danny McLennan
28y, 1m, 20d			Johnny MacKenzie		Jackie Stewart
24y, 3m, 9d			Bobby Howitt		Charlie Fleming
22y, 10m, 13d			Alex Wright		Jimmy Bonthrone
31y, 4m, 29d			Willie Sharp		Ian Gardiner
28y, 1m, 24d			Jimmy Walker		Andy Matthew
28y, 5m, 26d

Match Report

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A freak shot from the goal line (3) and a trundler following the break of the ball (7) shocked Thistle until half-time. MacKenzie played one of his best ever games and Walker shot home his cross (47). MacKenzie himself crashed home the equaliser (74) but a fine 20-yard shot (87) - one of the few East Fife had - won it.

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Fife Free Press, 24th October, 1953

Glasgow Herald, 24th October, 1953

Match Programme, 24th October, 1953

Evening Times, 24th October, 1953

Sunday Mail, 25th October, 1953

Sunday Post, 25th October, 1953

Glasgow Herald, 26th October, 1953

Daily Mirror, 26th October, 1953

Dundee Courier, 26th October, 1953

Dundee Courier, 26th October, 1953

Evening Times, 26th October, 1953

Gallery

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• Hey, stop that shoving. They are both at it - Walker, of Thistle, and Stewart, of East Fife, in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden. (ET)

• Whit a stramash! Jimmy Walker pulls one back. (BMT)

• A happy Sammy Stewart displays the League Cup at Hampden. East Fife players in the picture are (l to r): Frank Christie, Andy Matthew, Johnny Curran, Don Emery, Sammy Stewart, Danny McLennan, Charlie Fleming and Ian Gardiner. (DC)

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Stats Watch

● Thistle appear in their 38th Cup Final, their first in the League Cup.

● Thistle are Cup runners-up for the 21st time.

● East Fife become the first club in Scotland to win the League Cup 3 times.

ongoing sequences:

● 21 consecutive competitive appearances for Tommy Ledgerwood, 4th Apr 1953 to date. (Longest run since: Jimmy Davidson - 41 games, 20th Sep 1952 to 16th Sep 1953. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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