22nd Aug 1960 Partick Thistle 5 Queen's Park 1 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final)

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Match Information

40y, 5m, 19d			Willie Thornton		Committee
Archie Nimmo; Gavin Fletcher
Johnny MacKenzie; Alex Hastings
Archie Nimmo (1-0, 27 mins); Gavin Fletcher (2-0, 38 mins); Archie Nimmo (3-0, 52 mins); Davie McParland (4-0, 60 mins); Davie McParland (5-1, 73 mins)					Peter Buchanan (4-1, 70 mins)
22y, 7m, 21d			John Freebairn		Bill Pinkerton
22y, 5m, 29d			Joe Hogan		Bert Cromar
24y, 8m, 27d			Dougie Baird		Duncan Peterson
29y, 8m, 11d			Alex Wright		John Cole
27y, 7m, 1d			John Harvey		Allan Gray
27y, 8m, 6d			Frank Donlevy		Jimmy Hewlett
25y, 2m, 21d			George Smith		Niall Hopper
25y, 3m, 17d			Davie McParland		Willie Omand
20y, 0m, 10d			Archie Nimmo		Peter Buchanan
18y, 9m, 23d			Gavin Fletcher		George Boardman
18y, 7m, 15d			Jim Fleming		Charlie Church
23y, 10m, 21d

Match Report

TTA report

Queens were the better team and missed a good chance before their keeper was lost to a head injury (25). Nimmo scored almost immediately then Fletcher (probably off-side) made it 2-0 (38) while he was off. Poor defending let Nimmo in again (52). McParland scored twice with consolation for Queens coming at 4-0.

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Glasgow Herald, 23rd August, 1960

Stats Watch

● 18-year-old Gavin Fletcher makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club with his one and only goal for Thistle.

● 20-year-old Archie Nimmo plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by netting a brace.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 12th Mar 1960 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 20th Jan 1959 to 2nd May 1959. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 39 consecutive competitive appearances for Jim Fleming, 10th Oct 1959 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Dougie Baird - 73 games, 15th Nov 1958 to 16th Apr 1960. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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