BowenBoys Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Whenever there is a football score with a large number in it, it takes me back. Back to that night at Fir Park. There can't be many football supporters who have witnessed their team score 11 goals in a game. Oh, what a night. It's great to be a Jag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 The 8-3 game vs. Motherwell is my Thistle high-score record. Unfortunately, I've seen us shipping 7 goals on too many occasions to be healthy..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 17 minutes ago, BowenBoys said: Whenever there is a football score with a large number in it, it takes me back. Back to that night at Fir Park. There can't be many football supporters who have witnessed their team score 11 goals in a game. Oh, what a night. It's great to be a Jag. Aye - I was there! (Lady Dosser had gone on holiday with her maw and missed it) Seems to remember we were only 2-0 up at half-time and the team got booed off. Oh for a 2-0 half-time lead these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowenBoys Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Really struggled to get going too. Think the first goal was about 25 mins. Eleven in just over an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebaw1 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Yes, a great night. I think Rovers had a few paunchy lads just back from the party areas of Europe. Ian Cameron ran riot as did Albert the Ghost. 8-3 game was even better as Motherwell had some fine players in that team. We also beat Airdrie 7-0 in our promotion year with Sir Chris scoring 2 or 3. Take note Caldwell! If this knight of the realm ever gets a start he’ll be an fine asset! One of my earlier games was a heavy defeat by St Johnstone. (1-9 I think!). Does anyone recall why we were destroyed? From memory, Alan Rough was introduced the following week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulguy jag Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, Weebaw1 said: Yes, a great night. I think Rovers had a few paunchy lads just back from the party areas of Europe. Ian Cameron ran riot as did Albert the Ghost. 8-3 game was even better as Motherwell had some fine players in that team. We also beat Airdrie 7-0 in our promotion year with Sir Chris scoring 2 or 3. Take note Caldwell! If this knight of the realm ever gets a start he’ll be an fine asset! One of my earlier games was a heavy defeat by St Johnstone. (1-9 I think!). Does anyone recall why we were destroyed? From memory, Alan Rough was introduced the following week. St johnstone had a great team in that era. I remember going to muirton park on a wed night for the 1st leg of the quarter final of the league cup. St johnstone won 2-0, and we said to ourselves that that was the end of our run as we could not see a way back against this st johnstone side. The following wed , I witnessed some of the best attacking football I have seen when we won 5-2. The rest is glorious history. The heavy defeat you mention weebaw was probably earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) League Cup, Aug 16, 1970: Thistle 1 St Johnstone 8. Two done h*n s doing their bit to get us relegated that season: Mabawzur, and Scott Symon. Our fate was already clear at the end of the League Cup games: P6, W0, D0, L6; F1, A25. And we think things are bad just now! ETA: Ritchie got replaced by Ian Dick, but as the league campaign dived from bad to worse, Ritchie got back in the team after a couple of months. Those were grim times. Edited January 10, 2019 by Jaggernaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfaelivi Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Mulguy Jag, it was 5-1 in the second leg at Firhill against St Johnstone in the quarters. What a night! Think Lambie was in the Saintees team? Remember we lost ten twice in a few months in late fifties - 10-2 at home to Hibs and 10-1 at East End Park to keep Dunfermline from being relegated. Those were the days. Round about that time too Hibs won 11-1 in a league match at Broomfield and signed the Hibs reserve goalie , Lawrie Leslie, who let in a barrowload in a relatively short period but got capped for Scotland. He was a hero of mine and went on to a very successful career at West Ham. Different times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanhill Jag Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: The 8-3 game vs. Motherwell is my Thistle high-score record. Unfortunately, I've seen us shipping 7 goals on too many occasions to be healthy..... Correct me if Im wrong was it not 2/2 at HT at that game or Is my memory playing tricks ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 53 minutes ago, Jordanhill Jag said: Correct me if Im wrong was it not 2/2 at HT at that game or Is my memory playing tricks ? 2-1 for Thistle at half time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 3 hours ago, jagfaelivi said: Mulguy Jag, it was 5-1 in the second leg at Firhill against St Johnstone in the quarters. What a night! Think Lambie was in the Saintees team? Remember we lost ten twice in a few months in late fifties - 10-2 at home to Hibs and 10-1 at East End Park to keep Dunfermline from being relegated. Those were the days. Round about that time too Hibs won 11-1 in a league match at Broomfield and signed the Hibs reserve goalie , Lawrie Leslie, who let in a barrowload in a relatively short period but got capped for Scotland. He was a hero of mine and went on to a very successful career at West Ham. Different times! There have been many suspicions regarding that Dunfermline score, with brown envelopes considered as one possible element in the plot. I wonder if a resourceful and determined journalist might not be able to dig up a few interesting bits of information from interviews, recollections etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 I saw Lucas Akins started for Burton. Who'd have thought he'd have such a (relatively) successful career in EFL League one/Championship, and now a League cup Semi against City (albeit 9-0). Makes you wonder if any of those who look dreadful now in our present squad, will ultimately go on and do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Did we not beat St Johnstone 6-2 and lose 7-3 to them in the same season at Firhill? Mid eighties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 remember arguing if Ian Cameron had scored 3 or 4 on the supporters bus back from Fir Park that night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jag said: Did we not beat St Johnstone 6-2 and lose 7-3 to them in the same season at Firhill? Mid eighties? 1984/85 season IIRC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulguy jag Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 8 hours ago, jagfaelivi said: Mulguy Jag, it was 5-1 in the second leg at Firhill against St Johnstone in the quarters. What a night! Think Lambie was in the Saintees team? Remember we lost ten twice in a few months in late fifties - 10-2 at home to Hibs and 10-1 at East End Park to keep Dunfermline from being relegated. Those were the days. Round about that time too Hibs won 11-1 in a league match at Broomfield and signed the Hibs reserve goalie , Lawrie Leslie, who let in a barrowload in a relatively short period but got capped for Scotland. He was a hero of mine and went on to a very successful career at West Ham. Different times! Yep. Lambie was in the saint's team as was Sir Alex Ferguson in the Falkirk team we beat in the semi- final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanhill Jag Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Garscube Road End said: 2-1 for Thistle at half time. Ok - I knew it was low figures - I remember standing in the Shed with my Dad and Chanting " we want 5" then "we want 6" etc etc - it seemed that everytime we demanded another Goal - the team duly obliged- and not to forget as mentioned- this was a very good Motherwell Team Note to the North Stand Guys - be more demanding - start chanting the Number of Goals you want Thistle to Score on Saturday ( worked in the past ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 I was in America when we played Albion Rovers at Fir Park. It was obviously back in the days before e-mail and internet. I spoke to my Gran on the phone the next day, and she told me we'd beaten Motherwell 11-1! So while it was a very impressive result, I was a wee bit underwhelmed when I discovered who the opposition were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 In season 53-54 against Airdrie we were involved in two 9 goal thrillers. We won both. 9-0 at Firhill, then 6-3 at Broomfield. Halcyon days indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Garscube Road End said: In season 53-54 against Airdrie we were involved in two 9 goal thrillers. We won both. 9-0 at Firhill, then 6-3 at Broomfield. Halcyon days indeed. That must have been amazing to watch, presumably with fairly big crowds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Just now, sandy said: That must have been amazing to watch, presumably with fairly big crowds too. I think there were good crowds those days. Certainly my dad regaled me of stories Thistle in those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevenone Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Twas a great night indeed (as my forum username suggests). Only time I can recall a losing team timewasting as well when a wayward ball went right out the stadium and the Rovers bench took an age to throw new ball onto pitch (think it was only 9 at that point too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Brilliant memories from those older Forum members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balintore jag Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 15 hours ago, jagfaelivi said: Remember we lost ten twice in a few months in late fifties - 10-2 at home to Hibs that time too Hibs won 11-1 in a league match at Broomfield and signed the Hibs reserve goalie , Lawrie Leslie, who let in a barrowload in a relatively short period but got capped for Scotland. He was a hero of mine and went on to a very successful career at West Ham. Different times! I was a ballboy at that 10-2 game. We were 5-0 down to Hibs at half time. In the dressing room at half time I heard the manager Willie Thornton shout at the players. He was raging and demanded a big fightback. Sure enough we came back to 5-2 in no time and I thought we could do it but alas the Hibs forward line that day was absolutely devastating. It was not a happy dressing room at the end of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve61 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Not Thistle related, but Liverpool beat Fulham 10-0 in 1986 Semi-Final. I have the match programme for the 2nd leg at Fulham. It says, "If the aggregate scores are level after 90 minutes, there will be 30 minutes extra time followed by penalties." lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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