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42y, 4m, 17d			Bertie Auld		Bobby Moncur
John Murray; Jackie Campbell; Frank Welsh; Kenny Watson; Alex O'Hara
Jamie Doyle; John Lapsley; Kenny Smith; Donald Park; Iain Jardine
Tony Higgins (1-0, 3 mins); Ian Gibson (2-0, 59 mins); Frank Liddell (3-1, og 70 mins)					Frank Liddell (2-1, 69 mins); Cammy Fraser (3-2, pen 75 mins)
Alex O'Hara (Donald Park)					Alfie Conn (Cammy Fraser)
28y, 8m, 15d			Alan Rough		John Brough future Jag
20y, 8m, 10d			John Murray		Bobby Robinson
23y, 10m, 17d			Brian Whittaker		Jim Denny
34y, 5m, 13d			Jackie Campbell		Colin More
26y, 2m, 26d			Frank Welsh		Frank Liddell
24y, 7m, 4d			Kenny Watson		Walter Kidd
19y, 0m, 23d			Billy McLeod		Alfie Conn
26y, 2m, 6d			Tony Higgins		Alex MacDonald
23y, 9m, 19d			Alex O'Hara		Derek O'Connor
24y, 0m, 16d			Ian Gibson		Chris Robertson
21y, 7m, 14d			Ian McDonald		Malcolm Robertson
24y, 10m, 2d
27y, 0m, 21d			Donald Park		Willie Gibson future Jag
28y, 8m, 16d			John Lapsley		Cammy Fraser

TTA report

A cunning pass by Watson (on his debut) set up Higgins for a header (3) and Thistle should have added to their lead before half-time. A Gibson header made it 2-0 (59) but Hearts scored (69) then the same player made it 3-1 with an OG (70). Hearts scored again (pen, 75) but Thistle took both points.

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Evening Times, 9th August, 1980

The Scotsman, 11th August, 1980

Daily Record, 11th August, 1980

● 24-year-old Kenny Watson makes his Thistle debut.

● 26-year-old Frank Welsh makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for Alex O'Hara, 30th Jan 1980 to date. (Longest run since: Jackie Campbell - 36 games, 29th Sep 1979 to 30th Jul 1980. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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