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			Andy Matthew		Bertie Auld			38y, 4m, 15d
					Andy Anderson; Denis McQuade; Joe Craig; Bobby Houston
					George Mackie; Ally Love; John Brogan; Jim Melrose
Gordon Wallace (0-1, 6 mins)					Andy Anderson (1-1, 40 mins); Bobby Houston (2-1, 50 mins)
John Jobson (Bert Graham); David Hunter (Don Urquhart)					Dougie Somner (Jim Melrose, 2nd half)
			future Jag Murray McDermott		Alan Rough			24y, 8m, 13d
			Jimmy Brown		John Hansen			26y, 6m, 4d
			Willie Mathieson		Danny Kellachan			23y, 6m, 14d
			Stuart Wheatley		Jackie Campbell			30y, 5m, 11d
			Jim Taylor		Alan Hansen			21y, 1m, 25d
			Brian Cooper		Andy Anderson			23y, 0m, 0d
			John Hislop		Denis McQuade			25y, 7m, 1d
			Gordon Wallace		Joe Craig			22y, 2m, 24d
			John Jobson		Dougie Somner			25y, 1m, 3d
			David Hunter		John Craig			23y, 3m, 28d
			Ronnie Duncan		Bobby Houston			24y, 6m, 17d
								24y, 6m, 21d
			Don Urquhart		Jim Melrose			17y, 10m, 0d
			Bert Graham		Ian Gibson			20y, 0m, 14d

TTA report

Rovers went ahead (6) with a hooked shot after Rough had only partially saved a header. Thistle rallied and Joe Craig lobbed the keeper but hit the bar then Anderson (on his 23rd birthday) headed in the equaliser (40) from a corner. Houston got the winner 5 minutes after half-time smashing in a Hansen pass.

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Match Programme, 7th August, 1976

Evening Times, 7th August, 1976

Sunday Post, 7th August, 1976

The Scotsman, 7th August, 1976

PTFC Match Programme, 15th August, 1987

● Thistle play their first match in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, their 43rd competition.

ongoing sequences:

● 78 consecutive competitive appearances for John Hansen, 6th Nov 1974 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alan Rough - 145 games, 4th Sep 1971 to 11th Sep 1974. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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