5th Aug 1984 Partick Thistle 3 Manchester City 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

41y, 3m, 2d			Benny Rooney		Billy McNeill
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Kenny McDowall (1-0, 31 mins); Ian Cochrane (2-0, 34 mins); Willie Herd (3-0, 60 mins)					Derek Parlane (3-1, 75 mins)
Gerry Doyle (Eddie Hernon, HT); David Walker (David Scott, 80 mins)					Steve Kinsey (Ray Ranson, HT); Nicky Reid (Derek Parlane, HT); ? (Gordon Smith, 55 mins)
24y, 4m, 5d			John Brough		Alex Williams
23y, 2m, 27d			David Walker		Nicky Reid
23y, 11m, 22d			Peter Shields		Andy May
19y, 5m, 19d			Gerry Doyle		Kevin Bond
30y, 8m, 12d			Joe Carson		Paul Power
24y, 8m, 6d			John Murray		Mick McCarthy
22y, 7m, 19d			Jimmy Gilmour		David Phillips
21y, 0m, 7d			Kenny McDowall		Neil McNab
25y, 3m, 9d			Ian Cochrane		Steve Kinsey
24y, 10m, 3d			Willie Herd		Tony Cunningham
31y, 11m, 19d			Tommy O'Hara		Jim Tolmie
24y, 8m, 26d
18y, 9m, 29d			Eddie Hernon		Ray Ranson
20y, 6m, 28d			David Scott		Derek Parlane
29y, 4m, 11d			Roddy Hutchison		Gordon Smith
					Geoff Lomax
					Gordon Dalziel future Jag

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Match Report

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An encouraging performance. McDowall (31, when a Carson header was cleared off the line) and Cochrane (34, crashed in a poor clearance from 20 yards) made it 2-0 at half-time and Herd was set up by Gilmour for the third (60). City's late consolation came (75) after they had hit the post with a penalty (68).

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Daily Record, 6th August, 1984

Manchester Evening News, 6th August, 1984

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• 1-0, Kenny McDowall. (HA)

• Alex Williams clutches safely, first half at the (Glasgow) city end. (SD)

• Knees-up… City's Mick McCarthy (left) and Thistle's Ian Cochrane get the same idea in a duel for the ball. (DR)

• Joe Carson and Tony Cunningham aerial duel, 2nd half. (SD)

• Super Mo back for a visit to see Thistle win 3-1. (HA)

Stats Watch

● Ian Cochrane scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 17 consecutive competitive appearances for John Buckley, 4th Feb 1984 to date. (Longest run since: Willie Herd - 20 games, 3rd Dec 1983 to 14th Apr 1984. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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