28th Feb 1983 Clyde 0 Partick Thistle 6 (Scottish Cup 4th Round replay)

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Match Information

			Craig Brown		Peter Cormack			36y, 7m, 11d
					Frank Welsh; Gerry Doyle
					Colin Jackson; Jamie Doyle
					Kenny Watson (1-0, 5 mins); Maurice Johnston (2-0, 18 mins); Maurice Johnston (3-0, 37 mins); Donald Park (4-0, 40 mins); Donald Park (5-0, pen 76 mins); Maurice Johnston (6-0, 83 mins)
Jimmy Sinclair (Robert Reilly, HT); Pat Nevin (Paul Flexney, 2nd half)
			Greig Young		Dougie McNab			26y, 7m, 25d
			John McVeigh		Alan Kay			21y, 6m, 26d
			Tommy McQueen		Brian Whittaker			26y, 5m, 5d
			Billy McColl		John Murray			23y, 2m, 29d
			future Jag Jim Dempsey		Frank Welsh			28y, 9m, 14d
			Steve Evans		Kenny Watson			27y, 1m, 23d
			Danny Masterton		Donald Park			29y, 7m, 9d
			Jimmy Sinclair		Ian McDonald			24y, 2m, 2d
			Tommy O'Neill		Maurice Johnston			19y, 10m, 15d
			Jim Doherty		Gerry Doyle			18y, 0m, 11d
			Pat Nevin		Alex O'Hara			26y, 4m, 7d
								24y, 8m, 18d
			Paul Flexney		Kenny McDowall			19y, 6m, 30d
			Robert Reilly		David Kenny			20y, 3m, 12d

Match Report

TTA report

A comprehensive win. Watson picked his spot from a Whittaker free-kick (5) then Johnston volleyed in a Watson free-kick (18) then, unmarked, made it 3-0 (37). A marvellous long run by Park ended in a 4th goal (40). McNab saved a penalty (64) but Park scored with his (76) before Johnston got his hat-trick (83).

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Daily Record, 1st March, 1983

Dundee Courier, 1st March, 1983

The Scotsman, 1st March, 1983

Evening Times, 1st March, 1983

Gallery

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• It's 3-0! 3-goal Maurice Johnston and 2-goal Donald Park celebrate Mo's second. (SC)

• A real high flyer. Thistle's Kenny Watson gets in an aerial challenge on Clyde's Billy McColl. (ET)

Stats Watch

● Thistle's joint-record margin of victory over Clyde in competitive action.

● Donald Park scores his last goals for Thistle, signing off with a brace.

● Including the extra-time abandonment game 5 days earlier due to floodlight failure, Thistle had now played over 11½ hours to win 2 ties, surely a Scottish Cup record!

● Thistle progress to their 24th Scottish Cup Quarter Final.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive clean-sheets in competitive away games; 22nd Jan 1983 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 6 competitive away games without defeat; 15th Jan 1983 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 7th Aug 1976 to 14th Sep 1976. Club-record: 11 games; 29th Sep 1962 to 14th Mar 1963.)

● 11 competitive games without defeat, 8th Jan 1983 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 16 games, 15th Nov 1975 to 21st Feb 1976.)

● 73 consecutive competitive appearances for Maurice Johnston, 29th Sep 1981 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Brian Whittaker - 89 games, 1st Sep 1976 to 22nd Apr 1978. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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