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In June 2024, we were delighted to receive an e-mail from Nancy Hooman, the great-granddaughter of David Freebairn. With no previous photographs of our 19th century Jag, it was a real privilege to meet him at long last (click Partickle link for photo). David was one of three Freebairn brothers to play for Partick Thistle, the others being Archie and Willie. In Nancy's possession was an item to cherish - a Glasgow Cup medal from season 1900-01, inscribed in the name of WILLIAM FREEBAIRN (pictured below) of Partick Thistle FC, her great-granduncle. It's not something we'd ever have expected to see, given that Willie, who was in a critical condition and hospitalized at the time, didn't play in the cup final in question. In fact, it was his 80th and final goal for the Jags which took Thistle to just their second-ever Glasgow Cup final, but Willie died from his injuries sustained in the pursuit of glory for Partick Thistle. What a delight it's been to learn that Willie received a medal despite not appearing in the final, and that it exists to this day. Our latest Partickle shares the bittersweet tale of a parting gift… A Parting Gift For Willie Freebairn →

Over the last few days the Foyle Cup has been taking place in Northern Ireland and our U17 team has won in that age group. 3 wins out of 3 in the group stages followed by victory in the semis then a penalty shoot out victory (yes they do happen) in the final against a team from Middlesborough. Well done to the players and staff and hopefully we will see a few of the guys play for the first team in years to come. https://foylecup.torneopal.com/taso/sarja.php?turnaus=FC_0005&sarja=U17

Great to see Alan Hansen back out on the golf course after his recent spell in Hospital.

My first post on this thread and probably the easiest one to solve, but since today would've been Robert's 39th birthday i thought this was a good time to post this picture. This current Jag came along with some of his then teammates in February 2016, to watch and take part in a training session with Robert's wheelchair football team.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/im-famous-footballer-who-used-33240490 wee Stevie 😁

Could be the start of something big https://www.post-soc.com/thumbnails/1442566444.1692.w355.Ewms.jpg https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/bozuk9hg/lawless-movie-cover.jpg?v=1464335183 https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/7xltmxf3/call-me-fitz-movie-poster.jpg?v=1456534266 https://c7.alamy.com/comp/EJ227G/mr-turner-year-2014-uk-director-mike-leigh-movie-poster-ger-EJ227G.jpg

I was at the 1958 final - the first 'big game' I attended - so was roo young to appreciate how good hearts were. Led by Dave Mackay, i can remember my father raving about them. They must have been considering thistle boasted three 1954 world cup players in Jimmy Davidson, Davie Mathers and my first hero, Johnny McKenzie .

I've still got a couple of t-shirts and polos from the Greaves/Puma era of some (maybe 10-12?) years ago. On a few occasions when I've worn them (in Japan) I've been asked if I'm German! Anyway, the quality is still brilliant, even after many washes (well, at least one or two). I enjoy occasionally wearing one or another when visiting a Puma-wear shop downtown, as the staff's eyes light up in surprise as they've never seen such Puma attire before. On another note: I've been invited to a Belgian ex-pat party in a couple of weeks, and the dress guidelines are "some red, yellow and black." I can't wait!

We have needed three key players all summer - goalie - we can't rely on Mitchell as we seen again and still clearly need a right back and a striker. We are now at risk of the market drying up and being left to scrape the barrell. Also, beyond that some of the existing squad concerned me. Can't keep farting about waiting on the likes of Megwa. Williams is rubbish. He gets a pass though because he was in the crowd ffs! Chalmers is a sand dancer. Thats what I saw of him at Ayr and Dundee United and I saw it again tonight. Ashcroft with one of the worst displays I've ever seen, bordering on unprofessional getting beaten in a foot race by a lanky giraffe. Would really wonder what the pre-season plan is. Doolan says fitness isn't a huge part of it as theres an expectation players come back in a certain shape and they're all given diet plans to follow but a good few players did not look sharp against a team of part-timers. Funny how often we lose to part-timers over the years but can't lay a glove on teams above us. Still relying on 36 year old Brian Graham. Thats not a league winning team. Lacks quality, depth and mentality.

I think you are right. Raith had a decent squad to start with but they don't really have a reliable striker and I'm not sure Stevenson and Hanlon would be players we would have wanted over Ashcroft and O'Reilly. Shaun Byrne was perhaps the only player they have signed this window that we might have wanted. Ayr have made some solid signings but they are solid Championship signings that should have them around the playoffs. Livingstone are singing players for the lower end of the championship to go with what remains of the premier league squad. Falkirk are largely going with the team that won league 1, Dunfermline and Queens Park have signed almost no-one. Hamilton and going with the bulk of the league 1 runners up team with some middle/lower end championship players. Morton and are going through a rebuild but still effectively picking up other championship teams cast offs. Airdrie are also rebuilding but going with younger less established players. Conversely Chalmers, McKay, Turner and Ashcroft are all players that every other Championship team would have loved. Arguably most would also have wanted Crawford. I think our recruitment has been good this season. The fact its been done early with minimal gossip does however make it seem a bit less exciting.

I suspect you flatter Clyde supporters by suggesting they have minds.

I agree in the sense that it’s boring, but I would say that it’s worth noting that I commend Doolan in making it boring so to speak. Bar McMillan he managed to tie down all our best assets and players who you would want to keep from last year. Leaving is with a good starting position. He then added 5 very good quality signings early doors that addressed positions lacking balance/cover from last year. Leaving us out with a rb and gk (debatably) as glaring holes. The striker and again debatably the gk are not positions we are in any particular rush to fill and can take our time to get right. So yes it’s boring in a sense but I think it’s all credit to dools that he has left us better off at this point than we have been in many years with not many gaps to plug.

Robert truly was our Superfan, AJ

https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/ceiran-loney-joins-everton-for-undisclosed-fee/

That will be due to the efforts of our new General Manager.

Just watched the highlight package from Clyde. Thistle Vs Clyde highlights  - Clyde TV decent package and the commentary isnt partizan, although there maybe aspects you wish to avoid. Not worth going over too mych again as disappointed with the result as every other Jags fan. I thought Wasiri did okay and was certainly better than Dan on the other flank. Ashcroft's two moments effectively cost us the game. I'll cut him some slack as he hasn't played much this year after getting injured on his debut for Raith back in January. Overall we created a load of chances but their keeper played well. The way the game panned out Clyde deserved their win. A sore one but one we can bounce back from. As long as a few lessons are learned.

I’m personally not one to subscribe to the thinking that the League Cup are competitive friendlies. Fans pay good money, time and travel so losing to Clyde at home is quite frankly an appalling scoreline and using comparisons of other teams losing equally as bad does not make me feel better. Last night a win would have all but seen us through into next round and now we have to beat Motherwell and hope Montrose do us a favour also probably.

I’ve fallen asleep while watching Thistle games

I would not regard it as inglorious. They were both desperately keen to score their first goal for Partick Thistle. If I was blessed with the chance to play for Thistle, and saw the ball trundling along the goal line with no defender in sight, I would be equally keen to apply the finishing touch!

brilliant second half performance. Let's batter Clyde on Tuesday as well!!!

Why not ask the club? I don’t think anyone here has the answer

What a tragic tale and one that deserves far wider appreciation. The word hero is overused but this particular Jag truly was a hero. Thanks to all involved for bringing it to our notice.

Saw a couple of times it mentioned we need cover for milne. We are stacked at centre half, i thinn dan o’reilly could easily play at left back, maybe not to the same level as milne, but with o’reilly, and banzo who played there in his younger days, I’d rather we didnt spend any more money on left back as we can move things around and still put a decent team out?

His scooter could be bombing down the wing

Todd Unctious (one for the Father Ted fans).

If we are in for Tomi Adeloye again no point giving him a contract until he is at least back training then we could potentially offer him facilities for his rehab. This makes me wonder if we have another stand-by target perhaps? I feel the other two positions will be from the loan market once that settles down over the coming weeks. I'm happy with the organised approach to our recruitment this season. So far we've gone for what is needed and you can assume we have adapted what is needed such as the move for Byrne falling through then resulted in us going for Ashcroft as there is flexibility in where Mcbeth can play. Boring times does this Jag for now.

Loads of memories. I think this photo taken at half time of the Dundee game we lost 4-2 at Firhill on 16th January 2016 sums up Robert's dedication.

Looks like the honour of starting the first competitive match thread of the season goes to me Not going to do the who should start, formation stuff as there are others who are better equipped to do that (or so they think). Just a few practicalities for tomorrow. The turnstiles will be staffed so there will be someone there to scan your ticket or code but might add a bit of time on so take that in to consideration. The Alan Rough suite is also open as well as the Aitken suite before the match. There will be a minutes applause before the game to remember all the Jags we have lost during 23/24 season and the summer. The match is being streamed and this includes those in the UK & Ireland. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/supporters-bars-on-saturday/ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/partick-thistle-v-montrose-minutes-applause/ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/partick-thistle-v-montrose-manually-operated-turnstiles/ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/montrose-match-available-to-stream-worldwide/

More positives than negatives for me yesterday. We were really on the front foot and should have had a few goals before Milne got beat then the Mo player set up their forward for a decent finish. Heads didn't drop and we got level before half-time. Second half we kept at it and went ahead. Then a few changes and Montrose produced another decent goal with Gardyne taking Ashcroft out of the play to setup their young sub for an accomplished finish. Kept going and got a winner we deserved overall. Turner was very good for me and Milne and Fitzpatrick weren't far behind. Ashcroft looks like he'd win a world championship at head tennis and was involved for the winner knocking on a another good header from Milne on the other side of the 6 yard box. He is maybe on the slow side but will win most duels in the air. Chalmers looked quite classy and like Fitzy had licence to drift inside and have a dig when the opportunity arrived. Subtle changes evident possibly due to the change of personnel certainly on the right hand side. Mackay didn't do too much on his debut but wasn't far away and will get more into things as the season progresses. We certainly have some great presence now at set-pieces with Muirhead, Graham, Milne, O'Reilly and Ashcroft all imposing figures for this division. Once Kyle gets into the swing of his set-pieces we could really profit from an area that was lacking last season. TL; DR Early days but a lot more positives than negatives for me.

The Jags will embark on their 79th League Cup campaign this Saturday, but it's almost 50 years since we so much as made the semi finals in 1975, groan. The 1950s was a remarkable decade for Partick Thistle as the club competed consistently at the highest level of the Scottish game. Our latest Partickle explores the remarkable story of three league cup finals in five years... 3 League Cup Finals In 5 Years →

4-2. sack the board.

half time 4-0. question is should the club and greaves be launching the champions merch just now or maybe wait a month?

too early for match thread. that’s us gubbed 😂

Originally published in the forum 10 years ago and now, on the anniversary of the win, re-published as our latest 'Partickle' with new photies and whatnot... On the 30th June 1945, Partick Thistle won the second of the three major trophies to land in the cabinet at Firhill Road - The Summer Cup. It’s the one that’s virtually forgotten about – mainly due to the fact that it was a short-lived wartime competition which, unlike the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, is now firmly out of sight and out of mind. However, it was regarded nationally as a significant achievement for the Jags at the time, and it should naturally follow that it remains so in the 21st Century. This is the story of six consecutive Saturdays in the summer of 1945. The war in Europe was over and – for the faithful in red ‘n’ yellow – Thistle did their very best to paint over the grey… The Road To Hampden 1945 →

just landed

Remember that if you have not joined TJF yet to do so as the more members we have the more financial support we can provide to our club: https://thejagsfoundation.co.uk/sign-up/

Not totally unrelated, I found this of interest https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24418839.meet-us-businesswoman-fell-love-partick-thistle/

Adeloye posting a wee ‘almost healed’ teaser on twitter tonight with all his Jags goals this season, plus Dools looking for a striker? It couldn’t happen could it? Would love to see him back.

A few random thoughts: Playing Ayr United away on Burns Night. Time for some banter with Tam O’Shanter. As ever, 4 games a season against such a narrow range of central belt opponents is an unappetising prospect. No real opportunity to enjoy the beauty and diversity of Scotland’s landscape and just to see a few different teams. Morton at home is a good opening fixture. This is our most feisty rivalry these days for a variety of reasons, so should draw the crowds. I am reminded of the 2 opening games of the 2012-2013 season. Lightning start against Falkirk. Then a visit to Fife to dig out a vital win against Dunfermline who at that point looked like our main promotion rivals. Raith Rovers are the equivalent this time round.

The aim of football is not to concede and score as many goals as possible, so why do so many players pass the ball back to the goalie particularly when they just can't pick it up. Ashcroft doesn't even look up to see where Mitchell was. Another way teams are playing out from the back, passing the ball across the back line trying to get the opposition to come out. Imo this ends up with the defending team either losing the ball in a dangerous position or just booting the ball up the park and cocedeing possession. Just clear your lines.

If only we’d played the 90 mins like the second half 😄

Shouldn’t take much working out. But think one was handy

Yeah I agree FT - probably just a case of their current clubs agreeing loans or releases, or players who maybe have a couple of offers taking their time before coming to their senses and realising Partick Thistle should be there only consideration

hopefully a wee post match interview to give updates on squad and how pre season is going.

Hope lyons get a chance this season... thought he was one of our best players at start of last season

There definitely should be a development fee, possibly a % of future transfer fee. Even a transfer fee involved. The first is the only one we would definitely be entitled to though.

Maybe the Nigerian Prince has came good with his promise? 🤔😉

Further to that it's a rather similar league to 12/13. 7 of our 9 opponents then are here this time around. We swap Cowden & Dumbarton for Ayr and Queens PK but again no opponents north of the Tay or for that matter down Borders way. I'm forever going on about the repetitiveness of fixtures and the blandness of many of the away venues. I can easily do so again for this season. Thing is when I look back on 2012/13 I don't remember any of such tedium, just a plethora of very good memories. As way of example going to Airdrie and Falkirk offer little towards a good day out. But looking back to yon season the first things that come into my mind are visions of a Christie Elliot sclaffed effort on goal, Erskine's mazy run and an impromptu conga line. Fingers well and truly crossed for something similar this season.

Looking at those fixtures, I only see 3 points for Jags in every one. And it’s coffee before anyone says they will have a pint of what I am drinking. 😁