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“SOME WAY TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP” |
● Pre-match, Thistle's 100% win record against Falkirk on April 29th (1911 & 1939) proved to be a good omen! |
● For the first time since September, 1982, Thistle play their 9th competitive game in the calendar month. The club-record (10) remains with Thornton's "Big Freeze" boys, set in March, 1963. |
● Thistle play an 8th League game in the calendar month, matching the joint-club-record (Apr-1920, Apr-1938, Apr-1956, Apr-1963, Apr-1966, Apr-1978, Mar-1986, Mar-1991, Dec-2017). |
● Scott Tiffoney has now had 12 goal involvements in his 12 games as a Jag. A sensational loan-spell. |
● In just over half a normal season, Brian Graham is the first Thistle player to hit double figures in the League since Doolan (14) in 2016-17. |
● Thistle's 3 goal advantage was the biggest half-time lead since changing over 3 nil up at Cappielow in March, 2019. |
● Joe Cardle's goal was the 14th without reply at Firhill lately, the longest such run since March, 1971, when Davie McParland's Jags registered 15-in-a-row, also all in the League. |
● 33-year-old Andy Geggan play his last game for Thistle. |
● “It was some way to win a championship” said Ian McCall. It certainly was. The 5-0 title-clinching victory beats the previous best set by Bertie Auld's Jags (3-0) at East End Park back in February, 1976. Roy of the Rovers stuff! |
● The margin of victory matches our best competitive result against Falkirk. In a Top-Flight encounter back in November, 1929, Thistle similarly registered a 5-0 Firhill win. |
● Thistle go 14 League games without defeat to the Bairns, 2011 to date, extending the H2H record. |
● Thistle go 8 home League games without defeat to the Bairns, 2011 to date, matching the joint H2H record set in 1921 and 1984. |
● Thistle win a 6th League game in the calendar month, matching the joint-club-record (Sep-1983, Mar-2013). |
● April 2021 will go down as one of the most sensational short periods in the history of the club. Going into the month, Thistle sat with 20 points, 8 behind the leaders, Falkirk. By the end of the month, an enormous 16 point swing in Thistle's favour completely reversed the situation, leaving Thistle 8 ahead of Falkirk! In all, 20 points were gathered in the calendar month - a new club-record haul. Levelling all eras to 3-points-per win, the previous record (18) had been set in September 1983 and matched in March, 2013. |
● Partick Thistle FC gain the eleventh promotion of their history and rise as champions for the eighth time. |
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ongoing sequences: |
● 8 away League games without defeat; 28th Nov 2020 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 16th Feb 2013 to 10th Aug 2013. Club-record: 13 games; 5th Dec 1970 to 11th Sep 1971.) |
● 12 League games without defeat, 26th Dec 2020 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 19th Jan 2013 to 16th Aug 2013. Club-record: 27 games; 21st Nov 1970 to 18th Sep 1971.) |
● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Darren Brownlie, 3rd Mar 2020 to date. (Longest run since: Stuart Bannigan - 39 games, 30th Nov 2019 to 20th Apr 2021. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.) |