20th Dec 1980 Partick Thistle 1 Aberdeen 1 (SFL Premier Division - game 19)

matches:1980-81: ← 30game 3132 →

Match Information

34y, 5m, 3d			Peter Cormack		Alex Ferguson
Jackie Campbell; Donald Park; George Clark
Frank Welsh; John Marr; Ian McDonald
Kenny Watson (1-0, pen 8 mins)					Walker McCall (1-1, 20 mins)
Bobby Torrance (John Lapsley)					Willie Garner (Neil Simpson, 52 mins); Ian Scanlon (Duncan Davidson)
29y, 0m, 25d			Alan Rough		Jim Leighton
19y, 2m, 19d			Jamie Doyle		Stuart Kennedy
24y, 2m, 27d			Brian Whittaker		Doug Considine
34y, 9m, 23d			Jackie Campbell		Willie Garner
27y, 4m, 13d			Andy Anderson		Alex McLeish
24y, 11m, 15d			Kenny Watson		Willie Miller
27y, 5m, 1d			Donald Park		Gordon Strachan
22y, 10m, 3d			Iain Jardine		Walker McCall
22y, 4m, 8d			Bobby Torrance		Mark McGhee
24y, 1m, 29d			Alex O'Hara		Ian Angus
22y, 5m, 5d			George Clark		Ian Scanlon
25y, 4m, 8d
29y, 0m, 26d			John Lapsley		Neil Simpson
21y, 11m, 24d			Ian McDonald		Duncan Davidson

Match Report

TTA report

A fine match with both teams going all out for a win. If anything the Thistle midfield were too eager to get forward. A Watson pen (push on Park, 8) put Thistle in front and Rough had a magnificent double save but he was beaten when Aberdeen levelled (20). He capped his display by saving a pen (58) diving to his right.

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Glasgow Herald, 22nd December, 1980

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without a home win; 8th Oct 1980 to date. (Longest run since the joint club-record: 10 games; 6th Oct 1979 to 9th Apr 1980 & 5th Dec 1908 to 25th Aug 1909.)

● 7 League games without a win; 8th Nov 1980 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 5th Jan 1980 to 15th Mar 1980. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 47 consecutive competitive appearances for Alex O'Hara, 30th Jan 1980 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alan Rough - 49 games, 19th Jul 1979 to 3rd May 1980. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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