1st Jan 1963 Clyde 1 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 18)

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Match Information

			John Prentice		Willie Thornton			42y, 9m, 29d
					no changes
					no changes
Billy Muir (0-1, 12 mins)					Sandy Brown (1-1, 63 mins); John Harvey (2-1, 68 mins)
			Tommy McCulloch		George Niven			33y, 6m, 21d
			Allan Gray		Joe Hogan			24y, 10m, 8d
			Don McDonald		Sandy Brown			23y, 9m, 8d
			Jimmy Murray		Davie McParland			27y, 7m, 27d
			Danny Malloy		John Harvey			29y, 11m, 11d
			Dan Currie		Billy Cunningham			21y, 5m, 17d
			Jim McLean		Ian Cowan			18y, 1m, 5d
			Sammy Reid		Gordon Whitelaw			24y, 2m, 19d
			Graham McFarlane		Billy Hainey			23y, 6m, 16d
			John Colrain		Neil Duffy			25y, 9m, 25d
			Billy Muir		Jim Fleming			20y, 11m, 25d
								24y, 10m, 24d

Match Report

TTA report

Clyde settled first on a frozen, rutted pitch and scored (12). Duffy and Cowan hit the bar then Clyde missed a sitter. Brown equalised from 30 yards (63) and Harvey headed the winner from a corner (68). Niven broke his wrist. All set for the showdown with Rangers (1 point ahead) but the weather had other ideas…

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Glasgow Herald, 2nd January, 1963

Glasgow Herald, 2nd January, 1963

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 8 away League games without defeat; 29th Sep 1962 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 8 competitive away games without defeat; 29th Sep 1962 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 14 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have scored; 15th Aug 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 12th Sep 1953 to 31st Mar 1954. Club-record: 28 games; 14th May 1887 to 23rd Apr 1892.)

● 14 League games without defeat, 29th Sep 1962 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 18 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.)

● 27 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.)

● 64 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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