2nd Mar 1963 St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 19)

matches:1962-63: ← 28game 2930 →

Match Information

			former Jag Jackie Cox		Willie Thornton			42y, 11m, 27d
					George Niven
					Bill Ramsay
Sandy Brown (0-1, og 30 mins)					Sandy Brown (1-1, 60 mins)
			Dick Beattie		George Niven			33y, 8m, 19d
			Cammy Murray		Joe Hogan			25y, 0m, 6d
			Ian Riddell		Sandy Brown			23y, 11m, 6d
			Red Campbell		Davie McParland			27y, 9m, 25d
			Jim Clunie		John Harvey			30y, 1m, 9d
			John McTavish		Billy Cunningham			21y, 7m, 15d
			Don Kerrigan		Ian Cowan			18y, 3m, 3d
			Bobby Carroll		Gordon Whitelaw			24y, 4m, 17d
			Tommy White		Billy Hainey			23y, 8m, 14d
			Thor Beck		Neil Duffy			25y, 11m, 23d
			Jimmy Robertson		Jim Fleming			21y, 1m, 23d
								25y, 0m, 23d

Match Report

TTA report

…26 days later 2 ring-rusty teams drew an exciting match. A flashing OG header by Brown gave St Mirren the lead (30) but he scored when his pen rebounded off the keeper (60). Harvey's weak pass-back (77) almost gifted Saints the winner but the ball went wide. Cunningham was outstanding and the draw was fair.

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Evening Times, 2nd March, 1963

Sunday Post, 3rd March, 1963

Glasgow Herald, 4th March, 1963

Glasgow Herald, 4th March, 1963

Daily Record, 4th March, 1963

Daily Record, 4th March, 1963

Gallery

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• Jim Clunie v Gordon Whitelaw. (SP/SMO)

Stats Watch

● Thistle are back in League action after 60 days, setting the club-record for the longest gap between League games in any given season, later beaten in 2021.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 8th Dec 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 29th Sep 1962 to 1st Dec 1962. Joint club-record: 11 games, 22nd Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932 & 11th Dec 1948 to 12th Feb 1949.)

● 9 away League games without defeat; 29th Sep 1962 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 9 competitive away games without defeat; 29th Sep 1962 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 15 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.)

● 15 League games without defeat, 29th Sep 1962 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 19 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.)

● 29 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Aug 1962 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 66 consecutive competitive appearances for Sandy Brown, 9th Sep 1961 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Dougie Baird - 73 games, 15th Nov 1958 to 16th Apr 1960. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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