25th Jan 1975 Motherwell 0 Partick Thistle 0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

matches:1974-75: ← 32game 3334 →

Match Information

			Willie McLean		Bertie Auld			36y, 10m, 2d
					no changes
					no changes
Sam Goodwin (@ 0-0, 2 mins)
John Goldthorp (Peter Millar)					John Arrol (Bobby Lawrie, 23 mins)
			Stuart Rennie		John Arrol			28y, 7m, 2d
			Willie Watson		John Hansen			24y, 11m, 22d
			Joe Wark		Nobby Clark			24y, 9m, 13d
			Bobby Watson		Jackie Campbell			28y, 10m, 29d
			Stewart MacLaren		Alan Hansen			19y, 7m, 12d
			Sam Goodwin		Andy Anderson			21y, 5m, 18d
			Bobby Graham		Bobby Houston			23y, 0m, 4d
			Jimmy McIlwraith		Benny Rooney			31y, 8m, 22d
			Willie Pettigrew		Joe Craig			20y, 8m, 11d
			Ian Taylor		Dougie Somner			23y, 6m, 21d
			John Goldthorp		Denis McQuade			24y, 0m, 19d
								24y, 8m, 2d
			Peter Millar		John Gray			21y, 10m, 18d
			Billy Dickson		Bobby Lawrie			27y, 2m, 11d

Match Report

TTA report

Motherwell had a man sent off (2) but Thistle's pressure came to nothing. Arrol broke his leg (23) rushing out to dive at the feet of a forward and Campbell took over. McQuade hit the side netting just on half-time. Fighting broke out on the terracing during the second half in which Campbell had only one serious save.

Media report

Robert Reid, 18-Nov-2016, ptfc.co.uk

There has been a mixture of good and bad in Motherwell/Thistle fixtures, but the featured match provided a large helping of what can only be described as bizarre. First of all, with the game in its infancy (after 2 minutes to be precise) Sam Goodwin of Motherwell was ordered off – not quite the quickest-ever such incident, but not far off it. So Thistle would have 88 minutes in which they would capitalise – oh no they wouldn’t!

After 23 minutes’ disaster struck. In a clash with the on-rushing Willie Pettigrew, goalkeeper John Arrol sustained a serious injury. Bobby Lawrie came on and Jackie Campbell went into goal. Only two substitutes were allowed in those unenlightened days, and it wasn’t normal practice to choose a goalkeeper for one of the slots. Could Jackie Campbell defy the Motherwell attack for 67 minutes? Of course he could, ably assisted by a courageous performance by the other Thistle players: – John Hansen, Robert(Nobby) Clark, Alan Hansen, Andy Anderson, Bobby Houston, Benny Rooney, Joe Craig, Dougie Somner, Denis McQuade, and of course Bobby Lawrie from the time of the Arrol injury.

Thistle doggedly held out, so it was on now to a Firhill replay. Alan Rough would resume in goal, we now had home advantage, so all would turn out just fine. Oh no, it wouldn’t. We lost 0-1 to a late goal by defender Willie Watson. Such are the vagaries of football. We have been through it all so many times, so nothing should surprise us anymore. Having dug out a commendable result in the first game we couldn’t push on to victory in the replay. So 1975 wasn’t destined to be Thistle’s year for winning the Scottish Cup. Come to think of it neither has any of the 41 years since then. How about 2017?

Scrapbook

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Sunday Post, 26th January, 1975

Motherwell Times, 31st January, 1975

Stats Watch

● Thistle's 83rd Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

● 28-year-old goalie John Arrol plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by keeping his one and only clean-sheet for the club. He went off injured in the 23rd minute to be replaced by Jackie Campbell. Mixed emotions for John.

ongoing sequences:

● 25 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Anderson, 7th Sep 1974 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Ronnie Glavin - 29 games, 23rd Mar 1974 to 9th Nov 1974. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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