20th Jan 1990 Partick Thistle 2 Aberdeen 6 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

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Match Information

33y, 2m, 23d			Sandy Clark		Alex Smith
					Jocky Scott
Alex Kennedy; Johnny Flood
Willie McStay; Gary Peebles
Calum Campbell (1-0, 2 mins); Chic Charnley (2-1, pen 36 mins)					Willem Van der Ark (1-1, 17 mins); Brian Grant (2-2, 43 mins); Willem Van der Ark (2-3, 47 mins); Jim Kerr (2-4, og 66 mins); Paul Mason (0-5, 72 mins); Willem Van der Ark (2-6, 89 mins)
Alex Kennedy (John Mitchell, 66 mins); Iain Jardine (David Craig, 74 mins)					Charlie Nicholas (Eoin Jess, 81 mins); Neil Simpson (Craig Robertson, 81 mins)
24y, 5m, 16d			Cammy Duncan		Michael Watt
26y, 6m, 26d			Alex Kennedy		Stewart McKimmie
24y, 0m, 27d			Bobby Law		Ian Robertson
31y, 0m, 3d			Jim Kerr		Brian Grant
34y, 10m, 8d			Gerry Collins		Alex McLeish
29y, 0m, 26d			Johnny Flood		Brian Irvine
25y, 6m, 29d			Tom Corrie		Charlie Nicholas
31y, 11m, 3d			Iain Jardine		Neil Simpson
24y, 2m, 13d			Calum Campbell		Paul Mason
31y, 4m, 12d			Brian Gallacher		Bobby Connor future Jag
26y, 7m, 9d			Chic Charnley		Willem Van Der Ark
28y, 1m, 26d
21y, 2m, 8d			John Mitchell		Eoin Jess
20y, 7m, 9d			David Craig		Craig Robertson

Match Report

TTA report

An excellent first half performance matched Aberdeen's. Thistle took the lead when Campbell slid home (2). It was 1-1 (17) then a pen by Charnley (36) put Thistle ahead but it was 2-2 (43). Prospects of a win vanished in a sea of mud. A dominating second half display saw 4 goals (inc a Kerr og). Clark was sent to the stand (72).

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Scotland on Sunday, 14th January, 1990

Scotland on Sunday, 21st January, 1990

Glasgow Herald, 22nd January, 1990

The Sun, 26th August, 2017

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OUSTED BY CUP WINNERS

● 34-year-old Gerry Collins plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle are knocked out of the Scottish Cup by the eventual winners for the sixteenth time.

● Thistle's 98th Scottish Cup campaign begins and ends on the same day, for the 24th time.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without a home win; 2nd Dec 1989 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 13 games; 13th Apr 1988 to 3rd Dec 1988.)

● 10 competitive games without a win, 25th Nov 1989 to date. (Longest run since: 11 games, 3rd May 1986 to 20th Sep 1986. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 27 consecutive competitive appearances for Calum Campbell, 12th Aug 1989 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Johnny Flood - 31 games, 22nd Oct 1988 to 29th Apr 1989. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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