15th Dec 1962 Aberdeen 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 16)

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Match Information

			Tommy Pearson		Willie Thornton			42y, 9m, 12d
					no changes
					no changes
George Kinnell (1-1, pen 71 mins)					Ian Cowan (1-0, 64 mins)
			John Ogston		George Niven			33y, 6m, 4d
			Dave Bennett		Joe Hogan			24y, 9m, 21d
			Jimmy Hogg		Sandy Brown			23y, 8m, 21d
			George Kinnell		Davie McParland			27y, 7m, 10d
			Doug Coutts		John Harvey			29y, 10m, 24d
			Dave Smith		Billy Cunningham			21y, 5m, 0d
			Bobby Cummings		Ian Cowan			18y, 0m, 18d
			Willie Allan		Gordon Whitelaw			24y, 2m, 2d
			Ernie Winchester		Billy Hainey			23y, 5m, 29d
			Charlie Cooke		Neil Duffy			25y, 9m, 8d
			Lewis Thom		George Smith			27y, 6m, 14d
								25y, 5m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

Neither side could claim superiority in the first half. There was nothing between the teams and chances were few. More end to end play with some fine goalkeeping followed until Cowan hit a corner 1st time off a defender (64). An 11th straight league win looked on the cards until Aberdeen scored with a pen (foul, 71).

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Evening Times, 15th December, 1962

Evening Times, 15th December, 1962

Sunday Mail, 16th December, 1962

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 7 away League games without defeat; 29th Sep 1962 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 7 games; 21st Feb 1931 to 19th Aug 1931 & 28th Aug 1915 to 27th Nov 1915.)

● 7 competitive away games without defeat; 29th Sep 1962 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 7 games; 18th Apr 1956 to 12th Sep 1956.)

● 12 League games without defeat, 29th Sep 1962 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 13 games; 1st Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932.)

● 16 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 22nd Aug 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 19 games; 4th Mar 1961 to 4th Nov 1961. Club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 25 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Aug 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 28 games; 4th Dec 1937 to 20th Aug 1938. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 62 consecutive competitive appearances for Sandy Brown, 9th Sep 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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