15th Dec 1979 Celtic 5 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Premier Division - game 17)

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Match Information

			Billy McNeill		Bertie Auld			41y, 8m, 22d
					George Mackie; Jim Melrose; Gordon McGregor
					Dave MacKinnon; Colin McAdam; Ian McDonald
Tom McAdam (0-1, 9 mins); Tom McAdam (0-2, 21 mins); Roddie MacDonald (0-3, 65 mins); Bobby Lennox (0-4, 70 mins); Dom Sullivan (0-5, 77 mins)					Donald Park (1-5, pen 87 mins)
Davie Provan (Mike Conroy, 80 mins)					Gordon McGregor (Paul Wilson, 60 mins)
			Peter Latchford		Alan Rough			28y, 0m, 20d
			Alan Sneddon		George Mackie			25y, 6m, 27d
			Danny McGrain		Brian Whittaker			23y, 2m, 22d
			Roy Aitken		Andy Anderson			26y, 4m, 8d
			Roddie MacDonald		Jackie Campbell			33y, 9m, 18d
			Tom McAdam		Iain Jardine			21y, 9m, 28d
			Davie Provan		Jamie Doyle			18y, 2m, 14d
			Dom Sullivan		Jim Melrose			21y, 2m, 8d
			George McCluskey		Alex O'Hara			23y, 1m, 24d
			future Jag Murdo MacLeod		Gordon McGregor			23y, 1m, 0d
			Bobby Lennox		Donald Park			26y, 4m, 26d
								24y, 7m, 14d
			Johannes Edvaldsson		Paul Wilson			29y, 0m, 22d
			Mike Conroy		Ian McDonald			20y, 11m, 19d

Match Report

TTA report

“Thistle get off lightly“ (GH). Despite the heroics of Rough in goal Thistle were swept aside. Top of the league Celtic had 3 efforts scrambled off the line, hit the bar once and had a goal wrongly disallowed. Park got a late consolation penalty. “Men against boys…it's as simple as that. Disgraceful“ (Auld).

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Glasgow Herald, 17th December, 1979

Stats Watch

● 23-year-old Gordon McGregor plays his last game for Thistle.

● 25-year-old George Mackie plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Rough, 19th Jul 1979 to date. (Longest run since: Dave MacKinnon - 65 games, 9th Sep 1978 to 27th Oct 1979. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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