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Most of the post-United updates now in place... experimental new match hub (slight) re-design → A DOUBLE MILESTONE ● 22-year-old Aidan Fitzpatrick becomes the 200th Partick Thistle player to hit the 100 competitive appearances mark. He's the youngest to do so since 21-year-old James Penrice hit the mark in November, 2020. ● Kevin Holt and Tony Watt of Dundee United make it back-to-back hat-tricks for Dundee United versus Partick Thistle. In competitive action, such an occurrence has only been seen twice against Thistle in the last 50 years; in the springtime of 1982 Davie Dodds scored back to back hat-tricks for Dundee United and early in 1974 Donald Ford and Drew Busby did likewise for Hearts. Historically, there's now been ten streaks of two in total, and two streaks of three (Rangers 1898-1899 and Celtic 1898-99). ● Dundee United's last 3 hat-tricks have all been registered against Partick Thistle (Watt 2023, Holt 2023 & Shankland 2020). Bizzarely, this applies to 5 out of their last 8, a run which started back in 2013. ● Partick Thistle have never registered a 2nd tier win at Tannadice, now with 5 attempts since 2018. ● At the halfway point in the league, Thistle have conceded 30 goals in 18 games (relegation form) yet remain clear in 3rd place. This is due to the extra-ordinary number of high scoring games, with the combined ratio totalling 3.556 goals-per-game. You need to rewind back to 1900-01 (3.682 gpg) to see such a high total in a second tier season. ongoing sequences: ● 44 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 18th Feb 2023 to date. (Longest run since: Jack McMillan - 52 games, 9th Jul 2022 to 4th Jun 2023. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

A tour of Norway was reward for getting to the Scottish Cup final in 1930. It “set the Norwegians agog” and the Jags were described as “elegant” and “dazzling”. From Firhill to the Fjords, our brand new 'Partickle' tells the story of Thistle's first-ever encounters with continental opposition, and how they flew the flag for Scotland and wowed the locals… Welcome To Norway Mr. Lambie, Jackson & Co! →

And so we come to the 'home run' of our ambitious quest to document the entire history of the Partick Thistle reserves. Per below, we're very pleased to be introducing the latest 11 seasons of reserve team matches, from the mid 00s to date, complete with a tremendous number of potted match reports wherever it's been possible. In the final league seasons, Thistle fielded very strong teams in the tough environment of the SPFL Development League, and boys like Lindsay, Penrice, Nisbet and Fitzpatrick went on to become top players. Since the final league season (2018-19) the 'reserves' matches have become a bit of a farce, usually mis-matches played away. Matches have been played in 143 of the 149 seasons of Partick Thistle FC - it's all here, the good, the indifferent and the ugly… enjoy! Tribute should be paid to the club’s Honorary President Robert Reid for the hundreds of reserve match reports published in the club’s programmes over the seasons. The small band of unknown contributors who took on the task more recently deserve a mention too. Their combined labours have formed the basis of many of the potted reports of matches that would otherwise have gone unreported. Take a bow Mr Jack Little of The Thistle Archive, going on 10 years of hard graft in here! 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-00 1900-01 1901-02 1902-03 1903-04 1904-05 1905-06 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24

That's our boys alright! Amazing Slipmat, we've been over and over the NBDM, don't know how we've missed that. Only our third known game in that season. Will add in due course. Can't thank you enough bud, very well done!

Most of the post Airdrie updates in place, explore via the home page news... QUICK-START DIACK ● Brian Graham's personal best run of 38 competitive games not-out comes to an end due to suspension, leaving Stuart Bannigan and Steven Lawless as the 'last-men standing' in terms of having appeared in all 21 competitive games of 2023-24. ● It's a double-whammy in the H2H this afternoon as Thistle meet Airdrie for the 200th time in league action, and for the 250th time in all competitions. ● 18-year-old Ricco Diack marks his first competitive start with his first goal for Thistle. His 7th minute goal is the 5th quickest on record for the category! (see Graphic below). ● With two assists, the astounding Aidan Fitzpatrick takes his direct goal involvement tally to EIGHT in the last four games. ● It's 9 (NINE) consecutive wins over Airdrie at Firhill, a brand new club-record for Partick Thistle FC. ongoing sequences: ● 5 competitive away games without defeat; 2nd Sep 2023 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 1st Apr 2023 to 18th Jul 2023. Club-record: 11 games; 29th Sep 1962 to 14th Mar 1963.) ● 40 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 18th Feb 2023 to date. (Longest run since: Aidan Fitzpatrick - 43 games, 3rd Dec 2022 to 21st Oct 2023. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Oh, thanks for thinking of us, jolly decent of you. The Ramblers game we have in our reserves section, played on Saturday the 14th April, not Thursday 12th (unless there's another match?) http://www.thethistlearchive.net/1876-77-reserves Re the Smithfield, are you sure that's Partick Thistle? The team known as 'Thistle' was from Bridgeton and we often get mixed up with them in the modern day. The contemporary press were usually very good at stating 'Thistle' or 'Partick Thistle' with very few problems. Do you have the source snippet per chance?

Thanks to Odie and the shed boys and girls for being such good sports with this!

Match Lists (Men's Reserves) → Our immense undertaking continues and, per below, we're very pleased to be introducing another 18 seasons of reserve team matches, from the mid 90s to the mid 10s, complete with a tremendous number of potted match reports wherever it's been possible. Not a single match in 1997-98 was a sign of the skint times. A Premier League double over Rangers in 2003-04 was noteworthy, as was a strong League Cup showing in 2007-08. As for striking gold, we'll need to settle for annexing the 'Stonehouse Violet Challenge Cup' in 2011-12! Interesting to chart the evolution of the likes of Archibald and Bannigan... 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

We recently presented the internet's first comprehensive competitive match list for the Partick Thistle women and now, with the club set to make a long-awaited return to Firhill on Sunday - we're delighted to take it one step further with the introduction of the full competitive H2H records against each opponent, 2014 to date. All 55 opponents now have their own page, and these can accessed in a number of ways. As can be seen below, the 'lists' page (always accesible from the top menu bar) carries the full menu, and there's also a sub-menu page isolated. Apart from that, the opponents in all league tables have been hyperlinked to their own page, as have the opponents on a match-by-match basis on the season-by-season pages. We're sure you'll easily find the new pages whenever you want to find them! Now then, what we all want to know ahead of Sunday's big game is… what's our H2H record like versus Hamilton Academical? Enjoy. Mon the Jags! Head-2-Heads (Women) All the facts and figures derived from our full competitive records against each opponent are included here. These profiles are updated at the end of every match. Aberdeen Aberdeen (other) Airdrie Ladies Bishopton Blackburn United Boroughmuir Thistle Buchan Ladies United (other) Castlemilk East Celtic Celtic (other) Claremont Cumbernauld Colts Cumbernauld Colts (other) Dundee United East Kilbride Edinburgh Caledonia Edinburgh South Falkirk Forfar Farmington Glasgow City Glasgow Women Glasgow Women (other) Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Hamilton Caledonian Heart of Midlothian Heart of Midlothian (other) Hibernian Hibernian (other) Hutchison Vale Hutchison Vale (other) Kemnay Kilmarnock Mill United Montrose Motherwell Motherwell (other) Paisley Saints Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers Rangers (other) Renfrew Ladies Riverside Seton Ladies Spartans Spartans (other) St Johnstone St Mirren St Roch's Stenhousemuir Stirling University Stranraer Westerlands Westerlands (other)

HALLOWEEN NIGHT HISTORY FOR THISTLE & GRAHAM ● In what's surely a post-Dingwall bam-up from some sick teuchter at the SFA, Ross Hardie, Ross MacLeod & Ross Nelson are the three match officials. ● There have been 21 afternoon kick-offs on 31st October (1885 to 2020) but history is made as Partick Thistle play on Halloween night for the first-time ever. ● Brian Graham becomes the first Jag in history to score 10 (TEN) competitive goals versus Ayr United. ● 61-goal Brian Graham enters the All-Time Top 30 of our competitive scorers chart. ● Thistle concede a penalty in a third consecutive match for the first time since August 2011. See our full historical list of every penalty faced. ● Thistle go 7 competitive home games without defeat versus Ayr United, 1 away from equalling the H2H record. ● Kris Doolan's Jags go 4 competitive games without a win for the first-time. ongoing sequences: ● 36 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 18th Feb 2023 to date. (Longest run since: Aidan Fitzpatrick - 43 games, 3rd Dec 2022 to 21st Oct 2023. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

All the post QP updates are in place on your Archive, including match highlights for the 82nd match-in-a-row, keep it in mind... A RARE DRAW ● The personal best run of 43-not-out for the injured Aidan Fitzpatrick comes to an end, and he misses out for the first time since December 2023. ● It's now 4/4 regular play pens for Steven Lawless who maintains his 100% record from the spot. ● Tomi Adeloye, who scored just 16 seconds after the resumption of play following his entry onto the pitch at Ayr last month, adds another quick-fire accolade with Thistle's equaliser in 58 minutes. It was he who took the centre following QP's second, and just 10 seconds later he had the ball in the net! ● In competitive action, referee Chris Graham has taken charge of 3 Thistle games and awarded 4 penalties! ● Incredibly, Thistle and Queen's Park draw in competive action for the first time in over 43 years! ● 21-year-old James Lyon becomes just the third Jag in history to play at Hampden on his birthday. He follows on from 27-year-old Davie Mathers (25 October 1958) and 23-year-old John Torbet (25 September 1926). James is the first to do so and remain unbeaten! ongoing sequences: ● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Steven Lawless, 18th Feb 2023 to date. (Longest run since: Aidan Fitzpatrick - 43 games, 3rd Dec 2022 to 21st Oct 2023. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

The gargantuan task continues today... per below, we're very proud to be introducing another 15 seasons of reserve team matches, this time from the early 80s to the mid 90s, complete with a tremendous number of potted match reports wherever it's been possible. Kenny Arthur (15), Alan Archibald (16) and Jered Stirling (17) starting out together at Abbey Park (Kilwinning) in August 1994 - check it out! 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95

It's another big day on the Archive, per below, we're very pleased to be introducing another 12 seasons of reserve team matches, from the late 60s to the end of the 1970s, complete with potted match reports wherever it's possible to do so. A challenging decade in terms of press coverage, but we've had a right good go. Did you know Thistle reserves won the League twice in 1970-71 and were Scottish Cup winners in 1972 and 1975? Check it out! 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

With Thistle v Dunfermline (30/9) Thistle v Spartans (1/10) fixtures being dedicated to 'Her Game Too' this weekend, now seems like a very good time to be launching our latest pages dedicated to the Partick Thistle Women's team. We're delighted to present the internet's first comprehensive match list for the Partick Thistle women's team which has been going from strength to strength since its formal inception as 'Thistle Weir Ladies' back in 2014. 11 seasons of competitive results and detailed league tables now at your fingertips. We believe the lists to be complete in terms of competitive fixtures, and we may yet strive to add the friendly matches played, so if anyone can help in that regard, please do get in touch → Partick Thistle Women full competitive match history → NOTE: Kick-off time on Sunday has changed to 4pm!

Today we're very pleased to introduce another 12 seasons of reserve team matches, from the mid 1950s to the late 1960s, complete with potted match reports wherever it's possible to do so. We're now in the realm of living memory, so hopefully some of these teamlines will fire a few memories! 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 As always, any help with any of our missing info would be wonderful... Oor Archive, Your Archive, A'Body's Archive, get in touch →

Archive News A selection of some of the site updates in the last few weeks - please keep an eye on the Thistle Archive home page → for all the very latest… Latest Match Hubs / H2Hs (to access click on results/opponents as required)… 11. Sat-09-Sep-2023 [h] (1-2) L2-3 Queen of the South (Challenge Cup 3rd Round) 12. Fri-15-Sep-2023 [a] (1-0) W4-0 Ayr United (SPFL Championship - game 5) 13. Sun-17-Sep-2023 [h] (1-0) L2-4 12-13 Champions Select & Guests (Stuart Bannigan Testimonial) 14. Sat-23-Sep-2023 [h] (0-2) L0-3 Arbroath (SPFL Championship - game 6) Some brand new pages… 18-Sep-2023 Connor Storey 18-Sep-2023 Luis Cameron 18-Sep-2023 Aiden McGinlay 18-Sep-2023 Ceiran Loney 18-Sep-2023 Alan Archibald (opposition manager) 18-Sep-2023 Steven Spence (match official) 14-Sep-2023 Thistle's player connections with Plean Juveniles 10-Sep-2023 Marvin Bartley (opposition manager) 06-Sep-2023 You Couldn't Make It Up! (new entry for 1957 - the dirty swan!) 06-Sep-2023 You Couldn't Make It Up! (new entry for 1961 - 6 captains by December!) 06-Sep-2023 Thistle's player connections with Partick Anchoria 04-Sep-2023 Thistle's player connections with Peterborough Sports 04-Sep-2023 SPFL Championship Table 2023-24 (Thistle's 124th official League campaign is up and running - where will it all end?) 04-Sep-2023 League Cup Group B Table, 2023-24 (for the 15th time out of 41 (1946-47 to date) Thistle win their League Cup group.) 04-Sep-2023 Thistle's player connections with Double Flower (incorporating Instant-Dict) Some more 'Bio Extra' entries introduced… (we're now at 1,002 out of 2,013 first-team players covered - please get in touch → if you fancy writing a paragraph or two on your favourite Jag!) 17-Sep-2023 Mitch Austin ('Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 John Baird ('Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 Jack Batten ('Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 Durrell Berry (seemingly retired as a player; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 Callum Booth ('Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 Jack Boyle ('Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 Joe Cardle ('Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 Prince Buaben (seemingly retired as a player; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 17-Sep-2023 Paul Cairney (seemingly retired as a player; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 15-Sep-2023 Russell Brown ('Bio Extra' tab introduced) 14-Sep-2023 Tom McNab (Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) added to club-list; date and place of death added; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced; 'Scrapbook' tab introduced; 'Gallery' tab introduced - don't miss his insane story of winning his first international cap amidst the Vietnam war!) 14-Sep-2023 Tommy Rae (Clydebank added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 14-Sep-2023 Ian McIntosh (1933-2022 R.I.P.; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 14-Sep-2023 Tom Mooney (Morton added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 14-Sep-2023 Robert Muir (first-time profile photo added; birth details improved; Plean Juveniles, Rutherglen Glencairn, Portsmouth, Third Lanark, Rochadale and East Fife added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 12-Sep-2023 Craig Dargo (Dunfermline Athletic & Berwick Rangers added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 12-Sep-2023 Bobby Christie (renamed from 'Robert Christie'; profile photo improved; Heart of Midlothian & Dunfermline Athletic added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 12-Sep-2023 Angus Cameron (Third Lanark, Cowdenbeath & Morton added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' tab introduced) 06-Sep-2023 George Ewing (Partick Anchoria added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry introduced; 'Gallery' tab introduced with cup medal - thanks to Damion Asquith) 06-Sep-2023 John Neish (Elgin City, Morton & Caledonian added to club-list; death details amended; 'Bio Extra' entry introduced) Other updates of general interest… 22-Sep-2023 Neilly Gibson ('Gallery' tab introduced) 21-Sep-2023 Stuart Bannigan ('Bio Extra' entry updated; 'Gallery' tab introduced) 19-Sep-2023 12-Jan-1924 Partick Thistle 11 Dunkeld & Birnam 0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) (goal timings added) 19-Sep-2023 The scoring finale club (Kris Doolan becomes the latest member!) 19-Sep-2023 All-time goalscorers charts (Ben Stanway +1; Kris Doolan +1 - Doolan just two behind 3rd placed George Smith) 17-Sep-2023 Jonathon Black (seemingly retired as a player) 16-Sep-2023 Illustrated Top 50 competitive scorers (48-goal Steven Lawless overtakes Mark Roberts in 46th; 59-goal Brian Graham moves ouright 33rd) 15-Sep-2023 Ben Stanway (contract extended to 2026; 'Bio Extra' entry updated) 14-Sep-2023 15-Feb-1896 Abercorn 3 Partick Thistle 4 (SFL Second Division - game 14) (Abercorn line-up found and applied - a pleasing addition for Thistle's 50th League match) 14-Sep-2023 Every penalty (taken) (previously unknown penalty from 5th August 1975 added to list; now 551/786 converted, 70.1% success rate) 14-Sep-2023 Joe Craig ('Every Penalty' tab updated - now 3/6 converted, 50.0% success rate) 14-Sep-2023 Every penalty (taken) (previously unknown penalty from 13th May 1964 added to list; now 551/785 converted, 70.2% success rate) 14-Sep-2023 John Harvey ('Every Penalty' tab updated - now 5/7 converted, 71.4% success rate) 13-Sep-2023 What was the half-time score? (Another 3 nailed thanks to Andy Mitchell. Only 3 League matches remain on the list from the last 100 years, amazing. Please do get in touch → if you can help with any of those missing, as identified in our list.) 13-Sep-2023 Season 1938-39 (all half-times for 1938-39 completed - pleasing!) 11-Sep-2023 Season 1962-63 (all half-times for 1962-63 completed - Thistle nearly won the League you know!) 11-Sep-2023 Season 1954-55 (all half-times for 1954-55 completed - pleasing!) 08-Sep-2023 22-Jul-1979 Canada National Students 0 Partick Thistle 2 (Gathering of the Clans Tournament - game 3) (Miller Reid piece added to 'Scrapbook' tab) 08-Sep-2023 09-Apr-1885 Arbroath 6 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly) (opposition forenames added - thanks to Simon Reynolds) 08-Sep-2023 03-Jan-1896 Arbroath Casuals 1 Partick Thistle 6 (Friendly) (opposition forenames added - thanks to Simon Reynolds) 08-Sep-2023 Charles McQuarrie ('Gallery' tab introduced - gravestone beautifully restored by Rangers Founders Trail) 07-Sep-2023 22-Jul-1979 Canada National Students 0 Partick Thistle 2 (Gathering of the Clans Tournament - game 3) (press snips added to 'Scrapbook' tab; 'Gallery' tab introduced - thanks to Dave MacKinnon) 07-Sep-2023 19-Jul-1979 Scotia Olympics 0 Partick Thistle 6 (Gathering of the Clans Tournament - game 1) ('Scrapbook' tab introduced) 07-Sep-2023 Dave MacKinnon (action shot vs. Rangers added to 'Gallery' tab - thanks to Dave MacKinnon) 07-Sep-2023 09-Feb-1980 Partick Thistle 1 Celtic 1 (SFL Premier Division - game 21) ('Gallery' tab introduced - thanks to Dave MacKinnon) 07-Sep-2023 02-Sep-1961 St Johnstone 4 Partick Thistle 3 (League Cup Section 1 - game 6) (half-time score added; potted report improved; 'Gallery' tab introduced) 06-Sep-2023 Davie McParland ('Scrapbook' tab introduced with an Evening Times profile piece from 1965) 06-Sep-2023 The Firhill Diary (28.04.1959 Eaglesham vs. Bearsden, Scottish Amateur Cup Semi Final added) 04-Sep-2023 Euan East (Linfield added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated) 04-Sep-2023 Jamie Taggart (on loan to Gartcairn Juniors, added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated) 04-Sep-2023 Sallu Turay (on loan to Gartcairn Juniors, added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated) 04-Sep-2023 Ji Stevenson (on loan to Clyde, added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated) 04-Sep-2023 Harrison Nee (Peterborough Sports added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated) 04-Sep-2023 Dominic Morgan-Griffiths (Bedford Town added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated) 04-Sep-2023 Gallagher Lennon (leaves the club; St Mirren added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated; '2023-24 Stats' tab removed; 'Career Stats' tab removed) 04-Sep-2023 Lewis Mackle (leaves the club; Kilmarnock added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry updated; '2023-24 Stats' tab removed; 'Career Stats' tab removed) 04-Sep-2023 Eddie Gallagher (St Mirren and Instant-Dict added to club-list; 'Bio Extra' entry expanded)

It's another big day for STUART BANNIGAN who becomes the 9th longest-serving Partick Thistle player of all-time. This is such a rare feat and he deserves all the plaudits going. Congratulations Banzo, and lang may yer lum reek!

^ I think we have our winning entry! Actually looked at that video yesterday, but dropped in at the second goal, completely forgetting that Shea scored twice in a few minutes!!!

The 'resumption of play' is timed from the referees whistle, 8 secs before the boy throws the ball.

Most of your post-Ayr updates now in place at the Archive, best explored via the home page news → THREE-IN-A-ROW ● With his 9th competitive goal versus Ayr United, Brian Graham joins John Torbet and Johnny Ballantyne as Partick Thistle's all-time top goalscorer against 'the Honest Men'. ● 59-goal Brian Graham moves to outright 33rd in our Illustrated Top 50 competitive scorers chart. ● For the first time in his distinguished Thistle career Steven Lawless scores in a third consecutive competitive match, even adding a second for good measure! ● 48-goal Steven Lawless moves up to 46th in our Illustrated Top 50 competitive scorers chart, overtaking Mark Roberts. ● Super-sub Tomi Adeloye scores just 16 seconds after the resumption of play following his entry onto the pitch! Quite possibly this is the quickest sub goal in our history, although such precise queries can never be scientific. Quickest we can find prior to this is 20 secs, by Jim Melrose in the Scottish Cup Semi Final versus Aberdeen in 1978. ● At the 11th time of asking, Thistle register their first competitive clean-sheet of 2023-24, ending the longest such season-opening run since 2003. It's Jamie Sneddon's first clean-sheet since February, 2023. ● For the very first time, Kris Doolan's Jags win three-in-a-row in the League. ongoing sequences: ● 39 consecutive competitive appearances for Aidan Fitzpatrick, 3rd Dec 2022 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jack McMillan - 52 games, 9th Jul 2022 to 4th Jun 2023. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Thistle will play their 150th season in 2024-25 & the 150th anniversary of the world's oldest international - Scotland vs. England - is being celebrated this week. We doff our cap to the 25 who earned Scottish caps as a Jag. After all, the Thistle is the flower of Scotland!

10-Sep-2023 09-Sep-2023 Partick Thistle 2 Queen of the South 3 (Challenge Cup 3rd Round) ('Match Information' tab introduced; 'Match Report' tab introduced; 'Stats Watch' tab introduced) 10-Sep-2023 versus Queen of the South (H2H update) 10-Sep-2023 Season 2023-24 (Results, Squad Stats & Crime Count tables updated) 10-Sep-2023 All-time goalscorers charts (Steven Lawless +1; Ben Stanway introduced) 10-Sep-2023 Illustrated Top 50 competitive scorers (46-goal Steven Lawless joins Mark Roberts in joint-47th) 10-Sep-2023 Every penalty (taken) (now 551/784 converted, 70.2% success rate) hide 10-Sep-2023 Steven Lawless ('Every Goal' tab updated - up to 54) 10-Sep-2023 Steven Lawless ('Every Penalty' tab updated - now 3/3 converted, 100% success rate) 10-Sep-2023 Ben Stanway ('Every Goal' tab introduced) 10-Sep-2023 Marvin Bartley (opposition manager) 10-Sep-2023 Euan Anderson (match official) (stats updated) 10-Sep-2023 Graham McNeillie (match official) (stats updated) 10-Sep-2023 Michael MacDermid (match official) (stats updated) CHALLENGE CUP FAIL ENDS RECORD HOME RUN ● Steven Lawless becomes the first Jag since Stuart Bannigan (2019) to convert his first three regular-play penalties for Thistle. ● With his 46th goal, Steven Lawless joins Mark Roberts in joint-47th in our elite competitive goals chart. ● Ben Stanway scores his first goal for Thistle. ● Thistle have failed to keep a clean-sheet in their opening 10 competitive games of the season. You need to rewind to 2003 (16) to find a longer opening run in that regard. ● Thistle have now lost all three of their Challenge Cup jousts with Queen of the South, one at home, one away and one at a neutral venue. ● Kris Doolan's Jags lose at home for the first time. The record run of 12 competitive home games unbeaten at the beginning of a tenure went one better than the 11 set by Alan Archibald in 2013. ● Thistle exit the Challenge Cup against lower league opposition for the second season in a row. ongoing sequences: ● 38 consecutive competitive appearances for Aidan Fitzpatrick, 3rd Dec 2022 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jack McMillan - 52 games, 9th Jul 2022 to 4th Jun 2023. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

With the 6-0 HT at Firs Park in March '61 having been found, we now have all the HT's in place for that season. In all, we currently have 96.5% of the half-time scores gathered, 1876 to date. Please get in touch → if you can help with any of those missing, as identified in our list page below... What was the half-time score? →

Barney, you seem to be anticipating a 16th Doolan win tomorrow, will keep a close eye on that and judge your psychic powers!!! P28 W15 D9 L4. Also, think Maxie's Brucey Bonus Points Razzmattaz Jamboree should be ignored to keep the historical balance. Fox, As you probably know, TTA just does an annual update for the manager's results: http://www.thethistlearchive.net/results-summary-managers-competitive But here's the 'in-play' version @ 8 September 2023 Thistle Manager's all-time Top 5 ppg 1. Doolan (2023-date) 1.929 2. McNamara (2011-2013) 1.623 3. Meiklejohn (1947-1959) 1.469 4. McCall (2007-2023, 2 spells) 1.465 5. Auld (1974-1986, 2 spells) 1.45