6th Sep 1980 Celtic 4 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Premier Division - game 4)

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Match Information

			Billy McNeill		Bertie Auld			42y, 5m, 14d
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Frank McGarvey (0-1, 23 mins); Murdo MacLeod (0-2, pen 25 mins); Charlie Nicholas (1-3, 69 mins); Charlie Nicholas (1-4, 80 mins)					Ian Gibson (1-2, 34 mins)
Frank McGarvey (George McCluskey, 66 mins)					Donald Park (Ally Scott, 28 mins); Jackie Campbell (John Lapsley)
			Pat Bonner		Alan Rough			28y, 9m, 12d
			Alan Sneddon		Jamie Doyle			18y, 11m, 5d
			Danny McGrain		Brian Whittaker			23y, 11m, 14d
			Roy Aitken		Iain Jardine			22y, 6m, 20d
			Tom McAdam		Jackie Campbell			34y, 6m, 10d
			future Jag Murdo MacLeod		Frank Welsh			26y, 3m, 23d
			Davie Provan		Donald Park			27y, 1m, 18d
			Dom Sullivan		Ian Gibson			24y, 1m, 13d
			Frank McGarvey		Alex O'Hara			23y, 10m, 16d
			Tommy Burns		Tony Higgins			26y, 3m, 3d
			Charlie Nicholas		Kenny Watson			24y, 8m, 1d
								25y, 6m, 21d
			George McCluskey		Ally Scott			30y, 0m, 11d
			Mike Conroy		John Lapsley			28y, 9m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

The Thistle rear-guard was pounded and finally cracked (23) with the defence flat-footed. A soft pen (25) made it 2-0 but a blistering drive by Gibson from an O'Hara pass reduced the lead (34). A good spell after half-time came to nothing before new Celtic wonder kid, Nicholas, scored twice (69 and 80) for an easy win.

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Sunday Post, 7th September, 1980

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Stats Watch

● 30-year-old Ally Scott makes his Thistle debut.

● Ian Gibson scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 28 consecutive competitive appearances for Alex O'Hara, 30th Jan 1980 to date. (Longest run since: Jackie Campbell - 36 games, 29th Sep 1979 to 30th Jul 1980. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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