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			former Jag George Young		Willie Thornton			39y, 9m, 30d
					Sandy Brown; Archie Nimmo
					George Muir; Billy Simpson
Bobby Rankin (0-1, 15 mins)					George Smith (1-1, 29 mins); Archie Nimmo (2-1, 36 mins)
			George Ramage		John Freebairn			22y, 0m, 1d
			Frank Howley		Sandy Brown			20y, 9m, 9d
			John Brown		Dougie Baird			24y, 1m, 7d
			Jim Reilly		Alex Wright			29y, 0m, 22d
			Billy Lewis		John Harvey			26y, 11m, 12d
			Jimmy Robb		Frank Donlevy			27y, 0m, 17d
			Jimmy Goodfellow		Jim Fleming			17y, 11m, 26d
			Bobby Rankin		George Smith			24y, 7m, 1d
			Dave Hilley		Archie Nimmo			19y, 4m, 21d
			Matt Gray		Davie McParland			24y, 7m, 28d
			former Jag Joe McInnes		Willie Devine			26y, 4m, 11d
								23y, 10m, 25d

TTA report

Thistle showed far more energy and enthusiasm on the frost-bound pitch and Thirds were strangely lethargic although they went 1-up (15). Thistle countered through Smith (29) and a smart Nimmo header (on his debut, 36). The second half saw some narrow escapes for the Thistle defence but they held out. Up to 11th.

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Evening Times, 2nd January, 1960

● 19-year-old Archie Nimmo makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

● Thistle are back in League action after 1 day, which stands today as the joint club-record for the shortest gap between League games.

ongoing sequences:

● 17 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 24th Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 14th Sep 1957 to 18th Oct 1958. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 23 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 24th Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 30 games; 14th Sep 1957 to 18th Oct 1958. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 56 consecutive competitive appearances for Dougie Baird, 15th Nov 1958 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Frank Donlevy - 70 games, 11th Nov 1957 to 18th Mar 1959. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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