18th Aug 1971 East Fife 2 Partick Thistle 3 (League Cup Section 7 - game 2)

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Match Information

			future PT manager Pat Quinn		Davie McParland			36y, 3m, 13d
					John Hansen
					Ronnie Glavin
Joe Hughes (1-1, 28 mins); Jim Finlayson (3-2, 66 mins)					Jimmy Bone (1-0, 6 mins); Bobby Lawrie (2-1, 44 mins); Frank Coulston (3-1, 65 mins)
					Frank Coulston (@ 3-2, 2nd half)
John Thomson (John Bernard)					Denis McQuade (Alex Forsyth)
			Dave Gorman		Alan Rough			19y, 8m, 24d
			Bobby Duncan		Ian Reid			20y, 8m, 7d
			Peter McQuade		Bobby Gray [ii]			31y, 0m, 26d
			Walter Borthwick		John Hansen			21y, 6m, 15d
			John Martis		Nobby Clark			21y, 4m, 6d
			Dave Clarke		Hugh Strachan			32y, 5m, 28d
			Bertie Miller		Bobby Lawrie			23y, 9m, 4d
			John Thomson		Frank Coulston			28y, 10m, 13d
			Joe Hughes		Jimmy Bone			21y, 10m, 27d
			Jim Finlayson		Alex Rae			24y, 11m, 26d
			Billy McPhee		Denis McQuade			20y, 7m, 12d
								24y, 3m, 8d
			John Bernard		Alex Forsyth			19y, 6m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

The two newly promoted sides served up a 5-goal thriller. Bone gave Thistle the lead in 6 minutes but the Fifers equalised (28) and it remained 1-1 until just before half-time when Lawrie scored. Coulston put Thistle 3-1 ahead (65) but the lead was reduced to a single goal (66). Coulston was later sent off for “having words“ with a linesman. The ET reported that fighting broke out on the terracing.

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Evening Times, 19th August, 1971

Fife Free Press, 20th August, 1971

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 30th Jan 1971 to date. (Longest run since: 30 games; 11th Aug 1962 to 4th Mar 1963. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 52 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Rough (a new personal best) & Frank Coulston (a new personal best), 18th Apr 1970 to date. (Longest run since: Arthur Duncan - 78 games, 2nd Mar 1968 to 1st Jan 1970. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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