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Last week a couple of TJF directors had a chat with James Cairney at The Herald/Glasgow Times.

We took the opportunity to set the record straight on a couple of issues , as well as to set out some of our thoughts on a constructive way forward for PTFC and the Foundation.

First half is here: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/23020811.jags-foundation-interview-part-proposals-social-media-missing-shares/

Second half is here: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/23020816.jags-foundation-interview-part-ii-fundraising-sponsors-future/

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3 hours ago, Ad Lib said:

Last week a couple of TJF directors had a chat with James Cairney at The Herald/Glasgow Times.

We took the opportunity to set the record straight on a couple of issues , as well as to set out some of our thoughts on a constructive way forward for PTFC and the Foundation.

First half is here: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/23020811.jags-foundation-interview-part-proposals-social-media-missing-shares/

Second half is here: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/23020816.jags-foundation-interview-part-ii-fundraising-sponsors-future/

Any way someone could copy/paste it or find a link where you don't need to subscribe to the times? I must have used up my freebie views.

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6 hours ago, Ad Lib said:

Last week a couple of TJF directors had a chat with James Cairney at The Herald/Glasgow Times.

We took the opportunity to set the record straight on a couple of issues , as well as to set out some of our thoughts on a constructive way forward for PTFC and the Foundation.

First half is here: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/23020811.jags-foundation-interview-part-proposals-social-media-missing-shares/

Second half is here: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/23020816.jags-foundation-interview-part-ii-fundraising-sponsors-future/

Night and day from recent PTFC Trust interviews and Jacqui's fairy story in the Daily Mail, imo.

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Hundreds of interesting new Thistle history snips (like the above) have been flowing into the Archive lately, please bookmark the site → and keep an eye on the News!

 

After some considerable time hunting him down, our Joe finally cracked it with fallen hero Tom Callaghan. A late baptism, census mis-truths and a multitude of document spelling variations was challenging, but we identified Tom Callaghan's family unit and forced the issue with great results. A pleasure to get to know him. Begone the asterisk of doubt!

Tom Callaghan →

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1971 legend FRANK COULSTON, has just turned 80 and, to celebrate him, we've added a tribute video and a wee photo gallery as well as writing up a decent bio for him. The hitman outscored even Jimmy Bone in the title-winning season 1970-71, with 28 competitive goals! He also notched 6 goals in the winning Cup run, including a brace in the crucial 5-1 QF 2nd leg comeback vs. St Johnstone.

Frank Coulston →

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We're very excited to be seeing the earliest video of Partick Thistle in action at Firhill being introduced to the Archive today. Featuring the game from 18th February 1956, it's endlessly fascinating to see. The relevant match hub data has been 'fast-forwarded' to back up the find so you can identify the players from the numbers on their shirts. Click on the hub below to explore this great find!

18-Feb-1956 Thistle 3 Brechin City 1 →

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The latest 600 news items have just been filed as 'Archive News 30' a good way to get a handle on what we've been up to in recent weeks...

Archive News 30 →

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Our match hubs from 1876 to 1924 are now hopelessly out-of-sync in relation to all of the great work with births, new photos, renames and such-like, not to mention the usual never-ending improvements with small extra details. Worse still, there are also some broken links in various places as a result of some of these changes. Hopefully we can get back on top of it in the coming month(s). The Thistle Archive is in need of volunteers to help with uploading these pages - an easy but repetitive copy and paste exercise. If you can spare a few hours now and then, please get in touch.

Page upload volunteers required →

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Painstakingly compiled after more than a decade of poring over countless thousands of newspaper pages, our two brand new 'list' pages detail every sending off in PTFC history.

The first covers all the way from Thomas Campbell in 1891 to Kyle Turner in 2022. The adjacent page details the same for every opponent, from Cosgrove in 1891 to Scott Allan in 2022.

239 to Thistle, only 174 to the opposition, but don't worry these things balance themselves out over a season!?!

Thistle's sendings-off →

Opposition's sendings-off →

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4 hours ago, Jacky1990 said:

See Sevco U18s were playing at Firhill against Liverpool yesterday.

Whats the deal there? Have they been playing all their European games there?

I noticed they played Napoli at Firhill too. Maybe part of the agreement for getting Mackinnon and Weston ?

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9 hours ago, Jacky1990 said:

See Sevco U18s were playing at Firhill against Liverpool yesterday.

Whats the deal there? Have they been playing all their European games there?

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Don't know, but we were told we wouldn't be ground sharing with any other club. Maybe the Trust could ask why...

On the basis that we want the pitch to be protected as well as Rangers weans to lose then a defeat to Napoli away in their next game will see them out as will them failing to beat Ajax at Firhill in their last game. 

 

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1 hour ago, The Thistle Archive said:

Back in '85, Indian-born JOEY PATHAK, made his debut in Scottish senior football for Partick Thistle at Bayview. On that anniversary, our latest Partickle looks back at his story, and wonders about that great sleeping giant...

From Madras To Maryhill →

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Very interesting article, thanks. I remember Jazz Juttla playing for Morton a few years later.

From the Bairns side of things - don't feel bad about getting done by Jimmy Gilmour - he almost single handedly got us promoted that year. We also signed Nelson Still, who I had no idea was South African! He played one match, v Hearts, and kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win, and was never seen again!

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On 13/10/2022 at 08:58, third lanark said:

I thought that was in exchange for getting cooper

I think the Cooper deal between the academy and Rangers was completely separate from the loaning of Weston and McKinnon to the first team.

Rangers U19s previously played youth European games at Firhill so i guess it’s just a continuation of that deal with the club - they won’t be able to play them at Dumbarton (where their B team plays) and presumably they can’t play UEFA games at Murray Park either. 

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:detective:  HISTORY REPEATING


 ● For only the 4th time in history, Thistle repeat an away League fixture, exactly one year on. The only previous occurrences were at Rangers (2-Jan-1909), Rangers (2-Jan-1930) and Celtic (20-Dec-2017). All repeats have ended with the same outcome as the year before! What's more, in the latest case, goals from Brian Graham & Scott Tiffoney ensured the win on both occasions, making for a very unique stat in Thistle history.
 ● With Kyle Turner being suspended, Jack McMillan and Steven Lawless become the last two standing in terms of a 100% competitive appearance record this season.
 ● Brian Graham scores his 38th competitive goal for Partick Thistle, and this matches his previous best at any other club, set with Raith Rovers 2011-2013.
 ● Scott Tiffoney has scored for Thistle in 3 consecutive away games at New Douglas Park.
 ● Aaron Muirhead and Ross Docherty get on the assists chart for the season, bringing the player spread to 14. The greatest spread since records began (19) was set in 2019-20.
 ● Thistle go 4 without defeat at New Douglas Park, 20th July 2019 to date.

 ongoing sequences:
 ● 8 competitive home games without defeat; 19th Jul 2022 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 3rd Mar 2020 to 5th Dec 2020. Club-record: 24 games; 5th May 2001 to 17th Aug 2002.)
 ● 16 consecutive competitive appearances for Jack McMillan (a new personal best) & Steven Lawless, 9th Jul 2022 to date. (Longest run since: Kyle Turner - 16 games, 6th May 2022 to 7th Oct 2022. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

 

Keep up with Stats Watch and all the rest of it via our home page news →

 

Still trying to add 'Bio Extras' for those born on a daily basis. If anyone fancies writing for any favourite player not yet covered then please get in touch. Born OTD 1875 was WILLIAM WALLACE and his entry is a cracker! 

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