11th Feb 1961 East Fife 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)

matches:1960-61: ← 32game 3334 →

Match Information

			Charlie McCaig		Willie Thornton			40y, 11m, 8d
					George Muir
					Dougie Wright
Ian Stewart (1-1, 32 mins)					Joe McBride (1-0, 30 mins); Alex Wright (2-1, pen 52 mins); Neil Duffy (3-1, 58 mins)
			Bert Allan		John Freebairn			23y, 1m, 10d
			Bobby Stirrat		Joe Hogan			22y, 11m, 18d
			Frank Morrison		Sandy Brown			21y, 10m, 18d
			Hugh Adam		Alex Wright			30y, 2m, 0d
			Jake Young		John Harvey			28y, 0m, 21d
			David Duigan		Frank Donlevy			28y, 1m, 26d
			Norrie Tran		George Muir			21y, 0m, 21d
			Bobby Ross		Billy Cunningham			19y, 6m, 27d
			George Yardley		Joe McBride			22y, 8m, 1d
			Ian Stewart		Neil Duffy			23y, 11m, 4d
			Bobby McPhee		Davie McParland			25y, 9m, 6d
								24y, 3m, 21d

Match Report

TTA report

Muir missed an open goal (5) as Thistle (in white) pressed from the start. McBride scored from close in (30) but the fighting Fifers were level 2 minutes later. A goalmouth scramble led to a hand ball and Wright scored with the pen (52) then Duffy volleyed a magnificent Cunningham lob from 8 yards for the 3rd (58).

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Evening Times, 11th February, 1961

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● Thistle's 69th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 40 consecutive competitive appearances for John Freebairn, 26th Mar 1960 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jim Fleming - 51 games, 10th Oct 1959 to 15th Oct 1960. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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