CCjag

Pick ups: Milngavie Station: 12:00 Esquire House: 12:15 Maryhill Community Halls: 12:30 Prices: Full fare: £17 Concession: £10.50 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens & matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 21:00 or e-mail [email protected]

Pick ups: Milngavie Station: 13:00 Esquire House: 13:15 Maryhill Community Halls: 13:30 Prices: Full fare: £12 Concession: £7.50 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizend & matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 21:00 or e-mail [email protected]

Pick ups: Milngavie Station: 12:00 Esquire House: 12:15 Maryhill Community Halls: 12:30 Prices: Full fare: £17 Concession: £10.50 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens & matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 21:00 or e-mail [email protected]

Unfortunately, I've just heard from Ian Maxwell that, due to the likelihood of both sides having players on International duty, the switch to 14/11 is not on! Look out the long johns for December 30 then!

Actually, I simultaneously posted to the forum and e-mailed Maxi re this. Got a positive response and, while he foresees the Rooney issue being a potential block, he is going to pursue it with the SPFL & the Dons.

The vagaries of the fixture list see Thistle heading for Pittodrie on Wednesday 30 December and fans wishing/able to attend (likely to be a very few, of whom I will be one) will face the need to take a day (or possibly two if the kick-off remains set for the evening) off work. Even home fans might be less than enthusiastic about venturing out on what will inevitably be a cold and probably generally inclement evening. Thistle supporters’ buses, though still costing the same for organisers, will be sparsely populated and, all in all, it’s a fixture most could well do without. Even the clubs concerned are unlikely to relish the prospect, so why not take the obvious way out? Scotland’s failure to make the Play-Offs for France 2016 was lamentable, but does mean that the week-end set aside for these matches is now free. There are no fixtures scheduled for 14-15 November, no television agreements which would hold sway over the needs of mere fans and I am unaware of sufficient players from either squad who will be occupied on International duty at the time, although I may be proven wrong on that one! Assuming, however, that this latter point does not prove an insurmountable stumbling block, why not request that the fixture be switched to 14/11? Aberdeen FC would certainly get a bigger attendance and therefore increased revenue. Partick Thistle would find the fixture less onerous both financially and logistically than the midweek alternative. Fans of both clubs would surely benefit and find a Saturday, or even Sunday, fixture in November preferable to an evening match sandwiched between Xmas and New Year? In fact, with the exception of those sides with a multitude of players on International duty (few and far between I suspect) the SPFL could do us all a favour and switch the entire fixture list scheduled for 30/12 to the free weekend. An opportunity to prove that football doesn’t actually operate a business where the customer is always right irrelevant???

Pick ups: Milngavie Station: 12:30 Esquire House: 12:45 Maryhill Community Halls: 13:00 Prices: Full fare: £16 Concession: £10 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens & matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 21:00 or e-mail [email protected]

Pick ups: Milngavie Station: 13:15 Esquire House: 13:30 Maryhill Community Halls: 13:45 Prices: Full fare: £11 Concession: £7 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens & matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 21:00 or e-mail [email protected]

Milngavie Station: 09:00 Esquire Anniesland: 09:30 Maryhill CC Halls: 09:45 Prices: Full Fare: £25.00 Concession: £15.00 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens, matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9:00 pm or e-mail

Which brings to mind (to the tune of Mademoiselle from Armentieres): Big Donnie’s the best of the two, parlez-vous! Big Donnie’s the best of the two, parlez-vous! Big Donnie’s the best of the two, F*** Big Ronnie and Rangers too Inky, dinky, parlez-vous

Milngavie Station: 12.30 Esquire Anniesland: 12:45 Maryhill CC Halls: 1:00 Prices: Full Fare: £16.00 Concession: £10.00 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens, matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9:00 pm or e-mail [email protected] Please note it appears that there will be no tickets on sale to Jags fans on the day and that match tickets can only be bought from Firhill!!

With Jordanhill Branch Milngavie Station: 3.30 Esquire Anniesland: 3:45 Jordanhill Stn 3:55 Maryhill CC Halls: 4:10 Prices: Full Fare: £25.00 Concession: £15.00 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens, matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9:00 pm or e-mail [email protected]

Milngavie Station: 1:15 Esquire Anniesland: 1:30 Maryhill CC Halls: 1:45 Prices: Full Fare: £11.00 Concession: £7.00 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens, matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9:00 pm or e-mail [email protected]

I didnlt claim it was funny, just that I remembered the bon mot!

Jim and, soon to be League Cup hero, Hugh Strachan formed a less than succesful defensive partnership during the former's period at Firhill. Those of a certain vintage may recollect that it was referred to as Rowan & Strachan's Laugh-In!

Thanks, we must have posted simultaneously. Glad you got a home fixture at last!

Handy for Southampton Airport.............................and absolutley nothing else!

Not too sure he will, unless he's back as a Jags player! As far as I can see, his appearances for Wigan's relegated first team total about 20 mins as a late substitute in a Capital One cup tie in August.

North-West bus for Motherwell: Saturday 23/05 1:15 Milngavie Station 1:30 Esquire House Anniesland 1:45 Maryhill CC Halls (at Taggarts Garage) Non-Members Fares: Full Fare: £11.00 Concession: £7.00 (school age children, senior citizens, students [matriculated] unwaged) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9 pm or e-mail ptfcnwb:gmail.com

North-West bus for Hamilton: Saturday 09/05 1:15 Milngavie Station 1:30 Esquire House Anniesland 1:45 Maryhill CC Halls (at Taggarts Garage) Non-Members Fares: Full Fare: £11.00 Concession: £7.00 (school age children, senior citizens, students [matriculated] unwaged) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9 pm or e-mail [email protected]

We go straight up with only a toilet stop (although there is a toilet on board). This allows us to arrive in Dingwall with at least a couple of hours for food and drinks prior to kick-off. We normally head straight back after the game since most people prefer to be back in the Celestial City ASAP. NB the 2130 return estimate is conservative, it should be earlier than that.

Assuming: 1 No delay in getting away from ground 2 No road works or adverse weather conditions 3 Joe (Jags fan and driver extraordinaire) at the wheel ........we should be back around 9:30pm

North-West bus for Dingwall: Saturday 25/04 0900 Milngavie Station 0915 Esquire House Anniesland 0930 Maryhill CC Halls (at Taggarts Garage) Non-Members Fares: Full Fare:£25.00 Concession: £15.00 (school age children, senior citizens, students [matriculated] unwaged) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9 pm or e-mail [email protected]

If accurate, he'll not be missed and got off lightly with two years: http://www.bbc.co.uk...w-west-32145555

Pick ups: Milngavie Station: 10:30 Esquire Anniesland: 10:45 Maryhill CC Halls: 11:00 Prices: Full Fare: £20.00 Concession: £12.50 (School aged children, unwaged adults, senior citizens, matriculated students) For seats call 0141 632 3604 before 9:00 pm or e-mail [email protected]