Veejag Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 You're my favourite, Jukebox Rebel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Hall of fame for Jukebox Rebel Edited December 13, 2015 by Dick Dastardly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 You could swing the pendulum both ways in this comparison - Somner's exploits were predominantly top-tier, Doolan's second. Then again, Somner would hardly know what the definition of a lone striker was. It's a tricky one... I've long considered "the fearless Dougie" to be my favourite ever Thistle player. Still is. I'm serioulsy wondering if he'll still have that crown when the time comes for "first-touch Kris" to hang up the boots. Let's just call them two Thistle legends! A tricky one? More tricky than the trickiest of tricky things. Think about the number of goals Dougie laid off for others (like Joe Craig) or Dools's defensive clearances when we're defending dead balls (at least two crackers yesterday). The one thing just about any Jags fan will always agree about is both Somner and Doolan are indeed two Thistle legends. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Surely Johnny Jackson's 313 consecutive matches will never be beaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 ^^ Youse... Hall of fame, PMSL. If they're desperate, I'd happily rustle up a paragraph or three for either of Willie Paul, George Easton, Johnny Jackson, Jimmy McGowan or George Smith (the scurge of the Celts). Surely Johnny Jackson's 313 consecutive matches will never be beaten. As a Thistle or a Scottish club record ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 If Jimmy McGowan ever receives the honour, someone might like to use this. (No charge.) "Jimmy McGowan was the epitome of rugged, 40s and 50s full-backs. He played almost 550 matches for Thistle and numerous press reports are testament to his ability to come back on after treatment - often when he had been stretchered off. It took something "special" for him to miss matches - such as broken ribs or appendicitis. The Evening Times reported that against Hearts on 17 January 1953 while he was off the park for treatment, a spectator was heard to say 'Ach, it's only a broken spine. They'll weld it on Monday'". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veejag Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 TJR - most clean sheets for a goalkeeper in the top league? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 TJR will doubtless be crunching the numbers. Rough in total had 55 clean sheets out of 209 SPL fixtures = 26.3% Jackson had 61 out of 263 SFL1 fixtures = 23.2%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veejag Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Very good! What about for one season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Very good! What about for one season? Roughie had 17 shut-outs in 36 league games in the old 2nd Division-winning season of 1970-1971 (47%). I'd imagine that would be tough to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Roughie had 17 shut-outs in 36 league games in the old 2nd Division-winning season of 1970-1971 (47%). I'd imagine that would be tough to beat. Certainly very impressive. I think we only had 17 league shut outs in total during our last league winning side. Fox I think maybe had 14 out of 29 league games (48%). Not something we really want to be dwelling on today of all days. btw I guess Veejag is going to come back with most clean shets in the top league. I'd certainly like to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Looks like TJR is inspiring a few additional stattos. Great stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 TJR - most clean sheets for a goalkeeper in the top league? btw I guess Veejag is going to come back with most clean shets in the top league. I'd certainly like to know. Yes, earlier this season I was speculating that this was a gettable record for the impressive Tomáš Cerný, but I think I cursed it. He's currently got 4 out of 13 (30.77%). He needs 10 out 21 to equal, it's a big ask... George Easton's Jags were the meanest ever in the top-flight around 100 years ago. They were the only Thistle side to ever register 15 or more and they did so on 4 occasions: Season 042 1916-17 - 17 out of 38 (44.74%) Season 041 1915-16 - 15 out of 38 (39.47%) Season 043 1917-18 - 15 out of 34 (44.12%) Season 046 1920-21 - 15 out of 42 (35.71%) As far as individual goalies go, these are the Top-Flight Top 8: Season 046 1920-21 - Kenny Campbell - 14 out of 38 (36.84%) Season 056 1930-31 - Johnny Jackson - 13 out of 38 (34.21%) Season 040 1914-15 - William Campbell - 11 out of 36 (30.56%) Season 042 1916-17 - James Ferguson [ii] - 11 out of 26 (42.31%) Season 045 1919-20 - Rab Bernard - 11 out of 32 (34.38%) Season 047 1921-22 - Kenny Campbell - 11 out of 34 (32.35%) Season 099 1973-74 - Alan Rough - 11 out of 34 (32.35%) Season 119 1993-94 - Craig Nelson - 11 out of 39 (28.21%) Roughie had 17 shut-outs in 36 league games in the old 2nd Division-winning season of 1970-1971 (47%). I'd imagine that would be tough to beat. Certainly is, it's the club League record for any goalie. Scott Fox got closest with his 15 out of 29 (51.72%) in 2012-13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veejag Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Scott Fox is dead to me though, so can we remove him from the history books please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 The Fox was hounded out I reckon but it all worked out well fur the Jags. And so, the superb run of results continues... with many interesting stats angles on the go this mornin'... roll n bacon, skinny latte, tasty : - ) 19.12.2015 Partick Thistle 1 Ross County 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 18) Banzo shoots to the top of the assists chart with his 4th of the season. Amazingly, he's registered 3 competitive games-in-a-row and, on a personal level, in each of his last 4 appearances. He's the first player to do a personal 4-in-a-row since my assists records began in 2013-14. He's the third Jag to do the 3-games-in-a-row since promotion, following in the boot steps of Christie Elliott (May-Aug 2014) and Kallum Higginbotham (May 2015). As happened in the corresponding fixture of last year, a Staggie turns one into his own net as Thistle win to nil. The Dingwall side have now provided 2 of the 3 SPFL og's in the Thistle goals for columns. Thistle win 4-in-a-row in the top-flight for the first time in over 38 years. Thistle have been upwardly mobile in the top-flight table placings for 4 consecutive games. You need to rewind back to October 1977 to find the last time that happened. Firhill's lowest League crowd of the season is re-set at 2,762. Back to back top-flight wins with clean sheets are rare for the Jags in the modern era. Yesterday's was only the 7th occurrence post-75. Archie's Jags have now registered 2 of the 7. Bertie's boys done it twice, Cormack's lads once and Lambie's lot twice. Willie Thornton's Jags were last to go beyond this point, winning 5 consecutive top-flight games to nil in February-March 1968. Thistle are now 3 pts ahead of their same-stage position of 2014-15. For the second consecutive season, I find myself considering the remarkable possibility that Archie's Jags could set a post-75 club-record for the greatest gathering of top-flight points. When applying 3 points per win across all-seasons, Thistle's post-reconstruction best is currently 1.31 points-per-game, which was first set in 1977-78. The current PPG of 1.28 is on course to be the best since Bertie's era. For context, Lambie's best was 1.19, set in 1994-95. Should Thistle go Top 6 on boxing day, Archie's Jags would grab a share of the all-time club record (at any League level) of 5 consecutive table progressions. The existing record was set in 1930, and equalled in both 1932 and 1961. To do such a thing in a small 12-team League would be incredible. [see spoiler] Victory at home to St Johnstone on boxing day would see Thistle win 5-in-a-row in the top-flight for the first time since January 1972. That deserves a 3,500 crowd at the very least. ongoing sequences & table progression records... 4 competitive away games without defeat, 17th Oct 2015 to date. 5 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. 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date. (Longest run since: Stephen O'Donnell - 29 games; 8th Nov 2014 to 23rd May 2015. Club record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.) 56 competitive games without a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date. 74 competitive games without a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date. As previously noted, Thistle are currently on a run of 4 consecutive League Table progressions: Dundee [a] D1-1 (SPFL Premiership - game 14) 11th Inverness CT [h] W2-1 (SPFL Premiership - game 15) 10th Kilmarnock [a] W5-2 (SPFL Premiership - game 16) 9th Dundee United [a] W1-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 17) 8th Ross County [h] W1-0 (SPFL Premiership - game 18) 7th The all-time club record of 5 consecutive League Table progressions was achieved thrice: 16.08.1930 Kilmarnock [a] L0-2 (SFL First Division - game 2) 14th 23.08.1930 Morton [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 3) 9th 30.08.1930 Falkirk [a] W4-2 (SFL First Division - game 4) 5th 06.09.1930 East Fife [h] W8-0 (SFL First Division - game 5) 3rd 13.09.1930 Hibernian [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) 2nd 20.09.1930 Clyde [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 7) 1st 24.09.1932 Aberdeen [h] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 8) 20th 01.10.1932 Falkirk [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 9) 18th 08.10.1932 Morton [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 10) 17th 22.10.1932 Ayr United [h] W7-0 (SFL First Division - game 11) 16th 29.10.1932 Motherwell [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 12) 15th 05.11.1932 Celtic [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 13) 12th 16.09.1961 Third Lanark [a] L2-4 (SFL First Division - game 3) 14th 23.09.1961 Raith Rovers [h] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 4) 12th 30.09.1961 Aberdeen [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 5) 7th 07.10.1961 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) 5th 14.10.1961 Falkirk [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 7) 4th 21.10.1961 Hibernian [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 8) 3rd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 When did we last have back to back 1-0 wins? I seem to recall games against Airdrie United and a re-arranged game against Accies in our last promotion season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 How much more enjoyable are these stats now compared to earlier on in the season?! Go on Callum Booth; a record awaits on Boxing day. The penalties stats are still a bit of a shocker. C'mon refs; gie'a a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 How much more enjoyable are these stats now compared to earlier on in the season?! Go on Callum Booth; a record awaits on Boxing day. The penalties stats are still a bit of a shocker. C'mon refs; gie'a a break. A word of warning, Jaggernaut. I made a similar kind of comment on here prior to the Hearts game at Firhill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 When did we last have back to back 1-0 wins? I seem to recall games against Airdrie United and a re-arranged game against Accies in our last promotion season? Correct. Hamilton then Airdrie Feb 2013. Thistle have registered 283 1-0 league wins. 2 consecutive wins being achieved 24 times. Thistle had played 663 league games before their first 1-0 win in Oct 1897. They once went 195 league games without a 1-0 win (Nov 1924 to Dec 1929. There are only 4 examples of 3 back to back 1-0 league wins... October/Nov 1904/05 Dec/Jan 1915/16 Mar 1967/68 Aug 1991/92 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 A word of warning, Jaggernaut. I made a similar kind of comment on here prior to the Hearts game at Firhill Yes, I know I should know better by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Correct. Hamilton then Airdrie Feb 2013. Thistle have registered 283 1-0 league wins. 2 consecutive wins being achieved 24 times. Thistle had played 663 league games before their first 1-0 win in Oct 1897. They once went 195 league games without a 1-0 win (Nov 1924 to Dec 1929. There are only 4 examples of 3 back to back 1-0 league wins... October/Nov 1904/05 Dec/Jan 1915/16 Mar 1967/68 Aug 1991/92 Pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 ^ Intrigued with this newly gained knowledge, I asked the great Jaggy database: "GJD, when did we last win 3 competitive games in-a-row by one goal to nil?" Turns out, the competitive record is only 3; the same as the League record... 22.10.1904 Dundee [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 9) 29.10.1904 Morton [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 10) 05.11.1904 Motherwell [h] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 11) 25.12.1915 Morton [a] W1-0 (SFL - game 18) 01.01.1916 Third Lanark [h] W1-0 (SFL - game 19) 03.01.1916 Rangers [a] W1-0 (SFL - game 20) 03.01.1981 Heart of Midlothian [h] W1-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 22) 10.01.1981 Airdrieonians [h] W1-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 23) 12.01.1981 Rangers [h] W1-0 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) As an added bonus, GJD piped up: "Saturday will be 100th League encounter between The Jags and the Perth Saints by the way." It's a' happening, eh? Only 3 more sleeps to go... COYJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Pretty amazing. I should point out that the run of 663 games took Thistle up to their first league 1-0 win. It came on their 78th league fixture. Must change the cooking sherry! Edited December 23, 2015 by a f kincaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunnylaw Jag Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 A whole calendar year without a penalty; don't think too many teams can match that. 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 A whole calendar year without a penalty; don't think too many teams can match that. Indeed. I note that Hearts went nearly two years from April '68 onwards. Their run was broken on 7th March 1970... with 2 penalties in 7 minutes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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