3rd Aug 1977 Caledonian 1 Partick Thistle 6 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Alex Main		Bertie Auld			39y, 4m, 11d
					Ronnie Sheed; John Hansen
					Ian Gibson; Jim Melrose
Allan Presslie (3-1, 82 mins)					Dougie Somner (1-0, 22 mins); John Craig (2-0, 33 mins); Ronnie Sheed (3-0, 38 mins); Jim Melrose (4-1, 84 mins); Jim Melrose (5-1, 87 mins); Jim Melrose (6-1, 90 mins)
					? (Tommy McGrain); ? (Ian McDonald); ? (Ian Gibson); George Mackie (Jim Melrose, 70 mins); Dougie Somner (Jim Kelly, 80 mins)
			Billy MacDonald		Alan Rough			25y, 8m, 9d
			Alastair Kennedy		George Mackie			23y, 2m, 16d
			Billy Sanderson		Brian Whittaker			20y, 10m, 11d
			Peter Corbett		Ronnie Sheed			30y, 2m, 26d
			Allan Presslie		Jackie Campbell			31y, 5m, 7d
			Richie McKay		Andy Anderson			23y, 11m, 27d
			Andy Penman		Bobby Houston			25y, 6m, 13d
			Gordon Fyfe		John Hansen			27y, 6m, 0d
			Billy Urquhart		Ally Love			22y, 2m, 25d
			Ray MacKintosh		Dougie Somner			26y, 0m, 30d
			Roddy Davidson		John Craig			24y, 3m, 24d
								25y, 6m, 20d
			Derek Rudkin		n-a
			Colin MacDonald		Tommy McGrain			18y, 6m, 3d
			Willie Fraser		Ian McDonald			18y, 7m, 8d
			Billy Mackintosh		Ian Gibson			21y, 0m, 10d
					Jim Melrose			18y, 9m, 27d
					Jim Kelly			21y, 3m, 18d

notes

GH credits Thistle's second to John Craig, ET and OH say it was Dougie Somner, although the ET contradicts itself by by crediting Somner in the written report and Craig in the goals summary!!! We go with John Craig as per GH and (half) of the ET.

Match Report

TTA report

Telford St was Easy Street for Thistle against the Highland League champions. Somner shot them into a 2-goal lead (22 and 33) then Houston set up Sheed (38). There was a personal triumph for sub Melrose who scored a hat-trick in the last 6 minutes to double the score after Inverness had made it 3-1.

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Evening Times, 4th August, 1977

Stats Watch

● 18-year-old Tommy McGrain makes his Thistle debut.

● Ronnie Sheed scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 56 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Rough, 27th Mar 1976 to date. (Longest run since: John Hansen - 81 games, 6th Nov 1974 to 18th Aug 1976. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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