31st Dec 1977 Motherwell 2 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL Premier Division - game 19)

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Match Information

			Roger Hynd		Bertie Auld			39y, 9m, 8d
					Jim Melrose
					Dougie Somner
Stewart MacLaren (0-1, 57 mins); Gregor Stevens (0-2, 65 mins)
Jimmy Miller (Steve Mungall, 61 mins)					Andy Anderson (Denis McQuade, 65 mins); Jim Melrose (Ally Love, 65 mins)
			Stuart Rennie		Alan Rough			26y, 1m, 6d
			Willie Watson		George Mackie			23y, 7m, 13d
			Joe Wark		Brian Whittaker			21y, 3m, 8d
			Peter Millar		John Marr			21y, 6m, 28d
			Willie McVie		Jackie Campbell			31y, 10m, 4d
			future Jag Gregor Stevens		Andy Anderson			24y, 4m, 24d
			future Jag Peter Marinello		Bobby Houston			25y, 11m, 10d
			Willie Pettigrew		Ian Gibson			21y, 5m, 7d
			Jimmy O'Rourke		Alex O'Hara			21y, 2m, 10d
			Stewart MacLaren		Jim Melrose			19y, 2m, 24d
			Jimmy Miller		John Craig			24y, 8m, 21d
								23y, 9m, 3d
			Ian Purdie		Ally Love			22y, 7m, 22d
			Steve Mungall		Denis McQuade			26y, 11m, 25d

Match Report

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After some early Motherwell pressure Thistle had the bulk of the play but good goalkeeping and poor shooting left things goalless at half-time. A better performance by Motherwell in the second half with goals 57 and 65 sent Thistle home pointless, but they entered 1978 sitting creditably on 3rd top position.

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Evening Times, 31st December, 1977

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ongoing sequences:

● 68 consecutive competitive appearances for Brian Whittaker, 1st Sep 1976 to date, a new personal best. (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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