1st Apr 1981 Aberdeen 3 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Premier Division - game 31)

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Match Information

			Alex Ferguson		Peter Cormack			34y, 8m, 15d
					Dave MacKinnon; Brian Whittaker
					Andy Anderson; Iain Jardine
Neil Simpson (0-1, 2 mins); Mark McGhee (1-2, 64 mins); Alex McLeish (1-3, 76 mins)					Kenny Watson (1-1, 58 mins)
Doug Rougvie (Neale Cooper, 2nd half)					Dave MacKinnon (Jamie Doyle); Kenny Watson (Iain Jardine)
			Jim Leighton		Dougie McNab			24y, 8m, 29d
			Stuart Kennedy		Dave MacKinnon			24y, 10m, 9d
			Doug Rougvie		Brian Whittaker			24y, 6m, 9d
			Andy Watson		Frank Welsh			26y, 10m, 18d
			Alex McLeish		Jackie Campbell			35y, 1m, 5d
			Willie Miller		Kenny Watson			25y, 2m, 27d
			Neil Simpson		Donald Park			27y, 8m, 13d
			Ian Angus		Ian McDonald			22y, 3m, 6d
			Mark McGhee		Tony Higgins			26y, 9m, 29d
			Andy Harrow		John Lapsley			29y, 4m, 8d
			Ian Scanlon		George Clark			22y, 8m, 17d
								26y, 4m, 18d
			Neale Cooper		Iain Jardine			23y, 1m, 15d
			Walker McCall		Jamie Doyle			19y, 6m, 0d

Match Report

TTA report

A fierce drive (2) put Aberdeen 1-up but Thistle fought back and Higgins had a header cleared off the line. Aberdeen missed several chances (including firing a pen over). Thistle had their best spell after half-time and Watson cracked home the leveller but Aberdeen won it with 2 goals following corners (64 and 76).

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Glasgow Herald, 2nd April, 1981

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 9 away League games without a win; 15th Nov 1980 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.)

● 42 consecutive competitive appearances for Kenny Watson, 9th Aug 1980 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alex O'Hara - 50 games, 30th Jan 1980 to 3rd Jan 1981. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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