22nd Sep 1971 Partick Thistle 5 St Johnstone 1 (League Cup Quarter Final, 2nd leg)

matches:1971-72: ← 15game 1617 →

Match Information

36y, 4m, 17d			Davie McParland		Willie Ormond
John Hansen; Jimmy Bone; Denis McQuade
Bobby Gray [ii]; Charlie Smith; Bobby Lawrie
Jimmy Bone (1-0, 30 mins); Frank Coulston (2-0, 31 mins); Jimmy Bone (3-0, 34 mins); Frank Coulston (4-1, 67 mins); Johnny Gibson (5-1, 85 mins)					John Connolly (3-1, pen 46 mins)
Denis McQuade (Bobby Lawrie, 80 mins)
19y, 9m, 28d			Alan Rough		Jim Donaldson
21y, 7m, 19d			John Hansen		John Lambie
19y, 7m, 17d			Alex Forsyth		Willie Coburn
20y, 5m, 26d			Ronnie Glavin		Alex Rennie
25y, 6m, 26d			Jackie Campbell		Benny Rooney future Jag
32y, 7m, 1d			Hugh Strachan		Ian McPhee
20y, 8m, 30d			Johnny Gibson		Kenny Aird
28y, 11m, 17d			Frank Coulston		Gordon Whitelaw former Jag
22y, 0m, 0d			Jimmy Bone		John Connolly
25y, 0m, 30d			Alex Rae		Henry Hall
20y, 8m, 16d			Denis McQuade		Fred Aitken
23y, 4m, 20d
23y, 10m, 8d			Bobby Lawrie		Alex Gordon

Match Report

TTA report

“Partick Thistle hit back for place in last four of League Cup”. “A devastating display” (GH). Thistle huffed and puffed for the first thirty minutes, making no impact. It was St Johnstone who looked dangerous and likely to add to their aggregate lead. Things, however, were about to liven up. Bone rode two tackles before squeezing a shot in from a narrow angle (30). A minute later it was 2-0 when Coulston fired one in off a post from the edge of the box. Donaldson in the Saints goal was blameless for these goals but he had to take the blame for the third. He gathered a long lob safely but dropped it when under pressure from Coulston and Bone tapped the ball into the net. In the second half St Johnstone scored with a penalty when Rough impeded Connolly. Back level on aggregate, St Johnstone pressed for a winner and came close with shots from distance that went narrowly past. It looked however as if extra time would be needed to settle the tie but gradually Thistle built up some sustained pressure and when Donaldson went walkabout when he tried to gather a through ball out on the wing, Bone squared the ball to Coulston who found the empty net for Thistle's fourth. Five minutes from time Gibson beat two men and while under pressure from a third, hit a hard shot past the keeper. Thistle went through 5-3 on aggregate. (And, yes, J Lambie was booked during the match.)

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Daily Record, 22nd September, 1971

Daily Record, 23rd September, 1971

Daily Record, 23rd September, 1971

Evening Times, 23rd September, 1971

Evening Times, 23rd September, 1971

Gallery

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• Thistle's Jim Bone beat Saints 'keeper Donaldson with this effort, but the referee disallowed the goal because the centre was pulling Lambie's jersey. (ET)

• It's Bone again… and this time there was no infringement as he hammered the ball past Donaldson for Thistle's first goal (ET)

• The start of a glory night. Birthday boy Bone turns away after scoring his own, and Thistle's, first. Fellow striker Frank Coulston jumps for joy. (DR)

• No.4 for Thistle - and joy for scorer Frank Coulston as his shot hits the back of the net. St Johnstone's Benny Rooney is too late on the scene. (DR)

• Two goal Partick Thistle hero Frank Coulston was the centre of attraction when he held his PT class at Bishopbriggs High School, 23 September 1971. (ET)

Stats Watch

● Thistle's joint-record margin of victory over St Johnstone.

● Thistle appear in their seventh League Cup Quarter Final, and progress to the Semi Finals for the fourth time.

ongoing sequences:

● 11 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.)

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

● 12 consecutive competitive appearances for Alex Forsyth, 18th Aug 1971 to date, a new personal best. (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.)

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