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			Harald Bersaas		Davie McParland			36y, 0m, 10d
					Ian Reid; Bobby Gray [ii]; Donnie McKinnon; Denis McQuade; Frank Coulston; Jimmy Bone; Alex Rae
					Brian Ralston; Bobby Gray [i]; Hugh Strachan; Johnny Gibson; Ronnie Glavin; Tommy Rae; Alex Forsyth
					Denis McQuade (1-0, 20 mins); Jimmy Bone (2-0, 25 mins); Jimmy Bone (3-0, 30 mins); Jimmy Bone (4-0, 35 mins)
R. Olsen (B. Maurseth); E. Gismarvik (S. Arseth); S. Sirnes (I. Sorhus); A. Risanger (A. Andreassen); I. Sorhus (J. Johannesen)					Alan Rough (Ian Dick); John Hansen (Alex Forsyth); Frank Coulston (Ronnie Glavin)
			R. Olsen		Alan Rough			19y, 5m, 20d
			P. Senstabe		Ian Reid			20y, 5m, 4d
			B. Lande		Bobby Gray [ii]			30y, 9m, 22d
			T. O. Wiig		Charlie Smith			22y, 10m, 22d
			E. Gismarvik		Donnie McKinnon			30y, 8m, 25d
			T. Nordvik		John Hansen			21y, 3m, 12d
			J. Segaard		Denis McQuade			20y, 4m, 9d
			Øyvind Sande		Frank Coulston			28y, 7m, 10d
			A. Risanger		Jimmy Bone			21y, 7m, 23d
			O. Risanger		Alex Rae			24y, 8m, 22d
			S. Sirnes		Bobby Lawrie			23y, 6m, 1d
								24y, 0m, 14d
			n-a		Ian Dick			26y, 5m, 24d
			B. Maurseth		Alex Forsyth			19y, 3m, 10d
			S. Arseth		Ronnie Glavin			20y, 1m, 18d
			I. Sorhus
			A. Andreassen
			J. Johannesen

TTA report

The first of two end-of-season games in Norway for the recently crowned Second Division champions. All of the damage was done within a 15 minute spell in the first half, with a goal from Denis McQuade (20) and a hat-trick from Jimmy Bone (25, 30, 35).

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Haugesunds Dagblad, 14th May, 1971

Sunday Post, 16th May, 1971

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• Text TBA. (HGA)

• Ian Reid in action for Thistle. (HGA)

• Øyvind Sande is in a battle with two Scots, and they did not let themselves be stopped so easily. Both Sande and the other Vard players had to bite the grass more than one time in the 90 minute match. (HGD)

• Text TBA. (HGD)

• Text TBA. (HGD)

ongoing sequences:

● 49 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Rough (a new personal best) & Frank Coulston (a new personal best), 18th Apr 1970 to date. (Longest run since: Arthur Duncan - 78 games, 2nd Mar 1968 to 1st Jan 1970. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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