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41y, 1m, 12d			Bertie Auld		Willie Ormond
Dougie Somner
Colin McAdam
Jim Melrose (1-0, 11 mins); Alex O'Hara (2-0, 89 mins)
Bobby Houston (Donald Park, 64 mins); Ally Love (Colin McAdam, 73 mins); Jim Melrose (no-one, 77 mins)					David Scott (Kenny McLeod, 64 mins)
27y, 5m, 10d			Alan Rough		Thomson Allan
22y, 11m, 12d			Dave MacKinnon		Walter Kidd
22y, 7m, 12d			Brian Whittaker		Ian Black
33y, 2m, 8d			Jackie Campbell		Colin More
22y, 11m, 2d			John Marr		Frank Liddell
17y, 7m, 4d			Jamie Doyle		Jim Brown
27y, 3m, 14d			Bobby Houston		Willie Gibson future Jag
20y, 6m, 28d			Jim Melrose		Cammy Fraser
22y, 6m, 14d			Alex O'Hara		David Scott
27y, 10m, 1d			Dougie Somner		Rab Stewart
23y, 11m, 26d			Ally Love		Denis McQuade former Jag
24y, 5m, 11d
25y, 9m, 16d			Donald Park		Kenny McLeod
27y, 8m, 7d			Colin McAdam		Lawrie Tierney

TTA report

A poor scrappy game. Melrose scored (header, 11) but it was Hearts (already relegated) who threatened. It was all Thistle in the second half. Melrose (the best forward on view) was taken off (77) because he “had words“ with Auld but 10-man Thistle scored again when O'Hara who headed in a Doyle cross (89).

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Evening Times, 5th May, 1979

Sunday Post, 6th May, 1979

Sunday Post, 6th May, 1979

The Scotsman, 7th May, 1979

Glasgow Herald, 7th May, 1979

Evening Times, 7th May, 1979

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• Auld & Melrose, the main protagonists of the day!

ongoing sequences:

● 49 consecutive competitive appearances for Alan Rough, 22nd Apr 1978 to date. (Longest run since: Brian Whittaker - 89 games, 1st Sep 1976 to 22nd Apr 1978. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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