Jaggernaut Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 "...there has never been a worse goal drought in the club's history." Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 19.09.2015 Ross County 1 Partick Thistle 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 8) Kevin Nisbet makes his competitive debut for the club. Thistle have failed to score in 9 of their last 10 competitive games - an unprecedented run in the club's history. Having failed to score in 5 consecutive competitive away games, Archie's Jags have equalled the club-record run for the category, set by Donald Turner's side in a stretch of games from 8th March 1930 to 16th August 1930. Across the 10 main British Leagues, Partick Thistle stand alone at the bottom of the "goals for" column, with a paltry tally of 2. Thistle's shyness in front of goal has been a continuing problem for a long period. Losses to nil (almost always narrowly) were a big statistical characteristic of last season's League campaign - there were 12 of them in total - and it was (jointly) the 3rd highest tally ever recorded by the club. With 5 out of 8 having been returned already this term, League season 2015-16 is shaping up to be even worse. You have to rewind back to 1986 to find the last time that Thistle went 9 competitive games without a win to start a season (the run was 10 that year). Now sitting at 12 competitive games without a win, we're on the longest run in the category since Sandy Clark was in charge for 14 of a 15 game sequence in season 1989-90. Failure to score at Fir Park next week would see Archie's Jags equal the all-time club-record of failing to score in 6 consecutive competitive games; set by George Easton's team in 1921 and equalled by John Lambie's side in 1999. ongoing sequences: 5 competitive games since an away goal, 23rd May 2015 to date. 5 competitive games since a goal, 22nd Aug 2015 to date. 5 consecutive competitive defeats, 22nd Aug 2015 to date. 6 competitive games since an away win, 9th May 2015 to date. 6 competitive games since a home win, 16th May 2015 to date. 8 games since a home win, 16th May 2015 to date. 8 competitive games since a goal in the away strip, 30th Aug 2014 to date. 9 games since a goal in the away strip, 2nd Aug 2014 to date. 12 competitive games since a win, 9th May 2015 to date. 15 competitive games without defeat when we score the opening goal, 23rd Sep 2014 to date. 17 competitive games since a win in the away strip, 29th Dec 2012 to date. 18 competitive games since a half-time lead, 21st Mar 2015 to date. 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date. (Longest run since: Stuart Bannigan - 23 games; 24th Jan 2015 to 22nd Aug 2015. Club record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.) 46 competitive games since a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date. 64 competitive games since a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date. Winless runs to start the season (competitive games): 14 games 1965-66 11 games 1908-09 1973-74 10 games 1986-87 9 games 1898-99 2015-16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 No denying that there are some frightening stats on display there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunnylaw Jag Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh God those Donald Turner days were torture. I remember the Ye Olde Thistle Forum going nuts at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Absolutely shocking stuff. Time for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Gums Murphy Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 I still find it baffling that after stats like that, some folk still cannot say or read anything that wrongs Archibald. If his most recent predecessors had stats like that they'd have been shouting for their hear at least 2 games ago. But Jags legend Archibald, who jumped ship to DU before when they came-a-calling, nope!! He's exempt from criticism as its all the board's fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Oh well, at least we didn't equal the six games without scoring record. But we are now on the joint 4th worst winless run of our history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunnylaw Jag Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 I think its important to notice that we never lost ground on the league leaders this week and it's that we need to focus on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted September 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Oh well, at least we didn't equal the six games without scoring record. But we are now on the joint 4th worst winless run of our history. Yep, joint 4th in terms of "winless runs to start the season", Barney. I've dug out the all-time figures (the present run is now on the horizon) and bunged them in today's spoiler. I think its important to notice that we never lost ground on the league leaders this week and it's that we need to focus on. Bawz. This was an ideal opportunity to close in on Aberdeen. You can forget the title now IMVHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted September 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) BOOM, DINK, BOMP - GOAL. EASY. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8vN5x_76mA ▪ (@5:12) Top notch strength, precison and composure in the box from Mathias, Dan and David. MORE OF THIS PLEASE. 26.09.2015 Motherwell 2 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Premiership - game 9) Thistle's outrageous / bizarre 19 month run of 8 competitive games without a goal in the away strip finally comes to an end. David Amoo, with his first goal for the club, becomes the first Jag to register out of the red n yella since Higgy, in grey and white, put Thistle 3-2 up on 15 February 2014... at Fir Park. Talking of the bizarre, David's goal puts the end point as 25th September on a new time-span club-record; 131 days had passed with only one player - Kris Doolan - having registered a competitive goal on the score sheets, the longest such stretch recorded since competitive games became the majority in the fixture card in 1891-92. Dan Seaborne registers his first assist for the club. Although, according to the ever-unreliable stats world, he is the spitting image of Abdul Osman. Thistle return a full month's worth of defeats for the first time since November 2013. In another unwelcome first for Archie's Jags, they lose six on the trot. Derek Whyte & Gerry Britton were the last to do the same when, whilst a second tier side, they lost 6 games all in one apalling month, September 2004. Gerry Collins was the last manager to go longer, being responsible for losing 8 of the 9-in-a-row run in 2003. The agonising wait for a competitive victory in 2015-16 now goes into double figures; it's 43 years since the wait was longer. Thistle are on a horrible run of 11 competitive games without a home win vs Dundee United. Next week presents an ideal opportunity to put an end to that run and to get off the bottom of the League by leapfrogging the DABS. #COYJ ongoing sequences: 6 consecutive competitive defeats, 22nd Aug 2015 to date. 6 competitive games since a home win, 16th May 2015 to date. 7 competitive games since an away win, 9th May 2015 to date. 8 games since a home win, 16th May 2015 to date. 13 competitive games since a win, 9th May 2015 to date. 15 competitive games without defeat when we score the opening goal, 23rd Sep 2014 to date. 18 competitive games since a win in the away strip, 29th Dec 2012 to date. 19 competitive games since a half-time lead, 21st Mar 2015 to date. 20 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date. (Longest run since: Stuart Bannigan - 23 games; 24th Jan 2015 to 22nd Aug 2015. Club record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.) 47 competitive games since a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date. 65 competitive games since a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date. Winless runs to start the season (competitive games): 14 games 1965-66 11 games 1908-09 1973-74 10 games 1986-87 2015-16 Competitive games without a win (and how the run was broken) 26 games 28.11.1908 to 25.08.1909 (28.08.1909 Renton [a] 1-0) 17 games 19.05.1965 to 23.10.1965 (30.10.1965 Hibernian [h] 3-2) 15 games 20.04.1908 to 17.10.1908 (24.10.1908 Heart of Midlothian [h] 3-2) 25.11.1989 to 03.03.1990 (14.03.1990 Hamilton Academical [h] 4-1) 14 games 03.01.1898 to 15.10.1898 (22.10.1898 St Bernard's [a] 3-2) 13 games 11.02.1967 to 26.04.1967 (28.04.1967 Ayr United [h] 4-1) 03.09.1969 to 22.11.1969 (29.11.1969 Airdrieonians [a] 3-2) 09.05.2015 to date (?) Edited September 27, 2015 by The Jukebox Rebel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 One thing is sure: those kinds of stats are not going to attract any "neutrals" to go to Firhill for entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) ARCHIE'S SEVEN NATION ARMY EQUAL 3 CLUB RECORDS ▪ Man of the match Mustapha Dumbuya was at the heart of the action as he helped Jags to their first win of the season. 03.10.2015 Partick Thistle 3 Dundee United 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 10) At kick off time there were 6 nations represented in the Thistle line-up; the Czech Republic, Sierra Leone, Scotland, England, Ghana and Guinea. This actually equals the club-record which was set at the Caledonian Stadium on Wednesday 12th August 2015. It's now the 4th time this season there has been a 6 nation spread at the starting line up. Thistle get that all important first goal - in matches which start in such a fashion, Jags are now unbeaten in 16 competitive games. David Amoo is first Jag to score 2 games-in-a-row since Christie Elliott did so in November 2014. With their one goal advantage at the break, Thistle ended their run of 19 competitive games without a half-time lead. Mustapha Dumbuya's strike ensures Sierra Leone's place as the 18th nation known to be represented on the Thistle goalscoring charts. The full list reads: Australia, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Namibia, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sweden, the USA and Wales. Stuart's counter ensured a share of an all-time club-record three-nation scoresheet; England, Sierra Leone and Scotland. The introduction of Singaporean Ryan Edwards brought Thistle's nation total up to seven within the 90 minutes. This equals the club-record which was set just last week at Fir Park. Last week's game had further established an outright record by virtue of having seven nation representation on the pitch at the same time (the final 25 minutes). Thistle register their biggest victory margin over United since a three nil top-flight win at Tannadice on 11th November 1972. Thistle register back to back League wins against United for the first time since 1964. This win represents an ideal start to Archie's reign as the outright longest serving gaffer in the Scottish Premiership, now standing proudly at 2 years, 8 months, 4 days. Hard to believe he's still only 37. ongoing sequences: 7 competitive games without an away win, 9th May 2015 to date. 16 competitive games without defeat when we score the opening goal, 23rd Sep 2014 to date. 18 competitive games without a win in the away strip, 29th Dec 2012 to date. 21 consecutive competitive appearances for Callum Booth, 14th Mar 2015 to date. (Longest run since: Stuart Bannigan - 23 games; 24th Jan 2015 to 22nd Aug 2015. Club record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games; 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.) 48 competitive games without a penalty award, 19th Sep 2014 to date. 66 competitive games without a goal from a penalty, 22nd Feb 2014 to date. Edited October 5, 2015 by The Jukebox Rebel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Excluding the Challenge Cup final, have any of the current squad ever scored a penalty for The Jags ? Higgy scored the last one and Aero was the regular taker before that,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 It's been that long it's hard to remember but yes, we've got 2 of them - Kris Doolan (66% success rate) and Sean Welsh (100% success rate) ✔ Kris Doolan (3-0, pen 73 mins) - 22.03.2011 Stirling Albion [a] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 27) ✔ Kris Doolan (1-0, pen 3 mins) - 16.04.2011 Ross County [h] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 32) ✔ Kris Doolan (2-0, pen 78 mins) - 07.05.2011 Raith Rovers [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 36) ✘ Kris Doolan (missed target @ 1-2, 65 mins) - 13.08.2011 Falkirk [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 2) ✔ Kris Doolan (4-0, pen 90 mins) - 17.09.2011 Ayr United [h] W4-0 (SFL First Division - game 6) ✘ Kris Doolan (saved @ 3-1, 90 mins) - 13.09.2014 Inverness Caledonian Thistle [h] W3-1 (SPFL Premiership - game 5) ✔ Sean Welsh (2-0, pen 48 mins) - 22.07.2012 Everton XI [h] W3-1 (ARR Craib Cup Final) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veejag Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 So the last competitive penalty scored by a current player was in 2011..? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydebankJag Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 ARCHIE'S SEVEN NATION ARMY EQUAL 3 CLUB RECORDS ▪ Man of the match Mustapha Dumbuya was at the heart of the action as he helped Jags to their first win of the season. 03.10.2015 Partick Thistle 3 Dundee United 0 (SPFL Premiership - game 10) [*]Mustapha Dumbuya's strike ensures Sierra Leone's place as the 18th nation known to be represented on the Thistle goalscoring charts. The full list reads: Australia, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Namibia, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sweden, the USA and Wales Lyle Taylor represents Montserrat is that not another for the list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 The introduction of Singaporean Ryan Edwards brought Thistle's nation total up to seven within the 90 minutes. This equals the club-record which was set just last week at Fir Park. Last week's game had further established an outright record by virtue of having seven nation representation on the pitch at the same time (the final 25 minutes). I thought that Ryan played for the Australian national teams. It doesn't change the stat, I know he was born in Singapore, but you woud have to give him the nationality of the country he plays for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Thanks for the challenges CJ / DD, always appreciated. Doing the stats to a decent, consistent standard requires lines to be drawn and policy decisions to be made. For all stats relating to nationhood I adhere strictly to the country of birth for each player. FIFA eligibity can include several countries these days - all the way from country of birth, naturalised citizenship, length of time studying in a country to land of birth of parents and grandparents. The organisation even allows players to change their minds after initial commitment for b-teams, olympic teams and under-age teams. In short, this seems to me to be a recipe for chaos and confusion - and that's not good for stats. In the Thistle scoring chart, countries could move both in and out depending on the selected criteria. You might disagree with my list - and you'd have a point - but at least you can rely on my reports to be accurate and consistent within my outlined terms. I'll take on board the need for terms applied to be included conspicuously where there may be ambiguity. A teaser for international week ...for a cyber pint... Can you name any of the two full English internationalists that have played for Partick Thistle? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 No, but I do know that Roughie used to play Thistle games in an England jersey that he had swapped with Shilton. Does that get me a point ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Zatafact? Never knew that, very good. Got to be worth a point of Guinness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 A teaser for international week ...for a cyber pint... Can you name any of the two full English internationalists that have played for Partick Thistle? Did Kenny Sansom maybe play as a trialist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 ^ Good guess, but no. http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/photo/14999424/1993+Kenny+Sansom All of the Thistle appearanes for the players in question were in prominent, competitve fixtures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 ^ Good guess, but no. http://partickthistl...93+Kenny+Sansom All of the Thistle appearanes for the players in question were in prominent, competitve fixtures. An Englishman posted to the Glasgow area during the Second World War?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 An Englishman posted to the Glasgow area during the Second World War?? That's where I'd be coming from, but I'm surprised I've not heard of at least one of the two given the Shankly thing. I don't believe TJR deals in the tricky stuff like Ian Botham/Scunthorpe type posers so really stuck with this one. World War 1?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Second World War is bang on the money folks. Although, being a stickler for accuracy, the wartime caps won by each of the two players are discounted. The official records show that one was capped pre-war and the other was capped post-war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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