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We've one too many ******* Doncasters in Scotland as it is.

As long as it's not "for f*ck's sake!"

Went to Boston on Thursday with my wife and 2 kids and just got back yesterday morning (3 nights was expensive enough). The atmosphere was absolutely phenomenal from start to finish and to experience us winning a game at a world cup with my family was just amazing. I get the disappointment with the performance and the win alone probably won't be enough to get us through but I think there is a massive amount of disrespect being shown to Haiti. We should primarily be happy that we won a must win game, doesn't happen all that often for Scotland. I thought before the game we'd find it tough and likely only win by a single goal and that's how it panned out. Everyone brings up their FIFA ranking as proof of how poor they are but they don't have loads of opportunities to play teams above that ranking in order to improve it. Look at their Gold Cup results, very rarely do they lose heavily and usually give teams a tough time. In 2019 they won all their group games including wins v Canada and Honduras and then lost in extra time vs Mexico 1-0 in the knockouts. in 2021 they lost narrowly to the US in Kansas, in 2023 they beat Qatar and lost narrowly to Mexico and in 2025 they lost narrowly again to the US in Dallas. As Spain and Switzerland showed, it's not always so easy to just rock up, play well and win.

Here we go. Competitors Ready Spreadsheet Ready

A month to go. Here’s the cover. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Didny know we had introduced piedration breaks in Scotland.

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.

Well done to the under 19s on winning the Oban tournament https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1657773826354119&set=a.502683568529823

Sharpen your pencils. 9 groups completed. Here's the current position so you can start planning your HAHAs. I'll be back tomorrow morning (hopefully, earlier than this!) with the full Round of 32 fixture list and the Standings after the Group phase. Exciting times. Maybe see you this avo at the real football (although, I'm in the neutrals end). 'Mon the Jags. @Fawlty Towers @partickthedog @ThickAsThieves @Aliballibee @elevenone @Auld Jag @Big Wull @lady-isobel-barnett @fifexile @JAGSMAN1968 @thistle4celtic1 @chunky jag @jagfox @jaggy @redandyellowallover @Very Bitter Jag

The whole tournament stank the moment FIFA gave Trump the ‘peace prize’.

For the 5th consecutive season we're aiming to document the campaign for our top level youth team. Silverware at Oban to kick-off 2026-27 in fine style! 2026-27 (Youth - Under 19s) →

Sounds like the club have dealt with an awkward situation professionally and have come out of it with some sort of benefit. Would love to know how much “undisclosed fee” is

Quarter Finals predictions will open around 11pm tomorrow. Deadline will be 9pm Thursday. @Fawlty Towers @partickthedog @ThickAsThieves @Aliballibee @elevenone @Auld Jag @Big Wull @lady-isobel-barnett @fifexile @JAGSMAN1968 @thistle4celtic1 @chunky jag @jagfox @jaggy @redandyellowallover @Very Bitter Jag

And then they get pelters on here from those asking what is happening with Clarke. By your books, they can’t win.

Scotland are now free.

Just back from Boston and whilst the thread appears to be about trying to secure a wealthy investor I wonder if we should be looking at something else. Baseball and NFL fans don't really do pre and post match drinks and certainly don't have fans singing songs throughout a game. Went to the baseball game when I was there and whilst the Boston citizens were very good natured all they sang was one rendition of "Lets go Red Socks" and they also do a few seconds of a Neil Diamond song. If the Scotland fans hadn't been there then there would have been no other singing. Most of the folk in Boston loved the Tartan Army because of the drinking, humour, atmosphere, singing, messing about with traffic cones and people just having a good time following their team. If anything the game was an afterthought. So if we could tie in with our 'ultras' and/or a travel company to offer tourists pre & post match drinks in either the aitken suite or Munns plus the chance to join the ultras inside the ground I wonder if you might get some American tourists coming along whilst in the country to re-live the closest thing to the Tartan Army experience? You could even play in that they'll have the chance to go the Duke of Wellington statue and see the original cone on statue. The 2 arse cheeks are probably not able to offer that as tickets to their games are not readily available and most are of a poor atmosphere as their fans tend to sit on their hands so there isn't anyone else in Glasgow able to offer that. Perhaps we have something unique we can offer?

Back in the land of the (just) living after 10days in Boston! Way more things right (stadium, cones, singing, friendly people) than wrongs (transport to matches). A genuine warmth from the people of Boston who were happy to join in with the celebrations. More unusual moments: My mate getting an autograph and picture with Clare Grogan, after claiming to have danced with her sometime in the 80's. Big chap from Police Scotland, in official T shirt, asking how we were getting on, especially with local officers. The First Minister of Scotland (whatever your politics) posing for a picture with our group Meeting a boy from my local golf course on the 51st floor of the Prudential Tower! Here's to a result on Wednesday night!

I have recently had some old 8mm cine film digistised. These were taken by my Dad from around 1966 to 1972 and are mostly family stuff; parties, holidays etc. I found the attached clip on one of them taken at Firhill, looks like from the old enclosure. Can anybody help me identify the opposition and the date please? Best guess is around 1971 give or take a year. Also be interested to know why we were playing in white that day at home. Thanks Firhill Clip.mp4

Video now up on YouTube and embedded into our match hub. Set to T. Rex (the #1 at the time) with a few photos from before, during and after the game. Well done to Jimmy Reside for filming and to Rand McNally for digitising, thank you, what a gift for all Jagskind! Sat-10-Apr-1971 Partick Thistle 1 Arbroath 1 (SFL First Division - game 32) →

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

What have we not been updated on? Playing side has been okay, the club can't generally respond to rumour and hearsay. Off the field not great, I would agree.

They’ve got a squad of players playing at top teams, only 1 of that starting 11 plays for a Norwegian team, a team that made the champions league final, Bode Glimt. That comes down to youth set up, parks available, and better distribution of money to grass roots level than Scotland has, I’d also say larger leagues aids it too.

Another big push and 1,000 historic match officials added to the match hubs in recent weeks, now over 12,000 of them, including 100% match coverage for all the post-war league games. Not bad for what was an afterthought addition! The fruits of the recent push are mostly laid out in Archive News 68 → and Archive News 67 → Well done to all who've been hard at it; William Sheridan, Joe Kelly, Kenny Pieper, Jack Little, Drew Herbertson, Donnie MacIsaac, Graham McMillan, Michael Gleeson, Martin Gow & Simon Reynolds. Good numbers but we almost want more; we'll continue with the digging...

Head out of the parapet time but I honestly don't think Stanway is as good as we've tended to claim he is. His goal scoring return last year was phenomenal but I think you take that away and there was not much to suggest he is much beyond a Championship midfielder. I noticed on the Thistle comparing Dempsey and Smyth to him that both looked significantly better on the stats which matched my eye test from last year. Good luck to him and hope I'm proven wrong by him but I don't think he'll be as big a loss as made out.

So all 3rd placed teams had 4 points excluding Senegal who had 3 points with 0 GD. We had to take a point off Morocco and we did have 2 valid penalty shouts but no other threat up top. We finished where our ranking, form, team value all consistent with group position. Denmark at Hampden was one of the best experiences and 3 tournaments out of 4 after being starved for decades was a great return from Steve Clark.

Hope Mr T doesn't find out.

I think Clarke did a good job with the players available in what was the toughest group. He cannot be held accountable for the slack (to say the least) defending, has probably recognised that the squad is old and needs refreshed, and that a new manager is therefore needed. Clarke is a decent man.

Wearing my underdog hat, I have to salute Ecuador. Painful for Scotland, but Ecuador did show what happens when you have a go.

Round of 32 The fixture list will become clearer during this week. The full list will finally be known at 5am on Sunday. The Round of 32 begins 15 hours later at 8pm. Predictions will be open when I get up on Sunday. Therefore, a very short window to get your predictions in. If anyone thinks they will be unable to fullfil this on Sunday, let me know. There is an alternative, more convoluted, route available. An explanation for those that have not played before. You need to provide a string of 16 characters comprising either H or A. One character for each game in the list. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA for example. It's as simple as that. C'mon Scotland @Fawlty Towers @partickthedog @ThickAsThieves @Aliballibee @elevenone @Auld Jag @Big Wull @lady-isobel-barnett @fifexile @JAGSMAN1968 @thistle4celtic1 @chunky jag @jagfox @jaggy @redandyellowallover @Very Bitter Jag

I very much enjoyed a lot of what he did, but my abiding memory is the way he'd jump for headers just for show and literally never win one.

I actually enjoyed a lot of the referee's performance. Leaving aside the 2 penalty claims which were both in the soft/seen them given camp, but hardly clear and obvious stonewallers, I liked the way he dealt with robust challenges for the ball which ended up with the player previously in possession falling over. So often in Scottish football, the player falling over would be lazily awarded a free kick, without any attempt by the referee to evaluate whether or not there had been any foul play. It was refreshing to see the player left lying on the ground moaning, while the game kept flowing and the ball was quickly whisked to the other end of the pitch. That happened a lot and seemed to be applied in an evenhanded manner, so no complaints from me.

Bookings were 1 each. Spain honoured one of the members of our forum by winning @elevenone on corners. So unless Alex Totten has taken charge of FIFA, it looks like criterion (g) applies, which is better position in the FIFA rankings. Blatant discrimination against underdogs, and is just the usual fixing of the football system to preserve the status of the existing elite. At least it is good to know that this does not happen in Scotland!

Don’t you know the etiquette here ? You are supposed to just post 👀and no name, then sit back and look smug while others make wild predictions on who it might be. Please follow correct process in future.

And the young lad only thought he was buying a 50/50 ticket!

Although it is discussing the January transfer window, this interview with Ian gives a good insight in to the process. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/sporting-director-update-ian-baraclough-13th-february-2026/

More positive signing news https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/three-new-players-sign-modern-apprenticeships/

Brilliant, Thistle Archive, you are a legend. All questions answered. More than happy for you to use the video in whichever way you choose. The reason its a bit jumpy is that the cine camera had a clockwork mechanism which meant that you had to stop filming every so often to wind it up! My dad was actually a diehard Rangers supporter but he hated going to Ibrox and was more than happy to take me to Firhill (or, preferably for him, Petershill Park) on a Saturday. Having said that he would have been thrilled to know that any of his film was to be held in an historical archive. If you want to credit my dad his name was Jimmy Reside. Thanks again all and hope you enjoyed the clip.

Jimmy McGowan was the epitome of rugged, 40s and 50s full-backs. He played 553 times for Thistle and numerous press reports are testament to his ability to come back on after treatment - often when he had been stretchered off. It took something "special" for him to miss matches - such as broken ribs or appendicitis. The "Evening Times" reported that against Hearts on 17/1/1953 while he was off the park for treatment, a spectator was heard to say "Ach, it's only a broken spine. They'll weld it on Monday". On his last appearance for Thistle against Nairn County on 3/5/1956 (he had been persuaded to come out of retirement for one last game), the "Weekly News" reported he pulled a muscle in the first few minutes but ignored all attempts to be taken off. He played on in agony and even prevented a goal with a desperate lunge in the last minute. The "Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser" ran a feature on him in his retirement (in Plains, Lanarkshire) in 1981. Jimmy recalled one of his favourite scrap cuttings about a bus skidding into him at 50 MPH outside Firhill. He got to his feet and made for the players' entrance as if nothing had happened. A passer-by asked him if he needed to see a doctor and Jimmy replied that everything was OK, it was only a single-decker.

https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/partick-thistle-2026-27-home-strip-unveiled/ I like it. No panel on the back and the sleeves keep the red & yellow. Purists probably prefer red socks for the whole kit but as a top it gets the 👍

On this day 1995, the Jags fans were having a ball in Metz, slideshow video added to hub... "We want to thank the fans who travelled to Metz at the weekend. We have a base of about 3,000 supporters, so taking 500+ to France is incredible. They were a credit to us and to Scotland." ~ Robert W. Reid, club secretary, July 1995 Sat-08-Jul-1995 Metz 1 Partick Thistle 0 (Intertoto Cup Group 6 - game 3) →

If SFA want to improve Scotland send a party across to Norway

I can neither confirm or deny this

Kilbirnie Ladeside have stepped in to fill the breach for Tuesday night: https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/friendly-match-against-kilbirnie-ladeside/

Their Celtic contract ends on the last day of June I believe, but the loan spell with us ended before then, they don't become players with anyone else until after that....hence why all new signing announcements come with the subject to clearance as they then have to be registered by us.

Saw the video and just about shat myself.

Same, like it too. Will try before buy to check sizing. The hostage idea could work when it comes to Fitzy and Stanway.

I think it's quite an unpopular opinion, but for me, modern football at the top level is utter rubbish to watch. It's pretty common to look at a game and see every single player either standing still or moving at walking speed. Then the game might fly into life briefly, only to revert again to a snails pace. It really reminds me of basketball, where each team cedes possession, falls back, and their opponent slowly probes for a way to get 'in' at them repeatedly. Then you add in VAR delays, play-acting, and the hyper-commercialisation.... Not for me. EPL, UCL... give me PTFC any day.

If he does he will want to come home as Dundee is a (well, you know the rest).

Aarhus sounds like a Scottish version of a song by Madness.