31st Mar 1958 Falkirk 1 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 30)

matches:1957-58: ← 44game 4546 →

Match Information

			former Jag Reggie Smith		Davie Meiklejohn			57y, 3m, 19d
					Tommy Ewing
					Bobby Gilmour
John White (1-1, 32 mins)					Jimmy Keenan (1-0, 10 mins); Jimmy Keenan (2-1, 42 mins)
			Bobby Brown		Tommy Ledgerwood			35y, 1m, 8d
			Alex Parker		Peter Collins
			Jim Lachlan		Dougie Baird			22y, 4m, 5d
			John McCormack		Davie Mathers			26y, 5m, 6d
			Andy Irvine		Joe Hogan			20y, 1m, 7d
			Hunter McMillan		Frank Donlevy			25y, 3m, 15d
			Willie Sinclair		George Smith			22y, 9m, 30d
			Doug Moran		Bobby Bell			23y, 0m, 11d
			John White		Jimmy Keenan			19y, 2m, 14d
			John Prentice		Davie McParland			22y, 10m, 26d
			Eddie O'Hara		Tommy Ewing			20y, 10m, 29d
								23y, 9m, 23d

Match Report

TTA report

A mistake-riddled match (GH). Ledgerwood injured his knee in the warm up and limped for the whole game. Keenan side-footed the 1st (10) then Falkirk equalised with a surprise 20 yarder (32). Keenan hit the post but headed in Ewing's return cross (42). Smith (groin) was injured for most of the game as well.

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Glasgow Herald, 1st April, 1958

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 14 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 14th Sep 1957 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 2nd Jan 1954 to 12th Feb 1955. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 17 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 14th Sep 1957 to date. (Longest run since: 18 games; 11th Oct 1952 to 12th Sep 1953. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 35 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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