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The Thistle Archive Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 Our home page refreshes at midnight with all the Thistle happenings of the day in history. Here on the forum we can highlight some bits n bobs from time to time, always good to get chip-ins and recollections from the forumites. And we'll take requests if you want us to add some more match hub cuttings for your birthday match! On this night 1989, a real classic at the home of the 1987 Scottish Cup winners. A packed match hub is uploaded today to celebrate... 👀 31-Jan-1989 St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round replay) → 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Should have one the 1st game at Firhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laukat Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Charnley was amazing in that game. That was one of the first results I started to realise how good a manager we had in John Lambie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 On this day 1964, Jags derail the title bid of the league leaders in front of 18,165 at the Stadium of Dreams. In this pic, Hainey's 14th minute rocket shot whizzes past the desperately reaching hand of keeper Campbell Forsyth and the outstretched foot of right-back Andy King. 'Scrapbook' tab extended; 'Gallery' tab introduced... 01-Feb-1964 Partick Thistle 2 Kilmarnock 0 (SFL First Division - game 23) → 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Neil Duffy waiting to pounce... Over 18,000. Those were the days..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 21 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said: Our home page refreshes at midnight with all the Thistle happenings of the day in history. Here on the forum we can highlight some bits n bobs from time to time, always good to get chip-ins and recollections from the forumites. And we'll take requests if you want us to add some more match hub cuttings for your birthday match! On this night 1989, a real classic at the home of the 1987 Scottish Cup winners. A packed match hub is uploaded today to celebrate... 👀 31-Jan-1989 St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round replay) → Stayed in Paisley in those days. Walked to the game, floated on cloud 9 on the way home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 22 hours ago, The Thistle Archive said: Our home page refreshes at midnight with all the Thistle happenings of the day in history. Here on the forum we can highlight some bits n bobs from time to time, always good to get chip-ins and recollections from the forumites. And we'll take requests if you want us to add some more match hub cuttings for your birthday match! On this night 1989, a real classic at the home of the 1987 Scottish Cup winners. A packed match hub is uploaded today to celebrate... 👀 31-Jan-1989 St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round replay) → We were 9/1 that night. I stuck a fiver on as I couldn’t afford a tenner 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 5 hours ago, jaggy said: We were 9/1 that night. I stuck a fiver on as I couldn’t afford a tenner 😄 Hard now to believe we were such underdogs, but Thistle had been in the wilderness for such a long time and had achieved virtually nothing in almost a decade. It was my early days of supporting the Jags and the idea of us beating a Premier League team was mind blowing. Growing up in Barrhead and going to school with St Mirren fans made it even better! I can still name virtually every player, but the guy with his shirt off is stumping me. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Very Bitter Jag Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 40 minutes ago, allyo said: Hard now to believe we were such underdogs, but Thistle had been in the wilderness for such a long time and had achieved virtually nothing in almost a decade. It was my early days of supporting the Jags and the idea of us beating a Premier League team was mind blowing. Growing up in Barrhead and going to school with St Mirren fans made it even better! I can still name virtually every player, but the guy with his shirt off is stumping me. Anyone know? John Brough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 8 minutes ago, Very Bitter Jag said: John Brough. Great keeper and great character as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 On this night 2016, an oh-so-sweet last-minute winner, STEVEN LAWLESS the man. 2,000 yellow cards handed out to the fans and, not to be outdone, STUART BANNIGAN got his straight from the ref! 02-Feb-2016 Partick Thistle 1 Motherwell 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 23) → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, The Thistle Archive said: On this night 2016, an oh-so-sweet last-minute winner, STEVEN LAWLESS the man. 2,000 yellow cards handed out to the fans and, not to be outdone, STUART BANNIGAN got his straight from the ref! 02-Feb-2016 Partick Thistle 1 Motherwell 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 23) → I will never forget that night. I will try to condense the story. At that time I worked in an office in Glasgow City Centre. To save money on parking, I usually left my car in the morning at the nearest place you could do so for free, which was then in Port Dundas, and did a 20 minute walk into the office. With this being an evening game at Firhill, my car was handily placed to recover it after work before heading to the game. Arrived at the car at around 7.25pm to realise that I had left both my car keys and my office keys in the office (a colleague was working on for a short time, so I did not have to lock the office, which would have reminded me). Thought I was bound to miss a huge chunk of the game when it dawned on me that Port Dundas was linked to Firhill by the canal. So i dashed down the canal in the dark at a decent pace and got to the game in time. Phoned my colleague at half-time and arranged to get a taxi to their place after the match to pick up a set of office keys. Stevie Lawless' late goal made it all worthwhile. Taxi journey to colleague's house on south side of Glasgow and then back to the office to liberate the car keys so that I could walk back to recover the car and drive home. A long and crazy night, but definitely worth it! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Just now, The Thistle Archive said: On this night 2016, an oh-so-sweet last-minute winner, STEVEN LAWLESS the man. 2,000 yellow cards handed out to the fans and, not to be outdone, STUART BANNIGAN got his straight from the ref! 02-Feb-2016 Partick Thistle 1 Motherwell 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 23) → Synchronised celebrating in the stand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 On 2/1/2026 at 8:39 PM, Very Bitter Jag said: John Brough. Of course! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted February 3 Author Report Share Posted February 3 Uncanny parallels with this coming Saturday! On this day 2007, a rare visit to Princess Royal Park as Deveronvale and Partick Thistle battle it out for a place in the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals... 03-Feb-2007 Deveronvale 0 Partick Thistle 1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round) → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 On this day 2006, MARK ROBERTS keeps our Scottish Cup dreams alive in the Highlands... only just... 👀 Sat-04-Feb-2006 Inverness CT 2 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 4th Round) → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 On this day 2000, 3rd tier Jags at Forthbank... Budinauckas red-carded after 25 mins, first Thistle goal for Trigger, clean-sheet for Docherty! Lynsey Kane reports... 👀 Sat-05-Feb-2000 Stirling Albion 0 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Second Division - game 22) → 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Jersey Jag Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 It's not exactly "on this day" but with the cup weekend coming up, I thought I'd post a couple of final scores from the 71 and 76 third round. I follow a facebook account "football in the good old days" where they post scores and attendances around the UK in various eras. Some interesting scores and attendances. Having read quite a lot of these posts, I feel that our attendances have unfortunately suffered more than most other clubs in the top flight over the decades. While there seems to be a fairly recent uptick at Falkirk, Motherwell, Dunfermline and other similar clubs, we seem to be in a bracket of clubs that have declined more substantially, but not as bad as clubs like Dumbarton, Albion Rovers, East Fife, Clyde and others that have completely fallen away. The advent of the premier league and the reconstruction of the leagues has enriched the top and left behind the bottom. Despite this polarisation, and capacity crowds at all old firm home games, our clubs have struggled to make any European impact in quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotterJag Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 2 hours ago, New Jersey Jag said: It's not exactly "on this day" but with the cup weekend coming up, I thought I'd post a couple of final scores from the 71 and 76 third round. I follow a facebook account "football in the good old days" where they post scores and attendances around the UK in various eras. Some interesting scores and attendances. Having read quite a lot of these posts, I feel that our attendances have unfortunately suffered more than most other clubs in the top flight over the decades. While there seems to be a fairly recent uptick at Falkirk, Motherwell, Dunfermline and other similar clubs, we seem to be in a bracket of clubs that have declined more substantially, but not as bad as clubs like Dumbarton, Albion Rovers, East Fife, Clyde and others that have completely fallen away. The advent of the premier league and the reconstruction of the leagues has enriched the top and left behind the bottom. Despite this polarisation, and capacity crowds at all old firm home games, our clubs have struggled to make any European impact in quite a while. Did Ayr have a big support back in those days? Big crowd at home in 76 and also away to Morton in 71, with the Morton crowd in 76 being much smaller. Therefor making a big assumption that there were a few Ayr fans in 71. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 On this night 2002, the "Dundee Derry Boys" are out-sung, their team out-played, as Lambie's upstarts continue to plot their way to Hampden... can we do it again in our 150th anniversary year? Wed-06-Feb-2002 Dundee 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 4th Round replay) → My Movie.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 46 minutes ago, The Thistle Archive said: On this night 2002, the "Dundee Derry Boys" are out-sung, their team out-played, as Lambie's upstarts continue to plot their way to Hampden... can we do it again in our 150th anniversary year? Wed-06-Feb-2002 Dundee 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 4th Round replay) → My Movie.mp4Unavailable What a night! Think it is probably best ever I have been witness to, if you combine the two elements of atmosphere and achievement (that was a very strong, and expensive, Dundee side). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 A brilliant night; loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thistle Archive Posted February 7 Author Report Share Posted February 7 Booking a place in the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals would be a great way to mark the heavenly birthday of WILLIE PAUL and this star-studded 7th February line-up! On this day, every day → 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 (edited) On 2/3/2026 at 9:00 AM, The Thistle Archive said: Uncanny parallels with this coming Saturday! On this day 2007, a rare visit to Princess Royal Park as Deveronvale and Partick Thistle battle it out for a place in the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals... 03-Feb-2007 Deveronvale 0 Partick Thistle 1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round) → Today there was also a one goal winning margin. Lets see who we get in the 1/4 finals. We lost the 2007 1/4 final, 2-0 away to Dunfermline. Edited February 7 by Auld Jag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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