26th Sep 1960 Partick Thistle 2 Celtic 0 (Glasgow Cup Final)

matches:1960-61: ← 12game 1314 →

Match Information

40y, 6m, 23d			Willie Thornton		Jimmy McGrory
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Billy Cunningham (1-0, 72 mins); Davie McParland (2-0, 74 mins)
22y, 8m, 25d			John Freebairn		John Fallon
20y, 8m, 5d			George Muir		Duncan MacKay
21y, 6m, 2d			Sandy Brown		Jim Kennedy
29y, 9m, 15d			Alex Wright		Pat Crerand
27y, 8m, 5d			John Harvey		Billy McNeill
27y, 9m, 10d			Frank Donlevy		Bertie Peacock
25y, 3m, 25d			George Smith		Bobby Carroll
25y, 4m, 21d			Davie McParland		Stevie Chalmers future Jag
22y, 7m, 2d			Joe Hogan		Neil Mochan
19y, 2m, 11d			Billy Cunningham		John Divers future Jag
18y, 8m, 19d			Jim Fleming		Alec Byrne
23y, 9m, 5d

Match Report

TTA report

Unchanged for 5 consecutive games, Thistle were on the back foot for most of the game but Celtic missed several chances. Cunningham pounced on a poor clearance (72) then McParland ran through the defence and shot home (74). Freebairn had some tremendous saves and Wright excelled.

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Match Programme, 26th September, 1960

Match Programme, 26th September, 1960

Evening Times, 26th September, 1960

Daily Record, 27th September, 1960

Glasgow Herald, 27th September, 1960

The Scotsman, 27th September, 1960

Evening Times, 1st October, 1960

Gallery

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• Captain Wright with the cup. (HA)

• The trophy winners in colour. (PTS)

• Trophy success for Willie Thornton. (STM)

Stats Watch

● Billy Cunningham scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle appear in their 45th Cup Final, their fourteenth in the Glasgow Cup.

● Thistle win their 21st trophy, their fifth Glasgow Cup.

ongoing sequences:

● 48 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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