4th Oct 1969 Partick Thistle 2 Kilmarnock 2 (SFL First Division - game 7)

matches:1969-70: ← 16game 1718 →

Match Information

58y, 4m, 29d			Scot Symon		Walter McCrae
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Jimmy Bone (1-1, 67 mins); John Flanagan (2-1, 70 mins)					John Gilmour (0-1, 19 mins); Hugh Strachan (2-2, 90 mins)
24y, 10m, 13d			Ian Dick		Sandy McLaughlan
18y, 9m, 23d			Ian Reid		Andy King
21y, 1m, 0d			Bobby Gray [i]		Billy Dickson
29y, 7m, 1d			Dan McLindon		John Gilmour
29y, 1m, 14d			Donnie McKinnon		Jackie McGrory
34y, 2m, 7d			Jim Rowan		Hugh Strachan future Jag
27y, 5m, 8d			John Flanagan		Tommy McLean
21y, 3m, 11d			Charlie Smith		Eddie Morrison
20y, 0m, 12d			Jimmy Bone		Ross Mathie
19y, 8m, 1d			John Hansen		Jim McLean
21y, 9m, 29d			Arthur Duncan		Jim Cook
24y, 4m, 9d
21y, 10m, 20d			Bobby Lawrie		Frank Beattie

Match Report

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Thistle only had themselves to blame. Kilmarnock were the better team and took the lead (19) but they faded. Courage and spirit saw Thistle score through Bone and Flanagan (67 and 70). Wasting time holding on to the ball at the back led to disaster from a header from a corner (future-JAG Strachan, 90).

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Glasgow Herald, 6th October, 1969

Gallery

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• Thistle 'keeper Ian Dick - a former Killie player - punches clear as his old mates attack at Firhill. (SP)

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without a win, 3rd Sep 1969 to date. (Longest run since: 11 games, 9th Apr 1969 to 27th Aug 1969. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 6 League games without a win; 3rd Sep 1969 to date. (Longest run since: 11 games; 19th Oct 1968 to 1st Jan 1969. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 68 consecutive competitive appearances for Arthur Duncan, 2nd Mar 1968 to date, a new personal best. (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.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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