31st Mar 1962 Leicester City 2 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

matches:1961-62: ← 41game 4243 →

Match Information

			Matt Gillies		Willie Thornton			42y, 0m, 28d
					John Harvey; Joe McBride
					David Closs; Gordon Whitelaw
Jimmy Walsh (1-1, 38 mins); Albert Cheesebrough (1-2, 72 mins)					George Smith (1-0, 1 min)
			Gordon Banks		George Niven			32y, 9m, 20d
			John Sjoberg		George Muir			22y, 2m, 10d
			Richie Norman		Sandy Brown			23y, 0m, 7d
			Frank McLintock		John Harvey			29y, 2m, 10d
			Ian King		Donnie McKinnon			21y, 7m, 11d
			Colin Appleton		Billy Cunningham			20y, 8m, 16d
			Howard Riley		George Smith			26y, 9m, 30d
			Albert Cheesebrough		Joe McBride			23y, 9m, 21d
			Jimmy Walsh		Billy Hainey			22y, 9m, 15d
			Ken Keyworth		Neil Duffy			25y, 0m, 24d
			Mike Stringfellow		Davie McParland			26y, 10m, 26d
								24y, 11m, 27d

Match Report

TTA report

On a dodgy pitch and in snow flurries, Smith scored (1) as he and McParland menaced the Leicester defence. Brown's pen hit the post. McParland was knocked out cold and went off for a time. Niven had 2 great saves but Leicester levelled (38). The winner came from close in (72). Leicester fired a pen over the bar (82).

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 37 consecutive competitive appearances for Billy Cunningham, 23rd Aug 1961 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Joe McBride - 64 games, 26th Nov 1960 to 17th Mar 1962. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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