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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.)

Yes, first time teams have both played and won all their competitive matches side by side in any given month. A magnificent stat, cap doffed Sir!

We're lucky as Jags fans to have so many fine content creators kicking about and this Dave MacKinnon interview from the Draw, Lose or Draw podcast is a typical example, fascinating chat all the way. It's a pleasure and a privilege to have this embedded at the Archive... the challenge for the flag in 78-79 and the big Freeze mkII, mental tales from Bertie Auld's dressing room, downhill with Cormack, THAT covid vote from the boardroom perspective, Jacqui Low's knockback, check it out on the new 'Audio' tab on Dave's page... Dave MacKinnon →

PTFC Women 2023-24 →

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

We're sad to learn of the passing of 50s Jag IAN WILSON. Described by R. Reid Esq as a "cultured inside forward", Ian had 11 goals as a teenager. He conquered both halves of the Old Firm and had a New Years Day hat-trick in 1959. Back in '62, a sympathetic registrar saved his wedding day! We pay our respects and tribute today... R.I.P. Ian Wilson →

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

^ Ah yes, there was an [a] instead of [h] typo on the home page, thank you JeanieD, quite a fan of useful pedantry! ^^ PTD "a thrilling burst of red and yellow in a field of predominantly green and blue" is rather beautiful prose! 43 nationalities / territories is the latest count, and I'm sure that's going to rise to 44 when we confirm Gospel Ocholi is Nigerian, albeit confirmation proof remains elusive! Here are the 43 to learn off by heart (temp page for the month of November!) Player Flags →

We recently presented the internet's first comprehensive competitive match list for the Partick Thistle women and now, with the club set to make its 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.)

Harry's second goal against Ayr United, hopefully he can get his second against Arbroath too!

Brian Graham becomes the first Jag in history to score 10 (TEN) competitive goals versus Ayr United!

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

Did you know? Donnie and Ronnie MacKinnon were the sons of Dave's great Grandfathers brother, meaning they were second cousins once removed. Also, Murdo MacLeod is Dave's cousin. Remarkably, Donnie and Murdo both played with and managed Thistle at one point. Even wilder is the fact that Dave played for Thistle while his second cousin took charge as caretaker in 1980! He says Firhill was "magical" under Bertie Auld and the gang of crazies, and there are many untold stories in his new book. He done a brill wee video interview with PLZ and we've embedded it on his page @ the Archive →

As of today, all 10 of the Thistle Women's league tables are available as stand-alone pages on the Archive. They're mapped via our 'Lists' section, as well as having their own sub-menu page. Nice when you just want a no-fuss flick through the tables... 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24

Lovely, and a high standard of conversion too! 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

It is fascinating to look back - the change from 2014 to 2016 is jaw dropping!

New to the Archive today with a doff of the cap to the 'Her Game Too' weekend... Partick Thistle Women 2023-24 → NOTE: Kick-off has changed to 4pm on Sunday!

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 →

“Rooney is the sgt major with the looks of a bare-knuckle fighter of the 18th century” ~ Ian Archer Sad to hear of the recent passing of former player and manager, BENNY ROONEY, 1943-2023. We pay tribute to Benny, a title-winner with Thistle in 75-76. Benny Rooney →

Luckily he made the first-team, so he has a first-team profile and we recently added some extra bio... had a very interesting time of it post-Thistle... Eric Norman →

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 (for some), 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 →