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53y, 8m, 2d			Davie Meiklejohn		Paddy Travers
Tommy Ledgerwood; Jimmy McGowan; Jimmy Davidson; Davie Mathers; Johnny MacKenzie; Norrie McCredie
Willie Smith; John Harvey; Andy Kerr; Willie Crawford; George Smith; Joe McInnes
Bobby Howitt (1-0, 3 mins); Johnny MacKenzie (2-1, 39 mins); Bobby Howitt (3-1, 57 mins)					Archie Robertson (1-1, pen 37 mins); Archie Robertson (3-2, pen 65 mins)
31y, 5m, 22d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Mike Watson
38y, 2m, 4d			Jimmy McGowan		Albert Murphy
32y, 6m, 9d			Bobby Gibb		John Ferrier
25y, 5m, 27d			Bert Thomson		Jimmy Gallacher
28y, 9m, 6d			Jimmy Davidson		Tommy Anderson
22y, 9m, 20d			Davie Mathers		Basil Keogh
28y, 11m, 10d			Johnny MacKenzie		John Buchanan
25y, 0m, 30d			Bobby Howitt		Archie Robertson
32y, 2m, 20d			Willie Sharp		Billy McPhail
23y, 8m, 3d			Alex Wright		Dan Devine
26y, 2m, 28d			Norrie McCredie		Tommy Ring
28y, 8m, 1d

TTA report

Two Ledgerwood saves in the dying minutes prevented Clyde stealing a point. Thistle were far superior. Howitt scored (3) but a pen (37) made it 1-1 then MacKenzie shot home (39). McGowan limped on the wing for most of the second half but Howitt made sure with a tap-in (57) before Clyde scored from the pen spot (65).

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Glasgow Herald, 16th August, 1954

● The opening game of the 80th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● The Shed is opened for the first time. In the Evening Times for this day the match report itself makes no reference to the new shed but there is another article though, concerning fans in general where the tense suggests that the shed (which was being built in the close season) was indeed in place for the start of the season. In the Evening Times of 14th August 1954, Alan Breck reports: "Rangers, Partick Thistle and Third Lanark have provided covered spaces which will be greatly appreciated, but out to the country the bus and train loads will go to pay their money and get a soaking." This boy seems to be a supporters champion, good on him!

● Thistle's ninth League Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 25 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Sharp, 19th Dec 1953 to date. (Longest run since: Jimmy McGowan - 42 games, 11th Apr 1953 to 20th Mar 1954. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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