The Thistle Archive Posted April 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Can't easily query that, but I can tell you that 20 points is a new club-record haul for any calendar month. It's therefore almost a certainty that 19 points in 19 days is unprecedented. Most League games played in a calendar month: 8 Apr-1920 Apr-1938 Apr-1956 Apr-1963 Apr-1966 Apr-1978 Mar-1986 Mar-1991 Dec-2017 Apr-2021 Most League wins in a calendar month: 6 Sep-1983 (6/6) Mar-2013 (6/6) Apr-2021 (6/8) Most League points in a calendar month: 20 Apr-2021 (20 pts in 8 games) Sep-1983 (18 pts in 6 games) Mar-2013 (18 pts in 6 games) Apr-1956 (17 pts in 8 games) Apr-1971 (17 pts in 7 games) Dec-1932 (16 pts in 6 games) A reminder to any stats fans, some cracking wee gems are produced on a game-by-game basis, and this week's entry is a cracker: http://www.thethistlearchive.net/match-2021-04-29 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Thanks for that Superb info 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted April 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Here's another wee gem that will get added later: "2020/21 League One Champions Partick Thistle have gained 50% (20/40) of their League points in April! This football club is not quite right." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted May 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 Following on from the creation of our new People category in the top navigation bar, we're now very pleased to present to you our sub-category Managers, which houses profile hubs for all 32 men who've officially managed the club, including permanents and caretakers alike. As with our 2,000 player hubs, the manager's hubs are open for any creative development ideas. For now, a mini-bio is included, together with stats summaries, sortable comparison tables, a full list of games managed and a note of their "Thistle honours" wherever appropriate. The entire breadth of the club's history is at your fingertips. It's a great development for the Archive, and we hope you find these pages informative and maybe even entertaining, although that might be pushing it a bit... Managers A-Z → 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 A lot of pushing and digging going on right now, this census entry from 1891 is a cracker... William, Lawrence, David, John & George Proudfoot. 5 (FIVE) Jags in one household; a dream come true for our crack Genealogy department! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, The Thistle Archive said: A lot of pushing and digging going on right now, this census entry from 1891 is a cracker... William, Lawrence, David, John & George Proudfoot. 5 (FIVE) Jags in one household; a dream come true for our crack Genealogy department! Truly amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 The great news from this is that we've managed to nail down the clean sweep of place & date of birth & death for all five of the brothers. Result! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted May 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 We don't always mention it, but we constantly work at reducing questions in our various tasklists. For example, outstanding answers to our question Where or when was he born? have been reduced from around 700 to just under 500 since we launched the site, the biggest majority of that reduction taking place in the last few months, thanks to the outstanding work of Archivists Jack Little, our new recruit, Donnie MacIsaac, and William Sheridan. Some of those improvements are highlighted in our news section today. In the last couple of years, we've actually spent hundreds of hours and hundreds of pounds improving identities for hundreds of players. Some outstanding detective work from the Thistle Archive team this year, e.g. Archie McKenzie (282 appearances, 1905-1915). We were very pleased to locate all of the Proudfoot brothers, three of whom were born in the family's main place of origin, Dunfermline, e.g. William Proudfoot (151 appearances, 1887-1894). Robert Gray (222 appearances, 1897-1907) was a good one to get as such common names can be notoriously tricky and lots of supporting evidence is required to get to the truth. Adam Forsyth (111 appearances, 1947-1951) was a big Highland laddie who was a real hero, choosing to score his only goal in a 3-2 Cup final win over Celtic at Hampden! Some remain a work-in-progress; it's always a bit tricky when they go wandering like Fred McDiarmid (37 appearances, 1897-1899), who ended up in Belfast. We're always open to correct mis-information inherited, such was the case for our ace WWII marksman, Willie Newall (146 appearances, 1939-1945). Locating our second manager was like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but we got there in the end, with a bit of luck and perseverance; Donald Turner (825 managed, 1929-1947). So, just a taster of what we've been up to, results throughout the site. As ever, we'll take any help we can get with our "Most Wanted" list! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 Several new player profile photos have been found lately, anyone curious can see the news section on the home page for links. Behind the scenes, we're up to 88.2% fulfillment in terms of having each team-sheets slot filled with a player's picture. Will look good when we finally get around to uploading all the match hubs. With the departure of Joe Cardle today, a new page has been added, highlighting all 133 Jagsmen who've scored in their farewell appearance; The scoring finale club → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 7 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said: Several new player profile photos have been found lately, anyone curious can see the news section on the home page for links. Behind the scenes, we're up to 88.2% fulfillment in terms of having each team-sheets slot filled with a player's picture. Will look good when we finally get around to uploading all the match hubs. With the departure of Joe Cardle today, a new page has been added, highlighting all 133 Jagsmen who've scored in their farewell appearance; The scoring finale club → And three of them scored hat-tricks! Was anybody at the 18-0 win against the mighty Royal Highland Fusiliers in 2004? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 Although Shields may well have played in the next game against Paphos, the teamline remaining frustratingly unknown at the moment. This was the entry into the Fusilier's journal in the summer of 2005: It has been a tough year for the Battalion football team due to the operational commitments on the island and in Iraq. This has met us with inconsistent team selection leading to mixed results within the league. The pre–season kicked off well with morale really quite high at the prospect of playing against Partick Thistle FC at Happy Valley. We played well for the first 20 minutes or so then they found their scoring boots and thrashed us 18 – 0 but a great evening was had by all involved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted May 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Come join us! Since we launched The Thistle Archive in September, 2020, we've increased the number of live pages from 6,834 to 7,869. Now, we have another 6,000 in the pipeline, and extra hands to upload them are needed. We're hoping to sign-up a gang of volunteers to help push our Thistle history site forwards to the next level. More details here → Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Following on from the publication of our Thistle managers section in May, the Thistle Archive is now very pleased to present the companion section - the Opposition Managers, with almost 700 new pages having been created. We examine every opposition manager/caretaker that Thistle have faced from 1903-04 onwards, with results summaries, every game managed and an overall comparison table. For added interest, a matrix of Thistle managers at the time is included within each of the match lists. Attentive users will note that every match hub (accessed via the result as usual) is hyperlinked. This is a statement of intent; we are now committed in the very near future to uploading at least a stub page for every single match in the club's history. At the time of writing, the links for matches between 1924-25 to 2012-13 remain unpopulated, so bear with us and we'll get to them during this close season. The Opposition Managers → Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 I'm almost in disbelief at the amount of work that's going into these archives. It really is monumental. Nothing but admiration and appreciation from me, and I'm sure many other people. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Thanks Jagger! 8,599 live pages now, it's marching on. As a result of our recent plea for page upload volunteers, we were inundated with an enquiry as to what the job entails, so here's a wee video to show what it's about, essentially just a copy and paste exercise. If anyone's up for sparing a few hours now and again, please do get in touch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2sSRw8ADEw Edited June 9, 2021 by The Thistle Archive p.s. Anyone know how to embed a YouTube video on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 19 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: I'm almost in disbelief at the amount of work that's going into these archives. It really is monumental. Nothing but admiration and appreciation from me, and I'm sure many other people. Couldn't agree more. Great work from everybody @The Thistle Archive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted June 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Inspired by Tommy & Kyle Turner, our new illustrated list page highlights Thistle's fathers & sons from down through the years... Fathers & sons → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 23 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said: Inspired by Tommy & Kyle Turner, our new illustrated list page highlights Thistle's fathers & sons from down through the years... Fathers & sons → Ian Cameron senior played his last game for us in 2001 and Ian Cameron junior played 5 times for us in 2005...... is that right, just four years later? If so, then I'm impressed, for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 38 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: Ian Cameron senior played his last game for us in 2001 and Ian Cameron junior played 5 times for us in 2005...... is that right, just four years later? If so, then I'm impressed, for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on! I think that an Icelandic father and son played in the same international match, which is even more impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted July 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 What were the Thistle happenings on your birthday? Today, we're very pleased to introduce an exciting new aspect to our On This Day home page feature. Updating at midnight daily, the section of the home page will now include births and deaths of all the players and managers, day-by-day. With 1,200 birth dates and 300 death dates now in our extensive database, there's certainly enough to create an interesting daily display. Happy birthday to George Adams (71) today! http://www.thethistlearchive.net/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Jag II Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 One of the players born on today's date was George Elmore. On the website scotlandswar.co.uk there is a 4 page PDF document commemorating the Thistle players and ex players who didn't come home. George was one of them. The entry reads :- "George Elmore (1880 - 1 July 1916) was an English professional football forward who played in the football league for Glossop, Blackpool and West Bromwich Albion. He also played in the Scottish League for St Mirren and Partick Thistle. and is regarded as Altrincham's "first star player". Elmore worked in the salt trade in Northwich. In September 1914, one month after Britain's entry into the First World War, he enlisted in the Royal Scots. Elmore was deployed on the Western Front in January 1916 and was serving as a lance corporal when he was killed on the first day of the Somme later that year. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial." The Thistle Archive has found testimony elsewhere that shows George being born on 1 July 1880, and died, aged 36 on his birthday in 1916. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted July 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2021 Brand new to the Archive this morning is a neat 5 column table focused on the goalies. Sort by name, debut, most clean-sheets, most appearances or best clean-sheet ratio... The goalies' appearances & clean-sheets → Also in the pipeline, the individual goalie profiles are set to be bolstered with the addition of every clean-sheet and every penalty faced e.g. Andy Murdoch → Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted July 17, 2021 Report Share Posted July 17, 2021 Brilliant. Andy Murdoch: 42 clean sheets in 116 appearances... that's pretty impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted July 17, 2021 Report Share Posted July 17, 2021 Bring back George Gillespie! I was surprised that Luljan Gjeloshi had a 100% clean sheet record from 2 games. I though that he was supposed to have been a joke/disaster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted July 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 1:01 PM, Jaggernaut said: Brilliant. Andy Murdoch: 42 clean sheets in 116 appearances... that's pretty impressive. It is, but arguably most impressive of all is Kenny Campbell with a 37% ratio after 100 games with a top-flight team. On 7/17/2021 at 2:27 PM, partickthedog said: Bring back George Gillespie! I was surprised that Luljan Gjeloshi had a 100% clean sheet record from 2 games. I though that he was supposed to have been a joke/disaster. Both internationalists too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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