Joe Craig
| Joe Craig |
 Joseph Hislop Craig was born on Friday, 14th May, 1954, in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. The 5' 8 (10st 10lbs) forward signed for Davie McParland's Thistle circa Monday, 28th February, 1972, having most recently been with Sauchie. Aged 18, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 5th August, 1972, in a 2-0 friendly defeat away to Southampton. Joe scored his first goal for Thistle on Saturday, 21st October, 1972, in a 3-1 defeat at home to Hibernian in the SFL First Division. He scored the last of his 70 goals on Wednesday, 1st September, 1976, in a 2-0 win at home to Motherwell in the League Cup. He played his last game for the club on Monday, 8th November, 1976, in a 1-0 defeat at home to Orient in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, having clocked up 182 appearances as a Jag. Joe's club-list included Sauchie, Partick Thistle, Celtic, Blackburn Rovers and Hamilton Academical. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 18y, 5m, 7d | |
21.10.1972 Hibernian [h] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 8) |
| 18y, 6m, 18d | |
02.12.1972 Kilmarnock [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 14) |
| 18y, 7m, 2d | |
16.12.1972 Dundee [a] L1-4 (SFL First Division - game 16) |
| 18y, 7m, 16d | |
30.12.1972 Dumbarton [a] L2-4 (SFL First Division - game 18) |
| 18y, 7m, 30d | |
13.01.1973 Airdrieonians [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 21) |
| 18y, 8m, 6d | |
20.01.1973 Falkirk [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 22) |
| 18y, 9m, 14d | |
28.02.1973 Dumbarton [h] W3-1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round replay) |
| 18y, 11m, 14d | |
28.04.1973 St Johnstone [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 34) |
| 18y, 11m, 17d | |
01.05.1973 St Pauli [a] W1-0 (Friendly) |
| 18y, 11m, 23d | |
07.05.1973 Aalborg Boldspilklub [a] W4-1 (Friendly) |
| 18y, 11m, 25d | |
09.05.1973 Hvidovre [a] D1-1 (Friendly) |
| 19y, 5m, 20d | |
03.11.1973 Ayr United [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 10) |
| 19y, 7m, 8d | |
22.12.1973 Heart of Midlothian [h] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 14) |
| 19y, 8m, 13d | |
27.01.1974 Ferranti Thistle [h] W6-1 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round) |
| 19y, 9m, 5d | |
19.02.1974 Heart of Midlothian [h] L1-4 (Scottish Cup 4th Round replay) |
| 19y, 10m, 16d | |
30.03.1974 Arbroath [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 27) |
| 19y, 10m, 25d | |
08.04.1974 Aberdeen [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 29) |
| 19y, 11m, 6d | |
20.04.1974 Falkirk [h] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 31) |
| 19y, 11m, 15d | |
29.04.1974 Dundee United [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 34) |
| 20y, 2m, 20d | |
03.08.1974 Aalborg Boldspilklub [h] W4-3 (Friendly) |
| 20y, 3m, 17d | |
31.08.1974 Dunfermline Athletic [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 1) |
| 20y, 3m, 24d | |
07.09.1974 Rangers [a] L2-3 (SFL First Division - game 2) |
| 20y, 4m, 0d | |
14.09.1974 Hibernian [h] L1-5 (SFL First Division - game 3) |
| 20y, 4m, 21d | |
05.10.1974 Ayr United [a] L2-5 (SFL First Division - game 6) |
| 20y, 6m, 23d | |
07.12.1974 Motherwell [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
| 20y, 7m, 0d | |
14.12.1974 St Johnstone [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 16) |
| 20y, 7m, 21d | |
04.01.1975 Hibernian [a] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 20) |
| 20y, 8m, 18d | |
01.02.1975 Ayr United [h] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 23) |
| 20y, 8m, 25d | |
08.02.1975 Dumbarton [a] W1-0 (SFL First Division - game 24) |
| 20y, 9m, 15d | |
01.03.1975 Celtic [a] L2-3 (SFL First Division - game 26) |
| 20y, 9m, 22d | |
08.03.1975 Kilmarnock [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 27) |
| 20y, 10m, 8d | |
22.03.1975 Dundee United [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 29) |
| 20y, 10m, 15d | |
29.03.1975 Airdrieonians [h] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 30) |
| 21y, 2m, 16d | |
30.07.1975 Ross County [a] W4-0 (Friendly) |
| 21y, 2m, 18d | |
01.08.1975 Caledonian [a] W5-1 (Friendly) |
| 21y, 2m, 26d | |
09.08.1975 Kilmarnock [a] W3-1 (League Cup Section 4 - game 1) |
| 21y, 2m, 30d | |
13.08.1975 Dundee United [h] W3-1 (League Cup Section 4 - game 2) |
| 21y, 3m, 2d | |
16.08.1975 St Johnstone [a] W4-2 (League Cup Section 4 - game 3) |
| 21y, 3m, 6d | |
20.08.1975 Dundee United [a] W2-1 (League Cup Section 4 - game 4) |
| 21y, 3m, 13d | |
27.08.1975 Kilmarnock [h] W2-1 (League Cup Section 4 - game 6) |
| 21y, 4m, 6d | |
20.09.1975 Dumbarton [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 4) |
| 21y, 6m, 1d | |
15.11.1975 East Fife [h] W5-0 (SFL First Division - game 12) |
| 21y, 6m, 15d | |
29.11.1975 Queen of the South [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 14) |
| 21y, 6m, 22d | |
06.12.1975 Hamilton Academical [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
| 21y, 7m, 6d | |
20.12.1975 Airdrieonians [a] W4-2 (SFL First Division - game 17) |
| 21y, 7m, 13d | |
27.12.1975 Arbroath [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 18) |
| 21y, 7m, 18d | |
01.01.1976 Clyde [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 19) |
| 21y, 7m, 20d | |
03.01.1976 Kilmarnock [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 20) |
| 21y, 8m, 10d | |
24.01.1976 Albion Rovers [a] W2-1 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round) |
| 21y, 9m, 7d | |
21.02.1976 Dunfermline Athletic [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 25) |
| 21y, 9m, 14d | |
28.02.1976 Montrose [h] W4-1 (SFL First Division - game 26) |
| 21y, 9m, 21d | |
06.03.1976 Forfar Athletic [a] W1-0 (Spring Cup Section 3 - game 1) |
| 21y, 11m, 10d | |
24.04.1976 Kilmarnock [h] D2-2 (Friendly) |
| 22y, 2m, 28d | |
11.08.1976 Raith Rovers [h] W3-1 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 2nd leg) agg: W5-2 |
| 22y, 3m, 0d | |
14.08.1976 Motherwell [a] D1-1 (League Cup Section 1 - game 1) |
| 22y, 3m, 11d | |
25.08.1976 Heart of Midlothian [a] D3-3 (League Cup Section 1 - game 4) |
| 22y, 3m, 18d | |
01.09.1976 Motherwell [h] W2-0 (League Cup Section 1 - game 6) |
