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Steven signed a two year contract extension in November - https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/steven-lawless-signs-two-year-extension/

SWNT are at home that following Tuesday too - so explains why both our and Ayr's game is on a Friday.

SWNT are playing at Hampden the Tuesday after, so it will be to give maximum preparation pitch and advertising wise for that game.

Aidan featured as a trialist for us in all pre-season games - he didn't put pen to paper on a contract until closer to the season start but he was present for all of pre-season and featured in all of the games.

Yes. Celtic have a safe standing area(although obviously that isn't like a traditional terrace). If Arbroath had won the league last year, they could have comfortably played all their home games at Gayfield, subject to the necessary improvements required for media, VAR and so forth.

The all-seater rule of the SPFL was abolished in 2013 when the merge to the SPFL took place. If Ayr were promoted to the Premiership they would not need to make any adjustments to their stadium(bar those for a media perspective to accommodate television and VAR)

The crowd was 5,811 with 2,366 Thistle fans.

No. The only games we get extra cash for are cup games. League games have the tv money included within the prize money which is awarded at the end of each season based on finishing position.

Sky Sports.

VAR will be in operation in both legs. It will be installed at Firhill on Tuesday/Wednesday.

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Since the merger of the SPL and SFL, the prize money has grown significantly. For example, when we won the league in 12/13, we received £60,000 as prize money. Forfar Athletic, who finished midtable in League Two, received a payment roughly equivalent to that this season. The Championship ranges from 500k to 250k depending on finishing position I believe. Taking the money from playoffs to fund parachutes keeps the overall payment in place and only affects teams who are playing, in effect, bonus games over the 18 issued at the start of the season - better that than taking it out the full pot.

Yes. It is considered an extension of the league so all gate receipts, bar the SPFL levy, are retained by the home side.

That only relates to the play-offs between(this year) Spartans, Brechin and Albion Rovers. For our play-off, the home club gets 15% off the top, then 50% to the SPFL(to help fund parachute payments) and then the rest gets kept by the home club.

Thistle ppv'd Tuesday night's game so it is allowed. They can't do it tonight as it is an away game for us and I would doubt they would get a secure enough internet connection to stream from Ochilview - plus maybe wouldnt be easy to tie in Michael Max's JagZone commentary with the pictures?

Only for Inverness if they reach the final of the play-offs.

If Inverness reach the final of the playoffs, we cannot be in the final, so our season will have ended on Friday 26th May at the latest.

BBC ALBA. It is the SPFL Trust Trophy final.

The game isn’t until Sunday and the squad will be training tomorrow so I imagine all previews will be published tomorrow.

Only in the sense that he will be suspended for the next Glasgow Cup tie. He's suspended for Saturday as a result of his red card against Kelty Hearts for violent conduct which carries a two game ban - one game immediate(served v Cove Rangers) and one game in the competition he received it in, which will be Saturday's tie.

Unfortunately, that's a different Boateng, Malachi Boateng is still with them and playing well.

No. Paul McDonald is the Academy Director. He succeeded Scott Allison in December 2021. Scott had succeeded Gerry Britton. Ryan McCann was the Head of Youth Phase - basically an SFA mandated title for "Head Coach" for Project Brave reasons. So he would have been hands on and the 'manager' of the under 18s/reserve side(with input from the first team management for reserves too, I expect). So Kris will now fill this role and interesting to see that all these years on he is back serving under the man his coaching career started with in Paul McDonald as per news release.

Agreed. And as long as they confirm the cash gate position(either way) by Thursday/Friday it ultimately doesn’t make a difference.

They could pay you in cash and you could purchase both tickets online. Or he could buy his ticket online. Or he could make a decision closer to the weekend - unlike the Dundee debacle at least you can buy a ticket right up to kick off. None of which is the fault of PT staff who have presumably asked the question and are waiting on an answer, otherwise the info would be published.

Think you are being harsh to blame PT staff for an away game. For all you know, they have asked the question and are waiting for an answer from Queen’s Park staff but in the meantime are opening up the opportunity for fans who want to, to pre-purchase their tickets in advance. As long as a cash gate(or lack of) is confirmed by Thursday/Friday, does it really matter?