Partick Thistle - The Early Years
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Read the stories of the players who played for Partick Thistle in 1888-89 season.
Match report from the FA Cup 1st Round match.
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.
On Boxing Day 1903 Dundee travelled to play a league game against Partick Thistle at the Meadowside ground.
In 1903 Robert Gray was one of Partick Thistle’s most important forwards. The Weekly Record interviewed him in March.
Tom Hyslop was a successful Scottish internationalist when he signed for Partick Thistle in 1900 but he was living with an intriguing double identity.
