17th Sep 1958 Arbroath 1 Partick Thistle 1 (League Cup Quarter Final, 2nd leg)

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Match Information

			Chris Anderson		Davie Meiklejohn			57y, 9m, 5d
					no changes
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Bill Nicoll (1-1, 71 mins)					George Smith (1-0, 21 mins)
			Bobby Williamson		Tommy Ledgerwood			35y, 6m, 25d
			Gordon Sinclair		Joe Hogan			20y, 6m, 24d
			Jake Young		Dougie Baird			22y, 9m, 22d
			Willie McLean		Davie Mathers			26y, 10m, 23d
			Jim Fraser		Jimmy Davidson			32y, 10m, 9d
			Bill Nicol		Frank Donlevy			25y, 9m, 1d
			Billy Anderson		Johnny MacKenzie			33y, 0m, 13d
			Johnny Brown		Alex Wright			27y, 9m, 6d
			Dave Easson		Andy Kerr			27y, 2m, 19d
			Gibby Shirreffs		George Smith			23y, 3m, 16d
			Ronnie Sharp		Davie McParland			23y, 4m, 12d
								27y, 2m, 11d

Match Report

TTA report

AGG: 3-2. Another fine performance by Arbroath had Thistle struggling. A parried save led to Smith extending the aggregate lead (21) but plucky Arbroath fought on and when Ledgerwood failed to cut out a corner the equaliser was prodded home (71). Frantic defending saw Thistle hang on.

Media report

18-Sep-1958, Glasgow Herald

Arbroath gave an excellent display against Partick Thistle at Gayfield Park and although they went further behind on aggregate in the first half they fought back, and the visitors were hard put in the closing stages to hold a one-goal lead. At the start neither forward line played well, but in 21 minutes Partick went ahead when Smith scored after a poor clearance. With a two-goal lead Thistle did not push themselves, but the home side, with nothing to lose, were pressing hard towards half-time, and were perhaps unfortunate not to score then. In the second half, however, Arbroath came into their own, and when they equalised in the 71st minute – Ledgerwood dropped a corner from Sharp and Nicoll prodded the ball past him – Partick had been on the defensive for some time. From then Arbroath fought hard to equalise, but the visitors managed to hold out. Arbroath’s defence, particularly the half-backs, were in splendid form, but only Brown and Shirreffs played well among the forwards. Partick’s defence were hesitant at times; their best forward was Smith.

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Glasgow Herald, 18th September, 1958

Stats Watch

● Thistle appear in their fourth League Cup Quarter Final, and progress to the Semi Finals for the third time.

ongoing sequences:

● 27 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 14th Sep 1957 to date. (Longest run since: 27 games; 22nd Apr 1941 to 17th Oct 1942. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 52 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 7th Sep 1957 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Andy Kerr - 67 games, 15th Oct 1955 to 12th Jan 1957. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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