12th Mar 1960 Celtic 2 Partick Thistle 0 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)

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Match Information

			Jimmy McGrory		Willie Thornton			40y, 0m, 9d
					Alex Wright
					John Harvey
Eric Smith (0-1, 19 mins); John Colrain (0-2, 71 mins)
			Frank Haffey		Peter J. Curran			20y, 0m, 9d
			Duncan MacKay		Sandy Brown			20y, 11m, 17d
			Jim Kennedy		Dougie Baird			24y, 3m, 15d
			Billy McNeill		Alex Wright			29y, 3m, 1d
			Bobby Evans		Joe Hogan			22y, 0m, 17d
			Bertie Peacock		Frank Donlevy			27y, 2m, 25d
			Eric Smith		Johnny MacKenzie			34y, 6m, 8d
			John Colrain		Davie McParland			24y, 10m, 7d
			Neil Mochan		George Smith			24y, 9m, 11d
			future Jag John Divers		Jim Fleming			18y, 2m, 5d
			Bertie Auld		Willie Devine			26y, 6m, 19d
								24y, 9m, 15d

Match Report

TTA report

Apart from the first 20 minutes when Celtic's keeper rode his luck (and could have conceded twice), Thistle were lethargic. Even with future manager Auld limping on the wing for an hour Celtic dominated and scored a goal in each half, Thistle showing “astonishing acceptance of what had never been inevitable” (GH).

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Evening Times, 12th March, 1960

Stats Watch

● 26-year-old Willie Devine plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle appear in their eighteenth Scottish Cup Quarter Final, but fail to progress for the thirteenth time.

ongoing sequences:

● 68 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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