The Partick Thistle thread

[velo army]

2 minutes ago, 0neTeamInGlasgow said:

I am just trying to figure out how they are talking of losses of circa 3 million this season, I mean how? WTF are they spending it on....

The figure I heard was 4m. I don't have any understanding of football finances, but the chat from the Caley fans seems to be that the owners were utter sheisters. 

Having to find £220,000 this week alone sounds like a huge ask.

[Reggie Perrin]

7 hours ago, velo army said:

Reading about the Shakespearean tragedy unfolding in the Highlands and the amounts of debt involved.

I was in my teens when the Save The Jags campaign started but I remember how it pretty much exploded with fundraising events and all sorts. This was.pre-internet too.

I'm just reflecting on how great an effort that was for such a small club (us, not the teuchter Frankenstein outfit) to pull itself back from the brink.

I'd actually love to read a retrospective of that period to get a better understanding of the severity of the debt and how the f**k we got out of it. I remember getting relegated to Div2 and essentially thinking that this was it for us.

Green dot for teuchter Frankenstein outfit.

[DiegoDiego]

1 hour ago, velo army said:

The figure I heard was 4m.

I think the £3.8m is total debt accumulated over years, not what they've lost this season. £1.2m is what they need to get them to the end of this season, unless the battery farm planning permission goes through.

[BigMadMental]

Gutted we are wearing this away top at firhill in a home league game.

dunno what it is but the last few seasons it feels like away top has been a total voodoo for results. 3rd top even worse.

not sure why we would wear it in any case. If the kits clash then surely a Livvy problem?

[Ad Lib]

10 hours ago, BigMadMental said:

Gutted we are wearing this away top at firhill in a home league game.

dunno what it is but the last few seasons it feels like away top has been a total voodoo for results. 3rd top even worse.

not sure why we would wear it in any case. If the kits clash then surely a Livvy problem?

If I had to guess, it’s because both their home and away kits clash with our home kit.

And it’s also possible (though I genuinely don’t know and am guessing here) that our merch deal might stipulate that the away kit is worn a minimum number of times. So makes more sense to wear it when there’s a risk of a kit clash even if it’s a home fixture.

Wouldn’t surprise me if we end up wearing the away kit at least 4 times against Livi this season, home and away, for one or both of the above reasons.