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You Couldn't Make It Up!

by Jack Little

On 23/9/1886 the "Greenock Telegraph" lamented the defeat of Port Glasgow Athletic by 4-3 and that another newspaper had suggested that Thistle had won by superior fitness, or rather, Port's lack of fitness. They commented that this was supposition and revealed the fact that, yes, Port actually "rejoices in the possession a trainer".

Publishing date An original Thistle Archive publication, 07-Sep-2020.
Latest edit date Latest edit version 02-Jun-2020.

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