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			Frank Thompson		George Easton			51/52y
					no changes
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					Jimmy McDougall (1-0, 1st half); John Torbet (2-0, 1st half); Jimmy Gibson (3-0, 47 mins); Sandy Hair (4-0, 55 mins); Sandy Hair (5-0, 85 mins)
Neil Gibson (@ 4-0, 57 mins)
			Tom Fraser		Johnny Jackson			21y, 1m, 3d
			George McGuire		Denis O'Hare			26y, 11m, 11d
			James Purdon		Stewart Calderwood			21y, 0m, 29d
			William Hood		Bobby Neil
			former Jag Neil Gibson		Jimmy Gibson			25y, 6m, 27d
			James Liddell		Eddie McLeod			19y, 5m, 4d
			Andrew Young		Davie Ness			24y, 4m, 17d
			William Ballantyne		Bobby Grove			24y, 1m, 22d
			James Wallace		Sandy Hair			28y, 9m, 23d
			Thomas Malone		Jimmy McDougall			22y, 11m, 9d
			William Hasson		John Torbet			23y, 3m, 7d
								23y, 9m, 6d

TTA report

Lucky Thistle, scrappy game. As Clyde protested in vain they had scored, Thistle broke up field and McDougall headed in a cross. Torbet made it 2-0 when the keeper fumbled a shot. Gibson scored from 40 yards (47), Hair scored (55), Gibson's brother was sent off and Hair got his 2nd.

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Sunday Mail, 2nd January, 1927

Sunday Post, 2nd January, 1927

ongoing sequences:

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Sandy Hair, 1st May 1926 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jimmy Gibson - 33 games, 19th Sep 1925 to 3rd Apr 1926. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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