1st Sep 1979 Albion Rovers 0 Partick Thistle 1 (League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd leg)

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Match Information

			Sam Goodwin		Bertie Auld			41y, 5m, 9d
					John Marr; Jamie Doyle; Alex O'Hara
					Andy Anderson; Bobby Houston; Paul Wilson
					Ian Gibson (1-0, 25 mins)
Tony Coyle (Derek Gibson); Jim Docherty (Doug Hay)
			John Balavage		Alan Rough			27y, 9m, 7d
			Peter Allan		Dave MacKinnon			23y, 3m, 9d
			Jim McGregor		Brian Whittaker			22y, 11m, 9d
			Willie Leishman		Jackie Campbell			33y, 6m, 5d
			Davie Main		John Marr			23y, 2m, 29d
			Hugh Hill		Jamie Doyle			17y, 11m, 0d
			Tony Coyle		Donald Park			26y, 1m, 13d
			Graham Meikle		Jim Melrose			20y, 10m, 25d
			Ray Franchetti		Colin McAdam			28y, 0m, 4d
			Ian Campbell		Ian Gibson			23y, 1m, 8d
			Jim Docherty		Alex O'Hara			22y, 10m, 11d
								24y, 6m, 5d
			Derek Gibson		Bobby Houston			27y, 7m, 11d
			Doug Hay		Ally Love			24y, 3m, 23d

notes

3.00pm kick-off delayed to let the crowd in.

Match Report

TTA report

AGG: 3-2. A strike of turnstile operators was averted. It was a poor, bad tempered game. (Auld fined the booked players.) Rovers hit the post (1) and got stuck in but a short pass-back proved their downfall when Gibson tucked away the winner (25). Rovers weren't out of it was a case of poor finishing by both teams.

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Glasgow Herald, 3rd September, 1979

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 53 consecutive competitive appearances for Dave MacKinnon, 9th Sep 1978 to date, a new personal best. (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.)

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