18th Mar 1959 Partick Thistle 1 Stirling Albion 5 (SFL First Division - game 29)

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Match Information

58y, 3m, 6d			Davie Meiklejohn		Tom Fergusson
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Jim Fleming (1-0, 8 mins)					Ian Spence (1-1, 29 mins); Bobby Gilmour (1-2, 49 mins); Ian Spence (1-3, 54 mins); Brian Callan (1-4, 67 mins); Willie Benvie (1-5, 78 mins)
21y, 2m, 17d			John Freebairn		George Stewart
21y, 0m, 22d			Joe Hogan		John Hailstones
23y, 3m, 20d			Dougie Baird		Tom Pettigrew
26y, 1m, 25d			John Harvey		Jack McKechnie
33y, 4m, 10d			Jimmy Davidson		Jackie Sinclair
26y, 3m, 2d			Frank Donlevy		Jim Pierson
33y, 6m, 14d			Johnny MacKenzie		Willie Benvie
23y, 10m, 13d			Davie McParland		Billy Simpson future Jag
27y, 8m, 17d			Andy Kerr		Bobby Gilmour former Jag
19y, 3m, 15d			Ian Wilson		Ian Spence
17y, 2m, 11d			Jim Fleming		Brian Callan
24y, 9m, 22d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle took the lead (Fleming, 8) against desperate for points Albion then Harvey was taken to hospital (ankle, 28). A min later it was 1-1. Ex-JAG Gilmour put Thistle behind (49) and the roof fell in on the 10 men as the defence crumbled. Thistle's forwards were “a collection of struggling individuals“ (GH).

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Glasgow Herald, 19th March, 1959

Stats Watch

● Thistle's record margin of defeat against Stirling Albion.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 20th Dec 1958 to date. (Longest run since: 20 games; 1st Sep 1954 to 11th Dec 1954. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 17 consecutive home League games in which Thistle have scored; 5th May 1958 to date. (Longest run since: 22 games; 2nd Mar 1957 to 22nd Mar 1958. Club-record: 26 games; 11th Nov 1911 to 29th Mar 1913.)

● 21 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 5th May 1958 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 20th Aug 1955 to 25th Apr 1956. Joint club-record: 25 games; 9th Apr 1928 to 24th Apr 1929 & 2nd Oct 1937 to 8th Oct 1938.)

● 70 consecutive competitive appearances for Frank Donlevy, 11th Nov 1957 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Henderson - 107 games, 22nd Aug 1942 to 13th Jan 1945. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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