12th Dec 1964 Partick Thistle 2 Celtic 4 (SFL First Division - game 16)

matches:1964-65: ← 21game 2223 →

Match Information

44y, 9m, 9d			Willie Thornton		Jimmy McGrory
Dick Staite
Jim Fleming
Tommy Ewing (1-0, 16 mins); Ian Young (2-4, og 85 mins)					Charlie Gallagher (1-1, 18 mins); John Hughes (1-2, 37 mins); John Hughes (1-3, 77 mins); Hugh Maxwell (1-4, 81 mins)
35y, 6m, 1d			George Niven		Ronnie Simpson
26y, 9m, 18d			Joe Hogan		Ian Young
20y, 6m, 28d			Hugh Tinney		Tommy Gemmell
31y, 7m, 2d			Harold Davis		John Clark
31y, 10m, 21d			John Harvey		Billy McNeill
21y, 9m, 21d			Dick Staite		Willie O'Neill
29y, 7m, 7d			Davie McParland		Jimmy Johnstone
25y, 5m, 26d			Billy Hainey		Bobby Murdoch
24y, 9m, 9d			Dan McLindon		John Hughes
23y, 4m, 27d			Billy Cunningham		Hugh Maxwell
27y, 7m, 10d			Tommy Ewing		Charlie Gallagher
27y, 2m, 9d

Match Report

TTA report

Greater strength and skill finally told. Tinney cleared off the line then Ewing scored with a strong shot on the run (16) for a deserved lead. It lasted 2 minutes thanks to a 30-yard shot then Celtic took the lead (37). It was all Celtic in the second half and 2 more goals (77 and 81) killed the game before an OG (85) made it look better.

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Glasgow Herald, 14th December, 1964

Stats Watch

● 21-year-old Dick Staite plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 152 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 25th Nov 1961 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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