12th Dec 1953 Partick Thistle 9 Airdrieonians 0 (SFL Division A - game 12)

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Match Information

53y, 0m, 0d			Davie Meiklejohn		Willie Fotheringham
Tommy Ledgerwood; John Harvey
Willie Smith; Ian McIntosh
Bobby Howitt (1-0, 2 mins); Joe McInnes (2-0, 32 mins); Alex Wright (3-0, 50 mins); John Harvey (4-0, 52 mins); Alex Wright (5-0, 54 mins); Joe McInnes (6-0, 56 mins); Bobby Howitt (7-0, 57 mins); Bobby Howitt (8-0, 74 mins); John Harvey (9-0, 2nd half)
30y, 9m, 19d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Willie Fraser
37y, 6m, 2d			Jimmy McGowan		Jim Rodger
31y, 10m, 7d			Bobby Gibb		Jimmy Shanks
20y, 10m, 21d			John Harvey		Benny Cairns
28y, 1m, 4d			Jimmy Davidson		Willie McCulloch
22y, 1m, 17d			Davie Mathers		John Quinn
28y, 3m, 8d			Johnny MacKenzie		Hugh Baird
24y, 4m, 27d			Bobby Howitt		Arthur Walls
23y, 0m, 1d			Alex Wright		Willie Brown
			Willie Crawford		Ian McMillan
21y, 0m, 3d			Joe McInnes		Dave Seawright
26y, 9m, 17d

Match Report

TTA report

2nd bottom Airdrie were overwhelmed and were fortunate it took Thistle so long to capitalise on their superiority. The interval was cut to 5 minutes (smog). Scorers: Howitt (2, 57 ,74), McInnes (32, 56), Harvey (52 and at 8-0), Wright (50, 54). 5 goals in 7 minutes must have been a record. Ledgerwood saved a pen at 8-0.

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Evening Times, 12th December, 1953

Sunday Post, 13th December, 1953

Stats Watch

● Thistle's record margin of victory over Airdrieonians.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 12th Sep 1953 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 30th Aug 1950 to 18th Nov 1950. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 26 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy McGowan, 11th 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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