21st Dec 1957 Celtic 2 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 16)

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Match Information

			Jimmy McGrory		Davie Meiklejohn			57y, 0m, 9d
					Davie Thomson
					Tommy Ledgerwood
Neil Mochan (2-1, 55 mins); Neil Mochan (2-2, 58 mins)					Davie Mathers (1-0, 12 mins); John Harvey (2-0, 37 mins); Andy Kerr (3-2, 84 mins)
			Dick Beattie		Davie Thomson
			John Donnelly		Peter Collins
			Sean Fallon		Dougie Baird			22y, 0m, 25d
			Willie Fernie		Davie Mathers			26y, 1m, 26d
			Bobby Evans		Jimmy Davidson			32y, 1m, 13d
			Bertie Peacock		Frank Donlevy			25y, 0m, 5d
			Eric Smith		George Smith			22y, 6m, 20d
			Bobby Collins		John Harvey			24y, 11m, 0d
			Billy McPhail		Andy Kerr			26y, 5m, 22d
			Sammy Wilson		Alex Wright			27y, 0m, 10d
			Neil Mochan		Davie McParland			22y, 7m, 16d
								25y, 5m, 9d

Match Report

TTA report

Mathers scored (12) from a Harvey pass and Kerr set up a drive by Harvey from 25 yards (37). Celtic went down to 10 men after half-time then lost McPhail but the 9 men scored twice (55 and 58). Kerr, proving to be a real “find” at centre-forward, scored the winner off the bar (84). It was 3rd top Celtic's 1st league defeat.

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Glasgow Herald, 23rd December, 1957

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● Celtic were the last team in 2 Scottish and 4 English leagues to be beaten.[[/size]]

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 7th Sep 1957 to date. //(Longest run since: Andy Kerr - 37 games, 26th Jan 1957 to 9th Nov 1957. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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