25th Aug 1971 Partick Thistle 1 East Fife 1 (League Cup Section 7 - game 4)

matches:1971-72: ← 06game 0708 →

Match Information

36y, 3m, 20d			Davie McParland		Pat Quinn future PT manager
Jackie Campbell
Nobby Clark
Alex Rae (1-1, 71 mins)					Graham Honeyman (0-1, 70 mins)
Denis McQuade (Alex Forsyth, 65 mins)
19y, 9m, 0d			Alan Rough		Dave Gorman
20y, 8m, 14d			Ian Reid		Bobby Duncan
31y, 1m, 2d			Bobby Gray [ii]		Dave Clarke
21y, 6m, 22d			John Hansen		Rab Cairns
25y, 5m, 29d			Jackie Campbell		John Martis
32y, 6m, 4d			Hugh Strachan		Walter Borthwick
23y, 9m, 11d			Bobby Lawrie		Bertie Miller
28y, 10m, 20d			Frank Coulston		John Love
21y, 11m, 3d			Jimmy Bone		Graham Honeyman
25y, 0m, 2d			Alex Rae		Billy McPhee
20y, 7m, 19d			Denis McQuade		John Bernard
24y, 7m, 29d
19y, 6m, 20d			Alex Forsyth		Joe Hughes

Match Report

TTA report

“Thistle switch sets the fuse”. “Partick Thistle unfurled their second division championship flag but failed to salute it” (GH). “JAGS made it so hard” (ET). The game was largely forgettable except for the last quarter of an hour when Forsyth replaced McQuade who had had a disappointing match. East Fife took the lead with a header from a corner but Thistle levelled a minute later when Rae headed in a Coulston cross. East Fife hit back and Rough had 2 good saves to keep things level. Thistle pressure almost resulted in an own goal at the other end. It was fast and furious till the end and the visitors put up a solid wall to protect their point.

Scrapbook

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Glasgow Evening Citizen, 24th August, 1971

Daily Record, 26th August, 1971

Glasgow Herald, 26th August, 1971

Evening Times, 26th August, 1971

Gallery

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• Thistle at training, reaching out for the Quarter Finals. (EC)

• Unfurling the flag is Mrs C. Reid, wife of the late Tom Reid, former Thistle chairman. James Aitken watches on. (HA)

• Thistle's Jackie Campbell and East Fife's John Bernard chase for the ball. (SHO)

• Everybody in! Partick Thistle duo Alex Forsyth and Frank Coulston put in a joint challenge to score as East Fife's John Martis and Billy McPhee (on the ground) try to clear. (DR)

Video Highlights

(credit: CCJag, filming and digitizing; music: 'Get It On' [instrumental] by T. Rex)

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Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive home games without defeat; 5th Apr 1971 to date. (Longest run since the joint club-record: 16 games; 29th Aug 1970 to 20th Mar 1971 & 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 21 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.)

● 27 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 8th Apr 1970 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 54 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.)

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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