9th Nov 1963 Celtic 5 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 11)

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Match Information

			Jimmy McGrory		Willie Thornton			43y, 8m, 6d
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Stevie Chalmers (0-1, 18 mins); Jimmy Johnstone (0-2, 21 mins); Stevie Chalmers (3-3, 67 mins); John Hughes (3-4, 73 mins); Stevie Chalmers (3-5, 87 mins)					Ian Cowan (1-2, 30 mins); Billy Hainey (2-2, 32 mins); Ian Cowan (3-2, 34 mins)
			Frank Haffey		George Niven			34y, 4m, 29d
			Ian Young		Joe Hogan			25y, 8m, 16d
			Tommy Gemmell		Hugh Tinney			19y, 5m, 26d
			John Clark		David Closs			22y, 5m, 8d
			John Cushley		John Harvey			30y, 9m, 19d
			Jim Kennedy		Billy Cunningham			22y, 3m, 25d
			Jimmy Johnstone		Ian Cowan			18y, 11m, 13d
			Bobby Murdoch		Ernie Yard			22y, 6m, 6d
			future Jag Stevie Chalmers		Billy Hainey			24y, 4m, 24d
			future Jag John Divers		Neil Duffy			26y, 8m, 2d
			John Hughes		Davie McParland			28y, 6m, 4d
								25y, 1m, 8d

Match Report

TTA report

Once they settled Thistle played some good stuff and 3 goals in 4 minutes silenced the crowd, for a spell. Both sets of forwards revelled against poor defences. Scoring: 1-0 (18), 2-0 (21), 2-1 (Cowan 30), 2-2 (Hainey 32), 2-3 (Cowan 34), 3-3 (67), 4-3 (73) and seconds after Yard hit the post, 5-3 (87).

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Sunday Mail, 10th November, 1963

Glasgow Herald, 11th November, 1963

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 8 away League games without a win; 11th May 1963 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 13th Jan 1962 to 28th Apr 1962. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 93 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 25th Nov 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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