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Crest Partick Thistle Sat 09 Sep 1978 15:00
Partick Thistle 3 Hearts 2
Premier 04 of 36
Firhill Stadium Glasgow Scotland
3103
Ref: JRS Renton Cowdenbeath

Scorers Eamonn Bannon pen 78 ;Drew Busby 81
Opp Scorers [Jim Melrose 15] ;[Doug Somner 43] ;[Doug Somner pen 58]

Manager Cumulative to date

Manager Type G W D L F A PenW PenL
William Esplin Ormond LA 22 11 6 5 42 31 0 0
William Esplin Ormond COMPA 30 13 7 10 54 47 0 0
William Esplin Ormond L 43 24 11 8 81 54 0 0
William Esplin Ormond COMP 57 29 13 15 101 75 0 0

MR NR Season Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd TV
n s 1978-79 Partick Thistle

Firhill Stadium Glasgow Scotland

2-3

0-2

Premier

04 of 36 3103

Notes

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 3
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 5
No Sq
No
Player Cap Nat Tot App Age Gls Pens Tot
Gls
OGs Pen
Save
Pen
Miss
Discipline Sub
Mrk
Substitued by Sub
Time
Goals
vs
Opp
Prev Next
1 John Brough flag 9 18y 05m 10d / 1978-09-02 sat 1979-03-05 mon
2 Jim Brown flag 357 28y 00m 29d / 1978-09-02 sat 1978-09-16 sat
3 Cammy Fraser flag 113 21y 01m 18d Y40 / 1 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-16 sat
4 Dave McNicoll flag 38 26y 11m 17d / 1978-09-02 sat 1978-09-23 sat
5 Frank Liddell flag 8 25y 01m 30d Y60 / 1 1978-09-02 sat 1978-09-16 sat
6 Jim Jefferies (C) flag 228 27y 09m 18d Gibson Willie 73 / 1978-09-02 sat 1978-09-16 sat
7 Denis McQuade flag 1 27y 08m 03d / first game 1978-09-16 sat
8 Eamonn Bannon flag 76 20y 04m 22d 1 1 21 Y14 2 / 3 1978-09-02 sat 1978-09-16 sat
9 Drew Busby flag 228 30y 09m 01d 1 79 9 / 9 1978-09-02 sat 1978-09-16 sat
10 John Craig flag 1 Not Known / first game 1978-09-30 sat
11 Malcolm Robertson flag 51 27y 02m 02d Tierney Lawrie 73 / 1978-09-02 sat 1978-09-16 sat
Total Starting App->> 1110 25.36 <<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
S06 Willie Gibson flag 195 25y 05m 06d Jefferies Jim 73 / 3 1978-08-30 wed 1978-09-16 sat
S11 Lawrie Tierney flag 43 19y 05m 05d Robertson Malcolm 73 / 1978-08-30 wed 1978-09-16 sat
  24.87 <<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents
Manager Bertie Auld
Team Managed 11 of 16
Total Managed 11 of 16
No Player Nat Age Gls Pens OGs Pen
Save
Pen
Miss
Discipline Team
Apps
Total
Apps
Sub
Mrk
Substitued by Sub
Time
1 Alan Rough SCO 26y 09m 15d 18 of 26 18 of 43
2 Colin CMcAdam SCO 27y 00m 12d 01 of 02 08 of 16
3 Brian Whittaker SCO 21y 11m 17d 05 of 15 05 of 16
4 Dave MacKinnon 22y 03m 17d 01 of 05 02 of 18
5 Jack Campbell 32y 06m 13d 20 of 27 20 of 27
6 John Gerard Marr 22y 03m 06d 06 of 08 06 of 10
7 Donald Park SCO 25y 01m 21d 01 of 10 01 of 10
8 Jim Melrose 19y 11m 02d 1 06 of 09 06 of 12
9 Doug Somner 27y 02m 05d 2 1 07 of 10 09 of 16
10 Alastair James Love 23y 04m 00d 03 of 04 03 of 10
11 Robert Joseph Houston 26y 07m 17d 13 of 16 13 of 20
25.01 <<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
U1 Ronald Sheed 31y 04m 01d of of 07
U2 Alexander O'Hara 21y 10m 19d of 11 of 21
25.01 <<-Average Age of players who played

Scoring Sequence
No Score Scorer Scores For Time
1

0-1

Jim Melrose Partick Thistle n/a
2

0-2

Doug Somner Partick Thistle n/a
3

0-3

Doug Somner(pen) Partick Thistle n/a
4

1-3

Eamonn Bannon(pen) Heart of Midlothian n/a
5

2-3

Drew Busby Heart of Midlothian n/a

Penalties
Taker Team Outcome Given Away By Won By Time Score if Missed
Doug Somner Partick Thistle Scored Frank Liddell Doug Somner 58
Eamonn Bannon Heart of Midlothian Scored Alastair James Love Handball 78

Discipline

RefereeJRS RentonHearts Redcards
Linesman 1Opponents Redcards
Linesman 2Hearts Yellowcards3
Fourth OfficialOpponents Yellowcards

Discipline Events

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Type Team Player Cd Tm Time Notes
YELLOWCARD Heart of Midlothian Eamonn Bannon hearts yellow_card 14 Dissent
YELLOWCARD Heart of Midlothian Cammy Fraser hearts yellow_card 40 Foul on Donald Park
YELLOWCARD Heart of Midlothian Frank Liddell hearts yellow_card 60 Foul on Somner

League Tables
Before - Saturday 26 Aug 1978 After - Saturday 09 Sep 1978
Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note
1 Celtic 3 3 0 0 11 2 9 5.5000 6
2 Aberdeen 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 2.6667 5
3 St Mirren 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2.0000 4
4 Partick Thistle 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 2.0000 4
5 Dundee United 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 1.0000 3
6 Hibernian 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1.0000 3
7 Rangers 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 .0000 2
8 Motherwell 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 .3333 2
9 Heart Of Midlothian 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7 .2222 1
10 Morton 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 .3750 0
Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note
1 0 Celtic 4 4 0 0 14 3 11 4.6667 8
2 0 Aberdeen 4 3 1 0 12 3 9 4.0000 7
3 1 Partick Thistle 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1.6667 6
4 2 Hibernian 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 2.0000 5
5 -2 St Mirren 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 1.3333 4
6 -1 Dundee United 4 0 3 1 3 4 -1 .7500 3
7 0 Rangers 4 0 2 2 1 4 -3 .2500 2
8 2 Morton 4 1 0 3 5 9 -4 .5556 2
9 -1 Motherwell 4 1 0 3 2 10 -8 .2000 2
10 -1 Heart Of Midlothian 4 0 1 3 4 12 -8 .3333 1

League Games Played

Home F Away A Crowd
Dundee United 1 Aberdeen 1 10092
Greenock Morton 1 St Mirren 3 7992
Heart of Midlothian 1 Hibernian 1 19663
Motherwell 1 Celtic 5 19710
Rangers 0 Partick Thistle 0 25536

League Games Played

Home F Away A Crowd
Aberdeen 4 Motherwell 0 13137
Celtic 3 Rangers 1 55867
Dundee United 1 Greenock Morton 2 5531
Hibernian 1 St Mirren 0 7917
Partick Thistle 3 Heart of Midlothian 2 5117

Type Streaks by Date Last 10 Cumulative by Date
W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A
Competitive

3

8

L

L

L

D

D

L

L

L

W

W

3530

1694

735

1101

7223

5237

L only

1

4

 

2829

1334

603

892

5677

4257


Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team
W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A
Competitive

1

4

183

79

44

60

333

279

L only

2

2

153

68

31

54

281

237


Match Statistics

Hearts What Opponents
0 Goal Attempts 0
0 On Target 0
0 Off Target 0
0 Woodwork 0
0 Corners 0
0 Fouls 0
0 Offside 0

Games played during this week

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SortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd
19780905 Tue 05 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Rotherham United 0 Hull City 2
19780905 Tue 05 Sep 1978 UEFA Cup R1 IBV (Vestmannaeyjar) 0 Glentoran 0
19780905 Tue 05 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Bradford City 2 Burnley 3
19780905 Tue 05 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Darlington 1 Fulham 0
19780905 Tue 05 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Peterborough United 1 Middlesbrough 0
19780905 Tue 05 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Plymouth Argyle 1 Oxford United 2
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L1 04 of 39 Airdrieonians 2 Ayr United 4 1997
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L1 04 of 39 Clydebank[4] 5 Arbroath 2 1023
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L1 04 of 39 Dundee 1 Montrose 1 4708
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L1 04 of 39 Hamilton Academical 1 Raith Rovers 1 1916
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L1 04 of 39 Kilmarnock 0 Dumbarton 0 2420
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L1 04 of 39 Queen of the South 1 St Johnstone 1 1310
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L1 04 of 39 Stirling Albion 1 Clyde 4 1150
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L2 04 of 39 Brechin City 2 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 2 513
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L2 04 of 39 Cowdenbeath 2 Stranraer 0 501
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L2 04 of 39 Dunfermline Athletic 2 Albion Rovers 1 1265
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L2 04 of 39 East Fife 5 East Stirlingshire 0 723
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L2 04 of 39 Falkirk 1 Alloa Athletic 0 2447
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L2 04 of 39 Forfar Athletic 1 Stenhousemuir 1 1178
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 L2 04 of 39 Queens Park 0 Berwick Rangers 1 432
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 EC G4 Iceland 0 Poland 2
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Hereford United 0 Northampton Town 1
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Leeds United 0 West Bromwich Albion 0
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Nottingham Forest 4 Oldham Athletic 2
19780906 Wed 06 Sep 1978 E LCup R2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Swansea City 3
19780908 Fri 08 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Carlisle United 4 Colchester United 0
19780908 Fri 08 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Chester City 1 Peterborough United 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 P 04 of 36 Aberdeen 4 Motherwell 0 13137
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 P 04 of 36 Celtic 3 Rangers 1 55867
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 P 04 of 36 Dundee United 1 Greenock Morton 2 5531
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 P 04 of 36 Hibernian 1 St Mirren 0 7917
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 P 04 of 36 Partick Thistle 3 Heart of Midlothian 2 5117
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L1 05 of 39 Dumbarton 1 Airdrieonians 1 1062
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L1 05 of 39 Hamilton Academical 3 Arbroath 1 1641
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L1 05 of 39 Kilmarnock 1 Dundee 1 3113
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L1 05 of 39 Montrose 1 Clydebank[4] 3 1031
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L1 05 of 39 Queen of the South 1 Stirling Albion 2 1245
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L1 05 of 39 Raith Rovers 0 Ayr United 0 2249
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L1 05 of 39 St Johnstone 1 Clyde 1 1414
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L2 05 of 39 Albion Rovers 1 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 2 324
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L2 05 of 39 Alloa Athletic 1 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1278
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L2 05 of 39 Berwick Rangers 1 East Fife 2 1024
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L2 05 of 39 Cowdenbeath 1 Stenhousemuir 2 517
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L2 05 of 39 East Stirlingshire 4 Queens Park 2 432
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L2 05 of 39 Forfar Athletic 1 Falkirk 0 1277
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 L2 05 of 39 Stranraer 1 Brechin City 0 854
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Birmingham City 0 Liverpool 3
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Bolton Wanderers 2 Derby County 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Coventry City 3 Chelsea 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Everton 2 Middlesbrough 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Ipswich Town 0 Aston Villa 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Manchester City 3 Leeds United 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Nottingham Forest 2 Arsenal 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Queens Park Rangers 1 Manchester United 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Southampton 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Bristol City 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 1 05 of 42 West Bromwich Albion 2 Norwich City 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 Oldham Athletic 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Bristol Rovers 2 Luton Town 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Burnley 3 West Ham United 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Cardiff City 1 Cambridge United 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Charlton Athletic 1 Wrexham 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Crystal Palace 1 Sunderland 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Fulham 2 Sheffield United 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Leicester City 0 Notts County 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Leyton Orient 0 Stoke City 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Newcastle United 3 Blackburn Rovers 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 2 05 of 42 Preston North End 0 Millwall 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Plymouth Argyle 1 Mansfield Town 4
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Sheffield Wednesday 3 Southend United 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Brentford 1 Hull City 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Chesterfield 0 Exeter City 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Oxford United 0 Bury 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Rotherham United 2 Lincoln City 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Shrewsbury Town 2 Blackpool 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Tranmere Rovers 1 Gillingham 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Walsall 4 Swindon Town 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div 3 05 of 46 Watford 0 Swansea City 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Torquay United 2 Halifax Town 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Bradford City 1 Stockport County 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Crewe Alexandra 1 Bournemouth 0
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Darlington 0 Grimsby Town 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Hartlepool United 2 Hereford United 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Huddersfield Town 2 Doncaster Rovers 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Port Vale 1 Aldershot 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Reading 2 Newport County 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Rochdale 0 Portsmouth 2
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Scunthorpe United 0 Barnsley 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 Wimbledon 2 Wigan Athletic 1
19780909 Sat 09 Sep 1978 E Div4 05 of 46 York City 1 Northampton Town 0

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