6th Nov 1965 Celtic 1 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 10)

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Match Information

			Jock Stein		Willie Thornton			45y, 8m, 3d
					Jim Gray; Jim Conway
					George Niven; Semi Nuoranen
Joe McBride (0-1, 39 mins)					Jim Conway (1-1, 55 mins)
			Ronnie Simpson		Jim Gray
			Ian Young		Jackie Campbell			19y, 8m, 10d
			Tommy Gemmell		George Muir			25y, 9m, 16d
			Bobby Murdoch		Billy Cunningham			24y, 3m, 22d
			Billy McNeill		John Harvey			32y, 9m, 16d
			John Clark		Tommy Gibb			20y, 10m, 24d
			Jimmy Johnstone		Jim Conway			25y, 2m, 10d
			Charlie Gallagher		Billy Hainey			26y, 4m, 21d
			former Jag Joe McBride		Andy Roxburgh			22y, 3m, 1d
			Bobby Lennox		Davie McParland			30y, 6m, 1d
			John Hughes		Brian Gallagher			19y, 10m, 19d
								24y, 9m, 8d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle missed several good chances before ex-JAG McBride gave 2nd top Celtic the lead (39). A misplaced a pass was picked up by McParland and his pass set up Conway to shoot through a ruck of players (55). Good goalkeeping by Gray, poor shooting and some rough tackling ensured Thistle held on.

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Sunday Mail, 7th November, 1965

Stats Watch

● Jim Conway scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 11 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.)

● 15 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 18th Aug 1965 to date. (Longest run since: 20 games; 15th Dec 1962 to 20th Apr 1963. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 199 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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