5th Oct 1974 Ayr United 5 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 6)

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Match Information

			Ally MacLeod		Bertie Auld			36y, 6m, 12d
					Jackie Campbell
					Danny Kellachan
Rikki Fleming (0-1, 26 mins); John Dickson (0-2, 35 mins); Johnny Doyle (0-3, 37 mins); Alex Ingram, 2-4, 66 mins); Hugh Cameron (2-5, 87 mins)					Joe Craig (1-3, 49 mins); Johnny Gibson (2-3, 54 mins)
Dougie Somner (Alex Ingram, 60 mins); John Dickson (Ally McLean, 60 mins)					Bobby Lawrie (Johnny Gibson, HT)
			George McLean		John Arrol			28y, 3m, 12d
			Davie Wells		John Hansen			24y, 8m, 2d
			John Murphy		Andy Anderson			21y, 1m, 28d
			Alex McAnespie		Jackie Campbell			28y, 7m, 8d
			Rikki Fleming		Alan Hansen			19y, 3m, 22d
			Joe Filippi		Bobby Houston			22y, 8m, 14d
			Johnny Doyle		Bobby Lawrie			26y, 10m, 21d
			Brian Lannon		Ronnie Glavin			23y, 6m, 8d
			future Jag Dougie Somner		Frank Coulston			32y, 0m, 0d
			John Dickson		Joe Craig			20y, 4m, 21d
			Hugh Cameron		Denis McQuade			23y, 8m, 29d
								24y, 7m, 29d
			Alex Ingram		John Kennedy			21y, 7m, 2d
			future Jag Ally McLean		Johnny Gibson			23y, 9m, 12d

Match Report

TTA report

Coulston fired just over from 30 yards then his header hit the bar but bottom club Ayr hit Thistle with 3 goals in 11 mins. Gibson came on at half-time and Thistle grabbed 2 goals from McQuade (low header, 49) and Gibson himself (from 12 yards, 54). The fight-back ended there however and it finished 5-2.

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Sunday Post, 6th October, 1974

Stats Watch

● Johnny Gibson scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League defeats; 27th Apr 1974 to date. (Longest run since: 7 defeats; 12th Feb 1972 to 9th Sep 1972. Club-record: 14 defeats; 6th Apr 1912 to 25th Jan 1913.)

● 7 away League games without a win; 3rd Apr 1974 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 27th Oct 1973 to 9th Mar 1974. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 18 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 20th Apr 1974 to date. (Longest run since: 28 games; 30th Jan 1971 to 18th Sep 1971. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 50 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Houston, 8th Sep 1973 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alan Rough - 145 games, 4th Sep 1971 to 11th Sep 1974. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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