Matt Crowe
Matt Crowe
Matt Crowe
● Matt Crowe, c1959 (EDP)

born in Scotland

Matthew Jackson Crowe was born on Monday, 4th July, 1932, in Bathgate, West Lothian.

The 5' 8 (11st 4lbs) forward signed for David Meiklejohn's Thistle circa Saturday, 9th January, 1954, having most recently been with Bradford Park Avenue.

Aged 22, he made his debut appearance on Wednesday, 18th August, 1954, in a 1-1 draw away to Rangers in the League Cup.

That day, Matt became a member of our scoring debutant's club.

He scored the last of his 18 goals on Tuesday, 1st January, 1957, in a 1-1 draw away to Queen's Park in the SFL First Division.

He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 23rd February, 1957, in a 5-1 defeat away to Dundee in the SFL First Division, having appeared as a Jag on 52 occasions.

His club-list included Bathgate Thistle, Bradford Park Avenue, Partick Thistle, Norwich City, Brentford, Port Elizabeth City and Westview Apollon.

Matt died in June, 2017, in South Africa, aged 84.

compiled from our All Games criteria.
Age Goal(s) Match
22y, 1m, 14d goal.png 18.08.1954 Rangers [a] D1-1 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 2)
22y, 1m, 22d goal.png 26.08.1954 Queen's Park [a] D1-1 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final replay) aet
22y, 8m, 1d goal.pnggoal.png 05.03.1955 East Fife [a] W2-0 (SFL Division A - game 23)
22y, 8m, 29d goal.pnggoal.png 02.04.1955 Dundee [h] W2-1 (SFL Division A - game 27)
22y, 9m, 5d goal.png 09.04.1955 Hibernian [a] L1-3 (SFL Division A - game 28)
23y, 1m, 16d goal.png 20.08.1955 Raith Rovers [h] W4-0 (League Cup Section 2 - game 3)
23y, 5m, 20d goal.png 24.12.1955 Queen of the South [a] L2-3 (SFL First Division - game 15)
23y, 7m, 0d goal.pnggoal.png 04.02.1956 Alloa Athletic [h] W2-0 (Scottish Cup 5th Round)
23y, 7m, 21d goal.png 25.02.1956 Falkirk [h] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 21)
23y, 7m, 28d goal.png 03.03.1956 Raith Rovers [a] L1-2 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)
23y, 8m, 3d goal.png 07.03.1956 Raith Rovers [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 22)
23y, 9m, 29d goal.pnggoal.png 03.05.1956 Nairn County [a] W6-3 (Friendly)
24y, 2m, 4d goal.png 08.09.1956 Motherwell [h] L2-3 (SFL First Division - game 1)
24y, 5m, 28d goal.png 01.01.1957 Queen's Park [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 16)

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