14th Feb 1959 Stenhousemuir 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)

matches:1958-59: ← 35game 3637 →

Match Information

			Jimmy Weir		Davie Meiklejohn			58y, 2m, 2d
					no changes
					no changes
David Campbell (2-1, 50 mins)					Andy Kerr (1-0, 1 min); Andy Kerr (2-0, 3 mins); George Smith (3-1, 87 mins)
			Stan Gullan		John Freebairn			21y, 1m, 13d
			Dan Watson		Joe Hogan			20y, 11m, 21d
			Bobby Kennedy		Dougie Baird			23y, 2m, 19d
			George Samuel		Alex Wright			28y, 2m, 3d
			Rab Quinn		John Harvey			26y, 0m, 24d
			Jim Richardson		Frank Donlevy			26y, 1m, 29d
			Willie Wallace		George Smith			23y, 8m, 13d
			David Campbell		Ian Wilson			19y, 2m, 11d
			Peter Stewart		Andy Kerr			27y, 7m, 16d
			John Kilgannon		Davie McParland			23y, 9m, 9d
			Jimmy Smillie		Jim Fleming			17y, 1m, 7d
								23y, 4m, 17d

Match Report

TTA report

There was a sensational start with 2 goals in 3 minutes. Thistle kicked off and Kerr headed in a McParland cross then he beat 2 defenders and slid the ball home (3). Stenhousemuir came back strongly and scored (50), hit the side netting and saw a chance scrambled away but Smith's late goal eased the nerves.

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Evening Times, 14th February, 1959

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● Thistle's 67th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive away wins; 1st Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins; 11th Dec 1948 to 22nd Jan 1949. Joint club-record: 5 wins; 23rd Jan 1897 to 24th Apr 1897 & 1st Oct 1932 to 24th Dec 1932.)

● 64 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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