18th Nov 1963 Partick Thistle 3 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 2 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2nd Round, 1st leg)

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Match Information

43y, 8m, 15d			Willie Thornton		Alfréd Sezemský
Martin Ferguson
David Closs
Ernie Yard (1-0, 12 mins); John Harvey (2-0, pen 34 mins); Martin Ferguson (3-0, 51 mins)					Karel Koláček (3-1, 65 mins); Karel Lichtnégl (3-2, 84 mins)
34y, 5m, 7d			George Niven		Frantisek Schmucker
23y, 9m, 28d			George Muir		Bohumil Pisek
19y, 6m, 4d			Hugh Tinney		Karel Kohlik
20y, 10m, 28d			Martin Ferguson		Miroslav Vitü
30y, 9m, 28d			John Harvey		Karel Komarek
22y, 4m, 3d			Billy Cunningham		Frantisek Majer
18y, 11m, 22d			Ian Cowan		Karel Koláček
22y, 6m, 15d			Ernie Yard		Karel Lichtnégl
24y, 5m, 2d			Billy Hainey		Zdenek Farmacka
26y, 8m, 11d			Neil Duffy		Ján Brada
28y, 6m, 13d			Davie McParland		Bohumil Hlavac
24y, 9m, 25d

notes

OH notes Billy Hainey as scorer of the second, but GH, ET, APJ and online databases all say John Harvey. We go with all of these detailed accounts.

Match Report

TTA report

Playing excellent football, Yard headed in a McParland free-kick (12), Harvey scored (pen, 34) and Ferguson scored from 18 yards (51). Chances that should have built up a solid lead were squandered and regretted. Spartak tightened up after half-time, Thistle were less effective and conceded 2 goals from 2 breaks.

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Glasgow Herald, 18th November, 1963

Evening Times, 18th November, 1963

PTFC Match Programme, 18th November, 1963

Glasgow Herald, 19th November, 1963

Evening Times, 19th November, 1963

Evening Times, 19th November, 1963

Aberdeen Press & Journal, 19th November, 1963

Gallery

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• 12 mins; it's going to be a goal as Ernie Yard rises magnificently to respect Davie McParland's excellent cross. (ET)

• And it's there! Ernie Yard scores Partick Thistle's opener in the 3-2 victory over Spartak Brno of Czechoslovakia. (WAT)

• Martin Ferguson's superb swerving shot puts Thistle 3-0 up in 51 minutes at the Stadium of Dreams! (ET)

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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

● Spartak ZJŠ Brno become the first Czech side to play Thistle.

● The Czech Republic (by modern-day definition) becomes the seventh country to provide opponents for Thistle.

● Spartak ZJŠ Brno become the 111th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

● Spartak ZJŠ Brno become Thistle's first-ever continental opponents at Firhill.

● Brno, whose domestic season has just finished, concede 3 goals for the first time in 1963.

● Martin Ferguson scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive home games without defeat; 28th Sep 1963 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 25th Nov 1961 to 20th Jan 1962. Club-record: 16 games; 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 96 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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