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  4. Who Are The Jags Players In This Photo?

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    I forget the name of the ground, but it is Crusaders park in Belfast, during a pre-season friendly.

    I think Gerry Collins was manager then.

    There is a small stand on the far side of the pitch with a bit of terracing off to the side of it.

    In between is a short passageway at the side of the stand which had written on the wall, in big friendly letters,

    "this is NOT a toilet"

    Ah, happy days...

  6. Fans setting off flares

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    There, surely, better ways to create atmosphere and show support for your team than setting fire to stuff.

    In what way are the clubs you mention way ahead of us in the fan scene?

    I only attend Thistle games, so I don't know what wonderful and advanced things these fans have brought to the terraces.

    I mean, St Johnstone? Really?

    They set fire to their sweetie papers or their traveling rugs , maybe?

    I know Bradford City wasn't started by a flare, but I'd dread to witness such a catastrophy at a Jags game.

    In my view, it doesn't add much to the spectacle and just doesn't seem worth the risk.

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  7. Fans setting off flares

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    One at the Inverness game and two up at Cove.

    Am I the only one that thinks this is a bad idea and reeks of OF neddery?

    At Cove, one ended up on the track and burned an advertising board, and maybe the fake grass.

    The other seemed to stay inside the shed it was let off in, with smoke filling the shed.

    Unnecessary and potentially dangerous, and I'd like to see our support drop the idea.

     

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  14. The Jags Foundation

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    16 minutes ago, laukat said:

    First question would be - who are you?

    Never seen any of these guys before at a Thistle game and I've been going for 41 years.

    Would be interested to hear if any forum members know these people personally? Do they understand how they are viewed and that what they are doing is going to make people remember for them for all the wrong reasons?

    I've been a Firhill regular for over 30 years and likewise  I don't recognise any of these gents, nor have I ever heard any of their names, outwith their association with the PTFC Trust.  Where did they spring from and how did they find themselves as the 5 directors,  and apparently only members,  of this very important organisation?

     

  15. World Cup 2022 Pop Up

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    Took my eye of the ball, (Copyright Archie MacPherson), in the Scottish Cup pop-up, so determined to make the WC more interesting with some skin in the game......

    A 4312

    B 2413

    C 1423

    D 1324

    E 2413

    F 1342

    G 1432

    H 1324

    I'm sure one of these is the combination lock to our best suitcase!

    Thanks again for all your efforts, BB.

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  18. The Jags Foundation

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    37 minutes ago, stolenscone said:

    Apologies if I am monopolising the chat:

    Chi - here is another technical point for consideration:  a number of years ago, the PTFC Limited shareholders agreed to amend the company's constitution to allow the board of directors to issue new share capital (in unlimited amounts) to 3rd parties, as and when they saw fit.

    An important effect of this is that it allows the board to dilute existing shareholders to the point of irrelevance.

    So, hypothetically, the Trust could own 75% of the shares today. Ken Bates comes along tomorrow offering to buy the club for a pittance. The club board can issue enough shares to give Ken Bates a majority ownership without the Trust being able to do anything about it.  The Trust's interest is diluted into irrelevance,  and whatever limited role the Trust was supposed to play is easily side stepped.  

    Without proper checks and balances, this is all just window dressing. 

    Has something like this already happened in respect of the shares held by The JAGS Trust -  about a million I believe.

    I don't know the actual numbers of shares in circulation but a million shares in a small company sounds a lot to me, and it probably was at the time they were obtained.

    However that ownership now appears to convey very little influence,  and would seem to confirm Stolenscone's concerns above.

  19. The Jags Foundation

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    I've been around Thistle for over 30 years and I've never heard of any of these unelected "trustees".

    Does anyone on here know any of the PTFC Trust people named in their statement  today ?

    The signatories are - Euan Couperwhite, Richard Beastall, Ali Campbell, Neil Drain, Fergus MacLennan, Randle Wilson.

  23. Firhill Art

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    Because of their quietness,  trolley buses used to be known as "The silent death". - a term which might be applied to electric cars these days.

    The saloon car heading down Firhill Road is probably  a Wolesley 16/60, judging by the 2-tone colour scheme, and the "C" registration is from 1965.

    The invalid cars were made by a company called AC,  who also made sports cars, most notably the AC Cobra.

  24. Sena

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    3 hours ago, denismcquadeno.eleven said:

    Well, I am from ‘DEN(n)IS-toun ’ so….

    Lucky he wasn’t from NIT-Shill or DUMB-arton, or HELEN-sburgh! (Or even MARY-hill!) 

    or, perish the thought......... Scunthorpe.

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