29th Apr 1981 Partick Thistle 1 Celtic 0 (Glasgow Cup Final)

matches:1980-81: ← 51game 5253 →

Match Information

34y, 9m, 12d			Peter Cormack		Billy McNeill
Dave MacKinnon; Kenny Watson
Frank Welsh; George Clark
Iain Jardine (1-0, 30 mins)
					Mike Conroy (Johnny Doyle, 62 mins); Charlie Nicholas (John Halpin, 73 mins)
29y, 5m, 4d			Alan Rough		Peter Latchford
24y, 11m, 6d			Dave MacKinnon		Willie McStay future Jag
24y, 7m, 6d			Brian Whittaker		Mark Reid
35y, 2m, 2d			Jackie Campbell		Roy Aitken
27y, 8m, 22d			Andy Anderson		Roddie MacDonald
19y, 6m, 28d			Jamie Doyle		Murdo MacLeod future Jag
27y, 9m, 10d			Donald Park		Dom Sullivan
23y, 2m, 12d			Iain Jardine		Mike Conroy
26y, 10m, 26d			Tony Higgins		Frank McGarvey
24y, 6m, 8d			Alex O'Hara		Tommy Burns
25y, 3m, 24d			Kenny Watson		Charlie Nicholas
26y, 3m, 13d
22y, 9m, 14d			George Clark		John Halpin
22y, 4m, 3d			Ian McDonald		Johnny Doyle

notes

Bill Anderson & Bob Harrison replaced the advertised Kenny Hope & T. Gray as referee & linesman.

Match Report

TTA report

A fighting display won the silverware as Thistle withstood Celtic's pressure. They hit the bar with a 30-yard volley (8) but their forwards couldn't find the net. The winner was a glorious goal by Jardine who took a Park pass in his stride and crashed it home from 25 yards (30) and Rough saved the day late on.

Scrapbook

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Evening Times, 29th April, 1981

Match Programme, 29th April, 1981

Glasgow Herald, 30th April, 1981

Aberdeen Press & Journal, 30th April, 1981

Daily Record, 30th April, 1981

Evening Times, 30th April, 1981

The Celtic View, 6th May, 1981

Gallery

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• Presentation in the Firhill tea-room by order of the police, dearie me! (ET)

• Celebration time! (SFN)

• Special press shot for winning captain MacKinnon on "the morning after the night before", Firhill, 30th April 1981. (DMK)

• Ready for 1981-82, Glasgow Cup pride of place. (PIN)

Stats Watch

● Thistle appear in their 50th Cup Final, their seventeenth in the Glasgow Cup.

● Thistle win their 26th trophy, their sixth Glasgow Cup.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive appearances for Jackie Campbell, 28th Jan 1981 to date. (Longest run since: George Clark - 18 games, 3rd Jan 1981 to 25th Apr 1981. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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