2nd Mar 1960 Stirling Albion 2 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 26)

matches:1959-60: ← 39game 4041 →

Match Information

			Alex McCrae		Willie Thornton			39y, 11m, 28d
					no changes
					no changes
Bobby Gilmour (1-1, 63 mins); Jimmy Bonthrone (1-2, 65 mins)					Jim Fleming (1-0, 20 mins)
			Reg Morrison		Peter J. Curran			19y, 11m, 28d
			Jack McKechnie		Joe Hogan			22y, 0m, 7d
			Tom Pettigrew		Dougie Baird			24y, 3m, 5d
			Jim Pierson		Sandy Brown			20y, 11m, 7d
			Jim Little		John Harvey			27y, 1m, 10d
			Bobby Johnstone		Frank Donlevy			27y, 2m, 15d
			Ally Hill		Johnny MacKenzie			34y, 5m, 27d
			Jimmy Bonthrone		Davie McParland			24y, 9m, 26d
			former Jag Bobby Gilmour		George Smith			24y, 9m, 1d
			Pat Glancy		Jim Fleming			18y, 1m, 24d
			John Colquhoun		Willie Devine			26y, 6m, 9d
								24y, 6m, 26d

Match Report

TTA report

Once again Thistle had trouble with 2nd bottom Albion. They took the lead (20) when the keeper fumbled a Fleming 20-yard shot. Albion almost levelled on half-time then pinned Thistle back for most of the second half. They scored (63) with a shot from the touchline and with a shot that was deflected past Curran (65).

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Glasgow Herald, 3rd March, 1960

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 20 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 24th Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 14th Sep 1957 to 18th Oct 1958. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 66 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.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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