4th Oct 1971 Partick Thistle 2 Falkirk 0 (League Cup Semi Final)

matches:1971-72: ← 18game 1920 →

Match Information

36y, 4m, 29d			Davie McParland		Willie Cunningham
Denis McQuade
Johnny Gibson
Denis McQuade (1-0, 32 mins); Denis McQuade (2-0, 86 mins)
19y, 10m, 9d			Alan Rough		Stuart Rennie
21y, 8m, 1d			John Hansen		Bobby Ford
19y, 7m, 29d			Alex Forsyth		Mervyn Jones
20y, 6m, 7d			Ronnie Glavin		John Markie
25y, 7m, 7d			Jackie Campbell		George Miller
32y, 7m, 13d			Hugh Strachan		George Gibson
20y, 8m, 28d			Denis McQuade		Wilson Hoggan
28y, 11m, 29d			Frank Coulston		Andy Roxburgh former Jag
22y, 0m, 12d			Jimmy Bone		Alex Ferguson
25y, 1m, 11d			Alex Rae		Jim Shirra
23y, 10m, 20d			Bobby Lawrie		Denis Setterington
23y, 8m, 12d
25y, 7m, 17d			Tommy Rae		Gregor Abel

Match Report

TTA report

“Partick Thistle in first major cup final since 1959” (GH). “High-speed JAGS a treat to watch” (ET). Both teams went all out for attack from the start and produced some exciting play. The vital difference in the teams was Thistle's wingers. McQuade and Lawrie bewildered the Falkirk defenders with Bone and Coulston in the middle playing their part too. Falkirk had their share of the play too and Rough had some magnificent saves to repel them as they went all out for an equaliser. Thistle should have taken the lead as early as 17 minutes when a Lawrie cross was passed on to Coulston but his shot was blocked by the keeper but on the hour mark they took the lead. A shot from Bone hit the post and veered nicely to McQuade who hit it high into the net. Falkirk came back strongly in the second half and Rough had a tremendous twist and save to keep out a potential McQuade own goal. It looked as if 1-0 would be the final score but with 4 minutes remaining the Falkirk sweeper attempted a pass-back to his keeper. McQuade nipped in and knocked it over the keeper into the net. Celtic or St Mirren awaited Thistle in the final.

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Daily Record, 5th October, 1971

Glasgow Herald, 5th October, 1971

Evening Times, 5th October, 1971

Stats Watch

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

ongoing sequences:

● 15 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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