Woodstock Jag Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Apart from today and last weekend, when if at all have the surnames of the Thistle goalkeeper and the entire back line all begun with the same letter (Mitchell, McMillan, Muirhead, McBeth, Milne)? What’s the highest number of Thistle players with the same first letter of surname to have been on the park at the same time? And what was the narrowest alphabetical spread of any Thistle starting XI (eg today’s was F(itzpatrick) to R(obinson) but had an astonishing 8 players across consecutive letters LMN)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Not quite 5, but one of my earliest memories of Firhill is the announcer (Danny Hattie??) starting the team line up as Rough, Reid and Ralston…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Another trivial contribution: I remember checking years ago (why? probably bored) and finding that the most common surname of all the players who have ever played for thistle is:............................................................................... Gibson. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 37 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: Another trivial contribution: I remember checking years ago (why? probably bored) and finding that the most common surname of all the players who have ever played for thistle is:............................................................................... Gibson. Thank you. My money would be on "Smith" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Very Bitter Jag Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 My money would be on Useless ******* being the most common! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watties wallies Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 the most common name is surely Brady (aka Peter Brady) every time they ran onto the pitch they promptly disappeared 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 The length of our continuous run in third place must be pretty unique. I can see it happening when top or bottom, but to hold a mid-table place for that amount of time seems very unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 On 3/23/2024 at 8:49 PM, Woodstock Jag said: Apart from today and last weekend, when if at all have the surnames of the Thistle goalkeeper and the entire back line all begun with the same letter (Mitchell, McMillan, Muirhead, McBeth, Milne)? What’s the highest number of Thistle players with the same first letter of surname to have been on the park at the same time? And what was the narrowest alphabetical spread of any Thistle starting XI (eg today’s was F(itzpatrick) to R(obinson) but had an astonishing 8 players across consecutive letters LMN)? The 5 M's is a strange co-incidence. In all of history, based on a 1-5 query, it was only seen for the first time on 4 March 2023, the 3-0 home win vs. Raith Rovers: David Mitchell, Jack McMillan, Harry Milne, Connor McAvoy, Aaron Muirhead Most common surname letter in a starting eleven is 7 (M's again), seen only in 1988, 3 times in close proximity, firstly in the 1-1 midweek Scottish Cup draw at Station Park on 3 February 1988: Archie MacLean, Alan Dinnie, John Workman, Bryan Purdie, Budgie McGhie, John McCormack, Pat Kelly, Willie McGuire, John McNaught, John Mitchell, Ian McDonald Re the close proximity thing, will skip that on the grounds of time constraints, if you don't mind. On 3/23/2024 at 10:37 PM, Jaggernaut said: Another trivial contribution: I remember checking years ago (why? probably bored) and finding that the most common surname of all the players who have ever played for thistle is:............................................................................... Gibson. Thank you. Most common surname in the first-team A-Z: 25 - Smith 24 - Robertson 22 - Wilson 19 - Brown 19 - Campbell 17 - Stewart 16 - Murray 14 - Ferguson 14 - Gray 13 - Gibson 13 - McDonald 13 - Thomson On 3/24/2024 at 7:54 AM, allyo said: The length of our continuous run in third place must be pretty unique. I can see it happening when top or bottom, but to hold a mid-table place for that amount of time seems very unusual. Actually, we recently passed a club-record in that regard. 24 games in 3rd place is the longest run in the same position when considering mid-table positions only. The previous joint-record (20) was set in 6th place (1915) and 9th place (2015). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 20 weeks in 9th in the Premier League is a weird one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 No one has scored a hat-trick for Thistle in 9 years! There were 4 of them in 1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy McD Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 9 minutes ago, allyo said: No one has scored a hat-trick for Thistle in 9 years! There were 4 of them in 1989 Is it that long ago since Dools scored 4 v Hamilton??? I think that was the last.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifexile Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Jimmy McD said: Is it that long ago since Dools scored 4 v Hamilton??? I think that was the last.. Doolan's was the last hat trick. Scored on 21 Jan 2015 Full list here http://www.thethistlearchive.net/every-known-hat-trick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 11 hours ago, allyo said: No one has scored a hat-trick for Thistle in 9 years! There were 4 of them in 1989 Brian Graham v Dunfermline in February scored a perfectly good hat-trick 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 I can also remember Brian apparently scoring 3 away to Inverness in a 3-3 draw a couple of seasons back. I presume that one of them must have been re-assessed as an own goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 13 minutes ago, partickthedog said: I can also remember Brian apparently scoring 3 away to Inverness in a 3-3 draw a couple of seasons back. I presume that one of them must have been re-assessed as an own goal. Indeed- he clearly didn’t even touch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Two things strike me about the hat-trick list - and it's been said before about them. The Roxburgh one is almost forgotten because of Dan McLindon's solo effort and the Jimmy Bone one against East Fife is probably overshadowed by Denis's 45 yard screamer. Seems a shame for Roxburgh and Bone as regards quantity being eclipsed by quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 19 hours ago, fifexile said: Doolan's was the last hat trick. Scored on 21 Jan 2015 Full list here http://www.thethistlearchive.net/every-known-hat-trick I guess the reason for relatively fewer hat tricks these days could be down to increased substitutions. I'm sure I've seen a good few lads subbed when on two goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 2 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: I guess the reason for relatively fewer hat tricks these days could be down to increased substitutions. I'm sure I've seen a good few lads subbed when on two goals. Hmm. How do you explain Tomi Adeloye scoring two tap ins after coming on against Arbroath and missing two very scoreable snips in the same cameo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Oh yeah, he should definitely have had one that day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted April 9 Author Report Share Posted April 9 Cheers guys, and thanks very much for using the site, makes it worthwhile. The hat-tricks page has had a bit of a tidy-up, it was one of the oldest pages and was a bit lacking in design nous, not that it's so much better these days, but you have a go, you know? Every known hat-trick → This brand new page is just for you PTD, you'll remember the Grand Slams, The Triple Crowns, The Doublets, The Hogans and the Meatloafs, now nailed down for posterity! League slams → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, The Thistle Archive said: Cheers guys, and thanks very much for using the site, makes it worthwhile. The hat-tricks page has had a bit of a tidy-up, it was one of the oldest pages and was a bit lacking in design nous, not that it's so much better these days, but you have a go, you know? Every known hat-trick → This brand new page is just for you PTD, you'll remember the Grand Slams, The Triple Crowns, The Doublets, The Hogans and the Meatloafs, now nailed down for posterity! League slams → That is absolutely fantastic. Great work and brilliant memories. I especially like it when a non-standard goal scorer made a special habit of banging them in against a particular team. Step forward Scott Chaplain for his Hogan against Clyde in 2007-2008! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 I was wondering what a Hogan was, thinking that it might be own goals by Jags players! Not that I'm aware of any OG's by Joe in his 12-year spell at Thistle, his only senior club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted April 11 Author Report Share Posted April 11 On 4/9/2024 at 9:40 PM, partickthedog said: That is absolutely fantastic. Great work and brilliant memories. I especially like it when a non-standard goal scorer made a special habit of banging them in against a particular team. Step forward Scott Chaplain for his Hogan against Clyde in 2007-2008! And Ross Docherty's Hogan v Dunfermline in 2021-22 very much in that category. Plus a cup goal too, but let's not open up that sort of chaotic query! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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