The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 And so, Jags are thwarted for a share of the all-time table progression record, but kick on with only 1 defeat in 10, and consolidate their position as 5th top in the Premiership away table : - ) 30.12.2015 Aberdeen 0 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 19) Callum Booth's current run of 30 consecutive competitive appearances is the longest stretch since Aaron Taylor Sinclair's near 15 month run of 56 competitive games set between October 2012 and January 2014. Thistle's current run of 3 consecutive clean sheets in the League is currently only bettered across the 10 main British Leagues by Middlesbrough, who are sitting on a spectacular club-record equalling run of seven successive clean sheets in the league. On a personal level, the commanding Tomáš Cerný is now on a run of 345 minutes without conceding a goal. On a team level, he's now celebrating 3 consecutive clean sheets since his return from injury. Back in April, Scott Fox was thwarted for a run of 4 consecutive top-flight clean sheets with a 2-0 reverse at... Celtic Park (Feck). Alan Rough was the last Jag to go one better, more than 33 years ago. His run of 4 included: Morton [a] D0-0, Aberdeen [h] D0-0, St Mirren [h] D0-0 and Rangers [h] W2-0. That run was broken with a 2-2 draw at... Celtic Park! (FFS!) George Niven holds the all-time club-record for League games, having returned 5-in-a-row back in 1968. The nil nil draw is Thistle's most common result in the League this season, having been recorded thrice. Thistle have now failed to score in 5 consecutive League games against Aberdeen. In this "same team" category, it's the second longest barren run in the club's League history; only a 6 game League run vs St Johnstone 1994-97 went beyond this point. In the 6 game Premiership form table, Thistle, with 14 points, are second only to Aberdeen on goal difference [see link]. In the 10 game Premiership form table, Thistle, with 21 points, are second only to Celtic who have 2 points more [see link]. Jags are now on their diamond anniversary of 75 competitive games without a goal from a penalty. Levelling all seasons to 3 points per win, Thistle's current tally of 1.26 points per game represents the greatest top-flight halfway points gather since season 1979-80. http://www.soccerstats.com/formtable.asp?league=scotland ongoing sequences... 5 competitive away games without defeat, 17th Oct 2015 to date. 6 competitive games without defeat, 7th Nov 2015 to date. 22 competitive games without defeat when we score the opening goal, 23rd Sep 2014 to date. 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date. (Longest run since: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair - 56 games; 27th Oct 2012 to 18th Jan 2014. Club record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.) 57 competitive games without a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date. 75 competitive games without a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 One last stat for 2015... is this the greatest stat of Archie's reign so far? TWO CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR MONTHS UNBEATEN IN COMPETITIVE ACTION DURING A TOP-FLIGHT CAMPAIGN Last night's hard fought draw at Pittodrie closed out another unbeaten calendar month for Archie's Jags, repeating the feat of November. As a feat, it's up there with the 19 League games unbeaten start to his managerial career I reckon. Back to back unbeaten calendar months are an extreme rarity in the competitive games fixture list when Thistle are in the top-flight. So much so, in fact, that this equals the competitive games club-record for the category. [see spoiler for full details] As you can see, Alan Archibald is only the third manager to register this impressive feat, following in the footsteps of Donald Turner and Willie Thornton. It is, indeed, the first time a top-flight Thistle side have went two consecutive calendar months unbeaten in competitive action since the famous '62-'63" side, who were gunning for the Scottish title. No Partick Thistle side has ever registered three-months-in-a-row in this category. Dare we dream of a sensational record-making start to 2016? Whatever happens, weel done to the Erch, the Shagster and the highly capable record-equalling class of 2015-16! A guid new year tae a' Jagskind... here's tae dreamin' and here's a health tae ye. The record-sharing runs in full... Note: Any inactive months are completely ignored for the purposes of this query. TWO CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR MONTHS UNBEATEN IN COMPETITIVE ACTION DURING A TOP-FLIGHT CAMPAIGN First achieved by Donald Turner's boys in March / April 1931... 07.03.1931 Celtic [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 30) 10.03.1931 Cowdenbeath [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 31) 14.03.1931 Airdrieonians [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 32) 21.03.1931 St Mirren [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 33) 04.04.1931 Motherwell [a] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 34) 11.04.1931 Leith Athletic [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 35) 18.04.1931 Heart of Midlothian [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 36) 22.04.1931 Rangers [h] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 37) 25.04.1931 Dundee [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 38) Matched by them again in November / December 1932... 05.11.1932 Celtic [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 13) 12.11.1932 Airdrieonians [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 14) 26.11.1932 Cowdenbeath [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 15) 03.12.1932 Dundee [h] W4-0 (SFL First Division - game 16) 10.12.1932 St Mirren [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 17) 17.12.1932 Third Lanark [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 18) 24.12.1932 Heart of Midlothian [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 19) 26.12.1932 Airdrieonians [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 20) 31.12.1932 St Johnstone [h] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 21) And matched again by Donald's troops in December 1937 / January 1938... 04.12.1937 Hibernian [h] W4-0 (SFL First Division - game 19) 25.12.1937 Aberdeen [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 20) 03.01.1938 Rangers [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 21) 05.01.1938 Arbroath [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 22) 08.01.1938 Morton [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 23) 15.01.1938 Heart of Midlothian [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 24) 22.01.1938 Stranraer [a] D2-2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) 26.01.1938 Stranraer [h] W8-0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round replay) 29.01.1938 Queen's Park [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 25) Willie Thornton's Jags did it when gunning for the Scottish title in October 1962 / November 1962 06.10.1962 Dundee United [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) 13.10.1962 Falkirk [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 7) 20.10.1962 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 8) 27.10.1962 St Mirren [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 9) 03.11.1962 Queen of the South [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 10) 10.11.1962 Dundee [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 11) 17.11.1962 Raith Rovers [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 12) 24.11.1962 Celtic [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 13) Willie Thornton's boys registered another cheeky wee two month / two game double in January 1963 / February 1963... 01.01.1963 Clyde [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 18) 04.02.1963 Morton [h] W3-2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) Note: Willie's boys hold the awesome top-flight League record, having registered 4 unbeaten calendar months between October '62 and January '63! Archie's Jags become the first Thistle side to do the competitive games calendar double in over 50 years... 07.11.2015 Dundee [a] D1-1 (SPFL Premiership - game 14) 21.11.2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle [h] W2-1 (SPFL Premiership - game 15) 28.11.2015 Kilmarnock [a] W5-2 (SPFL Premiership - game 16) 12.12.2015 Dundee United [a] W1-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 17) 19.12.2015 Ross County [h] W1-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 18) 30.12.2015 Aberdeen [a] D0-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 19) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 One last stat for 2015... is this the greatest stat of Archie's reign so far? TWO CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR MONTHS UNBEATEN IN COMPETITIVE ACTION DURING A TOP-FLIGHT CAMPAIGN Last night's hard fought draw at Pittodrie closed out another unbeaten calendar month for Archie's Jags, repeating the feat of November. As a feat, it's up there with the 19 League games unbeaten start to his managerial career I reckon. Back to back unbeaten calendar months are an extreme rarity in the competitive games fixture list when Thistle are in the top-flight. So much so, in fact, that this equals the competitive games club-record for the category. [see spoiler for full details] As you can see, Alan Archibald is only the third manager to register this impressive feat, following in the footsteps of Donald Turner and Willie Thornton. It is, indeed, the first time a top-flight Thistle side have went two consecutive calendar months unbeaten in competitive action since the famous '62-'63" side, who were gunning for the Scottish title. No Partick Thistle side has ever registered three-months-in-a-row in this category. Dare we dream of a sensational record-making start to 2016? Whatever happens, weel done to the Erch, the Shagster and the highly capable record-equalling class of 2015-16! A guid new year tae a' Jagskind... here's tae dreamin' and here's a health tae ye. The record-sharing runs in full... Note: Any inactive months are completely ignored for the purposes of this query. TWO CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR MONTHS UNBEATEN IN COMPETITIVE ACTION DURING A TOP-FLIGHT CAMPAIGN First achieved by Donald Turner's boys in March / April 1931... 07.03.1931 Celtic [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 30) 10.03.1931 Cowdenbeath [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 31) 14.03.1931 Airdrieonians [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 32) 21.03.1931 St Mirren [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 33) 04.04.1931 Motherwell [a] D0-0 (SFL First Division - game 34) 11.04.1931 Leith Athletic [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 35) 18.04.1931 Heart of Midlothian [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 36) 22.04.1931 Rangers [h] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 37) 25.04.1931 Dundee [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 38) Matched by them again in November / December 1932... 05.11.1932 Celtic [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 13) 12.11.1932 Airdrieonians [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 14) 26.11.1932 Cowdenbeath [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 15) 03.12.1932 Dundee [h] W4-0 (SFL First Division - game 16) 10.12.1932 St Mirren [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 17) 17.12.1932 Third Lanark [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 18) 24.12.1932 Heart of Midlothian [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 19) 26.12.1932 Airdrieonians [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 20) 31.12.1932 St Johnstone [h] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 21) And matched again by Donald's troops in December 1937 / January 1938... 04.12.1937 Hibernian [h] W4-0 (SFL First Division - game 19) 25.12.1937 Aberdeen [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 20) 03.01.1938 Rangers [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 21) 05.01.1938 Arbroath [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 22) 08.01.1938 Morton [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 23) 15.01.1938 Heart of Midlothian [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 24) 22.01.1938 Stranraer [a] D2-2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) 26.01.1938 Stranraer [h] W8-0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round replay) 29.01.1938 Queen's Park [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 25) Willie Thornton's Jags did it when gunning for the Scottish title in October 1962 / November 1962 06.10.1962 Dundee United [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) 13.10.1962 Falkirk [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 7) 20.10.1962 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 8) 27.10.1962 St Mirren [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 9) 03.11.1962 Queen of the South [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 10) 10.11.1962 Dundee [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 11) 17.11.1962 Raith Rovers [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 12) 24.11.1962 Celtic [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 13) Willie Thornton's boys registered another cheeky wee two month / two game double in January 1963 / February 1963... 01.01.1963 Clyde [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 18) 04.02.1963 Morton [h] W3-2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) Note: Willie's boys hold the awesome top-flight League record, having registered 4 unbeaten calendar months between October '62 and January '63! Archie's Jags become the first Thistle side to do the competitive games calendar double in over 50 years... 07.11.2015 Dundee [a] D1-1 (SPFL Premiership - game 14) 21.11.2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle [h] W2-1 (SPFL Premiership - game 15) 28.11.2015 Kilmarnock [a] W5-2 (SPFL Premiership - game 16) 12.12.2015 Dundee United [a] W1-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 17) 19.12.2015 Ross County [h] W1-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 18) 30.12.2015 Aberdeen [a] D0-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 19) Great stats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G SUS Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Is our return of 14 league clean sheets in 2015 the highest number attained in a calendar year, where we have spent the entire year in the top flight of Scottish football? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Is our return of 14 league clean sheets in 2015 the highest number attained in a calendar year, where we have spent the entire year in the top flight of Scottish football? Great question... it's the 4th highest return. George Easton's stuffy Jags of the late 10s to early 20s seem to dominate our clean sheet records. It's the best in nearly 100 years though, some achievement... 1917 – 18 1916 – 17 1921 – 17 2015 – 14 1915 – 13 1931 – 13 1919 – 12 1920 – 12 1923 – 12 1977 – 12 1980 – 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G SUS Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 I also believe it is the first occasion since April 1998, we have went a calendar month without conceding a goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Love it when other folks post Stats. Much more please! Since Christie Elliott's 85th minute consolation against Celtic nearly 2 years ago, Thistle have played 11 competitive games without a goal against Aberdeen or Celtic... 02.01.2016 Celtic 1 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 20) Thistle meet Celtic in Saturday League action for the first time since November 2003. Thistle register 4 consecutive 1st half nil nils for the first time since January 2012. The ever-committed Stuart Bannigan registers his 9th yellow card in 19 League games. Biggest League hauls since 1997-98 were only TEN; Andy Lyons (1997-98), Darren Brady (2006-07) and Kallum Higginbotham (2013-14). Nir Bitton becomes the first Celt to be sent off vs Thistle since Tommy Burns in 1978. Thistle have now failed to score in 5 consecutive League games against Celtic. In this "same team" category, it's (jointly) the second longest barren run in the club's League history; only a 6 game League run vs St Johnstone (1994-97) went beyond this point. Bizarrely, this exactly matches a similar occurrence vs Aberdeen just 3 days earlier. Thistle have now failed to score in 6 consecutive competitive games against Celtic. In this "same team" category, it's (jointly) the third longest barren run in the club's history; only 8 game runs vs St Johnstone (1994-99) and Rangers (1923-25) have went beyond this point. The all-time club record for consecutive losses to the same team in the League is once again reset, now standing at 18 vs. Celtic. ongoing sequences... 22 competitive games without defeat when we score the opening goal, 23rd Sep 2014 to date. 31 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date. (Longest run since: Aaron Taylor-Sinclair - 56 games; 27th Oct 2012 to 18th Jan 2014. Club record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.) 58 competitive games without a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date. 76 competitive games without a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date. Looking ahead... Thistle, who have played Scottish Cup ties on every day of the week, have a chance to maintain their 100% Scottish Cup record on a Friday; played 1 won 1! [see link] https://news.google....=1553%2C4353226 Edited January 3, 2016 by The Jukebox Rebel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camallain Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Red cards for either side of the old firm against us are almost unheard of. You mention above that Tommy Burns was the last celtic player prior to Saturday to get his marching orders against us ( a mere 37 years ago) but can you advise the last time a rangers player was red carded against us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sick in the basin Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Red cards for either side of the old firm against us are almost unheard of. You mention above that Tommy Burns was the last celtic player prior to Saturday to get his marching orders against us ( a mere 37 years ago) but can you advise the last time a rangers player was red carded against us? Great question - possibly more a clairvoyant than a statistician needed right enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thistle fan on Pie & Bovril reckoned it was Colin Jackson in an Anglo-Scottish game in 1980...Willie Johnston was sent off when we played them at Ibrox in around 1973...we got a penalty as well in that game but were denied an even more blatant one for a John Greig assault on Ronnie Glavin...clearly a bridge too far for any career-minded referee to give two penalties for the opposition at Ibrox. When Tommy Burns was sent off at Firhill, the ref still managed to do the right thing by sending off two Thistle players, Colin McAdam and Bobby Houston. Sadly, three of the players sent off have passed away...which in itself is a comment on how unusual it is for Old Firm players to be sent off against us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 6 August 1980. Jackson was indeed sent off for numerous fouls on McLeod (Billy). Thistle came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 with goals from Higgins, Gibson and O'Hara but lost out 5-4 on aggregate. The ref blew for time exactly on 90 mins just as Thistle looked like taking the tie to extra time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camallain Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Winter of 63 / a f Kincaid - Thanks for your replies. I don't know about you but I find these statistics utterly staggering. A 38 year gap between sending's off against celtic and 35 years and counting against rangers, and to think we get ridiculed when we say that we never get a decision going our way against the old firm. I would hazard a guess and say that no other team that we have played regularly over the last 40 years comes remotely close to the old firm figures. And to cap it all I think you will find the statistics for penalties against them is almost as good as those for the red cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ignoring penalty shoot-outs and taking all matches into account... I cannot say with absolute certainty that these figures are correct because some match reports are either missing or incomplete but in 340 matches v Rangers since 1880, Thistle have been awarded at least 30 penalties. These are:- 5/12/1898 SFL 0-5 missed 16/8/1900 F 2-2 Campbell 8/11/1902 SFL 2-4 Massie 15/5/1905 GCC 5-0 Gray 1/5/1908 GCC 1-3 Gray 3/1/1911 SFL 2-2 McGregor 11/12/1928 DC 2-0 Torbet 2/1/1929 SFL 0-1 missed 2/1/1932 SFL 0-4 missed 6/5/1935 GCC 1-0 missed 3/1/1938 SFL 3-1 McKennan 15/10/1938 SFL 1-4 McKennan 29/8/1939 GC 1-4 Wallace 14/11/1942 SL 1-4 missed and Curran 30/9/1946 SFL 3-2 Sharp 11/1/1947 SFL 0-4 missed 7/5/1947 GCC 0-4 missed 22/12/1951 SFL 1-3 Davidson 16/10/1954 SFL 2-5 Mathers and Mathers 13/9/1958 SFL 1-2 Mathers 24/8/1960 SFL 3-6 Donlevy 2/1/1965 SFL 1-1 missed 9/9/1972 SFL 1-2 Forsyth 15/3/1977 PDIV 4-3 Melrose 23/5/1978 PDIV 0-1 missed 25/8/1979 PDIV 2-1 McAdam 20/3/1982 PDIV 1-4 missed 13/7/2008 SC 0-2 missed SC = Scottish Cup GCC = Glasgow Charity Cup DC = Dental Cup GC = Glasgow Cup Notice there were 2 brave referees who awarded 2 pens in a match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watties wallies Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 i remember being at firhill early 60's playing against the h*ns i'm sure it was the last 5 minutes we were drawing one each and were all making our way round to the exit (now ra bing) when we were awarded a penalty joe hogan (legend) was playing centre joe had the ball and was about to place it on the spot when tommy ewing took the ball from hogan took the kick and put it a yard by the right hand post now i can tell you the only thing that saved ewing from the jags support that day was the high wall at that end of the ground was in hamilton a couple of years ago and went into ewings pub that was being run by his daughter she told me that her dad wasn't in the best of health but i related the story about her dad and the "missed" penalty kick i asked her to let her dad know that a jags supporter was in his pub and to pass on his best wishes but also tell him that i would never forgive him that "miss" that day glad i got that off my chest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Winter of 63 / a f Kincaid - Thanks for your replies. I don't know about you but I find these statistics utterly staggering. A 38 year gap between sending's off against celtic and 35 years and counting against rangers, and to think we get ridiculed when we say that we never get a decision going our way against the old firm. I would hazard a guess and say that no other team that we have played regularly over the last 40 years comes remotely close to the old firm figures. And to cap it all I think you will find the statistics for penalties against them is almost as good as those for the red cards Is it that surprising ? I would think that in games against the old firm over the last 30 years we have been defending for most of the game. Therefore we spend less time in their box, so less chance to get penalties and less chance to have red cards awarded. Conversely, the ref will have more chances to give penalties and red cards against us. I suspect that there is some influence from the support that does skew the stats, but possibly not by as much as it might look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I noticed, last night we were the feature team (first up) alongside Celtic in Sportscene. How long a run did this break, of being further down the pecking order, getting shorter highlights and less chat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 9/9/1972 SFL 1-2 Forsyth 15/3/1977 PDIV 4-3 Melrose 23/5/1978 PDIV 0-1 missed 25/8/1979 PDIV 2-1 McAdam 20/3/1982 PDIV 1-4 missed 13/7/2008 SC 0-2 missed SC = Scottish Cup GCC = Glasgow Charity Cup DC = Dental Cup GC = Glasgow Cup Notice there were 2 brave referees who awarded 2 pens in a match! I wasn't at this game but I'm pretty sure that Alan Hansen scored with the penalty...he was our penalty kick taker at the time...don't recall Jim Melrose ever taking a spot kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Taylor Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 my memory is of Alan Hansen taking it. I remember looking over at Roughie who was hunched down facing the wrong way not being able to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 my memory is of Alan Hansen taking it. I remember looking over at Roughie who was hunched down facing the wrong way not being able to look. Bloody goalies, eh tommy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ignoring penalty shoot-outs and taking all matches into account... I cannot say with absolute certainty that these figures are correct because some match reports are either missing or incomplete but in 340 matches v Rangers since 1880, Thistle have been awarded at least 30 penalties. These are:- 5/12/1898 SFL 0-5 missed 16/8/1900 F 2-2 Campbell 8/11/1902 SFL 2-4 Massie 15/5/1905 GCC 5-0 Gray 1/5/1908 GCC 1-3 Gray 3/1/1911 SFL 2-2 McGregor 11/12/1928 DC 2-0 Torbet 2/1/1929 SFL 0-1 missed 2/1/1932 SFL 0-4 missed 6/5/1935 GCC 1-0 missed 3/1/1938 SFL 3-1 McKennan 15/10/1938 SFL 1-4 McKennan 29/8/1939 GC 1-4 Wallace 14/11/1942 SL 1-4 missed and Curran 30/9/1946 SFL 3-2 Sharp 11/1/1947 SFL 0-4 missed 7/5/1947 GCC 0-4 missed 22/12/1951 SFL 1-3 Davidson 16/10/1954 SFL 2-5 Mathers and Mathers 13/9/1958 SFL 1-2 Mathers 24/8/1960 SFL 3-6 Donlevy 2/1/1965 SFL 1-1 missed 9/9/1972 SFL 1-2 Forsyth 15/3/1977 PDIV 4-3 Melrose 23/5/1978 PDIV 0-1 missed 25/8/1979 PDIV 2-1 McAdam 20/3/1982 PDIV 1-4 missed 13/7/2008 SC 0-2 missed SC = Scottish Cup GCC = Glasgow Charity Cup DC = Dental Cup GC = Glasgow Cup Notice there were 2 brave referees who awarded 2 pens in a match! How many awarded against ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camallain Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Is it that surprising ? I would think that in games against the old firm over the last 30 years we have been defending for most of the game. Therefore we spend less time in their box, so less chance to get penalties and less chance to have red cards awarded. Conversely, the ref will have more chances to give penalties and red cards against us. I suspect that there is some influence from the support that does skew the stats, but possibly not by as much as it might look. I don't doubt there is some merit in what you are saying Dick but one penatly in 34 years? How many times over the years have we shouted for a penalty or felt that a red had had to be shown and ended up with hee haw. If only the refs were as reticent when it came to awarding red cards or penalties against us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ignoring penalty shoot-outs and taking all matches into account... I cannot say with absolute certainty that these figures are correct because some match reports are either missing or incomplete but in 340 matches v Rangers since 1880, Thistle have been awarded at least 30 penalties. These are:- 5/12/1898 SFL 0-5 missed 16/8/1900 F 2-2 Campbell 8/11/1902 SFL 2-4 Massie 15/5/1905 GCC 5-0 Gray 1/5/1908 GCC 1-3 Gray 3/1/1911 SFL 2-2 McGregor 11/12/1928 DC 2-0 Torbet 2/1/1929 SFL 0-1 missed 2/1/1932 SFL 0-4 missed 6/5/1935 GCC 1-0 missed 3/1/1938 SFL 3-1 McKennan 15/10/1938 SFL 1-4 McKennan 29/8/1939 GC 1-4 Wallace 14/11/1942 SL 1-4 missed and Curran 30/9/1946 SFL 3-2 Sharp 11/1/1947 SFL 0-4 missed 7/5/1947 GCC 0-4 missed 22/12/1951 SFL 1-3 Davidson 16/10/1954 SFL 2-5 Mathers and Mathers 13/9/1958 SFL 1-2 Mathers 24/8/1960 SFL 3-6 Donlevy 2/1/1965 SFL 1-1 missed 9/9/1972 SFL 1-2 Forsyth 15/3/1977 PDIV 4-3 Melrose 23/5/1978 PDIV 0-1 missed 25/8/1979 PDIV 2-1 McAdam 20/3/1982 PDIV 1-4 missed 13/7/2008 SC 0-2 missed SC = Scottish Cup GCC = Glasgow Charity Cup DC = Dental Cup GC = Glasgow Cup Notice there were 2 brave referees who awarded 2 pens in a match! 11 of them missed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I wasn't at this game but I'm pretty sure that Alan Hansen scored with the penalty...he was our penalty kick taker at the time...don't recall Jim Melrose ever taking a spot kick. Definitely Hansen, he scored the equaliser and winner that night having been 3-2 down with not long left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Agreed. My typo. Not Melrose (who was tripped). Hansen scored with the penalty. Edited January 4, 2016 by a f kincaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Penalty paranoia? 30 penalties awarded against Rangers in 340 matches = a penalty awarded every 11 matches. (11/37% missed.) With the same health warnings, I looked at 3 old rivals to compare with the Rangers figures:- KILMARNOCK 19 penalties in 242 matches = 1 every 13 matches. (3/16% missed.) MOTHERWELL 21 penalties in 247 matches = 1 every 12 matches. (8/38% missed.) DUNDEE 23 penalties in 231 matches = 1 every 10 matches. (8/35% missed.) A bit rough and ready but on the basis of these figures penalties against Rangers are no less frequent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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