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Eunice and myself went to this on Wednesday (15th), after our weekly visit to the cemetery. This would've been Robert's 41st birthday and on his birthday he would pick something special to go to. we both enjoyed it and well worth a visit. I have posted a few photos below, but i will post more next weekend so as not to spoil it for anyone who hasn't managed to go yet.

As promised more photos from the exhibit. Including copies of the first known away and home programmes a Thistle handkerchief and various trophies.

Final standings Congratulations lady-isobel-barnett. Consistently good throughout, a worthy winner. I'll unpack those bonus questions after this. Thank you all for playing. What a nice bunch you are. See you all in 2030 (or September for the Scottish Cups). @Fawlty Towers @partickthedog @ThickAsThieves @Aliballibee @elevenone @Auld Jag @Big Wull @lady-isobel-barnett @fifexile @JAGSMAN1968 @thistle4celtic1 @chunky jag @jagfox @jaggy @redandyellowallover @Very Bitter Jag

cut/paste from someone on facebook but does sum it up v well ‘Unlucky England, but well done on reaching the semi final after playing, Panama, Ghana, Croatia, Congo, Mexico and Norway after qualifying from a group with Albania, Serbia, Latvia and Andorra.’

Bullshit again. TJF never formally endorsed the boycott that took place at Kelty. Some individual board members joined the protests and refused to enter the ground, but at least one TJF board member actually attended the game. Supportive of the cause that the regular fans decided to campaign for? Absolutely. Supported the boycott? Nope. I remember well one of the banners at the time: Back the Team. Sack The Board. No, that's bollocks. In October 2021 there was an agreed timescale for the transfer of the shares, based on an agreed model. Publicly announced. Reported on in the national press. Detailed stuff. Amusingly enough it would have involved TJF's board hand-picking two of its own to be fan reps on the Club Board, rather than holding elections. A little bit ironic given the nonsense you've been peddling here and elsewhere in recent weeks. That October 2021 deal all fell apart in March/April 2022 when TJF asked for, and were repeatedly refused, the opportunity to scrutinise the Club's finances through a due diligence exercise. And even when TJF's democratically elected board gave ground on this (in May/June 2022) and sought a much more restricted financial disclosure exercise, Three Black Cats and the then Club Board completely refused to allow that to happen. History tells us why they did this. It is objectively bollocks that "The Thistle Trust" represented Colin Weir's wishes. The proposal, only developed in April 2022, to replace its existing bizarre set-up with 5 previously unknown, unelected, hand-picked men, a legally unenforceable memorandum of understanding, no Club Board representation at all, and no due diligence cannot possibly have been what was contemplated. We know it cannot have been what was contemplated for a very simple reason: Three Black Cats agreed to a different model, with TJF's original board, in October 2021! Hilarious that you're now holding up the sham of that exercise as an impartial exercise of neutrality, rather than the shameless attempt of certain people in power at the time to conceal the Club's financial reality and to preserve their own positions of power, leaving the Club fan owned in name only. You have absolutely no idea what Colin Weir put in his testamentary writings. Just about the only thing we can rule out though is that he didn't say "TJF shouldn't get the shares" and he didn't say "TJF's proposed model of fan ownership was unacceptable". The first, because TJF only even came into existence a year after he died, and after extensive consultation with his representatives. The second because his representatives publicly committed in October 2021 to hand over the shares to TJF on the basis of a known and publicly expressed governance arrangement. Correct, but they did commit, very publicly, to do it and then didn't. And the only thing that changed was that financial transparency was asked for, and refused. And the end destination of the shares explicitly went to a moribund organisation that was the subject of a friendly coup by 5 previously unknown and unelected men, who in particular said they were willing to accept the majority shareholding without doing due diligence on the Club's books first. A catastrophic concession, in the circumstances, which served to start fan ownership with the fans flying blind into a terrible financial position. Owning a club that was imminently to run out of cash, and whose underlying business was structurally unsustainable. Bollocks! One of the first documents published by the "Gang of Five" was a "Memorandum of Understanding" with the Club. It had absolutely zero legal enforceability, failed to provide fan representation of any kind on the Club Board, failed to provide any meaningful financial disclosure, failed to set out any reserved matters (as had originally been envisaged). It was TJF, not the PTFC Trust, who wanted "an agreement on influence and voting powers". And it's what we eventually got for the PTFC Trust, with the Club-Trust Agreement. Something that replaced the Memorandum of Understanding because it wasn't worth the paper it was written on. If you believe this I have a bridge to Northern Ireland to sell you. But also completely irrelevant to what should happen once those shares are gifted to someone else. There was no proposed legal agreement to give Colin Weir, or his representatives, a continuing say over how Partick Thistle should be run. Ironically, if Jacqui Low and Peter Shand had accepted TJF's position that a legally enforceable agreement would be a better way to structure the deal than a simple gift, there might have been a continuing legal role for others, if envisaged by Colin Weir! An unsecured loan that was repaid in full before Tranche 1 was agreed. TJF did not "put two of its Board Directors onto the Club Board". The Club Board asked TJF to put forward one of its board members in the summer of 2023 to serve on that board. Some of us weren't actually that keen on that arrangement. But it was them asking TJF, not the other way around. Indeed it couldn't have been otherwise, because TJF was not, at the time, even a corporate trustee of the majority shareholder, so had zero decision-making power at the time. Then when that director stepped back, TJF was invited to nominate another, and they nominated another. With the express purpose of it being temporary, to deliver the corporate governance changes needed to give full effect to fan ownership. Once that corporate governance was complete, we consulted our members then pulled the rep. You're the one engaging in selective and misleading rewriting of history. No one else.

The 4th best unbeaten home league run of all-time continues at Fortress Firhill, 20 and counting...

I think it’s disingenuous at best and malicious at worst to say that the funding provided to the club by fans has nothing to do with TJF. Without TJF there is nowhere near that level of investment from everyday supporters like this nomad who’s been to precisely six Thistle games in 51 years of supporting them. If your objective is to have the club better run then you should get involved. To spend this much time and energy posting without actually doing anything meaningful to help the club makes you seem like someone prepared to damage the whole place because one of your friends noses got put out of joint at some stage.

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Schrodinger's TJF Simultaneously "calling all the shots" at the Club and having "no real say" Of course the reality is far more mundane. Fan owned, not fan run. I think we're done here.

It is worth pointing out, is it not, that the 800 Club and the artist formerly known as the Centenary Fund (which absorbed The Jags Trust lotto) were essentially precursors to what is now the Club Lottery. Something that TJF exists over and above. Four years ago the Club received, in sum total, about £2k from its two main supporters' organisations, in the form of ad board/programme sponsorship. The Club itself alone now receives a guaranteed £150k per annum from TJF, in practice typically receives another £20k over and above that thanks to additional fundraising through things like the Takeover Event, the Academy receives at least £24kpa of fan fundraising and the Women's team receives a £5k per season guarantee. GoCardless and Stripe both existed before TJF. Other fan-based revenue streams existed before TJF. And those other streams have been retained while TJF has built-up monthly pledges. The reality is that this is money the Club wasn't getting before the summer of 2023. And anyone who tells you otherwise has been eating grapes so sour they're at risk of aggressive acid reflux. But of course no, it's payment processing platforms that deserve the credit, rather than the fellow fans working hard to create a membership organisation people want to be a part of and to contribute to, and a fan owned football club they feel they can add value to.

Cos gulls just wanna have fun

I disagree with this. It’s not that he “committed himself to the club then not following through”. He signed a PCA with a clause that both parties agreed to and quite reasonably activated that clause because the better offer did arise. It’s not personal and it makes no sense to get petty about it.

Yeah, that’s not what away fans will call it…….

A quick look back over recent fixtures v Morton and I believe we've now scored the last goal in the last seven games. All seven goals have been either winners or equalisers denying them points, and most of them late on. Goes some way to explaining Morton fans ugly sister like paranoia when facing the Mighty Jags. Nice.

400 and counting... Morton archived and TSOANELO LETSOSA gets the honour of a milestone goal, all in this week's 'Stats Watch'... 👀 Sat-01-Aug-2026 Greenock Morton 0 Partick Thistle 1 (SPFL Championship - game 1) →

If we are going to look to be a team who control games and possession this season then a midfield 3 that includes both Crawford and T in it is never going to bring success. As frustrating as T can be I love the energy he brings to the team, he pops up out wide and makes great runs in behind with pace to burn. His final ball ,touch and finishing lets him down badly though. Im really hoping Alex Rae can work some of the magic he did with Stanway onto T this year and improve him dramatically in the final 3rd. Otherwise he may find himself as a sub more often than not when both Dempsey and Stanway are fit. Crawford was extremely poor and we improved a lot when he came off. I’m really not sure what exactly what he brings to the team at this point and especially in games like that. Maybe he will still have is use along the way but he was miles off it yesterday. Not to sound to doom and gloom though, I am delighted with the result even if the performance wasn’t our best. We still created enough to have probably won the game by more on another day. The subs had a great impact and really flipped the game. Having 6 attacking players to chop and change with Stanway to add to the mix is really encouraging. Being able to swap out your wingers at any given time when you need a goal is a huge strength and will go a very long way in any title charge we hope to mount.

Stuck in a loop, did you say?

It is vital that Ben gets up to speed training and fitness wise as quickly as practicable. I propose that @Jordanhill Jag puts down his keyboard for the next couple of days and joins Ben in the necessary number of runs up Cleveden Hill.

Gary Caldwell can include "Featured in an exhibition in Maryhill Burgh Hall" in his next PowerPoint presentation. That will blow them away.

Congratulation to the 13s, top (Premier) category winners in the 2026 Foyle Cup at Derry. 7 points in the 3 group games and, today, defeated Dunfermline Athletic in the final, goalscorer Liam Tait.

Appreciation for the kind words of thanks. As always an enjoyable diversion from other things of a more Jaggy nature. But echoing others in giving a bigger thank you to BB for his time and effort. Very much appreciated👍 .

Halley's Comet comes round more frequently than ours pays out

Yes thankyou @Hopeless Unbeliever We have the full amount I checked who was still free and the Home top of a "big" players was Cammy Logan so picked him before they all went. Assumed a Home strip in red and yellow is always better than a random away colour.

Seb Drozd. What a player! He has it all. Works hard, beautiful ball control, skill, pace, imagination, can go either way, bamboozles defenders and has end product, runs, crosses, shots. Just hope that no one from a higher league watched him tonight and wants to sign him. Apart from the famous goal against Rangers, I was not aware of him pulling up many trees at Queen's Park. Thistle seems to be the right environment for him, and he is just right for us. Great signing, so well done to Ian Baraclough and all else involved in making that happen.

The answer is No -to your condition 😀

Just asking but would TJF commissioning a Jordanhill Jag pin be out of the question? I'd certainly buy one. On one condition.

Good to see the 3 Clubs we have scored most against. An unholy trinity

For my own part I am genuinely conflicted. There is no point engaging with Jim with a view to trying to change his mind, because he won’t. I also appreciate that a lot of people don’t like it when public discussions descend into combative, wordy and repetitive exchanges about stuff most folk either don’t give a toss about, or don’t care about the detail of. Although it’s clear most people don’t agree with Jim’s overall position, there are plenty of examples of claims he has made that are either misleading or factually inaccurate. Not engaging with them means that some of these incorrect claims then get taken as true, or the basis of truth, or part of wider received wisdom by those who don’t comment at the time, or who don’t ask the question themselves of TJF or Club reps to perhaps get the other side of the story. And you see those talking points creep into the views expressed by others, even when it’s completely made-up, contains an inaccuracy or omits crucial context. The factual errors in the posts, conflating TJF with the Trustees, conflating the actual losses with the budgeted losses, misrepresenting the budget approval process, misrepresenting the financial monitoring available to the trustees, misrepresenting what the trustees did in response to bad financial results, misrepresenting the Fan Rep Director vacancy process, misrepresenting the process for appointment of directors… It’s genuinely exhausting and like a game of whack-a-mole and there is no way for TJF to emerge out of it looking good, even if and when we decide robustly to defend what we did right or even to acknowledge (as we have done many times) where we didn’t get it right.

Good to see European nations plan boycott should Fifa push ahead with sell off’s. https://news.sky.com/story/european-nations-agree-to-boycott-world-cup-if-fifa-goes-ahead-with-world-cup-sell-off-13568508

In an attempt to combine 2 long running threads I think we should appoint Ben Stanway - he seems to have nothing else to do at the moment!

Serious question JJ - what are you trying to achieve? We get that you don't like TJF for whatever reason. We get that you have grievances with the decisions that have been made. I think anyone involved with TJF would agree they've not been perfect but as far as I can see the vast majority of fans think they have done a phenomenal job to get things to where they are given the position we started from and have a lot of credit in the bank. With the greatest of respect to Colin Weir, I don't give a flying **** what his intentions were when he handed over the shares, all I care about is that our football club is in the hands of people who have its best interests at heart and have the ability to give us the best platform to achieve success on the park. I strongly believe both of those criteria are currently met under the stewardship of TJF. You have presumably had plenty of opportunity to put yourself forward under the previous system yet have chosen not to do so, instead firing pot shots from the side and seemingly refusing to accept that you appear to be in a very small minority with any objections you have raised so far. That being the case, what do you realistically hope to achieve? As I've said before, any legitimate points you may have are lost in the relentlessly pugilistic nature of your engagement.

Hearts and Foundation of Hearts The Foundation of Hearts has the power to nominate three directors to the Heart of Midlothian Board of Directors. These positions are filled by an internal vote of the Foundation of Hearts' board, from among their own number. The members of the Foundation of Hearts vote for the members of the Foundation of Hearts board, but do not then have a vote on which of them should serve on the Club Board. Hearts. Fan owned. Less democratic than the Thistle process. Motherwell and The Well Society The Well Society has the power to nominate two directors to the Motherwell Board of Directors. These positions are filled by an internal decision of The Well Society's board, from among their own number. The members of The Well Society vote for the members of The Well Society board, but do not then have a vote on which of them should serve on the Club Board. Motherwell. Fan owned. Less democratic than the Thistle process. St Mirren and SMiSA SMiSA has the power to appoint four directors to the St Mirren Board of Directors. These positions are filled by a two-stage process. Firstly there are confidential nominations with relevant CV and expression of interest and (if necessary) interviews. SMiSA then whittles those down to a short-list or a preferred candidate, based on suitable experience and candidates. There is then a member vote to ratify/reject/determine the preferred choice of candidate. St Mirren. Fan owned. Doing exactly the same thing as Thistle. Morton and Morton Club Together Morton Club Together has the power to nominate two directors to the Morton Board of Directors. These positions are filled by an internal decision of Morton Club Together's board, from among their own number. The members of Morton Club Together vote for the members of Morton Club Together board, but do not then have a vote on which of them should serve on the Club Board. Morton. Fan owned. Less democratic than the Thistle process. Falkirk and the Falkirk Supporters' Society FFS has the power to appoint two directors to the Falkirk Board of Directors. These positions are filled by a two-stage process. Firstly there are confidential nominations with relevant CV and expression of interest and (if necessary) interviews. FFS then whittles those down to a short-list or a preferred candidate, based on suitable experience and candidates. There is then a member vote to ratify/reject/determine the preferred choice of candidate. Falkirk. Minority fan owned. Doing exactly the same thing as Thistle. Nothing further, m'lud.

Late change of plan for the league opener and a resounding home win over Edinburgh City last night to kick things off. A few earmarked for Sunday's testimonial match at Clydebank and Chrissy MacKay now out on loan to Irvine Meadow in the West of Scotland Premier, but we had enough, a good indication of strength-in-depth. Line-up and potted report added; 'Goalscorers' chart updated... 2026-27 (Youth - Under 19s) →

The countdown to Tuesday's league kick-off away to Edinburgh City continues. In preparation, the boys have played 3 friendlies against men's teams lately and that's bound to stand them in good stead. 6 different scorers at McDiarmid Park Astro last night, check it out... 2026-27 (Youth - Under 19s) →

Are Argentinian toilets that bad?

Standings after Third Place match What a bonkers game. On to tomorrow's finale.

I would've had difficulty keeping a clean sheet if I'd been watching the Argentina v England game from my bed.

The fascinating new discovery of Partick Thistle twin brothers from the 1870s; a chance letter, the birth of Association football in Brechin, and Partick Thistle's first-ever match north of the Tay... Partick Thistle's pioneering twins of Brechin! →

Having the word "GIANT" right above the arse is an interesting design choice 😶

Away strip is absolutely fine. White - always a good starting point for me. Has red n yellow in it, nice. It’s not the Paris fashion show FFS. Team done good last season. Recruitment looks to have gone well so far. Guess some of us need something to moan about

Do we even need a keeper?

Give yourself extra time going to game tonight. Roadworks at Maryhill Road / Queen Margaret Drive / Bilsland Drive are a bit of a nightmare.

As always, I repeat actual proven facts, that JJ, a man for whom probity and transparency are everything apparently, lobbied insanely hard for the club to be sold to a dodgy hedge fund a few years ago. There is more detail in one of WJ replies than anything that would have come from Chien Lee while he turned us into a feeder club.

If at the end of last season someone had said out of Chalmers, Fitzy and Stanway we would only lose Chalmers then we would have taken that very gladly.

I sent a written complaint to the BBC about this and they pointed out they receive the information from an external provider (so saying not their fault) but advised they had corrected the table.

I think we are pretty much guaranteed second place. Both Livvy and Stenny can't overtake us as they play each other, and only way we can top the group is if Livvy beat Stenny on penalties. Our goal difference from the first 2 games should help, so I think that the 9 points and goal difference might just be enough.

They’re only here to see the Thistle!

That would be Jonathan - Livingston's seagull?.

Great stuff and so pleased for Bud. Get the 3 points on Tuesday night now.

Now passed 2,000 season tickets sold and still one pay day left before the league campaign starts and they actually come in to play. I wonder if we will hit the 3,000 mark? https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/2000-season-tickets-sold-for-2026-27-season/ https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jagsforgood2026?utm_medium=CF&utm_source=CL