23rd Aug 1961 Motherwell 1 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 1)

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Match Information

			Bobby Ancell		Willie Thornton			41y, 5m, 20d
					Billy Cunningham
					Alex Wright
Pat Quinn (1-1, 82 mins)					Joe McBride (1-0, 73 mins); Joe McBride (2-1, 84 mins); George Smith (3-1, 89 mins)
			Alan Wyllie		John Freebairn			23y, 7m, 22d
			future Jag Hugh Strachan		George Muir			21y, 7m, 2d
			Matt Thomson		Sandy Brown			22y, 4m, 30d
			Charlie Aitken		Billy Cunningham			20y, 1m, 8d
			John Martis		Donnie McKinnon			21y, 0m, 3d
			John McPhee		Frank Donlevy			28y, 8m, 7d
			Andy Weir		George Smith			26y, 2m, 22d
			Pat Quinn		Joe McBride			23y, 2m, 13d
			Bobby Roberts		Billy Hainey			22y, 2m, 7d
			Willie Hunter		Neil Duffy			24y, 5m, 16d
			Morris Stevenson		Davie McParland			26y, 3m, 18d
								23y, 7m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

Motherwell's overall play deserved better but they couldn't take their chances. Brown cleared off the line twice. Thistle's tactics were at times “coarse” (GH) but they grabbed the opportunities that came their way. McBride scored (73), it was 1-1 (82) then McBride and Smith scored in the last 6 minutes for the win.

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Glasgow Herald, 24th August, 1961

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 15 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 26th Nov 1960 to date. (Longest run since: 24 games; 24th Jan 1959 to 16th Jan 1960. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 43 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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