1st Sep 1971 Partick Thistle 5 Raith Rovers 0 (League Cup Section 7 - game 6)

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Match Information

36y, 3m, 27d			Davie McParland		Bill Baxter
Ian Dick; Jim Logan; Donnie McKinnon; Johnny Gibson; Jim Mullin; Ronnie Glavin; Tommy Rae
Alan Rough; Ian Reid; John Hansen; Hugh Strachan; Frank Coulston; Alex Rae; Bobby Lawrie
Tommy Rae (1-0, 18 mins); Jimmy Bone (2-0, 34 mins); Tommy Rae (3-0, 44 mins); Ian Wilkinson (4-0, og 64 mins); Alex Forsyth (5-0, 81 mins)
					Ian Wilkinson (@ 4-0, 72 mins)
Jackie Campbell (Andy Anderson)					Jim Thomson (Ian Wilkinson, 52 mins)
26y, 9m, 11d			Ian Dick		Murray McDermott future Jag
27y, 10m, 17d			Jim Logan		Alex Jamieson
19y, 6m, 27d			Alex Forsyth		Kenny Lindsay
23y, 2m, 9d			Charlie Smith		Jim Dempsey
31y, 0m, 12d			Donnie McKinnon		Dick Staite former Jag
25y, 6m, 5d			Jackie Campbell		Jim Thomson
20y, 8m, 9d			Johnny Gibson		Malcolm Robertson
20y, 5m, 3d			Jim Mullin		Brian Cooper
21y, 11m, 10d			Jimmy Bone		Gordon Wallace
20y, 5m, 5d			Ronnie Glavin		Roddy Georgeson
25y, 6m, 15d			Tommy Rae		Benny McGuire
23y, 10m, 27d
18y, 0m, 25d			Andy Anderson		Ian Wilkinson

Match Report

TTA report

Even with 10 changes, Thistle overwhelmed Rovers. Rae (T) finished off a Gibson pass (18) then Bone sent a penalty wide. He made amends with a header (34). Rae got his second just on half-time at a goalmouth scramble. An OG by Rovers substitute made it 4-0 (64) and soon after he was sent off for a foul on Gibson. Forsyth got the 5th with a smart turn and shot from 18 yards late on.

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Evening Times, 1st September, 1971

Evening Times, 2nd September, 1971

Glasgow Herald, 2nd September, 1971

Fife Free Press, 3rd September, 1971

Stats Watch

● 20-year-old Jim Mullin makes his Thistle debut.

● 27-year-old Jim Logan plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 26-year-old goalie Ian Dick plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by keeping his final clean-sheet for the club.

● Thistle's joint-record margin of victory over Raith Rovers.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 14th Aug 1971 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games, 3rd Apr 1971 to 24th Apr 1971. Joint club-record: 11 games, 22nd Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932 & 11th Dec 1948 to 12th Feb 1949.)

● 7 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.)

● 23 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.)

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

● 9 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy Bone, 19th Apr 1971 to date. (Longest run since: Alan Rough & Frank Coulston - 55 games, 18th Apr 1970 to 28th Aug 1971. 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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