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					William Hill; Wattie Collier
					Andy Wilson; John Ferguson
James Coulter (0-1, 1st half); William Nash (0-2, pen 1st half); Daniel Paton (0-3, 1st half)					Fred McDiarmid (1-3, 2nd half); James Kirkland (2-3, 2nd half); Fred McDiarmid (3-3, 89 mins); James Bryce (4-3, pen 90 mins)
			William Donnelly		James Gourlay
			Robert Gardiner		Jamie Auchincloss			25y, 9m, 18d
			James Watson		William Hill
			James Coulter		Bob Duncan			24y, 3m, 17d
			William Nash		James Bryce			28y, 11m, 6d
			William Thomson		James Watson
			future Jag Alex Crawford		Wattie Collier			22y, 1m, 30d
			Daniel Paton		Robert Gray			22y, 10m, 20d
			William Campbell		Willie Paul			32y, 11m, 14d
			future Jag Peter Kyle		James Kirkland			23y, 2m, 29d
			James Long		Fred McDiarmid			21y, 8m, 10d
								25y, 2m, 30d

notes

GH credits Nash with Clyde's second (a penalty) but SWDN says it was Coulter. We stick with Nash, as per the local account.

TTA report

3-0 down at half-time (the 2nd a pen), Thistle's first Glasgow League match looked like a hopeless task but Clyde took the foot off the gas and goals by McDiarmid (2) and Kirkland levelled things. Both teams went all out for the winner and it came from the penalty spot (Bryce) in the last minute.

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Scottish Referee, 23rd January, 1899

● 22-year-old Wattie Collier makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● James Bryce scores his last-known goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 16 consecutive competitive appearances for Bob Duncan, 1st Oct 1898 to date. (Longest run since: Willie Paul - 18 games, 29th Jan 1898 to 3rd Dec 1898. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 21 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 27th Feb 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 32 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 24 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 27th Feb 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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