Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1879-80
| 1879-80 (Reserves) |
| The fifth season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| 1. Sat-06-Sep-1879 [a] W8-2 Ardayre (Friendly) |
| – GEP 8/9/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 2. Sat-13-Sep-1879 [h] W5-0 Greenbank Rutherglen (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 15/9/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the former, Overnewton Park, Sandyford and after a very pleasant game of an hour’s duration resulted in favour of the Thistle by five goals to none.” |
| 3. Sat-27-Sep-1879 [h] W4-2 Newhall (Friendly) |
| – GEP 29/9/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Thistle won by four goals to two.” |
| 4. Sat-04-Oct-1879 [h] W3-0 Crescent (Friendly) |
| – NBDM and GT 6/10/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. 2 x 30 mins played. Port Glasgow club. |
| – “For the Thistle Brown (capt) (back) and Cochrane (half-back) kicked with great precision.” |
| 5. Sat-11-Oct-1879 [h] W3-0 Partick Raglan (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 13/10/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on Overnewton Park, Sandyford, and resulted in favour of the Thistle by three goals to none.” |
| 6. Sat-18-Oct-1879 [a] D0-0 Hayburn (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 20/10/1879. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “In the first half play was even, both goals being frequently in danger. After half-time Hayburn began to assert their superiority, their passing being too much for the hard kicking and heavy Thistle. Play was largely in Hayburn’s favour.” |
| 7. Sat-25-Oct-1879 [a] W3-0 Woodburn (Friendly) |
| – GEP 27/10/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. 2 x 30 mins played. |
| – “2nd Partick Thistle beat Woodburn by three goals to none.” |
| 8. Sat-01-Nov-1879 [a] D1-1 Fullerton (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 3/11/1879. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – “Partick Thistle (Scratch) v Fullerton (Tollcross). Played at Tollcross and after a one-sided game resulted in a draw, one goal each. The Partick Thistle goalkeeper only handled the ball once in the whole match.” |
| 9. Sat-08-Nov-1879 [a] L0-1 Carrick (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 10/11/1879. Line-up as yet unsourced. 2 x 30 mins played. Firhill was the name of their park! |
| – “Played at Kelvinside and resulted in a win for the Carrick by one goal (D. Ramsay) to none.” |
| 10. Sat-22-Nov-1879 [a] W4-0 West End (Friendly) |
| – GEP 24/11/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. 2 x 30 mins were played. Port Glasgow club. |
| 11. Sat-13-Dec-1879 [h] W4-0 Carron (Friendly) |
| – GEP 15/12/1879. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. 2 x 25 mins were played. |
| – “Partick Thistle beat Carron by four goals to none.” |
| 12. Sat-03-Jan-1880 [h] W7-0 West End (Friendly) |
| – GEP 3/1/1880 and NBDM 5/1/1880. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. 75 mins were played. Port Glasgow club. |
| 13. Sat-10-Jan-1880 [h] W2-0 Woodburn (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 12/1/1880. line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played on the ground of the former, Overnewton Park, Sandyford, and resulted in favour of the Thistle by two goals to none.” |
| 14. Sat-24-Jan-1880 [a] L0-3 St Mirren (Friendly) |
| – PDE 26/1/1880. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “After a very fast and well contested game resulted in a victory for the St Mirren by three goals to nothing.” |
| 15. Sat-31-Jan-1880 [a] W3-0 Carron (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 2/2/1880. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Resulted in Favour of the Thistle by three goals to none.” |
| 16. Sat-21-Feb-1880 [a] W3-0 West End (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 23/2/1880. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. Port Glasgow club. |
| – “Resulted in the Thistle winning by three goals to none.” |
| 17. Sat-28-Feb-1880 [h] W3-0 Ardayre (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 1/3/1880. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Resulted in favour of the Thistle by three goals to none.” |
| 18. Sat-20-Mar-1880 [a] D1-1 Renfrew Ramblers (Friendly) |
| – PDE 22/3/1880. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – “Renfrew Ramblers v 2nd PT. Played at Renfrew and resulted in a draw, one goal each.” |
| 19. Sat-01-May-1880 [a] L0-3 Hayburn (Friendly) |
| – NBDM 3/5/1880. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – “Played at Inchview Park and after a fast game resulted in a decisive victory for the Hayburn by three goals to none.” |
| 1879-80 Reserves summary notes | |
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P19 W13 D3 L3 (2.211 ppg)
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| see also: 1879-80 (first-team) → |
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