You Couldn't Make It Up!

by Jack Little

20 minutes into a Glasgow Cup tie against Rangers on 18/9/1897, Jim Lamont, Thistle's wing half, fell on a piece of glass "the cut being 3 inches long and filled with glass". Amazingly, he played on until half-time but didn't appear in the 2nd half. He missed the next 5 games.

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

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