30th Nov 1963 Falkirk 3 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL First Division - game 14)

matches:1963-64: ← 24game 2526 →

Match Information

			Alex McCrae		Willie Thornton			43y, 8m, 27d
					George Smith
					Ian Cowan
Sammy Wilson (0-1, 42 mins); Sammy Wilson (0-2, 44 mins); Alan Redpath (0-3, 72 mins)
			Willie Whigham		George Niven			34y, 5m, 19d
			John Donnachie		George Muir			23y, 10m, 9d
			John Stewart		Hugh Tinney			19y, 6m, 16d
			Jim Pierson		David Closs			22y, 5m, 29d
			Ian Rae		John Harvey			30y, 10m, 9d
			Billy Fulton		Billy Cunningham			22y, 4m, 15d
			Norrie Gillespie		George Smith			28y, 5m, 29d
			Alan Redpath		Ernie Yard			22y, 6m, 27d
			Sammy Wilson		Billy Hainey			24y, 5m, 14d
			Hugh Maxwell		Neil Duffy			26y, 8m, 23d
			Billy Gourlay		Davie McParland			28y, 6m, 25d
								25y, 10m, 8d

Match Report

TTA report

Both teams wasted corners and free-kicks and Smith squandered a couple of chances then 2 goals (42 and 44) stung Thistle. The second half began with Thistle more in attack but soon Falkirk took over and won comfortably. They hit the post and had 2 chances kicked off the line before their 3rd came (72).

Stats Watch

● 28-year-old George Smith plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive away defeats; 26th Oct 1963 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 13th Jan 1962 to 12th Feb 1962. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 7 competitive away games without a win; 21st Sep 1963 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games; 13th Jan 1962 to 28th Apr 1962. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 9 away League games without a win; 11th May 1963 to date. (Longest run since: 13 games; 12th Dec 1936 to 11th Sep 1937. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 99 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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