Willie Howden |
![]() William Howden was born on Tuesday, 11th November, 1879, in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire. The 5' 8 goalkeeper signed for Thistle on Friday, 25th October, 1901, having most recently been with Rangers. Aged 21, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 26th October, 1901, in a 1-1 draw away to Port Glasgow Athletic in the SFL Second Division. Willie kept his first clean-sheet on Saturday, 7th December, 1901, in a 1-0 win at home to Leith Athletic in the SFL Second Division. He registered the last of his 52 clean-sheets on Saturday, 24th September, 1910, in a 1-0 win at home to Kilmarnock in the SFL First Division. He played his last game for the club on Wednesday, 2nd November, 1910, in a 3-2 defeat away to Rangers in a Benefit match, having clocked up an impressive 241 appearances as a Jag. His club-list included Benburb, Rutherglen Glencairn, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Abercorn and Arthurlie. Willie died on Wednesday, 27th January, 1937, in Ontario, aged 57. |
compiled from our All Games criteria. |
# | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 22y, 0m, 26d | ![]() |
07.12.1901 Leith Athletic [h] W1-0 (SFL Second Division - game 14) |
2 | 22y, 3m, 25d | ![]() |
08.03.1902 Ayr [h] W2-0 (SFL Second Division - game 21) |
3 | 22y, 10m, 2d | ![]() |
13.09.1902 Normal Athletic [h] W3-0 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
4 | 22y, 10m, 9d | ![]() |
20.09.1902 Port Glasgow Athletic [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 5) |
5 | 23y, 3m, 17d | ![]() |
28.02.1903 Third Lanark [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 22) |
6 | 23y, 3m, 24d | ![]() |
07.03.1903 Hibernian [h] D0-0 (Inter City League - game 2) |
7 | 23y, 4m, 24d | ![]() |
04.04.1903 Rangers [h] W2-0 (Inter City League - game 5) |
8 | 23y, 5m, 21d | ![]() |
02.05.1903 East Stirlingshire [a] D0-0 (Friendly) |
9 | 23y, 5m, 25d | ![]() |
06.05.1903 Milngavie [a] W4-0 (Milngavie FC Fundraiser) |
10 | 23y, 6m, 8d | ![]() |
19.05.1903 Rangers [h] W1-0 (Partick Nurses Benefit) |
11 | 23y, 9m, 21d | ![]() |
01.09.1903 Rockbank [h] W1-0 (Friendly) |
12 | 24y, 0m, 10d | ![]() |
21.11.1903 Kilmarnock [h] W4-0 (SFL First Division - game 14) |
13 | 24y, 0m, 24d | ![]() |
05.12.1903 Queen's Park [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 16) |
14 | 24y, 1m, 1d | ![]() |
12.12.1903 East Stirlingshire [a] W1-0 (Friendly) |
15 | 24y, 4m, 1d | ![]() |
12.03.1904 Airdrieonians [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 26) |
16 | 24y, 5m, 5d | ![]() |
16.04.1904 Leith Athletic [h] W1-0 (Friendly) |
17 | 24y, 9m, 6d | ![]() |
17.08.1904 Motherwell [h] W2-0 (Friendly) |
18 | 24y, 9m, 30d | ![]() |
10.09.1904 Clyde [h] W2-0 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
19 | 24y, 10m, 20d | ![]() |
01.10.1904 Heart of Midlothian [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) |
20 | 24y, 11m, 11d | ![]() |
22.10.1904 Dundee [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 9) |
21 | 24y, 11m, 18d | ![]() |
29.10.1904 Morton [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 10) |
22 | 25y, 0m, 1d | ![]() |
12.11.1904 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 12) |
23 | 25y, 0m, 29d | ![]() |
10.12.1904 Kilmarnock [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
24 | 25y, 3m, 0d | ![]() |
11.02.1905 Kirkcaldy United [a] W1-0 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round) |
25 | 25y, 3m, 21d | ![]() |
04.03.1905 Rangers [h] W1-0 (Glasgow League - game 1) |
26 | 25y, 5m, 27d | ![]() |
08.05.1905 Celtic [h] W3-0 (Andrew Wilson Benefit) |
27 | 25y, 6m, 4d | ![]() |
15.05.1905 Rangers [h] W5-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final) |
28 | 25y, 9m, 8d | ![]() |
19.08.1905 Aberdeen [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 1) |
29 | 25y, 9m, 11d | ![]() |
22.08.1905 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W1-0 (Lodge Vincent Masonic Fundraiser) |
30 | 25y, 9m, 22d | ![]() |
02.09.1905 Falkirk [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 3) |
31 | 25y, 10m, 14d | ![]() |
25.09.1905 Hibernian [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) |
32 | 26y, 0m, 28d | ![]() |
09.12.1905 Airdrieonians [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
33 | 26y, 3m, 20d | ![]() |
03.03.1906 Dundee [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 24) |
34 | 26y, 4m, 20d | ![]() |
31.03.1906 Morton [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 28) |
35 | 26y, 5m, 3d | ![]() |
14.04.1906 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 29) |
36 | 26y, 6m, 1d | ![]() |
12.05.1906 Clyde [a] W2-0 (Glasgow League - game 5) |
37 | 26y, 9m, 14d | ![]() |
25.08.1906 Morton [h] W5-0 (SFL First Division - game 3) |
38 | 26y, 10m, 13d | ![]() |
24.09.1906 Hibernian [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 7) |
39 | 26y, 11m, 9d | ![]() |
20.10.1906 Aberdeen [a] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 11) |
40 | 26y, 11m, 16d | ![]() |
27.10.1906 Dundee [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 12) |
41 | 27y, 0m, 13d | ![]() |
24.11.1906 Heart of Midlothian [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
42 | 27y, 1m, 25d | ![]() |
05.01.1907 Kilmarnock [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 22) |
43 | 28y, 0m, 12d | ![]() |
23.11.1907 Queen's Park [a] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 14) |
44 | 28y, 0m, 26d | ![]() |
07.12.1907 Third Lanark [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
45 | 28y, 2m, 14d | ![]() |
25.01.1908 Bo'ness [h] W4-0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) |
46 | 29y, 9m, 24d | ![]() |
04.09.1909 Renton [a] W1-0 (Scottish Qualifying Cup 1st Round) |
47 | 29y, 11m, 26d | ![]() |
06.11.1909 Rangers [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 10) |
48 | 30y, 1m, 24d | ![]() |
04.01.1910 Kilmalcolm [a] W3-0 (Friendly) |
49 | 30y, 1m, 28d | ![]() |
08.01.1910 Kilmarnock [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 20) |
50 | 30y, 4m, 1d | ![]() |
12.03.1910 Third Lanark [h] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 27) |
51 | 30y, 4m, 17d | ![]() |
28.03.1910 Dundee [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 30) |
52 | 30y, 10m, 13d | ![]() |
24.09.1910 Kilmarnock [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 5) |
Willie Howden's clean-sheet ratio |
---|
52/241 ← success rate → 21.6% |
Thistle's clean-sheet ratio |
---|
1567/6736 ← success rate → 23.3% |
@ 16-Sep-2023 |