23rd Oct 1965 Dunfermline Athletic 4 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 8)

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Match Information

			Willie Cunningham		Willie Thornton			45y, 7m, 20d
					George Niven; John Flanagan
					Jim Gray; Tommy Rae
Alex Ferguson (0-1, 4 mins); Jim Fleming (0-2, 38 mins); Alex Ferguson (0-3, 51 mins); Alex Ferguson (1-4, 76 mins)					Joe Hogan (1-3, 70 mins); Tommy Gibb (2-4, 82 mins); Tommy Gibb (3-4, 88 mins)
			Eric Martin		George Niven			36y, 4m, 12d
			Jim Thomson		David Closs			24y, 4m, 22d
			John Lunn		George Muir			25y, 9m, 2d
			Alex Smith		Eric Norman			19y, 2m, 16d
			Jim McLean		John Harvey			32y, 9m, 2d
			Tommy Callaghan		Tommy Gibb			20y, 10m, 10d
			Pat Wilson		John Flanagan			23y, 5m, 27d
			Bert Paton		Andy Roxburgh			22y, 2m, 18d
			former Jag Jim Fleming		Joe Hogan			27y, 7m, 29d
			Alex Ferguson		Davie McParland			30y, 5m, 18d
			Hugh Robertson		Brian Gallagher			19y, 10m, 5d
								25y, 8m, 22d

Match Report

TTA report

A well-taken goal gave Dunfermline the lead (4) then the game went quiet until goals 38 and 51 put them well ahead. Thistle started the second half without Norman but restored to 11 men (58) they fought on and Hogan pulled one back (70). It was soon 4-1 however but 2 goals by Gibb (82 and 88) gave the Pars a fright - but they came too late.

Stats Watch

● 23-year-old John Flanagan makes his Thistle debut.

● 19-year-old Eric Norman plays his last game for Thistle.

● 24-year-old David Closs plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League defeats; 25th Aug 1965 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 26th Oct 1963 to 21st Dec 1963. Club-record: 14 defeats; 6th Apr 1912 to 25th Jan 1913.)

● 8 consecutive competitive away defeats; 26th May 1965 to date. (Longest run since: 8 defeats; 13th Apr 1940 to 14th Sep 1940. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 8 League games without a win; 25th Aug 1965 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 11th May 1963 to 5th Oct 1963. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 10 competitive away games without a win; 12th May 1965 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 3rd Nov 1945 to 25th May 1946. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 17 competitive games without a win, 19th May 1965 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 197 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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