14th Aug 1963 Falkirk 2 Partick Thistle 2 (League Cup Section 1 - game 2)

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Match Information

			Alex McCrae		Willie Thornton			43y, 5m, 11d
					Martin Ferguson; George Smith; Billy Hainey; Billy Gourley
					George Muir; Ian Cowan; Gordon Whitelaw; Jim Fleming
Jimmy Adam (0-1, 14 mins); Jim Pierson (2-2, 70 mins)					Billy Cunningham (1-1, 25 mins); Billy Hainey (2-1, 28 mins)
			Charlie Ross		George Niven			34y, 2m, 3d
			Les Thomson		Joe Hogan			25y, 5m, 21d
			Ian Rae		Sandy Brown			24y, 4m, 21d
			Jim Pierson		Martin Ferguson			20y, 7m, 24d
			Jim Ferguson		Donnie McKinnon			22y, 11m, 25d
			Billy Fulton		Davie McParland			28y, 3m, 9d
			Jimmy Adam		George Smith			28y, 2m, 13d
			Derek Irvin		Billy Cunningham			22y, 0m, 30d
			Alan Redpath		Billy Hainey			24y, 1m, 29d
			Hugh Maxwell		Neil Duffy			26y, 5m, 7d
			John Stewart		Billy Gourley			20y, 7m, 11d
								25y, 2m, 20d

Match Report

TTA report

Falkirk went ahead when a shot bounced over diving Niven's head into the net but 2 goals in 3 minutes put much-changed Thistle ahead. Cunningham scored from close in and Hainey latched on to a Cunningham through pass but Falkirk got going in the second half and got a deserved equaliser (70).

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Glasgow Herald, 15th August, 1963

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 88 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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