14th Dec 1968 Arbroath 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 15)

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Match Information

			Albert Henderson		Scot Symon			57y, 7m, 9d
					John Flanagan
					Frank Coulston
Jimmy Jack (0-1, 21 mins); Jimmy Jack (2-2, 89 mins)					Jimmy Bone (1-1, 73 mins); John Flanagan (2-1, 88 mins)
			Jimmy Hodge		Billy Ritchie			32y, 3m, 3d
			Jimmy Booth		Jackie Campbell			22y, 9m, 17d
			Tom Hughes		Dan McLindon			28y, 9m, 11d
			Tam Cargill		John Hansen			18y, 10m, 11d
			Ian Stirling		Donnie McKinnon			28y, 3m, 24d
			Jim Pierson		Bobby Gray [i]			20y, 3m, 10d
			Eric Sellars		John Flanagan			26y, 7m, 18d
			Jimmy Jack		Jimmy Bone			19y, 2m, 22d
			Jimmy Cant		John Divers			28y, 9m, 6d
			Dennis Bruce		George O'Neill			26y, 4m, 18d
			John Wilkie		Arthur Duncan			21y, 0m, 9d
								24y, 10m, 5d
			Ian Reid		George Cumming			21y, 11m, 24d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle went behind to winless Arbroath with a fine left foot shot against the run of play (21). Arbroath wasted several good chances then Duncan sped down the win and Bone netted his low cross (73). Flanagan stabbed in his rebounded shot off the bar (88) but a shot beat Ritchie for 2-2 (89) leaving Thistle 5 points above relegation.

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Evening Times, 14th December, 1968

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 9 competitive games without a win, 19th Oct 1968 to date. (Longest run since: 13 games, 11th Feb 1967 to 26th Apr 1967. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 9 League games without a win; 19th Oct 1968 to date. (Longest run since: 11 games; 11th Feb 1967 to 26th Apr 1967. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 10 away League games without a win; 6th Apr 1968 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 29th Jan 1966 to 24th Sep 1966. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 10 competitive away games without a win; 17th Aug 1968 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 22nd Feb 1967 to 21st Oct 1967. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 31 consecutive competitive appearances for Arthur Duncan, 2nd Mar 1968 to date. (Longest run since: John Flanagan - 86 games, 17th Dec 1966 to 23rd Nov 1968. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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