Lewis.Watson

To be honest it was more luck than anything else, I pretty much just fell into my association with Thistle. Not much more too it than that but obviously it's been highly beneficial for me. I don't think TAG is dead in the water either. I couldn't say for sure but a relaunch in the future wouldn't be unexpected. I think the club were playing catch up in the summer after promotion and implementing the new season ticket programme so it kind of fell to one side. I think they recognise its benefits though so it should be something that reappears eventually.

Ive interviewed George Francis as part of my research already, got some interesting insights from him relating to my secondary research which have been really useful. I think its safe to say Thistle are now my Scottish team, even more so with the kind response i've had from Thistle fans on here and on the Facebook page! Thistle were a logical choice for really. Like i said before, ive got contacts at the club which made getting access to the likes of George really simple. I also thought Thistle would provide an interesting perspective, perhaps more representative of other football clubs than the old firm which means my findings would hopefully be generalizable to a certain extent. Its also been nice to focus on a smaller club (no offence intended) rather than the efforts of Premier League teams with million pound marketing budgets.

Thanks a lot everyone, honestly didnt expect this level of response! I did post it to the nomads facebook page too, I was just trying to make sure I had a sufficient number of responses but clearly I shouldnt have worried haha. And yes norgethistle i've got a few contacts at the club, they know about the dissertation and i'd be more than happy to pass my findings on if they think they will be of use.

Many thanks everyone! The Barony Bar is definitely still on the go in the Union. Theyve converted the top few levels into eating areas and there's even a starbucks in there somewhere now. Can't say I go too often anymore but it can still be good for a few drinks after football on a wednesday.

Hi Thistle fans. Firstly I just wanted to say what a great result it was against Hearts. I was lucky enough to be at the Celtic game where I thought Thistle deserved at least a point so it was great to see that performance backed up with an important win! Taylor also looks like an exciting acquisition who can hopefully start converting those chances to spark a climb up the table. Now on to my main reason for posting... I am a student at the University of Strathclyde currently undertaking research as part of my dissertation. I am basically researching if social media (such as facebook, twitter, youtube, forums etc) can be used by professional football clubs to enhance brand loyalty. A major part of this involves a case study on Partick Thistle. I would therefore like to ask if you would be so kind as to complete a short questionnaire (hopefully no more than 10 minutes) to aid in my investigation. Any responses would be really appreciated and extremely useful. Here is link for anyone interested: Apologies if this is in the wrong section, I thought the Thistle aspect should qualify it for the main Jags forum. Thanks again, Lewis.