18th May 1963 Dundee United 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 34)

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Match Information

			Jimmy Kerr		Willie Thornton			43y, 2m, 15d
					no changes
					no changes
Dennis Gillespie (2-1, 41 mins); Jim Irvine (2-2, 64 mins)					Jim Fleming (1-0, 14 mins); Jim Fleming (2-0, 18 mins)
			Sandy Davie		George Niven			33y, 11m, 7d
			Tommy Millar		George Muir			23y, 3m, 27d
			Alec Gordon		Sandy Brown			24y, 1m, 24d
			Stewart Fraser		Davie McParland			28y, 0m, 13d
			Doug Smith		Donnie McKinnon			22y, 8m, 28d
			Jimmy Briggs		Billy Cunningham			21y, 10m, 3d
			Wattie Carlyle		Ian Cowan			18y, 5m, 21d
			Dennis Gillespie		Gordon Whitelaw			24y, 7m, 5d
			Eric Brodie		George Smith			27y, 11m, 17d
			Jim Irvine		Neil Duffy			26y, 2m, 11d
			Tommy Neilson		Jim Fleming			21y, 4m, 11d
								24y, 9m, 11d

Match Report

TTA report

Both teams struggled in the gusty wind. Fleming scored with a rebound off the keeper's legs (14) and with a 14-yard drive (18). United scored (41 and 64). 21 games in 78 days after the big freeze and a small squad took their toll but Thistle finished a creditable 3rd and qualified for Europe!

Stats Watch

● The closing game of the 88th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

ongoing sequences:

● 86 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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