19th Dec 1987 Partick Thistle 1 Dumbarton 3 (SFL First Division - game 26)

matches:1987-88: ← 29game 3031 →

Match Information

51y, 7m, 7d			Billy Lamont		Mark Clougherty
Bryan Purdie; John McNaught
John Workman; Alan Pirie
Eddie Gallagher (1-3, 79 mins)					Don McNeil (0-1, 12 mins); Robert Docherty (0-2, 39 mins); Owen Coyle (0-3, pen 47 mins)
Billy Dodds (Willie McGuire)					Stuart MacIver (Jim Creaney); Dave Martin (Benny Rooney)
22y, 11m, 27d			Archie MacLean		Gordon Arthur former Jag
24y, 7m, 5d			Alan Dinnie		Pat McGowan
19y, 1m, 7d			John Mitchell		Craig Cranmer
28y, 11m, 18d			Bryan Purdie		Dave Martin
26y, 1m, 6d			Budgie McGhie		Steve McCahill
28y, 4m, 8d			Brian Scrimgeour		Don McNeil
19y, 10m, 15d			Pat Kelly		Robert Docherty former Jag
23y, 6m, 0d			John McNaught		Jim Rooney
23y, 0m, 28d			Eddie Gallagher		Owen Coyle
28y, 11m, 23d			Ian McDonald		Stuart MacIver
18y, 10m, 14d			Billy Dodds		Peter Houston
24y, 0m, 13d
30y, 10m, 25d			Willie McGuire		Jim Creaney former Jag
26y, 8m, 11d			Willie Cairns		Benny Rooney

Match Report

TTA report

A hard, towsy game. Dumbarton (3rd bottom= with Thistle) scored with a header (12) then Gallagher hit the keeper from 5 yards (38). A half-cleared ball was driven back in (39) then Coyle (who else?) scored from the spot (foul, 47) to put the game beyond reach. Gallagher headed in a Mitchell cross (79).

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Match Programme, 19th December, 1987

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Sunday Post, 20th December, 1987

Stats Watch

● 23-year-old John McNaught makes his Thistle debut.

● 28-year-old Bryan Purdie makes his Thistle debut.

● Thistle lose a fifth consecutive competitive game versus Dumbarton, the H2H record.

● Thistle go 9 competitive games without a win versus Dumbarton, the H2H record.

● Thistle play their 400th match in the second-tier of Scottish League football.

ongoing sequences:

● 38 consecutive competitive appearances for Ian McDonald, 10th Mar 1987 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Maurice Johnston - 105 games, 29th Sep 1981 to 12th Nov 1983. 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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