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Apologies to any regulars that visit the site, the platform, Wikidot, has been a bit buggy lately, failing to render some images and style sheets properly. We're helpless to affect this, can only hope it smooths itself out.

Anyway, we've been on fire all year with new discoveries; more than 4,000 news updates on our home page have been posted since May. Worth a bookmark?!
 
And we're ending 2022 the way we know best... with discovery!

Our Joe's research has revealed that BOB McTAVISH was a Jag. It's another great 'no forename' conversion, and it gives us another famous brotherly pairing in our history, that of Bob & Jock!

All the best from The Thistle Archive boys, and here's hoping for a better 2023 for the Jags.

Bob McTavish →

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1 hour ago, The Thistle Archive said:

One of these fine gents will surely become the 50th Jag to score 50 goals in 'All Games' (i.e. inc. friendlies). Lawless absolutely on the brink, but can the big #9 pip him to the post? All eyes on Dens Park... 

All-time goalscorers charts →

 

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Would be great if both and one or two others got on the score sheet at Dens.

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18 minutes ago, Auld Jag said:

Would be great if both and one or two others got on the score sheet at Dens.

Best outcome would be for Brian to score a hat trick at Dens, and then for Stevie to head and Brian to kick simultaneously the same cross to underline a 4-0 victory and start a mad debate as to which one got to 50 first.

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^ A stats nightmare scenario, just NO!

 

We're pleased to report that the issues which were affecting hundreds of photos and style sheet script now seem to have been resolved by Wikidot and our site is back in a stable condition. Thank you for your patience.

http://www.thethistlearchive.net/

 

Some big Thistle history news...

The full Partick Thistle reserves database is spread over 143 active seasons from 1877 to date, with almost 4,000 matches. It's coming soon to an Archive near you...

 

 

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Reserves database launched!

It's another big day in our quest to better understand the history of our beloved Partick Thistle Football Club.

The full Partick Thistle reserves database will be spread over all 143 of the active seasons from 1877 to date, and will include almost 4,000 matches. We won't go so deep as to have complex match hubs for each game, but we'll fill the season-by-season pages with lots of good basic information wherever possible, including players and scorers if we can. A results summary table will be included at the footer of every season for your 'at-a-glance' analysis benefit.

For your peace of mind, we've added sources on each match throughout and this should also be helpful for anyone following in our footsteps. We remain wary of missing Saturdays in the first 100 years, and we'd encourage anyone with knowledge of any missing games to please get in touch →

Today, we're publishing up to 1890-91, with the rest of the seasons to follow in due course as time allows. Stand by for hundreds of games you never knew existed against loads of teams you've never heard of!

Match Lists (Reserves) →

 

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5 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said:

Thanks for the fuel Jagger, much appreciated, vroom vroom.

The main stand used to be really busy in the 70s for reserve games.

 

The thing that remember about the main stand back then was the massive big bovril /pie stall , which now is part of the office area..............

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  • 3 weeks later...

We have 1,989 first-team players in the Thistle Archive, all of whom have a standardized introduction bio. 875 of them now have a 'Bio Extra' tab whereby we delve a little deeper and chat a little more freely about their story. Today, Alex Wright is the latest Jag to get the 'extra' treatment. More than 1,000 still to go on that score if anyone fancies writing some paragraphs on George Smith, Dougie Somner, Chris Erskine etc.

Alex Wright →

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Our managerial pages were updated this weekend, with Doolan taking his place in the A-Z, sandwiched between Cormack and Easton. History in the making, it's quite the thought...

Managers →

 

We have a 'Partickle' which covers every move from the very beginning and has been updated this weekend...

The Managerial Comings and Goings →

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  • 2 weeks later...

Great night for the Jags at Dens, especially for BRIAN GRAHAM who leapfrogged Gerry Britton and shot into our All-Time Competitive Top 50 goals chart, now in joint 48th position with 44 goals. We can't wait to chart his ascent from now. Our illustrated list has every goal from our elitists...

Illustrated Top 50 competitive scorers →

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13 minutes ago, Sivad said:

One hat trick for Graham, last season at Inverness.

We'd love that to be true, but it's just not the case; the opener was a clear own goal by Wallace Duffy. We feel a strong sense of duty in recording Partick Thistle's history accurately in every era - it's the reason for the existence of our Archive!

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11 hours ago, Sivad said:

Apologies. Going by my recollection of the TV commentary, and my own failing eyesight.

Not at all, a fair shout, and always happy to be queried, 8 eyes are better than 4 as we always say.

5 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said:

If The Thistle Archive used the media for their info they'd be scratching their heads wondering "Duke Gekantawa-Where is he now?" and just where yon Doohlan fella ranked on the goal scoring list.

Oh, absolutely this. 2 or 3 mind-boggingly ridiculous assists month-in-month-out from the OPTA network which even the SPFL uses! The level of care for the Scottish Championship is shameful.

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On this day 1963... over 120 SFL fixtures were now backlogged due to the 'Big Freeze'. Thistle were back in League action for the first time since New Years Day. Amazingly, goalie George Niven broke his wrist on the 1st January, but recovered in time for this next League game! 17,238 were at Love Street to see if the Jags could go top of the League in March. So close, but not quite...

St Mirren vs Partick Thistle, 2nd March 1963 →

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  • 1 month later...

1,400! After more than 10 years of digging, scanning, cropping and whatnot, we're seeing our 1,400th Partick Thistle player (Billy Gourley) image today, with many thanks to his daughter, Jill, who tells us Billy is doing well at 80. It was only 10 months ago when we announced the 1,300, no way would we have envisaged another 100 so quickly, but there it is - and we've a good many more to follow very soon! Billy played with the greats of 1962-63 who challenged for the flag...

Billy Gourley →

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  • 4 weeks later...

We continue to reveal amazing things about Partick Thistle history on the Archive, please keep an eye on our home page for all the latest news.

Today, we're upgrading the I.D. of our 'CHRISTIE' of 1884 as 'JOHN CHRISTIE' and we've got a picture too; ****-a-hoop!

Turns out the bold John could be the World Record holder for most amount of goals (17) in a first class game...

John Christie →

 

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