William Reid [ii] |
William Reid was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. * The forward signed for George Easton's Thistle on Wednesday, 14th March, 1917, having most recently been with Blantyre Victoria. He made his debut appearance on Saturday, 17th March, 1917, in a 1-1 draw at home to Motherwell in the Scottish Football League. Amazingly, William scored his first 3 goals for Thistle in the same match! His account-opening hat-trick was registered on Saturday, 31st March, 1917, in a 4-0 win at home to Aberdeen in the Scottish Football League. He scored the last of his 7 goals on Saturday, 18th May, 1918, in a 4-0 neutral-venue win against Clyde in the Glasgow Charity Cup. That turned out to be his last game for the club, having appeared as a Jag on 20 occasions. His club-list included Blantyre Victoria, Partick Thistle, St Mirren and Motherwell. We don't know where or when William died. *
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compiled from our All Games criteria. |
31.03.1917 Aberdeen [h] W4-0 (SFL - game 33) | |
14.04.1917 Raith Rovers [a] L1-3 (SFL - game 36) | |
05.05.1917 Third Lanark [h] W3-1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Quarter Final) aet | |
22.12.1917 Queen's Park [h] W5-1 (SFL - game 18) | |
18.05.1918 Clyde [n] W4-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Semi Final) |