18th Feb 1956 Partick Thistle 3 Brechin City 1 (Scottish Cup 6th Round)

matches:1955-56: ← 31game 3233 →

Match Information

55y, 2m, 6d			Davie Meiklejohn		Arthur Paterson
Joe Hogan; George Smith
Willie Sharp; Matt Crowe
Bobby Gibb (1-0, 20 mins); Tommy Ewing (2-1, 2nd half); George Smith (3-1, 87 mins)					Jimmy Muir (1-1, 21 mins)
23y, 4m, 9d			Willie Smith		George Nicol
39y, 8m, 8d			Jimmy McGowan		Archie Paterson
34y, 0m, 13d			Bobby Gibb		Jimmy Hodge
24y, 7m, 20d			Andy Kerr		Gil Rennie
30y, 3m, 10d			Jimmy Davidson		Bobby Aitken
25y, 2m, 7d			Alex Wright		Norman Christie
30y, 5m, 14d			Johnny MacKenzie		Bobby Warrender
19y, 5m, 23d			Laurie Thomson		David Todd
17y, 11m, 25d			Joe Hogan		Walter Selway
20y, 8m, 17d			George Smith		Jimmy Gray
18y, 9m, 16d			Tommy Ewing		Jimmy Muir
25y, 10m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

Gibb scored with a 40-yard lob that the keeper misjudged (20) however the Second Division side equalised with a scramble from a corner a min later. Both teams went close before half-time. A blunder by the keeper let Ewing in for a tap-in then Smith volleyed home in the 3rd (87). Not entirely convincing, but into the quarter-finals.

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Evening Times, 17th February, 1956

Evening Times, 18th February, 1956

Sunday Post, 19th February, 1956

Daily Record, 20th February, 1956

Brechin Advertiser, 21st February, 1956

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• The 3-month old floodlights 1/3. (BPN)

• The 3-month old floodlights 2/3. (BPN)

• The 3-month old floodlights 3/3. (BPN)

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Stats Watch

● The crowd of 15,872 stands today as the record for any Thistle vs. Brechin City match.

● Brechin City become the 109th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action, 2 years on from the first friendly meeting between the sides.

● Bobby Gibb scores his last goal for Thistle.

● Thistle progress to their seventeenth Scottish Cup Quarter Final.

ongoing sequences:

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Gibb, 13th Aug 1955 to date. (Longest run since: Davie McParland - 45 games, 9th Sep 1954 to 24th Sep 1955. 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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