6th Sep 1971 Partick Thistle 4 Alloa Athletic 1 (League Cup Supplementary Round, 1st leg)

matches:1971-72: ← 10game 1112 →

Match Information

36y, 4m, 1d			Davie McParland		Ian Crawford
Denis McQuade
Johnny Gibson
Frank Coulston (1-0, 8 mins); Denis McQuade (2-1, 19 mins); Charlie Smith (3-1, 20 mins); Jimmy Bone (4-1, 78 mins)					Ian Reid (1-1, og 11 mins)
Charlie Smith (Ronnie Glavin, 2nd half)					Jimmy Thomson (Rab Stewart, 2nd half)
19y, 9m, 12d			Alan Rough		Dave McWilliams
20y, 8m, 26d			Ian Reid		Willie McCulloch
19y, 7m, 1d			Alex Forsyth		Jim Campbell
23y, 2m, 14d			Charlie Smith		Jimmy Thomson
25y, 6m, 10d			Jackie Campbell		George Brown
32y, 6m, 16d			Hugh Strachan		Brian McGarry
23y, 9m, 23d			Bobby Lawrie		Walter Johnston
28y, 11m, 1d			Frank Coulston		Willie Allan
21y, 11m, 15d			Jimmy Bone		Joe McCallan
25y, 0m, 14d			Alex Rae		Pat Stewart former Jag
20y, 8m, 0d			Denis McQuade		David Beck
23y, 9m, 17d
20y, 5m, 10d			Ronnie Glavin		Rab Stewart

notes

DR, ET & GH all say Bone missed the late pen. APJ alone says Coulston took it.

Match Report

TTA report

It was an exciting game. Alloa produced a high standard of football and made a fight of it after the disappointments of the first twenty minutes. Pace down the wings was the foundation of the win and Thistle took the lead (8) when Coulston scored with a flying header from a McQuade cross. An almost identical goal at the other end (an own goal by Reid) put Alloa on level terms three minutes later. A slick move involving a number of players ended with a McQuade goal to give Thistle the lead. A few minutes later Rae (A) touched a free-kick to Smith who got Thistle's third with a shot from 35 yards (20). Alloa fought back and came close twice. Rough had to be at his best on both occasions. His opposite number was also in fine form and he had a couple of excellent saves to deny Bone and Lawrie before saving a Bone penalty. Bone did however get on the score sheet when he finished off a good move and pass from McQuade (78).

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Daily Record, 7th September, 1971

Aberdeen Press & Journal, 7th September, 1971

Evening Times, 7th September, 1971

Stats Watch

● Thistle win a fourth consecutive competitive game versus Alloa Athletic, the H2H record.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 28th Aug 1971 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins, 21st Nov 1970 to 12th Dec 1970. Club-record: 10 wins, 22nd Oct 1932 to 26th Dec 1932.)

● 8 competitive games without defeat, 14th Aug 1971 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games, 30th Jan 1971 to 27th Mar 1971. Joint club-record: 11 games, 22nd Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932 & 11th Dec 1948 to 12th Feb 1949.)

● 9 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.)

● 25 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.)

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

● 11 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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