11th Aug 1956 Falkirk 0 Partick Thistle 2 (League Cup Section 4 - game 1)

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Match Information

			Bob Shankly		Davie Meiklejohn			55y, 7m, 30d
					Davie Mathers; Johnny MacKenzie; George Smith
					Ken Brodie; Laurie Thomson; Willie Sharp
					Jimmy Davidson (1-0, pen 49 mins); Tommy Ewing (2-0, 72 mins)
			Bobby Brown		Willie Smith			23y, 10m, 2d
			Alex Parker		Andy Kerr			25y, 1m, 13d
			Ian Rae		Bobby Gibb			34y, 6m, 6d
			John McCormack		John Harvey			23y, 6m, 21d
			Peter Ralston		Jimmy Davidson			30y, 9m, 3d
			Jimmy McIntosh		Davie Mathers			24y, 9m, 17d
			Willie Sinclair		Johnny MacKenzie			30y, 11m, 7d
			Bert Ormond		Alex Wright			25y, 8m, 0d
			John McCole		George Smith			21y, 2m, 10d
			Bobby Morrison		Willie Crawford
			Eddie O'Hara		Tommy Ewing			19y, 3m, 9d
								25y, 11m, 17d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle were virtually unchanged from the previous season. The first half was all effort, no quality. Smith went closest but his shot was brilliantly saved. MacKenzie was fouled in the box and Davidson scored with the pen (49) then a Ewing header, set up by Wright, (72) clinched the win. Smith saved a pen late on.

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Evening Times, 11th August, 1956

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 82nd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● Thistle's eleventh League Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 36 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Kerr, 15th Oct 1955 to date, a new personal best. (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.)

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