28th Dec 1963 Aberdeen 0 Partick Thistle 5 (SFL First Division - game 18)

matches:1963-64: ← 29game 3031 →

Match Information

			Tommy Pearson		Willie Thornton			43y, 9m, 25d
					George Niven; Billy Cunningham; Dick Staite
					Jim Gray; Martin Ferguson; Ernie Yard
					Dick Staite (1-0, 26 mins); Billy Hainey (2-0, 44 mins); Dick Staite (3-0, 45 mins); Billy Hainey (4-0, 57 mins); Neil Duffy (5-0, 75 mins)
			John Ogston		George Niven			34y, 6m, 17d
			Ally Shewan		Joe Hogan			25y, 10m, 4d
			Jimmy Hogg		Hugh Tinney			19y, 7m, 14d
			Hugh Stewart		David Closs			22y, 6m, 27d
			Ian Burns		John Harvey			30y, 11m, 7d
			Dave Smith		Billy Cunningham			22y, 5m, 13d
			Don Kerrigan		Ian Cowan			19y, 1m, 1d
			Charlie Cooke		Billy Hainey			24y, 6m, 12d
			Billy Graham		Dick Staite			20y, 10m, 7d
			Ernie Winchester		Neil Duffy			26y, 9m, 21d
			Bobby Hume		Davie McParland			28y, 7m, 23d
								25y, 0m, 28d

notes

The OH (by process of elimination) lists Neil Duffy as the scorer of Thistle's fourth, but this is contradicted by GH/ET who state it was a second for Billy Hainey. Naturally, we've gone with the majority view.

Match Report

TTA report

“Staitley Thistle“ (ET). Staite headed in the opener (26), Hainey took a Cowan pass (44) then Duffy made the 2nd for Staite (45). Rampant Thistle made it 4 when Staite set up Hainey (57). Aberdeen were denied when Brown cleared off the line. Duffy clashed with the keeper but he walked the ball into the net (75). Thistle leap-frogged Aberdeen into 8th.

Stats Watch

● Dick Staite scores his last goals for Thistle, signing off with a brace.

ongoing sequences:

● 104 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.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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