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.
Read the stories of the players who played for Partick Thistle in 1888-89 season.
Scotland played England at Ibrox in April 1892. The Scottish Referee profiled the players.
Willie Paul was profiled in the Scottish Referee newspaper early in his career, in 1888.
John Campbell played in two spells for Partick Thistle and also played for Scotland.
John Wilkie spent two periods with Partick Thistle, a well as playing for Blackburn, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Hibernian and Ayr Parkhouse.
Hope Robertson played for Partick Thistle in the 1880s and 1890s, and also played for Arsenal and Everton.
In 1903 Robert Gray was one of Partick Thistle’s most important forwards. The Weekly Record interviewed him in March.
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.
Tom Hyslop was a successful Scottish internationalist when he signed for Partick Thistle in 1900 but he was living with an intriguing double identity.
