You Couldn't Make It Up!

by Jack Little

A little piece of history was made on 8/2/1956 when Thistle played Motherwell in a 2nd XI cup tie at Firhill. 5,000 saw Thistle win 6-0 in what was the first ever competitive floodlit football match in Glasgow.

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

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