28th Aug 1968 Rangers 2 Partick Thistle 1 (League Cup Section 4 - game 5)

matches:1968-69: ← 06game 0708 →

Match Information

			Davie White		Willie Thornton			48y, 5m, 25d
					Dan McLindon; John Hansen; Brian Gallagher
					Russell Brown; Bobby Gray [i]; Frank Coulston
Willie Henderson (0-1, 12 mins); Sandy Jardine (0-2, 88 mins)					John Hansen (1-2, 89 mins)
Willie Johnston (Sandy Jardine, 73 mins)
			Norrie Martin		Billy Ritchie			31y, 11m, 17d
			future Jag Colin Jackson		George Cumming			21y, 8m, 8d
			Willie Mathieson		Dan McLindon			28y, 5m, 25d
			John Greig		John Hansen			18y, 6m, 25d
			Ronnie McKinnon		Donnie McKinnon			28y, 0m, 8d
			Roger Hynd		George O'Neill			26y, 1m, 2d
			Willie Henderson		Brian Gallagher			22y, 8m, 10d
			Billy McPhee		Davie McParland			33y, 3m, 23d
			Andy Penman		Jimmy Bone			18y, 11m, 6d
			Orjan Persson		John Flanagan			26y, 4m, 2d
			Willie Johnston		Arthur Duncan			20y, 8m, 23d
								25y, 2m, 1d
			Sandy Jardine		John Ross [ii]			23y, 5m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

Rangers took the lead (12) but promptly went from bad to worse. Their 2nd goal came (88) but Hansen scored from 6 yards (89). Thistle might have shown more adventure while Rangers struggled but although they moved the ball about well, the forwards were ineffectual and Gallagher fired straight at the keeper.

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Daily Record, 29th August, 1968

Evening Times, 29th August, 1968

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• Willie Henderson (arrowed) shoots past Billy Ritchie for 1-0, 12 mins. (TRA)

• Rangers twelfth man to the rescue… Sandy Jardine leaves Donnie McKinnon behind as he runs in to crack home his side's second goal, two minutes from time. (DR)

Stats Watch

● John Hansen scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 73 consecutive competitive appearances for John Flanagan, 17th Dec 1966 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: George Muir - 145 games, 19th Dec 1964 to 6th Jan 1968. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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