25th Mar 1961 Airdrieonians 2 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 29)

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Match Information

			Willie Steel		Willie Thornton			41y, 0m, 22d
					Jim Gray; John Harvey
					John Freebairn; Frank Donlevy
Jim Storrie (2-1, 62 mins); Jim Storrie (3-2, 76 mins)					Neil Duffy (1-0, 28 mins); Joe McBride (2-0, 57 mins); Alex Wright (3-1, pen 65 mins)
			Lawrie Leslie		Jim Gray
			Jimmy Shanks		Joe Hogan			23y, 1m, 1d
			Jackie Keenan		Sandy Brown			22y, 0m, 1d
			Jackie Stewart		John Harvey			28y, 2m, 4d
			Willie Johnstone		Donnie McKinnon			20y, 7m, 5d
			John McNeil		Alex Wright			30y, 3m, 14d
			George Rankine		George Smith			25y, 9m, 24d
			Jim Storrie		Davie McParland			25y, 10m, 20d
			Jim Sharkey		Joe McBride			22y, 9m, 15d
			Joe Caven		Neil Duffy			24y, 0m, 18d
			Tommy Duncan		Tommy Ewing			23y, 10m, 23d
								24y, 7m, 27d

Match Report

TTA report

A howling wind made for a poor, scrappy game. Debutant Gray was in action early on before Thistle took the lead when Duffy scored with a low header from a Ewing cross (28). McBride made it 2-0 (57) after Airdrie had hit the post. They scored (62) then a Wright pen (65) made it 3-1 before cup semi-finalists Airdrie's 2nd (76).

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Airdrie Match Programme, 12th March, 1991

Stats Watch

● Jim Gray makes his Thistle debut.

● Alex Wright scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 33 consecutive competitive appearances for Sandy Brown, 3rd Sep 1960 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: John Freebairn - 46 games, 26th Mar 1960 to 18th Mar 1961. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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