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No he didn't! We lost 2-3. Down to 10 men (Collins knocked out and carried off) Thistle fought back from being 2-down through Kinloch and Salisbury but the winner came in the last minute.

Is it (wild guess) John Bourke of Dumbarton?

Would like a Stewards' Enquiry please. Unconvinced it's McKinnon and Gray. Don't know who the outfield player is but looks like Niven in goal to me. In any case, why would Falkirk have been playing in all white?

Eee. Damn. Why didn't I think of that?

Think it's John Harvey rather than Harry Davis.

W of 63 George Niven did, in fact, miss a Scottish Cup tie v Morton on 4th Feb - the only game played between his breaking his wrist (1/1/1963 v Clyde) and returning on 2/3/1963 (v St Mirren). "He never missed a game" seems to have crept into PT folklore but it should actually be "He never missed a league game".

Husband, Duffy, McKinnon, Brown, Niven, Whitelaw.

McCall was appointed 25th May so this was his first game in charge. Hinchcliffe, Robertson,Twaddle, Gibson (J), Lennon, Archibald, Rowson, Harkins, Buchanan,Roberts, Murray. Subs: Chaplain, McStay, Donnelly, Gibson (G), Strachan.

January 1890 4-1, January 1894 2-2, March 2003 4-0. July 2006 3-1, July 2007 0-2.

BBC Scotland have just broadcast a piece from outside Tynecastle. Basically, they don't know if it's on or off. Worryingly, according to the reporter, the City Council can issue a safety certificate up to the point on the day of the match when the turnstiles would be opened. (Say 2.00 pm?) So that's all right then. Plenty of time to decide whether to scoot through on the M8 and still see the teams running out. Scottish football truly is a farce. Let's hope that if no certificate can be issued, it's announced in good time to prevent people leaving for the match - wherever they live. Imagine if we ever had a situation where thousands turn up only to be told that a council official has called the game off because of some concerns over building work. Could never happen. Oh haud on a minute.........................

Many a true word spoken in jest! Older readers may be able to confirm that at one time clubs couldn't be asked to play rearranged fixtures in December of January (or in the week of a Scottish Cup tie for that matter). I'm sure I'm not making that up. Now they're so hell-bent on the first available free date you couldn't actually rule another match in December out. The mindset seems to be that it's an absolute must that they start again after the winter break with no backlog. The impact on paying customers seems way down the list of priorities. That's assuming it's on the list in the first place.

Interesting photo. The Thistle players are all looking the same way (presumably towards the ball), a Kilmarnock player is taking a tumble and another is claiming something (a penalty?) The ref is looking in completely the opposite direction - presumably to the linesman. The more I stare at the photo I convince myself that the guy on the extreme right is Dan McLindon but he made is debut 3 weeks later so it can't be him.

10 October 1964. Kilmarnock away. 0-0. Hugh Tinney, don't know, Billy Cunningham, don't know (either Joe Hogan or Harry Davis?), George Niven, Donnie McKinnon, (possibly) Jim Fleming.

Jimmy McGowan on the line.

49,838 v Rangers 18/2/1922.

Arthur Duncan. Not entirely sure about what the writing on the roof is saying but there's a Birley St in Blackpool so I'll guess it's either 5/8/1967 or 29/7/1968 - both pre-season friendlies at Blackpool.

15 without a league win looks like the 2nd worst run in our history. Way out on its own is the "homeless" season with 26 (5 draws and 21 defeats) between November 1908 and October 1909. Before Saturday's defeat there were two candidates with 14 - November 1989-March 1990 (5 draws and 9 defeats) and August 2003-November 2003 (2 draws and 12 defeats - 10 of them consecutive). 13 between September 1969 and November 1969 (4 draws and 9 defeats) is up there as well. Only another 12 to set a new record!! Crisis? What crisis?

Phoned to be told that "yes, there have been a few problems with the website". Asked if I could add it to my ST over the phone. The answer was "yes but only after 10.00". At 9.42 I can't see what difference it makes. Asked why this was so and was told it's "our new policy". Save a phone call and don't phone before 10.00!

Pun police alert! OHMygod this'll SPARK off some complaints. A VOLTface. PYLON the pressure and they may change their mind. Seriously, very sad. It will always be Firhill.

I can't get any further that a blank screen inviting me to click on the seat I want. Nowhere to go after that. No "next" option either. Once again, a call to the office. There must be a better system than this rubbish.

The whit??

Anyone else getting a warning message that the OS is an unsafe site?

27 Sept 1986 1-0. Workman, Watson, Cairns ?, Carson, Law.

McQuade Appearances 331, 90 goals, 1:3.7 appearances. 62 singles, 11 doubles and 2 hat-tricks. Erskine Appearances 248, 55 goals, 1:4.5 appearances. 37 singles and 9 doubles. (competitive + friendlies.)

Bertie Auld enjoying a conversation with Glasgow's Finest. Pat Quinn in the dugout looking distant. Billy McNeil wondering whether to laugh or greet.