24th Nov 1973 Partick Thistle 2 Arbroath 3 (SFL First Division - game 13)

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Match Information

38y, 6m, 19d			Davie McParland		Albert Henderson
Benny Rooney; Donnie McDowell
Colin Smith; Bobby Houston
Ronnie Glavin (1-1, 30 mins); Donnie McDowell (2-1, 36 mins)					Andy Penman (0-1, 14 mins); Billy Pirie (2-2, 44 mins); Billy Pirie (2-3, 72 mins)
Tommy Rae (Bobby Houston, 66 mins); Donnie McDowell (Bobby Lawrie, 69 mins)					Eric Sellars (Jimmy Cant, 83 mins)
21y, 11m, 30d			Alan Rough		Gordon Marshall
23y, 9m, 21d			John Hansen		Jimmy Milne
20y, 10m, 0d			Danny Kellachan		Derek Rylance
22y, 7m, 28d			Ronnie Glavin		Tam Cargill
27y, 8m, 28d			Jackie Campbell		Bobby Waddell
23y, 7m, 12d			Nobby Clark		Cammy Murray
22y, 11m, 1d			Johnny Gibson		Eric Sellars
27y, 9m, 7d			Tommy Rae		Tommy Walker
19y, 6m, 10d			Joe Craig		Billy Pirie
30y, 6m, 21d			Benny Rooney		Andy Penman
22y, 2m, 13d			Donnie McDowell		John Fletcher
23y, 11m, 19d
21y, 10m, 3d			Bobby Houston		Tommy Yule
26y, 0m, 10d			Bobby Lawrie		Jimmy Cant

notes

2pm kick-off due to floodlighting restrictions.

Match Report

TTA report

Arbroath scored on the counter (14). Rooney dribbled through to the edge of the box and set up Glavin who rounded the keeper (30). McDowall chased a loose ball and shot home (36) but a lovely header made it 2-2 (44). The winner was a lofted shot just under the bar with Rough off his line (72).

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Stats Watch

● 30-year-old Benny Rooney makes his Thistle debut.

● Thistle lose a third consecutive competitive game versus Arbroath, the H2H record.

● Donnie McDowell scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 112 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Rough, 4th Sep 1971 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: George Muir - 145 games, 19th Dec 1964 to 6th Jan 1968. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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