7th Apr 1979 Celtic 2 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL Premier Division - game 26)

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Match Information

			Billy McNeill		Bertie Auld			41y, 0m, 15d
					no changes
					no changes
Mike Conroy (0-1, 8 mins); Andy Lynch (0-2, 61 mins)
					Jackie Campbell (Bobby Houston, 48 mins); Jim Melrose (Dougie Somner, 63 mins)
			Peter Latchford		Alan Rough			27y, 4m, 13d
			Danny McGrain		Dave MacKinnon			22y, 10m, 15d
			Andy Lynch		Brian Whittaker			22y, 6m, 15d
			Roy Aitken		Jackie Campbell			33y, 1m, 11d
			Johannes Edvaldsson		Andy Anderson			25y, 8m, 0d
			future Jag Murdo MacLeod		Ian Gibson			22y, 8m, 14d
			Davie Provan		Alex O'Hara			22y, 5m, 17d
			Mike Conroy		Jim Melrose			20y, 6m, 0d
			Vic Davidson		Colin McAdam			27y, 7m, 10d
			Tommy Burns		Ally Love			23y, 10m, 29d
			Johnny Doyle		Donald Park			25y, 8m, 19d
								24y, 11m, 11d
			Bobby Lennox		Bobby Houston			27y, 2m, 17d
			George McCluskey		Dougie Somner			27y, 9m, 3d

Match Report

TTA report

Tired part-time Thistle never looked like causing an upset. A Park free-kick off the bar was as close as they got as Celtic ran out comfortable winners. They scored (8) with the Thistle defence flat footed. Rough parried a pen for hand ball (61) but couldn't stop the rebound. 8th/2 points off relegation.

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Sunday Mail/Sunday Post, 8th April, 1979

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Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 7 away League games without a win; 25th Nov 1978 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 11th Sep 1976 to 13th Apr 1977. Club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 41 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Rough, 22nd Apr 1978 to date. (Longest run since: Brian Whittaker - 89 games, 1st Sep 1976 to 22nd Apr 1978. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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