30th Jan 1960 East Fife 0 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

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Match Information

			Charlie McCaig		Willie Thornton			39y, 10m, 27d
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					Sammy Stewart (1-0, og 12 mins); Davie McParland (2-0, 81 mins)
			Bert Allan		John Freebairn			22y, 0m, 29d
			George Sim		Joe Hogan			21y, 11m, 6d
			Sammy Stewart		Dougie Baird			24y, 2m, 4d
			Hugh Adam		Alex Wright			29y, 1m, 19d
			Archie Finlay		John Harvey			27y, 0m, 9d
			Jimmy Bryce		Frank Donlevy			27y, 1m, 14d
			Archie Campbell		Jim Fleming			18y, 0m, 23d
			Albert Craig		George Smith			24y, 7m, 29d
			Ian Gardiner		Archie Nimmo			19y, 5m, 18d
			Ian Stewart		Davie McParland			24y, 8m, 25d
			Jimmy Reid		Willie Devine			26y, 5m, 8d
								24y, 0m, 27d

Match Report

TTA report

“On a pitch like porridge“ (ET) 3,475 saw both teams go close before an OG gave Thistle a fortunate lead (12). McParland hit the bar then Fleming missed from 5 yards. It was tough going until McParland latched on to a Smith back-heel and scored from 30 yards (81) to finally kill off the stubborn bogey team.

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Sunday Mail, 31st January, 1960

Stats Watch

● Thistle's 68th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 60 consecutive competitive appearances for Dougie Baird, 15th Nov 1958 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Frank Donlevy - 70 games, 11th Nov 1957 to 18th Mar 1959. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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