17th Mar 1956 Partick Thistle 6 Stirling Albion 1 (SFL First Division - game 24)

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Match Information

55y, 3m, 5d			Davie Meiklejohn		John Mathers
Andy Kerr; Jimmy Davidson
Bert Thomson; Tom McNab
Davie Mathers (1-0, 25 mins); Tommy Ewing (2-0, 51 mins); Willie Sharp (3-0, 52 mins); Alex Wright (4-0, 75 mins); Willie Sharp (5-0, 81 mins); Willie Sharp (6-0, 83 mins)					Billy Williamson (5-1, 88 mins)
33y, 0m, 23d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Bill Robertson
23y, 3m, 1d			Frank Donlevy		Alex Gibson
34y, 1m, 12d			Bobby Gibb		Bob McNichol
24y, 8m, 17d			Andy Kerr		John Smith
30y, 4m, 9d			Jimmy Davidson		Duncan Stanners
24y, 4m, 21d			Davie Mathers		john Rankine
30y, 6m, 13d			Johnny MacKenzie		Jim Rowan future Jag
25y, 3m, 6d			Alex Wright		Jim Pierson
33y, 9m, 21d			Willie Sharp		Billy Williamson
23y, 8m, 13d			Matt Crowe		John Swanson
18y, 10m, 15d			Tommy Ewing		Frank Pattison
27y, 5m, 17d

Match Report

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Bottom club Albion, favourites to be relegated, had no answer to Thistle's devastating attacks. Mathers gave them the lead but Albion were stubborn and had a goal (wrongly) disallowed. The second half was all Thistle. Ewing (51), Sharp (52), Wright and Sharp (twice) made it 6-0 before a late goal for the visitors (88).

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Evening Times, 17th March, 1956

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ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive home wins; 4th Feb 1956 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins; 10th Mar 1951 to 7th Apr 1951. Club-record: 11 wins; 26th Aug 1899 to 3rd Feb 1900.)

● 4 consecutive League wins; 25th Feb 1956 to date. (Longest run since: 5 wins; 23rd Oct 1954 to 20th Nov 1954. Club-record: 12 wins; 1st Oct 1932 to 26th Dec 1932.)

● 7 competitive home games without defeat; 31st Dec 1955 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 29th Aug 1951 to 8th Dec 1951. Club-record: 16 games; 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 15 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 20th Aug 1955 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 4th Mar 1950 to 11th Nov 1950. Joint club-record: 25 games; 9th Apr 1928 to 24th Apr 1929 & 2nd Oct 1937 to 8th Oct 1938.)

● 23 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Kerr, 15th Oct 1955 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Gibb - 32 games, 13th Aug 1955 to 3rd Mar 1956. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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