24th Jan 1959 Aberdeen 3 Partick Thistle 4 (SFL First Division - game 23)

matches:1958-59: ← 33game 3435 →

Match Information

			Dave Shaw		Davie Meiklejohn			58y, 1m, 12d
					Davie Mathers; David Anderson
					Alex Wright; Johnny MacKenzie
Hugh Baird (0-1, 15 mins); Jack Hather (0-2, 25 mins); Jack Hather (1-3, 51 mins)					Jimmy Hogg (1-2, og 27 mins); Andy Kerr (2-3, 78 mins); Jim Fleming (3-3, 85 mins); Davie McParland (4-3, 87 mins)
			Reg Morrison		John Freebairn			21y, 0m, 23d
			Willie Clydesdale		Joe Hogan			20y, 11m, 0d
			Jimmy Hogg		Dougie Baird			23y, 1m, 29d
			Willie Logie		Davie Mathers			27y, 2m, 30d
			Jim Clunie		John Harvey			26y, 0m, 3d
			Archie Glen		Frank Donlevy			26y, 1m, 8d
			Dickie Ewen		David Anderson			22y, 0m, 3d
			Billy Little		Ian Wilson			19y, 1m, 21d
			Hugh Baird		Andy Kerr			27y, 6m, 26d
			Bob Wishart		Davie McParland			23y, 8m, 19d
			Jack Hather		Jim Fleming			17y, 0m, 17d
								23y, 1m, 1d

Match Report

TTA report

A fine fight-back on a rock-hard sanded pitch with an inch of snow. Aberdeen went 2-up but an OG (21) reduced the lead. Freebairn had some fine saves but it was 3-1 (51) then Hogan cleared off the line. McParland netted but was off-side but goals by Kerr, Fleming and McParland turned the game. Aberdeen eased off at 3-1 and paid the price.

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Evening Times, 24th January, 1959

Stats Watch

● Jim Fleming scores his first goal for Thistle.

● 22-year-old David Anderson plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 62 consecutive competitive appearances for Frank Donlevy, 11th Nov 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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