Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1895-96
| 1895-96 (Reserves) |
| The 21st season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| scorers in CAPS | |
| 1. Sat-10-Aug-1895 [h] L3-5 Heart of Midlothian (Friendly) |
| – Various 10 & 12/8/1895. Smith, Ferguson, Morrison, Bryce, Gray, Stewart (T Lanark), Stirling (Leicester Fosse), Proudfoot, Paterson (Thornliebank), Wilkie, Campbell. Scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – Thistle made a good start but league champions Hearts rushed to a 4-goal lead before it was reduced before half-time. After sustained pressure a 2nd goal was finally scored but it finished with one more goal apiece. |
| 2. Sat-14-Sep-1895 [h] L0-2 Queen's Park (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 1st Round) |
| – SFHA & GH 16/9/1885. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 3. Sat-12-Oct-1895 [a] L1-5 Slamannan (Friendly) |
| – FH 16/10/1895. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. SR reported score as 3-5. |
| 4. Sat-26-Oct-1895 [a] L0-5 Ashfield (Friendly) |
| – SR 28/10/1895. Line-up as yet unsourced. GH reported the score as 0-3. |
| 5. Sat-04-Jan-1896 [h] L1-8 Park Thistle (Friendly) |
| – SR 6/1/1896. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. |
| – Thistle enjoyed a brief spell of supremacy then the roof fell in. It was 4-0 at half-time. Just as well the Govan team had 5 first-team regulars missing! |
| 6. Sat-25-Jan-1896 [h] L0-3 Battlefield (Glasgow 2nd XI Cup Quarter Final) |
| – SR 27/1/1896. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 7. ?Sat-21-Mar-1896 [a] L0-3 Barrhead Springhill (Friendly) |
| – SR 27/3/1896. Line-up as yet unsourced. Date played not confirmed in report (Friday edition). Assumed to be 21/3. |
| – Thistle has most of the play in the first half but drew a blank. Roles were reversed after half-time the difference being Barrhead found the net three times. |
| 8. Sat-18-Apr-1896 [a] L3-7 Benburb (Friendly) |
| – SR 20/4/1896. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – The Junior team led 3-1 at half-time, Thistle's goal described as “lucky.” Thistle competed more after half-time but they still lost goals with regularity. At 6-1 Benburb “tried some gallery work” (Victorian showboating?) and conceded twice only to score again. |
| 1895-96 Reserves summary notes | |
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P8 W0 D0 L8 (0 ppg)
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| see also: 1895-96 (first-team) → |
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