11th May 1963 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 33)

matches:1962-63: ← 47game 4849 →

Match Information

			Jock Stein		Willie Thornton			43y, 2m, 8d
					George Smith; Neil Duffy
					Dick Staite; Billy Hainey
Charlie Dickson (1-1, 55 mins)					Gordon Whitelaw (1-0, 1 min)
			Eddie Connachan		George Niven			33y, 11m, 0d
			Willie Callaghan		George Muir			23y, 3m, 20d
			John Lunn		Sandy Brown			24y, 1m, 17d
			Jim Thomson		Davie McParland			28y, 0m, 6d
			Jim McLean		Donnie McKinnon			22y, 8m, 21d
			George Miller		Billy Cunningham			21y, 9m, 26d
			George Peebles		Ian Cowan			18y, 5m, 14d
			Jim Kerray		Gordon Whitelaw			24y, 6m, 28d
			Charlie Dickson		George Smith			27y, 11m, 10d
			Bert Paton		Neil Duffy			26y, 2m, 4d
			Harry Melrose		Jim Fleming			21y, 4m, 4d
								24y, 9m, 4d

Match Report

TTA report

Whitelaw gave Thistle the best possible start with a goal from a Smith pass (1). It was mostly Thistle and he went close again when he beat the off-side trap. After they had a goal disallowed for a foul on Niven, Dunfermline equalised (55). After that they hemmed Thistle in but lacked a finishing touch.

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Evening Times, 11th May, 1963

Sunday Post, 12th May, 1963

Dundee Courier, 18th May, 1963

Stats Watch

● Gordon Whitelaw scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 85 consecutive competitive appearances for Sandy Brown, 9th Sep 1961 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Henderson - 107 games, 22nd Aug 1942 to 13th Jan 1945. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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