9th Mar 1957 Partick Thistle 2 Airdrieonians 1 (SFL First Division - game 25)

matches:1956-57: ← 44game 4546 →

Match Information

56y, 2m, 25d			Davie Meiklejohn		Willie Steel
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John Harvey (1-0, 33 mins); Ian McIntosh (2-0, 56 mins)					Hugh Baird (2-1, 88 mins)
24y, 5m, 0d			Willie Smith		Dave Walker
			Peter Collins		Willie Kilmarnock
24y, 2m, 21d			Frank Donlevy		Jimmy Shanks
24y, 1m, 16d			John Harvey		Billy Price
31y, 4m, 1d			Jimmy Davidson		Doug Baillie
25y, 8m, 8d			Andy Kerr		John Quinn
31y, 6m, 5d			Johnny MacKenzie		George Rankine
21y, 9m, 8d			George Smith		Jimmy Welsh
			Bobby Gilmour		Hugh Baird
23y, 5m, 23d			Ian McIntosh		Ian McMillan
19y, 10m, 7d			Tommy Ewing		Willie McLean
25y, 1m, 25d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle slowly subdued a lively Airdrie team. Harvey opened the scoring with a header from a MacKenzie corner (33) then MacKenzie hit the bar. McIntosh beat two men to score with a deft flick (56). Airdrie hit the woodwork twice before scoring (88). Their keeper had some outstanding saves.

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Evening Times, 9th March, 1957

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Willie Smith plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 16 consecutive competitive appearances for Tommy Ewing, 22nd Dec 1956 to date. (Longest run since: Davie Mathers - 22 games, 27th Oct 1956 to 11th Feb 1957. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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