13th Apr 1957 Partick Thistle 2 East Fife 1 (SFL First Division - game 29)

matches:1956-57: ← 50game 5152 →

Match Information

56y, 4m, 1d			Davie Meiklejohn		Jerry Dawson
Davie Mathers
John Harvey
Neil Bowie (1-0, og 7 mins); George Smith (2-0, 57 mins)					Jimmy Bonthrone (2-1, 61 mins)
34y, 1m, 21d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Tommy McQueen
			Peter Collins		Jock Adie
21y, 4m, 18d			Dougie Baird		Sammy Stewart
25y, 5m, 19d			Davie Mathers		Sammy Cox
31y, 5m, 5d			Jimmy Davidson		Neil Bowie
25y, 9m, 15d			Andy Kerr		Danny McLennan
31y, 7m, 9d			Johnny MacKenzie		Jackie Stewart
21y, 10m, 12d			George Smith		Bert Leishman
19y, 1m, 20d			Joe Hogan		Bobby Gillon
23y, 6m, 30d			Ian McIntosh		Jimmy Bonthrone
19y, 11m, 11d			Tommy Ewing		Andy Matthew
25y, 5m, 6d

Match Report

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Denied a penalty (2), Thistle took the lead via an OG (7). It was mostly Thistle but it was still 1-0 at half-time. They changed into red jerseys (colour clash) and continued to dominate a poor game without scoring until Smith scored from a slack clearance (57). East Fife scored (61), hit the post and almost took a point their play deserved.

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Evening Times, 13th April, 1957

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive home wins; 9th Mar 1957 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins; 20th Oct 1956 to 22nd Dec 1956. Club-record: 11 wins; 26th Aug 1899 to 3rd Feb 1900.)

● 4 consecutive home League wins; 9th Mar 1957 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins; 20th Oct 1956 to 22nd Dec 1956. Club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 6 competitive home games without defeat; 6th Feb 1957 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 15th Sep 1956 to 25th Dec 1956. Club-record: 16 games; 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 20 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.)

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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