Partick Thistle - The Early Years
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Famous Scottish goalkeeper Jimmy Brownlie could have been a Partick Thistle player rather than a Third Lanark legend.
Images from the Scottish Referee newspaper.
In 1890 the poaching of Scottish players by English professional clubs was rife, and one Partick Thistle player was a target.
In 1880 football fans were unhappy about Blackburn Rovers signing players from Scotland.
On 7 January 1880 the Athletic News reported on Partick FC’s tour of Lancashire when they played matches against Turton and a Bolton & District Select team.
Between 1872 and 1903 Third Lanark played at the first Cathkin Park. In 1891 the Athletic News reported on the newly built grandstand at Cathkin.
On Boxing Day 1903 Dundee travelled to play a league game against Partick Thistle at the Meadowside ground.
In 1902 the Lancashire Post published an interview with Fergie Suter who once played for Partick FC and was one of the first professional footballers.
In 1901 the Dundee Evening Post published a short history of Third Lanark.
